Italy Guide
Tuscany
Il Campo
Il Campo is the centre of Siena in every sense: the main streets lead into it, the Palio race is held around its perimeter, and in the evenings it is the natural place to gravitate towards, for visitors and residents alike. Don't spurn the chance to soak up the atmosphere last thing at night, when the amphitheatre curve of the piazza throws the low hum of café conversation around in an invisible spiral of sound, drowned out in the daytime. Four hundred years ago, Montaigne described it as the most beautiful square in the world; it's still hard to disagree.