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Siena Like a Local: Personalized Private Exploration Through Passionate Local's Eyes
4.4
5 Ratings
Experience the city from the perspective of a dedicated local. There’s no fixed plan, allowing you to tailor the tour or entrust the local to offer a deep dive into the city. Travel becomes about the people you connect with, not solely the sites you visit.
Duration:
6 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Lokafy - This is a customized walking tour so the exact itinerary will depend on the duration of the tour and the interests of the travelers and the Lokafyer. If you have any particular interests or would like to see something specific in the city, please request this in advance of the tour.
What's Included
- Customized private walking tour
- Local guide (‘Lokafyer’
What's Not Included
- Personal expenses
- Tips and gratuities (optional)
- Optional activity costs
- Food and drinks
- Transportation to/from attractions (It’s a walking tour, car transportation isn’t included)
Additional Information
- Lokafy tours provide a general overview of the city with practical information from a local’s perspective, not detailed historical facts
- In case travellers would like to include a visit to an attraction, they would need to cover the cost of entrance for themselves and also the Lokafyer (local guide)
- Tours are entirely personalized, please provide the start time, meeting place and information about you so that we can organize the tour
- This is a walking tour. We recommend wearing comfortable shoes
- Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
- Children below 3 years old are free of charge
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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Ben_d
Jul 20, 2023
Like hanging with a good friend for a few hours - Jalal was an excellent, empathetic, and knowledgeable guide to the city and to his experience as an immigrant scholar in Siena. He put in extra effort beforehand to understand my interests and customize the tour. We shared stories and chatted easily for four hours. I’m a big fan of the Canadian tour operator’s philosophy and approach to storytelling and local culture outside of typical tourist experiences!
The tour operator did a good job beforehand in setting expectations for this experience. This style of tour is like visiting with a knowledgeable friend for a while, rather than doing an academic deep-dive into Sienese art, culture, and history. Set your own expectations appropriately and you’ll have a fabulous experience.
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Tanya_r
Apr 8, 2023
Great experience with a Sienese! - We really enjoyed our walk around Siena with Chiara. She was great! We've been to Siena before but wanted to learn some additional details about one of our favorite towns in Tuscany. Meeting a local is a great way to learn more about the cultural aspects of living here as well as obtain tips about restaurants and activities. Highly recommend!
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Edgar
Jun 5, 2022
Siena like a local tour was an up close and personal tour of Siena - Met with our guide Gisela who took us on a 2 hour personal walking tour of Siena, showing us a more non-historical side of life in Siena and the people who live there. She answered all our questions and gave us different perspective of life inside and outside the famed walls. Definitely a different way to appreciate the city. Gisela was great.
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Scott
Jul 13, 2019
Nijat Really "Made Our Day" and Siena Visit - Nijat gets a 10+++++++++++++++++++ rating from my wife Jaime and I on 6/25/19 in Siena. He was as knowledgeable, professional, objective, and polite as one could ever dream of and provided exactly what we wanted.
When you contacted me to let me know know he would not be providing the "typical" European tour, that was exactly what we were looking for! He was a perfect fit.
Also, if Nijat's type of tour is what your firm specializes in (i.e. NOT spending the tour inside museums, art museums, churches, and businesses such as glass blowers, etc.) then that's exactly what we look for and I think many others would prefer as well. And...Nijat should be your model tour guide for that business model!
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