Italy's Countryside 2000 - 2007, Ep. 3 "Tuscany's Dolce Vita"

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The small towns and rural charms of Tuscany give us a healthy dose of the "sweet life" as we hunt for truffles in an oak forest, nibble through an artichoke festival, share a farmhouse feast, and ride a classic convertible through the cypress groves of Mona Lisa's back yard.
  • Runtime: 26 minutes
  • Original air date: January 01, 2006
  • Network: Back Door Productions
 
  
 
 

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3. Tuscany's Dolce Vita
  January 1, 2006
The small towns and rural charms of Tuscany give us a healthy dose of the "sweet life" as we hunt for truffles in an oak forest, nibble through an artichoke festival, share a farmhouse feast, and ride a classic convertible through the cypress groves of Mona Lisa's back yard.
 
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Episode 3, "Tuscany's Dolce Vita"
Synopsis: The small towns and rural charms of Tuscany give us a healthy dose of the "sweet life" as we hunt for truffles in an oak forest, nibble through an artichoke festival, share a farmhouse feast, and ride a classic convertible through the cypress groves of Mona Lisa's back yard.
Original air date: January 1, 2006
Runtime: 26 minutes
ASIN: B001680ERE
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #156,157 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
Italy's Countryside 2000 - 2007 Season 9
Synopsis: Experience Italy's timeless countryside with Rick Steves, best-selling travel author and host of public television's Rick Steves' Europe and public radio's Travel with Rick Steves. We visit the Cinque Terre, five idyllic port towns along the Italian Riviera. Then we head inland to the grand hill towns and rural villages of Tuscany, exploring Siena, Assisi, San Gimignano, Cortona, Orvieto and Civita de Bognoregio's cliff-hanging vistas. Just south of Naples, we visit the breath-taking Amalfi Coast and then cross the straits of Messina to enjoy the best of Sicily.
Season year: 2001
Network: Back Door Productions
ASIN: B001680ER4
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