Italy's Cities 2000 - 2007, Ep. 4 "Florence: City of Art"

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We look into the eyes of Michelangelo's David and Botticelli's Venus, learn tricks for touring the Uffizi art gallery, and climb the amazing cathedral dome that kicked off the Renaissance. Then we immerse ourselves in the Florentine good life: visiting a fragrant 400-year-old perfumery, sipping Campari on a rooftop, chasing ... the sunset on a Vespa, and sleeping serenely in a converted monastery.
  • Runtime: 27 minutes
  • Original air date: January 01, 2003
  • Network: Back Door Productions
 
  
 
 

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1. Venice: Serene, Decadent and Still Kicking
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2. Venice Side-Trips: The Best of Veneto
  January 1, 2003
Pulling on hip boots, we settle into the muck of Venice, then take a speedboat tour of the lagoon. On the mainland, we head for Padova to tour a once-illegal anatomy theater and track the restoration of Giotto's Scrovegni Chapel. In Vicenza, we admire elegant Palladian-style streets and villas. In Verona, we climb the Roman arena, jostle with tourists to rub the brass breast of Juliet, and taste-test grappa before riding the train to Ravenna for its dazzling 1500-year-old mosaics.
 
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3. Milan and Lake Como
  January 1, 2006
No trip to Italy is complete without Milan and Lake Como. In Milan we'll take a peek at Italy's highest fashion, fanciest delis, grandest cemetery and greatest opera house...not to mention Leonardo's Last Supper. Then we'll cruise along Lake Como, settling down in the lakeside village of Varenna...classic honeymoon country, where Italy meets the Alps.
 
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4. Florence: City of Art
  January 1, 2003
We look into the eyes of Michelangelo's David and Botticelli's Venus, learn tricks for touring the Uffizi art gallery, and climb the amazing cathedral dome that kicked off the Renaissance. Then we immerse ourselves in the Florentine good life: visiting a fragrant 400-year-old perfumery, sipping Campari on a rooftop, chasing the sunset on a Vespa, and sleeping serenely in a converted monastery.
 
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5. Caesar's Rome
  January 1, 2001
Rome welcomes the new millennium spiffed up as never before. We tour Rome's ancient sights from the Forum and Colosseum to the glorious Pantheon. Then, after hiking the Appian Way and exploring the catacombs, we track down the best gelato in Rome.
 
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6. Rome: Baroque, After Dark
  January 1, 2001
After a pilgrimage to Michelangelo's Pieta, we climb to the top of St. Peter's Basilica. We seek out tucked-away Renaissance paintings and a cleverly-painted false dome. At the Borghese Gallery, it's exquisite sculptures by the master of marble, Bernini. Then we join the locals on an after-dark stroll, lacing together Rome's Baroque and bubbly nightspots.
 
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7. Naples and Pompeii
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Naples is Italy in the extreme. We'll prowl backstreet fish markets, dodge fast-moving Vespas, and dine on pizza where it was invented. We'll climb to the top of nearby Mount Vesuvius, then wander through the amazing ruins of Pompeii, the Roman town it destroyed.
 
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Episode 4, "Florence: City of Art"
Synopsis: We look into the eyes of Michelangelo's David and Botticelli's Venus, learn tricks for touring the Uffizi art gallery, and climb the amazing cathedral dome that kicked off the Renaissance. Then we immerse ourselves in the Florentine good life: visiting a fragrant 400-year-old perfumery, sipping Campari on a rooftop, chasing the sunset on a Vespa, and sleeping serenely in a converted monastery.
Original air date: January 1, 2003
Runtime: 27 minutes
ASIN: B0016BUI22
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #163,107 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
Italy's Cities 2000 - 2007 Season 8
Synopsis: Explore Italy's great cities with Rick Steves, best-selling travel author and host of public television's Rick Steves' Europe and public radio's Travel with Rick Steves. See the best of Italy's great cities: serene and decadent Venice, fashionable Milan, Renaissance Florence, classic Rome and extreme Naples. Along the way, we side-trip to Vicenza, Verona, Ravenna, Lake Cuomo and Pompeii.
Season year: 2006
Network: Back Door Productions
ASIN: B00167YAVQ
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