A magical environment with an air of antique and indescribable mystery that pervades the streets and piazzas, concealing unexplored and incomprehensible secrets under its rigid haughtiness. This is the fascination of mysterious Siena, so beautiful that she takes your breath away with her sharp skyline of towers and pinnacles and intriguing thicket of streets and alleys, dominated by the watchful severity of the four protector saints of this city standing in their niches of the Loggia della Mercanzia, all facing in the same direction towards the age-old enemy, Florence. A city that seems impenetrable, jealously housing her myriad of treasures and mysteries that shyly unfold before the visitor's eyes, to discovered and understood in true Senese spirit, with respect and pride. Magical and very alive, this is Siena, who unveils her inner self in the restless frenzy of the Palio, this popular festive explosion, a mixture of passion, colour and sentiment that for an instant makes time and your heart stand still.