Trippy Tour Guide
Siena, Italy

Siena Self Guided Walking Tour

New Tour 2 Hours 29 stops
Siena Self Guided Walking Tour
Duration:2 Hours
Stops:29
Language:English, Spanish, German, French, Italian
Offline:Available
GPS Guided:Yes

About This Tour

Welcome to Siena's Shadow Empire—a 3-hour, self-guided audio walking tour of a Tuscan city that should not, by any reasonable standard, still exist.

What You'll Experience

1

Stand inside the oldest bank in the world, founded 1472

2

Trace the contrada system—seventeen tribes, secret rivalries

3

Walk the literal benches where the word "bank" was born

4

Hear the Villa Malamerenda banquet poisoning legend

5

Stand on the shell-shaped Campo, paved as a constitution

6

Touch a working fountain fed by 25km of secret tunnels

7

Visit the cathedral the Black Death stopped mid-build

8

See Donatello's Feast of Herod that changed Western art

9

Look through glass at Saint Catherine's mummified head

10

Climb the unfinished Facciatone for the best view in Siena

11

Walk Catherine of Siena's birthplace in the dyers' valley

12

End at a Dominican basilica the friars still inhabit

What's Included

Included

  • Access to the Siena Self Guided Walking Tour on our App
  • 25+ narration points of popular locations in Siena
  • Detailed directions to both well-known attractions and hidden spots
  • Fully offline map – no need for Wi-Fi or data.
  • Audio Guide

Not Included

  • In Person Guide
  • Entry fee of The Palazzo Chigi Saracini ($11.75)
  • Entry fee of The Siena Cathedral ($24.38)
  • Entry fee of The Facciatone ($18.58)

Tour Starting

Tour Starting Point

Piazza Giacomo Matteotti

53100 Siena, Province of Siena, Italy

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29 stops along the wayTotal drive · 22 Hours including stops

Tour Stops

Piazza Giacomo Matteotti
Stop 1

Piazza Giacomo Matteotti

Begin in Piazza Matteotti and discover the contrada system—seventeen tribes, baptismal fountains, and a 700-year-old border you crossed without noticing.

A City Behind Stone: Siena and the Memory of Defence
Stop 2

A City Behind Stone: Siena and the Memory of Defence

Walk through Porta Camollia, Siena’s northern gate—once a defense against Florence, now a reminder of rivalry, resilience, and the city’s shifting identity.

Fontanino della Contrada della Lupa
Stop 3

Fontanino della Contrada della Lupa

Step into Lupa territory and meet the founding myth of Siena—Senius and Aschius, the wolf, the bakers, and a contrada with no allies and one fierce rival.

Piazza Salimbeni
Stop 4
Landmark

Piazza Salimbeni

Discover Palazzo Salimbeni, the predatory banking dynasty undone in 1419, and Banca Monte dei Paschi—the 554-year-old bank backed, etymologically, by grass.

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6 of 29 stops shown. Stops 1 to 3 and the tour's landmark stops are open; the full route unlocks in the app after purchase.

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Download Before You Go

Save the tour to your device — it works fully offline once downloaded.

GPS Guides You

Audio narration triggers automatically as you approach each stop.

Lifetime Access

Buy once, replay forever. Resume anytime, on any of your devices.

Skip Any Stop

All stops are optional — the app re-routes seamlessly to the next one.

Bring Headphones

For the best storytelling experience, bring headphones or a portable speaker.

5 Languages

Switch between English, French, German, Spanish or Italian anytime.

Why Trippy vs. a traditional tour

Flexibility
×Fixed schedules, no pausing
✓Start, pause, resume anytime
Privacy
×Crowds of strangers
✓Private — just you and your group
Pricing
×$30–$60 per person
✓One price for the whole group
Availability
×Requires advance booking
✓Instant access, 24/7
Pace
×Set by the guide
✓Set by you — stop wherever you like
Languages
×Typically one language
✓5 languages, switch anytime

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$11.99

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