Ezinye zeedolophu ezintle kakhulu zifumaneka e-Itali-kodwa iRoma kunye neFlorence ayizizo zimbini kuphela ezifanele ukubonwa. Ngexesha elizayo xa undwendwela i-Itali, yiya eSiena — idolophu entle eTuscany eyaziwa ngobugcisa bayo bamaxesha aphakathi kunye necawa yecawa. Ke kufuneka wenze ntoni eSiena, Esinye sezixeko ezilungileyo eYurophu?

Qala ngokuncoma (kwaye, ewe, ukuthatha iifoto) zezona ndawo zibonakalayo eSiena.

Kukho iPiazza del Campo — isikwere sikawonkewonke esimile okweqokobhe embindini wedolophu — kunye negama elibizwa ngokuba yiRoman Catholic Duomo, elaziwa kakhulu ngemigca yalo emhlophe nemnyama eluhlaza. Ukuba uthatha ixesha lokungena ngaphakathi, uya kufumana ubugcisa ngamagcisa angama-40 ase-Italiya. Kodwa unokulahleka ngokulula kwizitrato ezinamajiko, apho lonke ujiko lukhokelela kolunye ulwakhiwo lwamaxesha aphakathi okanye i-belfry ekhutshwe ngokuthe ngqo kwi-Renaissance yase-Italiya. Ngaba kuyamangalisa ukuba iSiena ithathwa njengeyona dolophu inothando ehlabathini?

Emva koko, bamba iglasi yendawo yewayini yaseBrunello di Montalcino, kwiinduli ezisemazantsi eSiena. Izidiliya zintsonkothileyo, ezahlukileyo iidiliya zeSangiovese zifumaneka kweyona ndawo ixineneyo kule ngingqi. Ukutyelela i-winery yasePoggio Rubino, esasazeka phantse iihektare ezingama-40 zomhlaba. Ababhenkethi banokuthatha inxaxheba kukungcamla iwayini kwaye bafunde malunga nezithethe zokwenza iwayini kuloo mmandla.

Ukuba uthenga izinto zezikhumbuzo okanye iigcina, okhetho lwakho lubandakanya imakethi yangoLwesithathu (apho abathengisi bathengisa yonke into ukusuka kwimpahla ukuya kwindlu) kunye noSiena Tartufi-indawo yeetruffles, iihoneys, ioyile, ukusasazeka kunye neentshizi.

Ezinye izinto ezinomtsalane eSiena ziquka iMuseo Civico, egcina imizobo nemifanekiso eqingqiweyo kumagumbi ahonjiswe ngemifanekiso eqingqiweyo, kunye nePinacoteca Nazionale di Siena — ingqokelela ebanzi yemizobo yamaGothic neyeNkcubeko yoKuhlaziya.

Unokufuna ukucwangcisa uhambo oluya eSiena malunga neRalio Horse Race, enye yezona zinto zimnandi ukuzenza eSiena. Kabini ngonyaka, olu khuphiswano lwezemidlalo olubuyela kwinkulungwane ye-6 liguqula idolophu ethe cwaka ibe yindawo ebukekayo. Umdyarho unokuhlala kuphela kwimizuzwana engama-90, kodwa imibhiyozo, iintsikelelo zamahashe, kunye nemikhosi iyaqhubeka imini yonke.