We then ventured a short distance to the Siena Cathedral. Bridget is off exploring. Being the old guy, I’m sitting down on the steps. Back to the bus for San Gimignano.
It was several hours on a very comfortable and quiet tour bus.
Thursday, October 15, 2026
Siena & San Gimignano
Thursday - We met out tour bus near the train station for an all-day road trip south to Siena and San Gimignano. I picked up a cold probably from the never ending crowds here in Italy and on the flight over.
The tour bus was huge relative to size of the streets and the driver didn’t seem to have any issues. It was a couple of hours to Siena and we wandered around the Piazza del Duomo for a bit.
This was the one place I’ve heard about and it was very picturesque. It’s hard to see it in the pictures, but the plaza slopes up all the way around.
It wasn’t too crowded today. The plaza is surrounded by restaurants and tourist souvenir shops like most of these places.
Another beautiful town though I needed to find a public bathroom. Hard to find and they charge money to enter.
The historic part of town was located on a hill so you had stunning views of the surrounding area. It’s great for views but made for tough walking.
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Oh yes, airplanes, pressurized containers where one gets the germs everybody shares. Not a big fan of bus tours but quiet is nice and yes the skills of those drivers especially around mountain roads is pretty impressive.
ReplyDeleteThe bus tour was nice. The tour guide wasn’t overly talkative and we looked like a school group following the guy with a flag. Sort of. The group had some that regularly passed him up.
DeleteNow we are getting to the nicest places. I liked Siena a lot. Charging for the loo is by the way a fairly common thing in the cities. It was never a thing when looking for one in smaller towns.
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