På gång i Siena, Italy under året

Mest folk — Christmas and the Befana, Christmas holidays i Italy

Inget nytt börjar i januari.

Pågår fortfarande: Christmas and the Befana (8 dec – 6 jan)

Mellansäsong — skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en helt vanlig månad

Inget nytt börjar i februari.

Mest folk — resenärer beskriver det som högsäsong, Easter and Pasquetta

• Helg

  Easter and Pasquetta

  29 mar – 6 aprPåsk & stilla veckanTrångt

  The first coach week of the year in the Campo, and the point at which the Crete Senesi are as green as they ever get before the summer burns them brown. Källa ↗

Mest folk — Easter and Pasquetta, Spring bank-holiday bridges

• Helg

  Spring bank-holiday bridges

  25 apr – 2 junNationell helgdagTrångtBoka tidigt

  Liberation Day (25 April), Labour Day (1 May) and Republic Day (2 June) are public holidays, and when one falls near a weekend Italians bridge it into a long break, the ponte. Those weekends bring domestic crowds, fuller trains and higher room rates, and some shops close on the day. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Easter and Pasquetta (29 mar – 6 apr)

Mycket folk — Spring bank-holiday bridges, skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i maj.

Pågår fortfarande: Spring bank-holiday bridges (25 apr – 2 jun)

Mest folk — Spring bank-holiday bridges, Palio of 2 July

• Festival

  Palio of 2 July

  29 jun – 2 julSportevenemangTrångtBoka tidigt

  Four days of trial races, contrada dinners in the streets and a ninety-second race round a dirt track laid over the Campo. The centre of the square is free and packed by mid-afternoon. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Spring bank-holiday bridges (25 apr – 2 jun)

Mest folk — Palio of 2 July, Summer holidays i Italy

• Risk

  Tuscan inland heat

  5 jul – 25 augExtrem värme

  Siena is a hill town with brick that holds heat and a shadeless main square. Civil protection heat alerts for inland Tuscany run through most of this stretch. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Palio of 2 July (29 jun – 2 jul)

Mest folk — Ferragosto, Palio of 16 August

• Helg

  Ferragosto

  8–22 augSkollovStängningarTrångt

  The August Palio sits inside the Italian holiday fortnight, so the town gets the crowds of both while a good share of its own shops and kitchens are shut. Källa ↗

• Festival

  Palio of 16 August

  13–16 augSportevenemangTrångtBoka tidigt

  The second and larger Palio, run in the hottest fortnight of the year. Balcony seats are sold privately and a year ahead; the ground in the middle of the Campo costs nothing and fills by three. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Tuscan inland heat (5 jul – 25 aug)

Mycket folk — Summer holidays i Italy, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Natur

  Chianti and Brunello harvest

  5 sep – 15 okt · vanligtvis

  The picking runs through September in the hills either side of the city, and it is the one time of year the estates are working rather than pouring for visitors.

Mellansäsong — skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en helt vanlig månad

• Natur

  White truffle and new oil

  20 okt – 15 dec · vanligtvisPlocksäsong

  White truffle around San Giovanni d'Asso from late October, then the olive pressing in November and oil so green it stains the bread. The best eating months in the province.

Pågår fortfarande: Chianti and Brunello harvest (5 sep – 15 okt (vanligtvis))

Lugnt — skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en av dess sämsta vädermånader

Inget nytt börjar i november.

Pågår fortfarande: White truffle and new oil (20 okt – 15 dec (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Christmas and the Befana, Christmas holidays i Italy

• Helg

  Christmas and the Befana

  8 dec – 6 janJul & nyår

  Panforte and ricciarelli in every window, an empty Campo and short winter opening hours at the cathedral and the Palazzo Pubblico. Cold, and the fog sits in the valleys below. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: White truffle and new oil (20 okt – 15 dec (vanligtvis))