Siena Bites & Stories: A Tasty City Adventure with a Local

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Summary
Experience Details
What You’ll Experience
Where to Meet
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Duration
2 hours 30 minutes
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Number of Guests
2 - 12 guests
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Language
English, Italian
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Discover Siena with a local expert. Explore hidden gems and iconic sites, savor authentic Tuscan snacks, and sample regional wines. A cultural journey for all ages. Experience Siena's spirit!

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For each guest that attends this experience, byFood will donate
10 meals

Experience Details

To fully discover a city one may participate in a lot of tours and go eat at many venues published on travel guides and recommended by online travellers but the true local knows where to take you and you'll be paired with a Local Expert who will tell you stories, curiosities and will take you to spots outside of the tourist lens.


We'll visit the most important and the least acknowledged hitspots of the Medieval Centre of Siena.


Also, with us, you'll be able to eat some of the most typical snacks available in the city and taste the local Tuscan Wines, which mean a lot to the gastronomic history of the locals.


The activity is suitable to people of all ages, from the kid discovering the curiosities behing the walls of the centre to the adults learning about Siena's culture.

What You Get

Local Sweets Dessert
Snacks
Ciaccino and Bread with Local Extravirgin Olive Oil
Gelato / Ice Cream "Il Bacio"
Tips / Gratuities

Good To Know

  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

What You’ll Experience

1

Santuario di Santa Caterina

While going through the alleys and piazzas which make Siena the wonder it is. We'll have the chance to do a wine tasting session in a local wine shop where you'll relish on 2 wines and some local snacks such as ciaccino and bread with local extravirgin olive oil.
45 minutesAdmission Ticket Free
2

Duomo di Siena

Continuing with our legends, curiosities, we'll stop to have a sweets tasting focusing on the best that Siena offers, namely ricciarelli, panforte and much more!
45 minutesAdmission Ticket Free
3

Piazza del Campo

We'll finally enter Il Campo, the main square, which will reconnect all the stories our Local Expert will tell you and we'll go towards the last stop of our tour where you'll taste the local gelato "the kiss" or "il bacio"
1 hourAdmission Ticket Free

Meeting & Pickup

Meeting Point

Piazza Salimbeni 4, Piazza Salimbeni, Siena Provincia di Siena Toscana, Italy, IT, 53100

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Meeting in front of the main door of Palazzo Spannocchi
End Point

This experience ends at the meeting point.

Cancellation Policy

Cancel your booking at least 24 hours before the experience start time to receive a full refund minus a 3.2% transaction fee.

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What People Are Saying
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Informative and delicious afternoon!
May 10, 2025
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We loved our tour with Sandra! As a local herself she was able to give us so much information about Siena. We learned about the Contradas and the annual horse race. We highly recommend. We tried tw...read more

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Sandra did a great job...
April 16, 2025
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Sandra did a great job sharing Siena’s history and traditions with us. She was very knowledgeable about the food and wine tastings. Gelato, wine, olive oil, bread, and baked goods among foods taste...read more

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Visit to Siena
March 16, 2025
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This walking tour is amazing. We easily met up with Jacopo and one other couple. They were Italian and Jacopo gave the entire tour switching between Italian and English! Amazing. The stops were per...read more

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Stories and flavors among the districts of Siena!
March 07, 2025
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The tour is exceptional! The fantastic and passionate guide Sandra of her city. He told us many stories and legends about the city, the Palio, the districts, and then the fountains, churches, alle...read more

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History and Flavors among the districts of Siena
March 07, 2025
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Really nice tour, we toured the districts of Siena, discovering some really beautiful places, we tasted 2 wines and tasted a bruschetta and a sandwich with finocchiona, then we tried some typical d...read more

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