Siena's Nightlife
Siena is both a tranquil town and a place offering a myriad of bars and pubs where friends congregate over a glass of wine or a mug of beer. The cuore of Siena, Piazza del Campo (Picture 1 and 3), hosts performances by musicians, fire eaters, clowns and buskers and the typical passeggiata, an after dinner walk which still takes place along Bianchi di Sopra (Picture 2), where its glamorous windows explode into colours. In the summer evenings Siena plays host to music festivals whose concerts take place in different piazzas sometimes reaching thirty different gathering places. In the winter Siena still goes on with its music tradition and pubs are venues of other small concerts celebrated indoors. Nightpubs often do not close till 2 am or even later.
BARS
Nannini (Via Banchi di Sopra).
I Terzi (Via dei Termini 7; tel. 0 577 44329).
Enjoy the bustle and hustle of Siena from the balcony giving onto the Piazza del Campo of Key Largo (Via Rinaldini 17; tel. 0577 23 63 39).
Il Palio (Piazza del Campo 46-49; tel./fax 0577 282055).
Caffe Diacceto (Via Diacceto 14).
Caffè 115 (Via dei Rossi 115) Gay friendly.
Robert the Bruce (Via Monte Santo- zone Fortezza).
L’ Officiana (Piazza del Sale 3).
Enoteca Italiana (Via Camollia 72) Wine bar to taste and take some bottles home.
Caffe del Corso (Via Banchi di Sopra 25) Bar and café where young congregate. It has a dance floor to swing in the evening.
Bar Porrione (Via del Porrione 14; tel. 0577 16 69 04) Affordable beer till 3am and students’ den.
The liveliest events take place from late spring to early winter, when individual districts hold open-air dinners to celebrate past victories in the Palio.
CLUBS
Il Barone Rosso (Via dei Termini 9; tel. 0577.286686) club-cum-pub magnetizing young peolple with its live music performances ranging from blues to pop.
Il Cambio (Via Pantaneto 48).
Il Bombo (Località S.Giusto 199, Monteroni d'Arbia (SI); tel. 0577.372185).
Sabroso Disco Dancing (Piazza dei Maetri del Lavoro 16; tel. 0577.247094).
LIVE MUSIC
The Tea Room ( Porta Giustizia) Jazz and cabaret gigs.
The Dublin Post (Piazza Gramsci) An Irish pub where Irish and local bands converge as well as Irish beer fans. Its antipasti is just palate-bending.
Casa del Boia (Piazza del Mercato) An underground ancient tunnel which houses one of the most sought renewd clubs to listen to live Cuban Music.
Il Cambio (Via Pantaneto 48) Rock music mesmerizing university students over a good drink till the small hours.
