Palio di Siena: the Ultimate Horse Race

A medieval minute-and-a-half you’ll never forget! July 2 and August 16, annually. Every year since 1652, a wildly dramatic, vividly costumed and dazzlingly brief horse race takes place around Siena’s bowl-shaped Piazza del Campo, or town square. Though the race itself lasts only a heart-stopping 90 seconds—three flat-out laps around the Campo— it’s the centerpiece of […]