Palio di Siena

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The Palio in Siena is held twice a year; on July 2 and August 16 (no  matter the day of the week). In total, the event is held over 4 days.

The typical 3 nights are June 30, July 1 and 2nd; or August 14, 15, 16.  Additional nights can be added to any package. Our 5 night Le Fontanelle package  begins June 28th or August 12th. 

Since the mid 1600s the Palio di Siena has been run in the city’s famous  city ‘square’, Piazza del Campo. The piazza is not in a typical square or rectangular shape, but more in the shape of sea shell, curved at the  top, flat on the bottom. The race is run (3 laps) in a clockwise direction around the piazza on the clay “track” that is laid down in the campo a few days before the event begins. 

Depends on the package you select. There are a total of 6 trial races. The following hotel packages include tickets for one of the evening trial races: Grand Continental, Le Fontanelle and Relais degli Angeli.  For the remaining 3 hotels, you can add these tickets for euro 85,00 per person (subject to availability). 

 No. There are no hotels in Siena that overlook the campo. We can however suggest our Campo Suite. See details above. 

The city tour is a walking tour up to 2 hours and offers customers key highlights of Siena, including entrance to one of the Contrada museums (each Contrada has their own museum, a collection of history as it can relate to the Palio and in some cases Italy itself.

Each of the 17 Contrada will hold a dinner the nigh before the final race, outdoors  in their own neighborhood. Naturally we attend the dinners for those Contrada who are actually in the race. Four course meal (Italian food of course) and plenty of wine to soak up the atmosphere of this very special evening. 

Yes,  company personnel will be in Siena for the Palio. They are available to  answer any questions you may have during your visit to Siena. 

In most instances, actual Palio Tickets for the race and tickets for the Contrada dinner will be given to you in Siena. The specific location for “pick-up” or  delivery and the time for receiving your tickets will be given in with your confirmation or eventually in your time line summary; in most cases the location will be your hotel, the afternoon of our arrival.  

Palio Tickets are non-refundable. However, resale provisions are given in case of cancellations – please see our Terms and Conditions for further details in regard to Tickets and Package reservations for the Palio.