PolaTour The 17 Fountains of the Contradas of Siena

About this tour

Explore Siena's 17 contrada fountains with a Polakit in hand—instant camera, films, map and backpack included. Your Polaguide steers you through the city's quieter quarters and their distinct character fountains, stopping to shoot and develop prints on the spot. Build a physical album as you walk, capturing pocket-sized snapshots of each neighbourhood's personality. Flexible duration (1–4 hours) suits your pace. During Palio days (late June and mid-August), the route pivots to ten key Palio sites instead.

Highlights

• Instant film photography while walking between 17 neighbourhood fountains
• Develop prints immediately; collect them in a custom guide-album
• Polaguide narrates the distinct identity of each contrada
• Flexible 1–4 hour route, fully wheelchair accessible
• Swap to Palio Top 10 route during festival weeks
• Take home tangible prints to share and revisit

What to expect

You'll move through Siena's back streets and piazzas at a leisurely pace, halting at each of the 17 contrada fountains. Your guide explains the symbolism and history of each neighbourhood. Between stops, you load film, frame shots and watch prints emerge from your instant camera. There's downtime built in—no rushing from point to point. By the tour's end, you'll have a small stack of physical photographs tucked into a personalized album, ready to flip through later. The route works in any season, though summer heat and Palio crowds mean the itinerary shifts to ten landmark Palio locations during festival weeks.

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