THE CAMPSITE Camping Colleverde is situated in a panoramic area with only 2,5 km distance to the ancient centre of Siena easy reachable with the public transport
and with abusstop in front of the campsite.
• complete renovated fi rst class
showerbuildings
• bar, restaurant, pizzeria, market
• new disleveled pitches
• mobile home for 2 till 5 persons
•
swimmingpool, WIFI area
• BY CAR: easy reachable from all
directions being the ONLY campsite in
the city of Siena.
IN THE HEART OF TUSCANY Excellent panoramic position with a view of the city famous for the palio, and with the Chianti hills just behind it. Well connected with the city centre (2.5km) and the FFSS station (1.5km). Ideal for visiting Siena but also for a great vacation in the he
art of Tuscany. The towns of Montalcino, Montepulciano,
Monteriggioni, San Gimignano are only a few kilometres away.
The campsite was completely renovated in 2008. It offers a great restaurant/pizzeria which serves typical local dishes and international, a bar and market, and most importantly a pool with its own bar. THE CITY OF SIENA Siena, like other Tuscan hill towns, was fi rst settled in the time of the Etruscans (c. 900 BC to 400 BC) when it was inhabited by a tribe called the Saina. The Etruscans were an advanced
people who changed the face of central Italy through their use of
irrigation to reclaim previously unfarmable land, and their custom of building their settlements in well-defended hill-forts. Then, at the time of the Emperor Augustus, a Roman town called Saena Julia was founded in the site.
The first document mentioning it dates from 70 AD. Some archaeologists assert it was controlled for a period by a Gaulish tribe called the Saenones. The Roman origin accounts for the town’s emblem a she-wolf suckling the infants Romulus and Remus. According to legend, Siena was founded by Senius, son of Remus, who was in turn the brother of Romulus, after whom Rome was named. Statues and other artwork depicting a she-wolf suckling the young twins Romulus and Remus can be seen all over the city of Siena.