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TOUR N. 18: SIENA - SAN GIMIGNANO
 This tour will begin at your hotel or pick up location in Rome where one of our English speaking driving guides will meet you with one of the luxury air-conditioned vehicles of your choice to begin our drive from Rome to Siena.
Siena is the embodiment of a medieval city. Throughout the centuries, the inhabitants preserved their city's Gothic appearance, acquired between the 12th and 15th centuries.
 The whole city of Siena, built around the Piazza del Campo, was devised as a work of art that blends into the surrounding landscape.
Siena is certainly the place in Italy where the traditions and the way of life inherited from a prestigious history have been kept alive.
 This extraordinary loyalty of the population of Siena to their city turned it into a real open-air museum.
Then we're off to San Gimignano the famous town of the "fine towers". This mediaeval jewel is one of the main tourist attractions in the region. It rises on a one-thousand feet high hill and its towers dominate the Elsa River Valley (Val D'Elsa). Like many other towns in the area, also San Gimignano originates from a small Etruscan village (300-200 BC). It developed then into a town in the 10th century and was named after the Holy Bishop of Modena, St. Gimignano, who saved the village from the barbarians.
 The town owes its wealth and importance to the fact that it was on a medieval route (Via Francigena) that linked France with Rome, and was travelled by pilgrims and merchants. Once in San Gimignano you will have all the time you need to see the highlights.
Return to Rome in the late afternoon.
 EXTRA INFORMATION:
- Duration of this daytrip: 11 hours.
- Comfortable walking shoes are recommended.
- Always dress respectfully when visiting religious monuments; local custom requires covering knees and shoulders.
- The vehicle and driver will be at your complete disposal for the entire duration of the tour.
- Walking is very limited unlike bus tour where you must walk most of the day following your guide's flag.
- The tour sequence may be changed to avoid traffic or demonstration congestions but will always cover the mentioned sites.
- If you would like to have lunch our driver can suggest a snack bar, restaurant or pizzeria. To avoid unpleasant surprises its always
 best to inform your driver on how much you would like to spend and the time involved.
Payments: All rates are quoted in EURO funds. Payment can be made in USD's , Euro, Traveler's cheques or with Visa/ MasterCard/ American Express (add 5% for c/c).
Our rate also includes taxes, tolls, fuel and parking fees. It does not include private guides, entrance fees, city entrance tax for buses over 8 persons, gratuities or meals unless mentioned in our confirmation.
Our English speaking driver will give a general overview regarding the history of the sites and monuments while in the car before you enter. He will allow all the time you need to visit with NO RUSHING as in group tours. By Italian law he is unable to conduct guiding inside museums, monuments, etc.
The rates below are "all inclusive".
Email Bob if more information is necessary or click on the following link to make your Reservations.
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