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Arrival and information
Siena’s train station is 2km northeast of town, down in the valley. It has a counter selling city bus tickets (Mon-Sat 5.50am-7.30pm; L1400/¬0.72). To get into town, cross the road and take just about any city bus heading left (#3, #9 to Tozzi; #4, #7, #8, #14, #17, #77 to Garibaldi/Sale; #10 to Gramsci) all of which drop off about 100m north of Piazza Matteotti on the northern edge of the centre. Most intercity buses arrive on Viale Tozzi, the road running alongside Piazza Gramsci, or at La Lizza nearby, but note that many now refrain the centre and terminate at the train station instead. Coming from Florence by train , you may need to change at Empoli (takes 1hr 45min); by bus , there are hourly SITA expresses (takes 1hr 15min). The tourist office is at no. 56 on the Campo (April-Oct Mon-Sat 8.30am-7.30pm; Nov-March Mon-Fri 8.30am-1pm & 3-7pm, Sat 8.30am-1pm; tel 0577.280.551, www.siena.turismo.toscana.it ). “Ecco Siena” guided walks (in English) start from outside the office (April-Oct Mon-Sat 4.30pm; L35,000/¬18.08; last 2hr 30min).
