172a 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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🗓️ 31 July 2011

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Rick is joined by a tour guide raised in Rome who knows her city inside out. We'll check in on the city's now-trendy Jewish Ghetto, get practical tips for planning a visit, and hear what some of our listeners have discovered in Rome. 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
0:10.0	with insider tips 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 for you to see every day.
0:31.0	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's Thieves.
0:57.0	Two thousand years ago Rome had a population of over a million people. And today you dig anywhere
1:06.7	and you stumble into ancient Rome. Today we're looking at Rome under the surface. I'm
1:11.4	Rick Steves, this is Travel with Rick Steeeves and I'm joined by Francesca Caruso, my favorite guide.
1:17.0	Bonjourno. Bonjourno, Coméva.
1:20.0	I wish I spoke Italian.
1:22.0	Francesca is so good at bringing Rome to life.
1:26.0	And today we're going to talk about dead stuff.
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