Product Details

• Producers: Fifty Rubies Productions
• Format: NTSC
• Language: English
• Subtitles: English
• Region: All Regions
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 2
• Rated: G (General Audience)
• Studio: Fifty Rubies Productions
• DVD Release Date: November 7, 2006
• Run Time: 156 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0006V2ALK
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #45,696 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

THIS DVD FEATURES ALL SIX 26-MINUTE EPISODES. This PBS documentary series is an unprecedented journey into the vineyards, workshops, kitchens, and homes of the Tuscan people. Each 26-minute episode of "Inside the Tuscan Hills" will take you deep into the rich culture of rural Tuscany, a place where ancient traditions have never disappeared. You will meet master chefs, shoemakers, mosaic artists, ceramic painters, coppersmiths and many others. Chefs open their kitchen doors and show us the secrets of hand-rolled pasta, wine-bathed steak, succulent pork, and many other mouth-watering Tuscan dishes. Highlights include: ? A 700 year-old cross-bow contest held in Renaissance costumes. A visit to the bubbling hot-springs of Saturnia - including the glamour of its private spa and the wild beauty of the public pools. ? A blessing of the fields that melds pagan beliefs with Christian rituals. ? The traditional wine harvest at a castle in Chianti.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

22 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Transport yourself!, September 27, 2005

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Allegra Pawlowski "Italophile/villa rentals" (Boston, MA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Inside The Tuscan Hills (DVD)

I am a Tuscan villa rental agent with Tuscan Dream and I purchased this DVD to see if there were any secrets I wasn't in on and of course to look at the beautiful scenery. I thought it might be like any other travel show, but this is different. Inside the Tuscan Hills REALLY reflects the way of life for people who live in Tuscany. There are some great secrets and tips included in the videos which I will be sure to tell my clients. If you want to be transported to Tuscany at any time of the year instead of buying the ticket, buy this video.

29 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A nice escape to Tuscany., December 20, 2004

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Zecon - See all my reviews

This review is from: Inside The Tuscan Hills (DVD)

`Inside the Tuscan Hills' is a good value. You receive two DVDs with three twenty-six minute episodes on each. The six episodes take you on a scenic journey through the Tuscan hills and villages. As each episode shifts from one Tuscan village to the next the transition is filled with the incredible vistas of the Tuscan countryside. This captures all the beauty of the countryside. At every stop in Tuscany, the narrator focuses on agriturismo, small restaurants and their chefs, and the artisans of the area. You will get a real feel for the people and their uniquely wonderful way of life. You can almost imagine being there.

I think that the DVD is well worth the price and I recommend it for someone who loves anything Tuscan or has never visited and is planning a trip to the area. The only low spot is the narrator. The narrator's tone is flat and she never comes across with warmth or charm. My sense of it is that she is inexperienced. Because of the narrator, this series does not match the quality of other popular PBS travel documentaries. More accurately this video series can be likened to an incredibly well done home movie of a visit to Tuscany.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Next Best Thing to Traveling There, October 3, 2006

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Jeffrey P. Graham - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Inside The Tuscan Hills (DVD)

This is a beautifully-shot video that is the next best thing to going there. The rich and sumptuous images really give a sense of the beauty of Tuscany, and there is a lot of "local" cultural and historical information that you won't get from a guidebook.

Most of all, the video is fun to watch. And it that's not only because of the beautiful host!

The only drawback is that it focuses on the smaller towns, so you won't get an overview of the major tourist sites. But you see the "real" Tuscany, I recommend this one over the others available.