Top 10 Shops, Cafés and Wine Bars
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1. Nannini
Siena’s renowned premier café roasts its own coffee and serves delicious pastries.
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2. Ceramiche Artistiche Santa Caterina
Franca, Marcello and son Fabio produce Siena’s best ceramics. The black, white and “burnt sienna” designs are based on the Duomo’s floor panels.
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3. Tessuti a Mano
Fioretta Bacci works her giant looms at the back, turning out colourful, unique knitwear.
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4. Siena Ricama
Bruna Fontani’s exquisite embroidery and needlepoint is inspired by medieval Sienese art, from illuminated manuscripts to Lorenzetti frescoes.
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5. Antica Drogheria Manganelli
Speciality Sienese foods (cookies, wines, preserves, cheeses, salamis) in a well-preserved 1879 shop.
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6. Cortecci
Men’s and women’s designer fashion (Armani, Gucci, Prada, Versace) plus lesser-known, more affordable labels.
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7. II Papiro
Chain of stationery stores specializing in marbled paper and leather-bound blank books.
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8. Enoteca I Terzi
Atmospheric wine bar serving simple Sienese dishes under vaulted ceilings.
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9. Zina Provvedi
Decent prices on a good selection of ceramics from Siena province and from Umbrian pottery centres Gubbio and Deruta.
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10. Laboratorio di Oreficeria Michela
Jewellery – classic, modern and Etruscan-inspired – hand-crafted on the spot.
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