SIENA AND ITS MUSEUMS  two days

This town jealously keeps its real treasures in its beautiful palaces. To discover them we have to follow a cultural itinerary through its most representative museums where the Sienese art, from the 14th to the 18th  centuries ,is preserved .

Around the building of the Cathedral- full day
This walk includes the Cathedral with the Piccolomini Library, the Crypt with its 13th century frescoes, the very beautiful Baptistery, dating back to the 15th century , where, Iacopo della Quercia, Donatello and Ghiberti worked together. At the Museo dell’ Opera the precious glass window by Duccio with his superb Maestà painted in 1311 are to be found.

From the ancient heart of Siena to its Commune pride- full day
This itinerary includes the visit to the oldest western hospital that in the past was a shelter for thousands of pilgrims. Nowadays  its evocative vaults host  the local Archaeological Museum.  The most famous frescoes of the European Middle-Ages and the  civic virtues of the 14th century are to be seen at the Museo Civico .

This walk comprises the treasures of the Pinacoteca Nazionale as well as Palazzo delle Papesse with its Contemporary Art museum.