This is the Untold Italy travel podcast and you're listening to episode number 207.

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, everyone. How is your trip planning going? I can only judge by all the activity on our websites and

social media that you're up to the eyeballs in it if you're travelling to Italy this year.

And of course, accommodation is probably the thing you're most stuck on. So I thought I would bring

back our great friend, author Karina Cook, to have a chat about

accommodation options, things to consider when deciding your stays and some of the quirks

of Italian hotels and booking requirements, because there are a few.

We did do a similar episode prior to COVID, but I have to say some things have changed a lot,

the prices for one. Well,

the major cities are getting very pricey these days. And if you're a regular traveller who

goes at different times of the year, the surge pricing is real, my friends. You can really

see a big difference in how much the prices change over the years. Over the months,

should I say.

Now, one hotel where I stay in Florence is 300 euros per night in March and 1,000 in October.

Never a better reason to travel in the less popular months, I reckon.

Anyway, now seemed a good time to take another look at booking accommodation

and sharing our up-to-date

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