historical re-enactment

Palio della Madonna Assunta

A historical re-enactment in Siena, Siena, Tuscany. It is usually held in August.

Second and most important of Siena's two annual palio races featuring ten contradas competing on Piazza del Campo with preceding medieval historical procession.

We publish the month, not the dates: this one comes back every year and the comune sets the days. Confirm with toscanashopping.it before you travel.

Around this

Everything else on in Tuscany in August, the whole country in August, or the year in full in The Italian Year. And the town itself: Siena.

The Sunday letter

The 1,000 Italian towns most travelers skip.

Every Sunday we send one letter. The week's town, what is worth eating there, and when to turn up. It is free, and you can leave whenever you like.