"Rent a car.... is way out of town...." Top 5 Page for this destination Siena Transportation Tip by Trekki

Travelling to Siena by car is not a good option. The city within the town walls is closed to non-local traffic. Or more precise: any car without a specific sign at the windscreen is not allowed to enter the town. Locals pay a hefty price for this privilege to park inside. Apart from that, given the narrow streets of a typical old town it should go without saying that the parking space is for locals only. We tourists with cars have to stay outside of the town walls.

Most naturally the car rental companies are also located outside of town, some near, some quite far. When I wanted to travel to Gubbio on the weekend and realised that it is almost impossible or better a very long trip with many changes if I would take public transport, so I decided to rent a car. But... it involved a lot of walking, internet research and phoning but thanks to Serena and Claudio of Dante School I was able to get a car at a reasonable price. Avis ruled out itself by wanting to charge me 200 Euro for the two days and so Europcar made it. I got a car, fully insured, for 110 Euro for two days. It is a bit of taking the bus and walking to get to Europcar (approx. 30-40 minutes in total) though.

Avis, Siena:
Via Simone Martini 36: which is outside of the walls, near San Francesco church;

Europcar, Siena:
Viale Europa 23/25: too far to walk, but pollicino bus No. 52 takes you to Due Ponti and from there it is a 15 minute walk along SS73 Levante until Viale Europa turns off to the right (south).

© Ingrid D., November 2010, update Feb 2011 (links Avis and Europcar).

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