http://www.sitebits.com/italy/siena/ Siena en Copyright &copy; 1999-2009 Gromco, Inc. Fri, 16 Jul 2010 03:01:37 EDT Thu, 06 Jul 2006 19:50:00 EDT info@sitebits.com info@sitebits.com <img ALT="Monteriggioni Doorway" WIDTH="117" HEIGHT="80" class="rightill" src="http://www.sitebits.com/imgsmallphoto/monteriggioni-doorway_small.jpg"> Monteriggioni is a thirteenth century fortified town on a hilltop in Tuscany. It was founded to defend the city of Siena against invaders from neighboring <a href="http://www.sitebits.com/italy/florence/">Florence</a>, hence the high walls interspersed with towers and only two entry gates. Ree http://www.sitebits.com/2006/postcard_from_monteriggioni.html Thu, 06 Jul 2006 19:50:00 EDT <img ALT="Palio di Siena (2004): The Race" WIDTH="117" HEIGHT="88" class="leftill" src="http://www.sitebits.com/imgsmallphoto/siena-palio-2004_small.jpg"> If you want to understand Siena and its people, you should attend the Palio at least once in your life. The Palio of Siena is a basically a twice yearly horse race during which the usual nightlife trinity of sex, drugs, and rock and roll is replaced by wine, drugs for the horses, and medieval songs... Alban http://www.sitebits.com/2006/siena-palio-medieval-tradition.html Fri, 30 Jun 2006 00:00:00 EDT <img ALT="Siena Via" class="leftill" src="http://www.sitebits.com/images/2006/siena-via.jpg"> Take a walk around Siena and you will be amazed at every grocery store's insistence on displaying prosciutto (jambon), wheels of cheese, and many other buon di dio (as the senese say), meaning "everything good there is". Naturally, you'll get all euphoric and hungry. <br><br> The next logical stop for you will be a restaurant. Unless you're accompanied by someone who knows the town a little, however, I'd be very careful about where to go. Of course, since you're in Siena, surrounded by Medieval Tuscan ambiance, everything will taste good, and nothing particularly bad will happen to you if you choose to eat any-old-where, but wouldn't you rather avoid the possibility of ending up unsatisfied, torpid, and irritated with a uselessly inflated check to boot? Wouldn't you rather have a good experience, leaving the restaurant well-fed and invigorated? (I hope this is a hypothetical question for you.) Alban http://www.sitebits.com/2006/where-not-to-eat-in-siena.html Sun, 09 Apr 2006 00:00:00 EDT <div class="oldimagediv"> <img alt="Siena: Plaza" src="http://www.sitebits.com/images/2005/siena-plaza.jpg"> </div> Whoever likes good wine and good food should go to Siena, a little town in the heart of Tuscany. It has something magical that you don't fully realize until you've left the town. Everybody who has been there once will return sooner or later because of the medieval spell that follows you as you roam through the narrow streets lined by red brick walls, giving you a sense of safety and carefree-ness that you might have lost. Alban http://www.sitebits.com/2005/siena.html Mon, 07 Nov 2005 00:00:00 EST