Just like in his 2021-22 CNN series Searching For Italy, Tucci examines the food culture of different regions of his ...

One of the most beautiful urban areas not just in Tuscany, but in all of Italy (and therefore Europe), Siena is a mediaeval daydream, an ochre-tanned spiral of cobbled stairs, winding streets ...

Anything goes in Siena, Italy, during the spectacular medieval-style Corsa del Palio—the breakneck, bareback horse race held twice each year—July 2 and August 16—in the historic heart of the ...

With origins dating back to 1633, the Palio di Siena is Italy's most famous historic horse race. It occurs twice a year in Siena's main square, Piazza del Campo. The first race took place this summer ...

In the early 1300s, the Tuscan hilltop city of Siena lived through a great period of prosperity, said Charlotte Higgins in The Guardian. Its economic, military and political strength provided the ...