CITY HIKING

CITY HIKING

A new way to discover the city while experiencing the pleasure of walking. Our city is characterized by rolling hills and a large historical center dating back to the Middle-Ages--perfect for strolls among unknown and intact corners. With this itinerary, our visitors can discover breathtaking views, ancient fountains, or lanes hidden by old noble towers. This is a fascinating and unusual way to conquer the city’s hills and valleys.
The idea of a city trekking was born in Siena some years ago. It was an instant success so that now other Italian regions have it among their tourist itineraries.

35 Italian cities participated in the national day of the city trekking in the year 2007. www.trekkingurbano.info
Siena is the leader of City Hiking and its guides are always ready to walk with tourists, citizens, and walkers of any kind to discover it breathtaking views.
We have collaborated with the City Council of Siena leading the following city hiking:

3rd of Oct. 2004 Tempting hiking
9th of Oct. 2005 Climbing the walls
1st of Oct. 2006 Walking backwards. Looking for mysterious places and crafts and flavours of an ancient time.
7th of Oct. 2007 The secret city. When adventure stars nearby you.
31st of Oct. 2008 Hiking and mysteries. Walking for Halloween

31st of Oct. 2009 The taste of hiking. Trick or track.
31st of Oct. 2010 Hiking in every sense: The Risorgimento

31st of Oct. 2011 Tricolore hiking: the first steps of United Italy

We wait for you during any moment of the year to offer you our selected city hiking walks.
We have created a lot of walks, and here are our most popular ones:
Inside the walls: walking in-between city and countryside
This itinerary will give you a general idea of Siena, showing how countryside and urban space are living together – a trip among the little picturesque streets, the Justice Gate, and Follonica valley.

Not only art: trees and rocks tells the history of Siena
Environmental hiking with a visit to the Botanical Garden, lead by a hiking guide.

Dante Alighieri in Siena
A visit to Siena following the traces of characters quoted in the Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri

Let’s discover Siena through its women
Noble women, women of the people, saints, and prostitutes; a really different story of Siena.

Imagination or reality?
City tour with anecdotes and curiosities to discover those places where history and legend mix.

Water to the fountains
The most beautiful medieval fountains in town to understand how the lack of water pushed the Sienese people to built a sophisticated and ingenious, but also beautiful, hydraulic system

Markets, taverns, and hospitals from the Middle Ages until nowadays
An itinerary that will speak about markets and food, hospitality, and assistance.

All the city hiking tours last around 3 hours.
City hiking rate € 140.00

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	Siena Unesco City Site With its magnificent Campo square and its imposing Cathedral, Siena opens its heart to you Guided tours Hiking
	Palio and Contrads The roll of drums and flag-waiving follow the Sienese people throughout all their life. The contradas are ancient medieval districts but still the backbone of this city Guided tours
	San Gimignano and the Vernaccia Wine Miraculously hidden by the fog, thanks to the bishop of Modena, the city with one hundred towers has preserved its glory and aspect, even today Guided tours Hiking
	Colle Val d’Elsa and Crystal From Arnolfo di Cambio to Jean Nouvel, this city will impress you with its energy and capacity to renovate itself. Colle owes its richness to the Elsa river, which first allowed for the development of its wool industry, followed by paper manufacturing, and today the production of crystal Guided tours Hiking
	Certaldo and Boccaccio Friar Onion wanted to impress his followers with the feather of the Archangel Gabriel, but he found only lumps of coal and smartly he passed them off as relics of the martyrdom of Saint Laurence Guided tours
	Vinci and the Museum of Leonardo To understand the genius of Leonardo you must visualize his creations, and thanks to the museum dedicated to Leonardo in the ancient castle of Counts Guidi this will be possible Guided tours
	Volterra From lucomony to prison to mental hospital, this has always been a town known for its alabaster. Today, it is known as the town of vampires thanks to New Moon of the famous Saga Twilight
	Chianti Shine and Wine You will not only find Chianti DOC and DOCG wines, but also castles and little boroughs hidden among the vineyards of Sangiovese, Malvasia, Trebbiano e Colorino Guided tours
	Montagnola and Mount Maggio Marble quarries and heroic episodes of partisan resistance make those places, still unknown to tourists, extremely fascinating Guided tours
	Saint Galgano and the Sword in the Rock A town of only ruins now, but long time ago it was a very healthy abbey just a few steps from the place where Saint Galgano converted himself and his sword became a cross Guided tours
	Buonconvento A hospice for pilgrims and a place of death for Henry the VII, Buonconcvento has been declared one of The Most Beautiful Boroughs in Italy Guided tours
	Monte Oliveto Mother House Known as a place of spiritual retirement for Saint Bernanrdo Tolomei, and a place of high artistic value thanks to the frescoes of Luca Signorelli and the eccentric Sodoma Guided tours
	Asciano and the Sienese Clay Hills The landscape of the Ambrogio Lorenzetti is famous for the fresco of the Good Government is still evident when you cross this part of Tuscany, scattered with gullies and biancanas Guided tours
	Pienza and Pope Pio II Dream of Enea Silvio Piccolomini, its own jewel among the olive trees, Pienza will surprise you with its Renaissance shapes and its Medieval charm Guided tours
	Saint Quirico and the Orcia Valley Saint Quiric is documented as stop XII by the Bishop of Canterbury, during his journey back from Rome in the year 990 Guided tours
	Bagno Vignoni Saint Catherine tested her faith here and Michel de Montaigne described it as miserliness Guided tours
	Montalcino and Brunello Wine A region known for not only its wine, but for tourism as well. In the Fortress is where the Sieneses sheltered to escape the Florentine lordship Guided tours
	Saint Antimo Abbey A mystic place where the Gregorian chants resound and where you will be overcome by a disarming peace Guided tours
	Montepulciano and Nobile Wine In his Bacchus in Tuscany, Francesco Redi wrote “Montepulciano is the king of every wine”, he referred to the taste or to the fact that noble people were involved in the production; we let you believe what you prefer Guided tours
	Chiusi e gli Etruschi And now we should tell about the Italian [labyrinth] that Porsenna, king of Etruria made for himself as a tomb, and at the same time to exceed the vanity of foreign kings. But as gorgeousness is over the imagination …., Plyni the Elder Naturalis Historiae
	Chianciano and the Spa Our grandfathers would have referred to it with an Italian rhyme Chianciano fegato sano (healthy liver) but this thermal city has come a long way, and it is now a posh spa spot Guided tours
	Cetona The pretty little alleys going around the hill top take us away from a very far past which is from the Stone Age Guided tours
	Amiata Mountain and Abbadia San Salvatore From the sacred wood for the Etruscans to the powerful Benedictine abbey of Saint Salvatore during the time of Charlemagne, from the little medieval hermitages where Saint Bernardino served his novitiate, to the Jurisdavidic devotees of David Lazzaretti in the XIX c., Amiata is for everybody the Sacred Mountain Guided tours