It was generally a good experience but I couldn’t use the given map to navigate the directions. I had to use Google maps on my phone for directions, so at every location I had to enter in the next destination, all over again….which was a bit inconvenient.
About Activity
What's Included
Includes
- Best advices for local restaurant with authentic food
- Tips for monuments, history and curiosities
- Audio-guide and text in multiple languages (Eng, Esp, Ita, Ger, Fr)
- Digital guide to visit the city by yourself
Excludes
- Cathedral + Baptistery + Museo dell'Opera + Facciatone ticket = from 18€
Departure & Return
Departure Point
- The tour starts from Siena train station, but if you are already in the city you can go directly to point 2 (Porta Camollia). If you want you can activate the tour with the walkingcap site link found in your voucher even before reaching the meeting point.
Return
- We are going to finish in this beautiful medieval square!
Itinerary
Porta Camollia is one of Siena’s oldest gates, and its name is linked to the legend about the founding of the city. Get ready to discover it!
Also known as Forte di Santa Barbara, this structure is located near the historic center of Siena. Today you can walk on the ancient walls and ramparts surrounded by avenues and benches. Perfect for some relaxation and especially to enjoy a very impressive view of the city.
It is one of Siena’s most significant churches! The basilica is built entirely of brick and is distinguished by its simplicity on the outside, devoid of elaborate decoration! Let's explore it!
Fontebranda is the oldest, most famous and impressive of all Sienese water sources. This building is located on a street with ancient medieval charm that we will explore !
Siena Cathedral, also known as the Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta, is one of the masterpieces of Italian Gothic architecture and one of the city’s main attractions. Get ready! Ticket cost: from 10,50€
We are located near the apse of the cathedral. Built between 1316 and 1325, it has an unfinished facade while the interior was enriched in the 15th century with various paintings and sculptures. Ticket cost: from 18€ (with Opera museum, Cathedral, and Facciatone included)
A beautiful museum founded in 1869 that winds its way inside the right aisle of the Duomo Nuovo. Get ready to see some incredible masterpieces! Ticket cost: from 18€ (with Baptistery, Cathedral, and Facciatone included)
The top floor of the museum provides access to the “Facciatone.” Get ready to enjoy an amazing view of the city! Ticket cost: from 18€ (with Baptistery, Cathedral, and Opera Museum included)
The symbol that most represents Siena is just one of the reasons UNESCO identifies Siena as the perfect and ideal example of a medieval city.
Competing with Piazza del Campo is really difficult, but even this square has its charm. In particular, the building that catches the eye most of all is Palazzo Salimbeni, an excellent example of Sienese Gothic.
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Reviews
Easy to follow and figure out.
This is my first digital audio guide and it was a huge success . Easy to use , and just the right amount of information at each stop . It is great value and you can read as well as listen . Highly recommended.
Fantastic experience! You can decide when to start the tour easy to follow’
Funny and informative. Enjoyed the tour.
Ease of use from start to finish. The directions to the different sites were accurate and the audio and written descriptions were great.
Given some of the previous reviews, I was concerned about connectivity for this tour. However, everything worked perfectly. I enjoyed the way the tour was set up, and I felt like we saw things that we wouldn’t necessarily have seen If we were trying to figure things out on our own. I also liked the included maps which made getting from one place to another very easy. The Set up allowed us to spend as much time at each site as we wanted. I would hardly recommend this tour.
Great way to see all the main sites in your own time with informative information to read or listen too. Strongly recommend.
A great way to self guide around Siena. It would have been helpful to have a slightly better map or clearer directions between stops, but it was a good way to see the City
An excellent and easy way to visit Siena on your own terms. Well worth the money. Highly recommend
This was a good way to take in Siena. However, there needs to be warnings about the steep climbs and descents on the route, and possible alternative routes or suggestions where a taxi might hit be a good choice for less able-bodied folk. I made it fine because I’m in pretty good shape for a 64 yr old, but it’s not an easy walk in the park. Also let people know they need some sturdy shoes for all of the uneven terrain.
Excellent experience with interest ng itinerary Best choice to have a complete view of Siena. Important to visit Duomo and other suggested locations
This tour was a great help in giving us a quick overview when we stopped or walked by something. Possible improvements: gps integration and a little more info.
Very easy to follow . I could not access immediately but they responded straight away so I could access. Very informative and interactive . Highly recommend if have limited time in Siena
I was hoping for more information about each of the stops but it was so basic that I could have generated the same list from AI and put together my own tour without having to pay and download the audio guide.
Good walking to tour if you want an affordable option! Walk includes most of the major spots in Siena and provides a brief description behind the place/architecture.
Great experience walking through Siena. Audio guide gave great insight into various sites and website was very easy use. We went to Siena in August so it was very warm. The self paced audio guide was nice because we could take breaks whenever we wanted and start back up at any point within the tour.
No link for audio tour. Need a refund. Is this a scam? Are there other folks with this issue? Wasted a full and only day in Siena. What is the best way to get the refund
Very easy to use guide with helpful information and history of the town. We accessed it at the last minute for our very brief stop in Siena (2 hours), and it was helpful. Would recommend getting it a day or two ahead to be more deliberate and organized than we were. Guide is nicely done and easy to understand.
We enjoyed the tour - it was eazy to go following the map and reading the description of buildings. It”s good to choose your own tempo and take time to see around and take pictures. Vety good and easy to follow interesting fucts sbout places were the tour lead us.
This app was great for exploring Siena at our own pace. Lots of interesting details at each stop to bring the history of Siena to life.
What a wonderful tour! We loved the self guided tour with the ability to replay and stop and shop along the way! Highly recommend!
The audio walking tour is very good and a great value. We've been on a lot of in-person tours and decided to try this virtual tour. The tour was as informative as any guide and the added bonus was being able to pause the to pace our journey.
Great contact from Matteo, always on hand if any problems....but no need. Seamless, user friendly link to download and enjoy! We visited all the major attractions, learning about the history (text or audio) and the walks from point point were well designed to see lesser known parts of the city too. It made our short visit so worthwhile and enjoyable. An absolute must for your stay!
We did not have time for a guided tour so this was a nice way to learn a little about the main sites. We did crave a bit more history about Sienna though!
To get a tour guide is expensive and needs to be booked well in advanced. This is far by the best audio guide from walking cap ! I enjoyed siena in a day with this tour and saw so many places which my friends never saw and that too for a good price! The restaurant recommendations were also very good if i could give you 100 stars would do it .Thank you Matteo for always being there to help me when i need it .As a solo traveler on a budget this was really good and save d me having to get a tour guide and pay more . The app worked so well on my bad internet and i didnt feel like i was lost . I highly recommend this
Not bad as an experience! Interesting comments and easy route to follow, à la carte…
The contact went smoothly. We really liked the option of being guided through Siena according to our own taste—listening, pausing, having a drink, listening again…—it was a very relaxed way to be guided. The only fly in the ointment: I would have liked more information in terms of content.
This self-guided tour is really well done. We did the route as a family. Everyone has their own phone and headphones for the explanations. You have to download Google Maps to simply follow the route. You are free to linger or speed up, to take a break where you want and when you want. We highly recommend it!
Very interesting! In my opinion, the only flaw is that the list of places to visit is not indexed in a way that allows one to choose which to listen to in case, for major reasons, it is not possible to follow the suggested itinerary. Anyway, I had a lot of fun!!
The way to define it is: wonderful and liberating. It is very well organized, with clear and concise explanations, and you can arrange things as you wish.
Very convenient for visiting Siena alone; the explanations and content are clear. I recommend it without hesitation.
It is a good cheap option, which allows you to tour the city without inconvenience and enjoy the walk
Self-guided visit at our own pace. Perfect! No problem downloading audio. Very well done.
I entered the link in the morning to see the tour. In the afternoon when I was going to start the tour I no longer let the application in. So I couldn't enjoy it
Great experience! Council, at a great price, in total autonomy you can discover the cities, and appreciate it all the way!
wrong date, provider not available, not suitable for group, no contact possible, instruction defective,
Great tour! Lots of info in a nutshell and you can see almost the whole city! With photos and written transcription top!
Beautiful experience, simple but complete explanations. Also suitable for boys. I traveled with my children aged 9 and 12
E' stato tutto molto rilassante e divertente, un fai da te molto semplice ed anche molto essenziale. Non è certamente come avere una guida fisica , ma offre in compenso molta autonomia
Really nice experience and well done. Especially to manage the tour in total autonomy and at your own pace. Matteo very kind and always available! Recommended!
Very nice guide for a first approach to the city. Great advice on small activities where you can taste typical foods
Der Guide bietet einen guten Überblick über die Stadt. Toller Service von Matteo, er steht jederzeit zur Verfügung und steht bei etwaigen Rückfragen zur Verfügung, antwortet schnell und ist sehr freundlich. Auch die persönlichen Tipps für Restaurants bzw Cafés für lokale Spezialitäten waren ausgesprochen gut! Vollkommen empfehlenswert!
Very good audio guide, spoken English is very good without accent. We really enjoyed it. It covers the whole city including an Attraction within the walls. The website is super well done, the text is the same as the one read and at each step you press a button that opens a route in Google Maps. Very well done!
Matteo was an attentive and very helpful Guide, both through the chat and in the audioguidq content i. Highly Recommendation
El recorrido es excesivamente largo para un día y sin embargo los comentarios son escasos sobretodo dentro de los edificios emblemáticos
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