Siena Bites & Stories: A Tasty City Adventure with a Local
Description
To fully discover a city one may participate in a lot of tours and go eat at many venues published on travel guides and recommended by online travellers but the true local knows where to take you and you'll be paired with a Local Expert who will tell you stories, curiosities and will take you to spots outside of the tourist lens. We'll visit the most important and the least acknowledged hitspots of the Medieval Centre of Siena. Also, with us, you'll be able to eat some of the most typical snacks available in the city and taste the local Tuscan Wines, which mean a lot to the gastronomic history of the locals. The activity is suitable to people of all ages, from the kid discovering the curiosities behing the walls of the centre to the adults learning about Siena's culture.
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Itinerary
While going through the alleys and piazzas which make Siena the wonder it is. We'll have the chance to do a wine tasting session in a local wine shop where you'll relish on 2 wines and some local snacks such as ciaccino and bread with local extravirgin olive oil.
Continuing with our legends, curiosities, we'll stop to have a sweets tasting focusing on the best that Siena offers, namely ricciarelli, panforte and much more!
We'll finally enter Il Campo, the main square, which will reconnect all the stories our Local Expert will tell you and we'll go towards the last stop of our tour where you'll taste the local gelato "the kiss" or "il bacio"
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Important Information
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Reviews(19)
Very informative and not too strenuous
Sandra gave us a fascinating tour of Siena and even though we were the only ones on the tour, she went above and beyond. She showed us parts of the city tourists wouldn’t normally see and plenty of tips as to how to enjoy the rest of our visit (both in Siena and when we move on). She clearly has a love of her city and conveyed her enthusiasm as well as extremely interesting insights into the history culture and cuisine of the region. We highly recommend this tour
Sandra was informative and kind. It was nice to hear her stories about everything she taught us. We got to know the city of Siena very much more than we could have on our own.
Passionate guide who showed us the highlights of Siena and the local treats. It ended up being a private tour with just me and my friend making it that much better.
Compared to other excursions similarly priced …. This promised more and delivered less We basically walked from one shop to the others x3 to taste a local treat Would recommend an authentic bottle of tuscan wine …. Like a chianti Classico And an alternative to those with allergies would be welcome Historical facts were sadly lacking except for the details about the horse races The bonus was the Saturday event in the piazza with the kids of siena doing a flag dance/ parade … in reference to the palio di siena The guide was knowledgeable but was not a local or even Italian.
Cozy walk with local guide who had fun stories and three special locations with snacks / drinks. Definitely worth it.
We were spoilt as our tour ended up with just the 2 of us so a private tour of Sienna which was exceptional, fantastic experience and knowledge from our guide we loved it all 👍🍷
Loved our tour with Sandra. So knowledgeable and spoke with such enthusiasm and love for her city of Seina. And all of the tastes along the way were just perfect!
Gracia was lovely and the tour was a really interesting introduction to the Contrade of Siena and the delicious food and wine.
Very nice and knowledgeable guide. We enjoyed seeing different areas of the city, and the food was very good. All in all a very nice experience.
