32. A love letter to Brescia, Lombardy
Untold Italy travel podcast
Katy Clarke
4.6 • 659 Ratings
🗓️ 30 July 2020
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Halfway between Milan and Venice, on the shores of Lake Garda, you'll find the beautiful province of Brescia in Lombardy. This hidden corner of Italy is full of cultural treasures and natural wonders to explore.
In this episode, we uncover the places to visit, food and wine to try and sights to see in Brescia. From its fascinating capital to small country towns, castles and lakes, you'll be wondering why Brescia isn't on your Italy itinerary already.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Untold Italy travel podcast. You're listening to episode number 32. |
| 0:12.3 | Ciao and benvenalty to Untold Italy. I'm Josie. And I'm Katie and we're here to help you plan your trip to Italy. |
| 0:19.5 | Between us, we have many years of travel experience |
| 0:22.0 | and we want to help you uncover your own, as yet untold stories and adventures in Italy. |
| 0:27.5 | Each episode, you'll hear practical advice, tips and ideas to help you plan your own trips |
| 0:32.0 | to the magical land of history, stunning landscapes and a whole lot of pasta. |
| 0:36.1 | We'll have interviews from experts and focus on local destinations |
| 0:39.9 | and frequently ask questions about travel in Italy. |
| 0:43.5 | Thanks for listening and make sure to subscribe to our show. |
| 0:46.6 | Now let's get started on your regular dose of Bala Italia. Tia. Chau and welcome dear friends to another episode of your Italian travel podcast, Untold Italy. |
| 1:06.2 | We hope you are keeping well and staying positive at this time. In many places around the world, |
| 1:11.6 | uplifting news isn't really forthcoming, so I wanted to share with you the treasures of a place |
| 1:16.8 | in Italy that I fell in love with. This place suffered very much at the hands of this awful virus |
| 1:22.6 | back in March and April, and it's a beautiful place that thankfully is making a quiet recovery now. |
| 1:30.4 | I visited the city and region of Brescia in 2017 as a guest of the Italian tourist board. |
| 1:36.7 | I didn't quite know what to expect, but let's just say, after a few days there, I was |
| 1:41.8 | frantically researching and dreaming of buying a house there and calling |
| 1:45.5 | my husband and saying, we've got to come back. Apart from a few famous towns, this is not a place or a region |
| 1:52.7 | that is visited very often by people from outside Europe, but it is very special. So I thought I would |
| 1:58.7 | share it with you today. And it's actually easily to access this region, so I'm quite surprised it's a little bit undiscovered |
| 2:05.8 | because it's very close to both Milan and Venice. |
| 2:10.9 | However, before we get on to that, I wanted to give a big shout out to you, all our dear listeners. |
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