86. 10 Reasons Italy is a Stunning Place to Visit in Summer
Untold Italy travel podcast
Katy Clarke
4.6 • 659 Ratings
🗓️ 20 August 2021
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
Often you'll hear people say it's best to avoid July and August because it can be hot and crowded but in this episode, we're sharing the best bits about Italy in summer and experiences that you can only have at this time of year. We're also sharing tips about visiting Italy in the hotter months so you can make the most of your summer vacation time and soak up every last moment.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Untold Italy travel podcast. You're listening to Episode number 86. |
| 0:11.8 | Ciao at all and welcome to Untold Italy, the travel podcast where you go to the towns and villages, mountains and lakes, hills and coastlines of Bella Italia. |
| 0:23.5 | Each week your host, Katie Clark, takes you on a journey in search of magical landscapes, |
| 0:29.4 | history, culture, wine, gelato, and of course, a whole lot of pasta. |
| 0:35.2 | If you're dreaming of Italy and planning future adventures there, |
| 0:39.0 | you've come to the right place. |
| 0:41.8 | Bonjourno, chao, everyone. Katie here with a big welcome to another episode of Untold Italy |
| 0:47.6 | and one where we're going to celebrate all things summer in Italy. |
| 0:52.3 | I'm recording this just before the summer celebrations known as Veragosto, which is an important holiday in Italy. I'm recording this just before the summer celebrations known as |
| 0:55.6 | Ferragosto, which is an important holiday in Italy. I'll tell you a little bit more about |
| 1:00.9 | its origins in a moment, but as you know, it's midsummer in the Northern Hemisphere currently |
| 1:05.6 | and it's very hot. In fact, Sicily just recorded its hottest day on record at 48.8 degrees centigrade. That's over |
| 1:14.1 | 120 in Fahrenheit. Ouch, that is very hot and quite out of the ordinary. Well, let's hope so. Temperatures |
| 1:23.4 | are definitely rising around the world. Anyway, because of this heat, many people choose to avoid travelling to Italy in midsummer, |
| 1:31.8 | which is around July to August. |
| 1:33.8 | In fact, you'll hear people speak very passionately about why it should be avoided. |
| 1:38.5 | But today, I wanted to share with you some of my favourite reasons why Italy is an amazing place |
| 1:44.1 | to visit in summer and |
| 1:45.3 | some tips for your trips at this time of year. But first, what is Ferragosto? Well, traditionally |
| 1:52.6 | Ferragosto is an Italian national holiday celebrated on the 15th of August. We can trace these |
| 1:58.8 | midsummer festivities back to ancient Rome and the rule of Emperor |
| 2:02.3 | Augustus. He established the Ferrier Augusti, probably bad Latin, sorry about that, as a set of |
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