172 Rome: Beneath the Surface

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Rick Steves

Rick Steves, Public Radio, 721132, Europe, Society & Culture, Places & Travel, Npr, Travel

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🗓️ 17 May 2009

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Rick brings centuries of Roman history to life as he takes a closer look at some of the sites found on the streets of Rome, checks in on the city's now-trendy Jewish Ghetto, offers practical tips for planning a visit, hears what some of our listeners have discovered in their own travels and chats with a local guide who not only knows her city inside out, but also explains how it teaches us about ourselves today. For more information on Travel with Rick Steves - including episode descriptions, program archives and related details - visit www.ricksteves.com.

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0:00.0	Rome is called the Eternal City for good reason.
0:04.0	Hi, I'm Rick Steeves. Today on Travel with Rick Steeves,
0:07.0	I've invited some Roman tour guide friends to provide us with insider tips
0:11.0	to better understand what for centuries has been the beating heart of Western civilization.
0:15.6	More than probably any place on earth in Rome tourists walk upon layers and layers of history.
0:21.6	Dig down and you reveal 25 centuries.
0:25.0	This is something about Rome that I think is extraordinary that so many of its riches are outside
0:30.1	for you to see every day.
0:31.3	Rome-based tour guide Francesca Caruso joins us for the hour ahead
0:35.0	to help bring meaning to the magnificence that's all around us
0:38.0	and under us when we visit Rome.
0:40.0	We'll also check in with another local guide
0:42.0	whose family has lived in Rome's now trendy Jewish
0:44.6	quarter for 2,000 years and with a man who runs a small family-owned hotel in the middle of
0:50.0	the city.
0:51.0	Stay with us as we examine Rome beneath the service on Travel with Rick
0:54.9	Steve's.
0:57.0	Rick Steve's has spent a third of his adult life in Europe, researching and writing guidebooks.
1:04.6	His now classic Europe through the back door teaches the skills of smart travel.
1:09.1	Rick Steve's Italy is America's top selling Italian guidebook.
1:12.8	At Rick Steve's online travel store,
1:15.1	you'll also find the guidebooks for Rome, Venice, Florence and Tuscany
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