This is the Untold Italy travel podcast and you're listening to episode number 124.

Ciao at all and benvenuti to Untold Italy, the travel podcast where you go to the towns

and villages, mountains and lakes, hills and coastlines of

Bella Italia. Each week your host, Katie Clark, takes you on a journey in search of magical

landscapes, history, culture, wine, gelato, and of course, a whole lot of pasta. If you're dreaming

of Italy and planning future adventures there,

you've come to the right place.

Ciao, all right, are you ready to pay a visit to Hidden Tuscany? Today we're headed to Arezzo, a truly lovely city to the east of Florence, where you'll find a Tuscan experience that you may have had in other places 20 or 30 years ago.

Arezzo is a place where life continues, Italian style, without much bother from tourists and visitors,

just as it has for decades. To be honest, it's quite baffling why very few people go there,

considering how enchanting it is. Arrezzo has starred in several Oscar-winning movies and boasts

one of the prettiest piazzas in all of Italy, and it's really easy to get to

from Florence. You'll find so many treasures there, but most of all, the feeling that you've

arrived in a very special place in the world. I'm joined by licensed local guide, Deborah Bresciani,

who is here to share with us her beautiful city and its surrounds, and the many reasons why you should visit when you're in Tuscany.

Deborah was introduced to me by our mutual friend, Karina Cook,

and I just know you're going to love hearing what she has to say about her beloved hometown.

Benvenu to Deborah.

Welcome to the Untold Italy podcast.

Guantanorto, thanks for the invitation and for the opportunity to speak about my part of Tuscany.

Oh, I'm so happy to have you here, Deborah.

It's actually been a mission of mine to share some of the lesser-known parts of Tuscany with our listeners,

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