The historical monuments of Siena: the Loggia della Mercanzia
Posted by admin in Archive, Culture on 30. Jan, 2012 | 0 Comments
The center of Siena reveals traces of different ages that live in harmony in its alleys, a stroll is enough to realize it. This time we suggest you one of the symbols of the city, the Loggia della Mercanzia, located behind Piazza del Campo, at the so-called Croce del Travaglio. This crossroads is the point [...]
Breakfast at Tiffany’s in Siena
Posted by admin in Archive, Culture, Events on 20. Jan, 2012 | 0 Comments
Everybody knows the famous Blake Edwards movie Breakfast at Tiffany’s, thanks to the Audrey Hepburn performance, and now is a great emotion to live again that story at theatre. The movie, in fact, derives from the novel of Truman Capote and then Samuel Adamson made a dramatized version for theatre, scheduled this weekend in Siena, [...]
Discover Antarctica in Siena
Posted by admin in Archive, Culture on 12. Jan, 2012 | 0 Comments
Siena hosts not only churches, noble palaces, contradas and historical monuments, but also peculiar museums that offer to the curious traveller the chance to know some issues entertaining himself. Do you know that in Siena there is a National Museum of Antarctica? This museum is open all the year round, a nice idea for an [...]
Travelling notes in Siena for Epiphany
Posted by admin in Archive, Culture, Events on 05. Jan, 2012 | 0 Comments
2012 is just started and the next weekend will be, for many people, the last Christmas holiday: what can we do to enjoy it at the best? Spend a couple of days in Siena is a good idea also during winter, because there are events and places to visit. On 6th January, the day of [...]
New Year’s Eve at Piazza del Campo and at Fortress in Siena
Posted by admin in Archive, Events on 19. Dec, 2011 | 0 Comments
Feverish preparations for New Year’s Eve are under way, many people will spend this day in Tuscany, region that offers suitable attractions for everybody: families with children, groups of friends, couples and who loves elegance and nature. Siena is rich of ideas for prople that are going to book a weekend in the city, so [...]
Artistic decorations in the center of Siena
Posted by admin in Archive, Culture, Events on 13. Dec, 2011 | 1 Comment
Within Christmas events, just yesterday has open an original installation in the heart of Siena, that celebrates at the same time a great artist from the past and the talent of children, the future of creativity. In the courtyard of Palazzo Pubblico there is an installation made by fir trees and plants with spherical and [...]
Christmas events in Siena
Posted by admin in Archive, Events, Handicraft on 02. Dec, 2011 | 0 Comments
The Senese calendar is very rich in December: Christmas is coming and now it’s time to looking for presents and plan holidays, perhaps booking a travel to this nice Tuscan town. In occasion of festivity, Siena schedules during all the month special events, concerts, shows, guided tours and entertainment for all, so tourists and Senese people [...]
Typical Senese dishes: Reboiled soup
Posted by admin in Archive, Food & Wine on 25. Nov, 2011 | 0 Comments
We have said many times, gastronomy holds history, culture, the lifestyle of people, so is important to know different traditions and discover how were born the delicious dishes that now is difficult to find, except if you go to a typical restaurant, prepared by expert chefs or meet someone that knows how to cook these [...]
Poetry for peace, meetings and tastings in Siena
Posted by admin in Archive, Culture, Events, Food & Wine on 15. Nov, 2011 | 0 Comments
The International Festival of Poetry Poeti in libertà comes for the second time, with the aim to spread a message of peace getting together literature, music and enogastronomical traditions in prestigious locations in Siena. The event, totally free, is organized by the cultural association Macondo and will take place on 17th,18th and 19th November with [...]
The book festival for kids comes back in Siena
Posted by admin in Archive, Culture, Events on 31. Oct, 2011 | 0 Comments
One of the purposes of this wonderful festival is to celebrate the charm of reading: “Leggere è Volare” will take place in Siena and province from 4th to 20th November. The event comes to the 21st edition and is a meeting with the most prestigious Italian writers, and there will be also theatrical performances, movie previews [...]
Rooms of desire by Milo Manara in Siena
Posted by admin in Archive, Culture on 18. Oct, 2011 | 0 Comments
In Siena there had been the opening of an exhibition dedicated to one of the big artists of Italian comics, Milo Manara, at the Complesso Museale Santa Maria della Scala, an event that you can’t miss if you like illustration and you desire to discover a multi-sensorial and dreamy route. Until 8th Janaury 2012 you [...]
The traditional trades in Poggibonsi
Posted by admin in Archive, Handicraft on 12. Oct, 2011 | 0 Comments
When we visit ancient Medieval towns that keep an unaltered architectural style and a unique feeling like Siena, often we think about the lifestyle of the inhabitants during the centuries and how we could discover now those crafts that don’t exist any more. If you go to Poggibonsi next weekend, it will be possible to [...]
Baroque festival in Siena
Posted by admin in Archive, Events on 04. Oct, 2011 | 0 Comments
Is a prestigious event of the Tuscan autumn, that celebrates baroque in all its shapes and comes to the fourth edition: is the Festival Contemporaneamente Barocco in Siena, the ideal chance to join great concerts, exclusive exhibitions, artistic itineraries and screenings on theme. The festival starts on Friday 7th October and continues until 23rd with [...]
