Summer. Warm, sunny: sea? Maybe, or.. maybe not! The season with the highest temperatures of the year is not necessarily synonymous with seaside resorts. Yes, because the weather may very well encourage for "cultural"tourism in one of the many beautiful cities in Italy's hinterland. Not only foreigners, then, but also hItalians themselves choose these days more than ever to appreciate Siena and its surroundings.
Most people every year spend its Mid August in Siena, because an August holiday does not mean only the Palio Horse Race, although, of course, is the main attraction!

Siena's Palio Horse Race

The Assumption Day in Siena the city doesn't sleep: that's why on August 16 everybody's focused on Palio of the Assumption, which is played that day. After that of July 2 (Palio di Provenzano) this is the other canonical date on which Contradas fight and challenge themselves for a day exciting and full of pathos. An event not to miss, one of most important of the year and with a worldwide appeal..

Palazzo Chigi Saracini back to reveal its treasures

If you are in the days of the heatwave in Siena, you can not miss the opportunity to visit Palazzo Chigi Saracini, historic seat of Accademia Chigiana, which remains exceptionally open to the public until Octiober 30. That Gothic building was made in the thirteenth century by Marescotti Family, and now is a true mine of treasures of art history, an invaluable heritage perfectly secure in the rooms of the historic palace located on Via di Città.

Macchiaioli in Montepulciano. Masterpieces and unpublished privates

We move, but we are still in the province of Siena, to mention a wonderful initiative that is hosted in Montepulciano, at the Museo Civico Pinacoteca Crociani and Logge della Mercanzia. Until September 26, "Macchiaioli in Montepulciano. Masterpieces and unpublished privates", an exhibition of over seventy works that pay tribute to the artistic movement of Macchiaioli that was so important in history art between nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Craft Art- Itineraries in time and space

In the province of Siena, Chianciano Terme in fact, we suggest an exhibition very interesting. In the two thousand square meters of the Museum of Art, distributed on four floors of the building, until the end of August you'll be enchanted by the picturesque and evocative setting, just to recreate primitive and wild places with extraordinary taste and realism. An historical, anthropological and artistic journey that deserves to be done.

Folklore, art, history or festivals, there is much to be done, and as you can see, not only in Siena, but also in the many beautiful towns of its countryside. What are you waiting for? Mid August in Siena hotels, or in some Chiantishire's awesome farm house? The most important thing is .. to go!!