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Photos: Ввласенко, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0 Krzysztof Popławski, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 Livioandronico2013, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

Plan your Piazza del Campo hour

  • 🇮🇹 Siena, Italy
  • Guide on call
  • 30 min
  • Italian, English
  • Up to 4 people on the call
  • Walking
Your local guide Chiara Vanni 10 years guiding View profile

Highlights

  • A square visit, planned together
  • The quietest hours, named
  • A written note sent afterwards
  • Local timing before you go
  • Questions answered on your own plan

About this tour

This short call helps plan a visit to Piazza del Campo before you go. I work through the square with you on a map, naming the quietest times and the best spot to take it all in. You leave with a clear sense of when and where to go.

We spend most of the call on your specific schedule, since timing changes the square considerably. A short written note follows by message once we finish.

It suits anyone who wants local timing advice before visiting a busy square. It also works well before booking one of my longer video sessions there.

Included

  • A 30-minute call with a local guide
  • Honest tips on where to eat, stay and what to skip
  • A short follow-up note with every place mentioned

Not included

  • Bookings made on your behalf
  • Phone or data charges from your provider

Itinerary

  1. Hello, and what you want to know 5 min

    The guide calls you and asks what you are after: planning Siena, recommendations, or just questions.

  2. Timing and spot 17 min

    We go through the square on a map, and I point out the quietest times and the best spot to actually see the slope and tower together.

  3. Your questions 5 min

    Ask anything that is still on your mind, there is no fixed script.

  4. A written note after the call 3 min

    You get a short follow-up message with everything mentioned, so you do not have to remember it all.

Good to know

  • A stable phone or internet connection, whichever the guide uses to reach you.
  • No app to install. You answer when the guide calls, or join a video call if you would rather.
  • Times are shown in Rome time, so check the time where you are before you book.
  • The call is not recorded. Keep your own note of anything you want to remember, or wait for the follow-up message.
  • Have your questions ready, though there is time to think of more as you go.

Questions about this tour

What will the call cover?

The guide talks you through Siena: where to go, what to eat, and answers to whatever you ask.

What happens if the call drops?

The guide will try you again straight away.

Can I ask the guide questions during the session, or is it a fixed script?

Anything, any time. Sessions leave room for your own questions throughout, not just at the end.

How it works

  • Your guide calls the number you give at booking.
  • We meet on Google Meet; the link comes with your booking. This is a planning call, not a live walk, and I answer questions as we go.

Times shown in Rome time (CET)

Cancellation

Flexible

  • Cancel up to 24 hours before the start: full refund.
  • Cancel less than 24 hours before the start, or no-show: no refund.
  • If the guide cancels or the date does not reach its minimum group: full refund.
  • Cancel in My Account → Bookings; the refund is calculated from the start time in the tour's local time.

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