Italy Guide
Tuscany
Arrival
Siena's train station is 2km northwest of town. It has a counter selling city bus tickets (Mon– Sat 5.50am–7.30pm; €0.80). To get into town, you can either walk, which takes a good 20–25 minutes, or cross the road and take just about any city bus heading left to Piazza Gramsci or Piazza Matteotti on the northern edge of the centre. Most intercity buses arrive on or near Viale Federico Tozzi, the road running alongside Piazza Gramsci-Piazza Matteotti, but note that many now avoid the centre and terminate at the train station instead. Coming from Florence or Pisa by train, you may need to change at Empoli (1hr 45min); by bus, there are hourly TRA-IN or SITA expresses (1hr 15min) plus SENA buses to and from Rome, Milan and Arezzo.