This is the Untold Italy travel podcast and you're listening to episode number 230.

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.

Bonjourno, chao-a-tout-a-tout-tutti. Are you all doing well and are you keeping up with all your plans for Italy?

I know many of you are planning trips for later this year and that's so exciting. The weeks will just fly by.

Today's episode is going to be a short and sweet one in response to many, many questions we've been getting about the Vatican and Catholic Church

Jubilee next year and how that will impact your travels in 2025.

But first, I'm back from two weeks in Italy where I spent time in Rome, Umbria and Lake Como,

and of course, it was absolutely magnificent.

We had Olivia, who's in our team, her wedding in

Umbria, which was absolutely magical, and summer arrived a little later this year, and just in time

for me, but wow, the flowers and the greenery were out in Umbria and Lake Como, which was

absolutely gorgeous too.

But now Rome is Rome, but I have to say I was a little shocked at some things I saw there,

and I need to foreworn those of you visiting in the coming months that it's likely to be a bit

of a construction zone.

Sadly, all the fountains in Piazza Navona were covered for cleaning and it was the same

in Piazza della Rotunda outside the Pantheon. There's ongoing work around Piazza

Venezia that's due to the subway that's being built there and unfortunately, and this is

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