Today we woke up to rain pouring down but never say die, we pulled on our rain gear and off we went towards Siena.

Siena is south Tuscany and surrounded by the beautiful hills.

The rain had now stopped.

We had located a car park nearest to the cathedral Duomo and joined the queue to enter the car park. To my dismay we were at the base of a cliff like hillside that we would have to climb up! But nevertheless with a stick in my hand and bag and camera we set off up a hill.

To our relief we found there were a series of several steep escalators  ascending the hillside almost to the top. All free no charge ….phew!

At the last elevation we followed signs to the cathedral through a maze of narrow streets. 

The streets had tourists shops and restaurants.

The outside of the building was huge with spectacular towers.

You buy a ticket to go inside the cathedral.

What an amazing place,marbled floors,huge painting’s,magnificence and opulence!

The pulpit was unbelievable I’ll let my photos show you.

We spent a long time in there and afterwards wandered exploring the streets.

Down all the escalators was fun then to the car park.

On our way back to San Gimignano we took the picturesque route via volterra

There are many views to take photos from. We will return to that route on Friday. Meanwhile tomorrow we are getting up early to go to Florence for the day ….wish us luck!

Ps vince cooked our dinner tonight spaghetti Bolognese all brought from uk with us!