Day trips
Day Trips from Siena
Day trips from Siena, picked by real distance from verified coordinates — every guide below passed the same checks as the rest of the site.
Florence 51 km away
attraction Boboli Gardens: Florence Travel Guide (4.2★)
Boboli Gardens sits behind the Pitti Palace on the Oltrarno side of Florence, and it's open daily from 8:15am to 7:10pm. 4.2★ (30,913 reviews) — what visitors say, hours, and tips.
attraction Basilica of Santa Maria Novella: Florence Travel Guide
The Basilica of Santa Maria Novella sits on its own piazza in Florence, a short walk from Santa Maria Novella train station, and is best visited right at opening on a weekday, between 9am and 10am, before tour groups arrive. 4.7★ (32,368 reviews) — what visitors say, hours, and tips.
attraction Galleria dell Accademia di Firenze: Florence Travel Guide
The Accademia's main draw is Michelangelo's David, standing at the end of a long gallery lined with his unfinished "Prisoners" statues — the whole visit takes about 60–90 minutes. 4.6★ (57,520 reviews) — what visitors say, hours, and tips.
attraction Palazzo Vecchio: Florence Travel Guide
Palazzo Vecchio, on Piazza della Signoria, is Florence's fortified 13th-century town hall turned museum, famous for its crenellated tower, the vast Salone dei Cinquecento, and rooms frescoed by Vasari and Ghirlandaio.
attraction Uffizi Galleries: Florence Travel Guide
Book a timed-entry ticket online well in advance, arrive at your slot rather than early, and head straight for the Botticelli rooms before the mid-morning crush arrives.
attraction Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore: Florence Travel Guide
The Duomo (Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore) is Florence's free-to-enter cathedral crowned by Brunelleschi's red-tiled dome; climbing the dome or Giotto's Campanile requires a timed ticket bought in advance.
Pisa 88 km away
attraction Battistero di San Giovanni: Pisa Travel Guide (4.7★)
The Battistero di San Giovanni in Pisa's Piazza del Duomo is the round, marble-clad building standing between the Leaning Tower and the Cathedral, open daily 9:00 AM to 10:30 PM. 4.7★ (4,368 reviews) — what visitors say, hours, and tips.
attraction Natural History Museum of the University of Pisa: Travel Guide
The Natural History Museum of the University of Pisa sits inside the former Certosa di Calci, a 14th-century Carthusian monastery about 8km east of Pisa proper, open daily 9am to 7pm. 4.7★ (6,674 reviews) — what visitors say, hours, and tips.
attraction Tower of Pisa: Travel Guide (4.7★)
The Leaning Tower is open daily from 9am to 8pm, and it's genuinely worth climbing, not just photographing. 4.7★ (198,489 reviews) — what visitors say, hours, and tips.
hidden gem Piazza del Duomo: Pisa Travel Guide (4.7★)
Piazza del Duomo in Pisa, also called the Piazza dei Miracoli, is a walled lawn in the city's northwest corner holding the Leaning Tower, the cathedral, the Baptistery and the Camposanto. 4.7★ (142,697 reviews) — what visitors say, hours, and tips.
hidden gem Logge dei Banchi: Pisa Travel Guide (4.3★)
Logge dei Banchi is an open stone loggia in central Pisa, on Via di Banchi at the south end of Ponte di Mezzo, where Corso Italia meets the Arno. 4.3★ (1,316 reviews) — what visitors say, hours, and tips.
hidden gem Piazza dei Cavalieri: Pisa Travel Guide (4.6★)
Piazza dei Cavalieri is Pisa's second square, a five-minute walk from the Leaning Tower, and it's calmest between 7am and 9am on weekdays (7am–10am weekends) before tour groups arrive. 4.6★ (12,114 reviews) — what visitors say, hours, and tips.
Bologna 131 km away
attraction Giardini Margherita: Bologna Travel Guide (4.6★)
Giardini Margherita is Bologna's largest public park, spread across the southeastern edge of the city center near Porta Santo Stefano and Porta Castiglione. 4.6★ (17,908 reviews) — what visitors say, hours, and tips.
attraction Basilica di San Petronio: Bologna Travel Guide (4.5★)
Basilica di San Petronio sits on Piazza Maggiore in central Bologna, open daily 10am–6pm. 4.5★ (6,269 reviews) — what visitors say, hours, and tips.
attraction Museo per la Memoria di Ustica: Bologna Travel Guide (4.8★)
Museo per la Memoria di Ustica sits in the Bolognina district of Bologna, inside a converted former tram depot on Via di Saliceto. 4.8★ (1,799 reviews) — what visitors say, hours, and tips.
attraction Piazza Maggiore: Bologna Travel Guide
Piazza Maggiore is Bologna's medieval heart, framed by the unfinished marble façade of the Basilica di San Petronio, the crenellated Palazzo d'Accursio and Palazzo dei Notai, and the neighboring Piazza del Nettuno with Giambologna's bronze Neptune fountain.
hidden gem Portici di Bologna: Travel Guide (4.7★)
Portici di Bologna is the city's network of covered arcades, and Piazza Cavour in central Bologna, a short walk south of Piazza Maggiore, is one of the best places to start. 4.7★ (928 reviews) — what visitors say, hours, and tips.
hidden gem Mercato delle Erbe: Bologna Travel Guide (4.3★)
Mercato delle Erbe is Bologna's covered food market at Via Ugo Bassi 25, a short walk west of Piazza Maggiore, with stalls selling produce, cured meats and cheeses, plus places to eat. 4.3★ (14,492 reviews) — what visitors say, hours, and tips.