A little audio note from us

Every once in a while, we like to revisit a subject near and dear to our hearts, and Audrey has always had a place in both of ours. We’ve combined both parts of our 2019 coverage into this one mega episode. Audrey was born a child of privilege, but soon became a child of war; her ...  Show more

Queen Anne spent her whole life in the violent storms of other people’s ambitions - her family, politicians, and yes, one very dramatic friend who made sure her reputation took a beating for centuries. But behind all that noise was a steady, determined ruler who helped shape the ...  Show more

The Amateur Traveler talks to Italophile Ira Bernstein who returns to the show to talk about day trips in Tuscany that you can take from Florence. We talk about visiting the walled city of Siena and its famous bareback horse race the palio, viewing the many towers of San Gimignan ...  Show more

Which is the Italian region that can drink you under the table?Tradition would say it's Veneto and with wines such as Amarone della Valpolicella and Prosecco, it's not gard to believe.We start our journey trying not to talk too much about Venice and then doing just that, seeing t ...  Show more

In our first episode of the Regional Italy miniseries we explore the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna, travelling initially along the ancient Roman road created by Marcus Aemilius Lepidus.We start from the beautiful castles of the province of Piacenza, then cross the riv ...  Show more

#001 Welcome to Untold Italy - a podcast dedicated to travel in bella Italia. Ciao Italy lovers and trip planners! In episode one of Untold Italy you'll meet hosts Katy and Josie who explain what you can expect on upcoming episodes. We tell the story of how we fell in love with t ...  Show more