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Tempo Libero, Casato di Sotto 20 (closed Mon) is a smaller, friendlier place than the big bookstores such as Libreria Senese, Via di CittA 64.
Bike rental DF Bike, Via Massetana Romana 54 (tel 0577.271.905); Automotocicli Perozzi, Via del Romitorio 5 (tel 0577.223.157). Bus information Ticket offices beneath Piazza Gramsci have information on all routes. The Sienese bus company is called TRA-IN - don't confuse its name or logo for anything to do with trains! Lazzi or TRA-IN run roughly half-hourly to Poggibonsi, where you must change for San Gimignano (buy a through ticket), and half-a-dozen times daily to Montalcino and Montepulciano. Note that some buses to the hill-towns south of Siena now depart from the train station, not from Piazza Gramsci. Lazzi and SITA also run regularly to Florence (take an express), and to Massa Marittima, Volterra and Rome. Car rental Avis, Via Simone Martini 36 (tel 0577.270.305); Hertz, Viale Sardegna 37 (tel 0577.45.085). Hospital Santa Chiara, Via Roma 67 (tel 050.992.111). Internet access Internet Train, Via di CittA 121 and Via Pantaneto 54; MegaWeb, Via Pantaneto 132; MediaNet, Via Paradiso 10 (closed Sun). All have long daily opening hours and charge L3000/a?¬1.55 for 15min (less for students). Laundry Wash & Dry, Via Pantaneto 38 (daily 8am-9pm); OndaBlu, Casato di Sotto 17 (daily 8am-10pm). Left luggage At the TRA-IN bus information centre below Piazza Gramsci (daily 7am-7.45pm; L5000/a?¬2.58 per piece for one day only). At the train station, there are self-service lockers on platform 1 (L3000/a?¬1.55 per 6hr). Lost property Comune di Siena, Casato di Sotto 23 (Mon-Fri 9am-12.30pm, Tues & Thurs also 3-5pm). Market A huge weekly market sprawls over La Lizza (Wed 8am-1pm). Parking The two biggest parking garages - run by the same company and clearly signposted - charge around L2500/a?¬1.29 per hour (daily 7am-11pm) but are misleadingly named: "Parcheggio Il Campo" and "Parcheggio Il Duomo" are a long way south of either the Campo or the duomo, just inside the Porta Tufi and Porta San Marco respectively. Parking outside the city gates is free. Tourists are permitted to drive through the old town alleys only in order to check in at their hotel. Police The Questura is on Via del Castoro (tel 0577.201.111). Post office Piazza Matteotti (Mon-Sat 8.15am-7pm). Taxi Radio Taxi tel 0577.49.222; taxis wait on Piazza Matteotti.
Train information
tel 1478.88.088. To save you the journey out to the station ticket office (daily 5.50am-8.25pm), you can buy train tickets at the tourist office on the Campo (closed Sun), the main post office on Piazza Matteotti (closed Sun), Bar Bottega del CaffA?, Banchi di Sotto 39 (closed Sun) and the Tabaccheria, Via Cavour 85 (no closing day). Other useful information
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