This is the Untold Italy travel podcast and you are listening to episode number 243.

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.

Borgiano, at all, welcome to another episode of Untold Italy, where we aim to provide you with

practical advice and inspiring insight for your travels to Italy. Today, we're diving into an

important topic, how to keep yourself and your belonging safe while traveling in Italy.

But before I get started, a big shout out to listener Jane from Virginia

Beach in the United States. Jane and I met earlier this year in Rome when she was on a food

tour with my friend Nazeem, who you may have heard on previous episodes. She just sent me the

most beautiful email about how she used our podcast episodes to plan this special trip with her daughter.

And you know what? Sometimes it's a bit surreal to know that people are really paying attention

to what I say as I talk into a microphone from my home office here in Australia. But I really

get a big thrill out of knowing that the advice has been helpful. If you have a moment, leaving a rating or review

on your favourite podcast app helps us reach more people like you and Jane, and they're also

so exciting for me and the Untold Italy team to read and enjoy. So thank you,

Gratia, to those of you who take the time to do that, it really is very much appreciated.

Okay, so today I wanted to talk about a topic that gets a bit of coverage in our Italy

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