Italy’s Verona, Padova, and Ravenna

[@antistiolabeo8950]

Hi Steve..I'm just an Italian guy passing by and I truly feel the need to thank you for showing the world, in such an elegant manner, that Italy isn't just Rome, Florence and Venice. You should be the role model for every single tourist in Europe. Please stay the way you are.

[@debthornton1129]

I love beautiful Italy, where are you located? I would like to add you to my Facebook. Deb

[@gwen6622]

his name is Rick

[@antistiolabeo8950]

@@gwen6622 You're right! I fixed the comment, thanks for noticing. No idea where did "Steve" come from back then XD

[@nicolaskottis5245]

The most beautiful and historic country of Europe. Bella Italia. I love it. Cheers from GREECE. Saluti da Grecia.

[@nick63837]

Glad you realized it's not greece

[@FrankZappa-k3j]

Greece is an amazing country as well, greetings from Italy.

[@gideonros2705]

​@@nick63837Dumb comment.

[@hanyaimam1593]

In every single inch of Italy North to South East to West, there is a stunning beauty Bella Italia and amazing Italian People - In Love with Italy all the Year Round

[@ChristianFlamm]

Mr. Steven. Thank you .showing. The. Beautiful Italy. And bless. You. And. Continue to show. The. Beautiful Cities 🇭🇺

[@danz89211]

I'm always pleased when i see those video made by tourists who remains enchanted by "our" (i'm from Padova) beautiful cities. It reminds me how beautiful is the city around me! Full of history and beauty not always appreciated by the "locals".

[@thatgirlinitaly]

Yes!! Da italoamericana nata e cresciuta a NYC io un po' la vedo come te. Quando vedo video su New York mi fa vedere quant'e' speciale la mia citta'. Immagino sia lo stesso per voi :)

[@badlaamaurukehu]

Any "guests" sh*tting in your fountains yet?

[@badlaamaurukehu]

@88Gibson LesPaul Sounds like something an overly apologetic tourism board would say.

[@michaeldidomenico7]

I love watching the homeland of all my grandparents, and I have been back 5 times, with more to see

[@jaymisc7957]

Daniele Ziliotto i hope you guys are doing okay there amidst this covid19 pandemic. We were able to visit your beautiful city in 2015 and are looking forward to visit there again when everything will be back to normal. VIVA Italia 🇮🇹

[@tobiaarcangeli9488]

Thank you Rick for this fabulous overview of my region!! I'd like to share other places that it is worth visiting in Veneto: - Treviso, a very charming town 15 miles far from Venice; it has a beautiful historical center and flowing water canals quite similar to Venice. It is also the best place to drink good prosecco. - Riviera del Brenta: the Brenta river was a very important connection between Padua and Venice in old time and along the riverside lot of beautiful noble venetian villas were built. It is possible to enjoy this place by a boat tour. - Vicenza the city where the famous architect Andrea Palladio worked: the teatro Olimpico is one of his most representative masterpiece - Este, Montagnana and Cittadella are three little towns famous for their well preserved medieval city walls - Asolo a medieval hill town. From the tower of the medieval fortress it is possible to appreciate a fantastic view of the hilly landscape that characterize this part of Veneto. - Belluno, Feltre and Bassano del Grappa, another historical towns placed in the mountain region of Veneto near the Dolomites; Bassano del Grappa is also known for grappa: the tipical liquor of Veneto

[@pizzabagerenmujaffa8123]

3 years ago , i had never been in italy , now i am going soon on my 8.th trip in the most amazing cultur rick country....bella italia ...

[@dian.krisnanjaya]

I am from Indonesia & I love Italy! One of the most culturally rich countries in the world. A historic country, full of artsy people. Thank you for making these Italian episodes, Rick!

[@Calidore1]

And the food...! And the beautiful shops, the weather, the countryside, sea...and the narration. Just makes me feel so much better, thank you, Rick!

[@hugolafhugolaf]

I’ve been to all three cities. Padova is my favorite of the three. As for the rest of Italy, I’d add Bologna and Mantova to the list. Northern Italy is amazing.

[@Johnstone72]

Been on a day trip to Verona......cannae wait 'tilI go again. Beautiful town.

[@wasifkhan1504]

My first Easter in 4 years that I wasn't i this enchanting land and with these soulful people! Biggest loss for me because of Corona, but soon my favourite land and people will rebound in all their glory and zeal and we shall meet again!

[@fabiob9454]

Nice words my friend

[@deniaridley]

beautiful.

[@d.dominik1995]

Northern Italy, the ever changing artistic and cultural panorama

[@roninsavage4290]

I never appreciated my Italian background until I honeymooned in Northern Italy and found myself feeling very much at home in Venice and Padova. What a magnificent country!! I think anyone with soul, can come away from Italy feeling a little Italian!!!

[@stefanoc.k.k1159]

Why didn't you appreciate your Italian origins?

[@francesvansiclen3245]

I am in love with Italy !!!!!

[@IGUALMENTEU2]

I'm always impressed by the endless variety of beauty culture of Italy,it is a blessing

[@elkiness]

Ah, how lovely! Thank you! I was there....40 years ago...what fun it was to have our little son--3 1/2 years old--with us. That certainly brought out the Italians love of children! Ravenna was magic. We awoke early and got to the church as the morning light made all the walls glow. Your video brings it all back, fresh as yesterday.

[@RichardRiddick78]

I love the Italy Episodes!!! Hope Rick Steves makes some more!!

[@deborahmerz3283]

I love his italian friend... what a sweet man!! He almost teared up when he said nobody can cook like "la mamma".

[@gianmattia13]

Only grandma ahahah

[@Loddentidster]

I lived in Padova for a year as an exchange student! It was the fall2019/spring2020 semesters, and both semester were equally amazing. We decided to stay there, instead of go back home to Norway, despite our government begging us to come back when the corona hit. We stayed inside for 2 months, only going out 200m from our house to shop groceries, feeling like we were in a police controlled warzone. The payoff however was when Veneto finally opened for travel within the county. We traveled to Verona and got to see the balcony of Romeo and Juliet completely alone! We also got to take pictures of only ourselves at Piazza San Marco in Venice! Moral of the story is when something feels important, like this pandemic lockdown did, you should say "yes please" and go aong with the flow without fear. Just thought I'd sare :)

[@narrowistheway77]

That balcony made me laugh so hard as a child the first time I saw it. I was like, waiiiittt, that’s it!?!? Hahaha. Drawings and stage plays often over glorify the setting haha

[@georgialerangis2123]

Great choices and great experienc3s!❤🎉

[@franvansiclen5687]

Italy, my favorite country; then Scotland !

[@MosesYin]

my favorite too

[@jaynerushton3442]

Love Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿!!! Italy 🇮🇹 next on the list 2022

[@alfercapp]

Grazie Rick Steves for making this videos about the "real Regions" of Italy. You seems to appreciate more than we Italians do. Greetings from Milano

[@deepayanmandal2216]

I am an ardent admirer of all of Rick's videos. Worth spending some of our time and watching these.

[@bhumanandamaharaj8177]

Wonderful! Amazing! No words to describe my joy and happiness; what a beautiful country! Thanks Rick for such lovely video.

[@old_45]

An amazing flair and enthusiasm for highlighting and presenting the best aspects of regions, cities, and people. A hymn to humanity. These documentaries should be included in every geography and history course.

[@maureenbernhardt1934]

I love Italy

[@fadeedar]

Italy ..... a fascinating country for tourist, wonderful video!

[@nata3467]

I was lucky enough to live in Torino for a year during High School and am enjoying revisiting many of the places I visited with Steves. Still looking for Torino/Turin and Piedmont. Talk about a wonderful gem in Italy that is not high on Tourism.

[@jayveebloggs9057]

agree Turin 100% hidden gem just been there and stayed in Longotto

[@artofmusic303]

Love the 6th-century Byzantine mosaics in Ravenna.

[@diamondtran8331]

Thanks, Rick. If not for your in-depth narrations, I wouldn't know that there have been so many hidden and underwhelmed gems in Italy.

[@525Lines]

On WTTW, I've seen hours and hours of these. Really excellent television. Thanks, Rick.

[@darj617]

I used to watch Bourdain's show "No Reservations", but Rick Steves is my favorite.

[@sarai72]

I just returned from Verona last week. A magical place I would consider moving too.

[@jennymurada3467]

my father was born in PADOVA so proud to see your video visit the place in 1979 i felt os proud to be there knowning that my father grew up there b4 coming to live in south Australia

[@giuliavalle5751]

Hi Rick Steves, what a beautiful episode!!!! Love love love Padova and Verona! I am from Vicenza, pretty small but equally amazing with lots of Palladio's architecture. I know the White House has been inspired by Andrea Palladio. Best wishes, :)

[@kosovir]

Incredibly HIGH quality videos. Thanks Rick ! Appreciated !

[@annbush1826]

Here again during lockdown, and being uplifted and educated by Rick Steve and his superb camera man.

[@vittoriacollina718]

simplesmente maravilhoso ,viajar pela Itália!!!!!!

[@afsanehmohammadi9226]

It was so nostalgic cities , I will travel there for sure

[@daviddebergh254]

I love medieval Italy at Epcot, I'll really love it in real life. Great video for emotional uplifting Rick.

[@irenedhakde4692]

I am seriously in love with Italy, to the extent that my heart beats faster and I watch footage of the country 😆❤.

[@arela1030]

Bonjour Monsieur Rick Steves following your lovely journey ,I enjoyed to much greatest ever History teacher lovely 😊 voice god bless and peace excellent

[@AllinOneYouTuberMT]

Hi Rick. Thank you v much for these beautiful tour videos. I hope you will bring some more exciting travel videos in future too.

[@lynnsavits82]

Ravenna is a mosiac jewel and lovely city.

[@elenab1235]

What a wonderful and inspiring video which like a magent drives you to Italy.

[@kethsharakhlok1976]

Thanks for this beautiful tour presentation with so many spectacular artworks. My past study in Italian language made it even more enjoyable to watch.

[@weapoolx182]

🇮🇹 is *GREAT* !!! 🖼⛪️🏛🍸🍷🍕🍝🍜🍖🥘🍅

[@chivarie]

Just spent 2 days in Padova. Thanks Steve

[@kai663]

Thanks for the full episodes!!!

[@where7847]

steve singing that song made my week

[@elijahmurray6094]

Yessssssss

[@qwertypoiu4032]

Northern Italy is stunning!!!

[@bohboh8]

The south to. Believe me!💚🇮🇹❤

[@albertoartuso80]

​@@bohboh8 nahhhh only North Italy, Florence and Rome

[@frank_zapping]

As italian I suggest Ravenna, the mausoleum of Galla Placidia is awesome! 👌🇮🇹

[@eltfell]

17:00 The "balcony" ist a antique roman sarcophagus. One side was broken off. The now incomplete sarcophagus then was built on the wall the claim to be Julia's balcony.

[@olditaliantree]

always so enjoyable and enlightening, like all Rick Steves videos

[@aprile271]

Fabulous beautiful gorgeous all around thanks Steve

[@francoborgia8351]

Wonderful Ravenna, really underestimated

[@sharonmaderista103]

I love Ravenna

[@scaligeridesireepoliti-sca1782]

A WORLD WITHOUT ITALY,,, WOULD NOT BE THE RIGHT WORLD,,,,, UNIQUE COUNTRY ,,,, RICH IN CULTURE , HISTORY,, MUSIC,, INVENTOR,,INCREDIBLE,,

[@sarai72]

Your videos are always the best. Always use your info and tips when I travel. Keep up the great work! 👍🏻

[@musicianshotsheet4806]

This episode showcases a great point he made in his talk on Italy travel skills. 80% of Italy has little to no tourism, but all of it has ancient history, captivating scenery, and superlative art. Plus, just as everything sounds nicer when spoken in Italian, sights which look gritty and/or uninviting in a young and new country like America somehow look nicer in Italy. A good case in point is my father's hometown of Gaeta. You will see a heavier industrial port and its attendant facilities, but they will still be sun drenched and have an excellent view of the coast. But there, and in neighboring Formia, you'll also find nice beaches, old churches, a fort overlooking the sea, and other sights which are relatively uncrowded thanks to massive tourist crush absorbed by the principal cities. These are the places that Italian citizens go when they want a weekend at the beach without the huge crowds, and are well worth a look, as are much of the surrounding countryside up in the hills.

[@chantalmichiels7942]

I always like to watch your very interesting videos especialy about Italy,my favourite country: always a lot of Tourist information and ESP. Cultural interesting sights. Italy is really an open air museum! Chantal Jacobi

[@kamillaiqbal6521]

Thanks 4 sharing Steve ....Italy has great artwork. .I've done so much art lately in coloring books and paintings, I urge everyone 2 take it up as a hobby

[@anndeakin1508]

Padua a and Ravinea a both.Medieval masterpieces . Great tours in the 1980s and later in Verona with the Theatre.great shows in the with Romeo and Ju,jet an RST classic made in the town of the earring Montages and Capulets.Great to see this play in Padua 1980s.Religious mosques churches and paintings a the medieval age.

[@coffelt683]

Moving here in september, going to the University for my masters! I am incredibly excited.

[@anndeakin1508]

Great cites thanks for the tour of Padua Ravenna blessings and great majestic. And Churches.Ann Deakin 2020

[@sarahannerolofs1103]

I HAVE JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT RICK STEVE'S TRAVEL VIDEO'S; I LOVE THE WAY HE TELLS THE HISTORY OF THE CITIES; IN EUROPEM WISH I COULD AFFORD TO TRAVEL: BUT THIS IS THE NEXT BEST THING ;AND I JUST ENJOY IT THANKS RICK: GOD BLESS: LOVED VENICE; ALWAYS BENN MY DESIRE TO SEE THIS LOVELY CITY: BEEN IN LOVE WITH IT MOST OF MY LIFE:

[@The_D_Man]

So much Beauty!

[@gwyneth6151]

Just came across your videos and I must say, you are simply amazing! Looking forward to your upcoming videos.

[@joemoschetta1541]

the great italy

[@bundasriharyani698]

Italy's country of Europe I love it. of course history realy famaus. betwen Verena .Padova.and Ravenna.the some wanderful

[@samratchattopadhyay3057]

Excellent commentary and videography..

[@bohboh8]

PADOVAAAAA THE PERFECTED CITY😍

[@deathnyx]

Yes, San Vitale is really beautiful.

[@5alitavakoli]

Rick that was magnificent! Thanks

[@AnxietyAddict]

I’m in Padova this minute!

[@peixotojota]

Só tenho a agradecer ao canal , os vídeos tem sido inspiração para superar os momentos difíceis da quarentena. Tenho usado também os vídeos em algumas aulas de história para meus alunos. I can only thank the channel, the videos have been an inspiration to overcome the difficult moments of the quarantine. I have also used some videos in history classes for my students.

[@nilotpaldas4020]

The scene from letters to Juliet....Verona...❤❤

[@joemoschetta1541]

greatest country

[@korenng5553]

👍 exquisite! Thks for history & food.

[@Calidore1]

More priceless art pieces than anywhere else?

[@diegonesc]

Hey, I'm from Ravenna!

[@rabbitkumardua1038]

I love ur videos on travel thanks RK Dua New Delhi India

[@bohboh8]

Padova💚🇮🇹❤⭐💚🇮🇹❤

[@waqarkhanpisces]

how green of this land and beautiful castles

[@cristianmanni4109]

Nice job, Rick. I understand that's impossible talk about all whole Veneto. But for who want research: Treviso, Vicenza and Villa Palladiana, Belluno and wonderful Dolomiti, Rovigo and Comacchio... these are nice town As Padova and Verona. But Bassano del Grappa, Marostica, Garda Lake With... And more and more.

[@whatadollslife]

thank you Rick

[@marlenesoifer7219]

Bless you for this

[@nurhasibsalehin6386]

oh man rick steve I like u so much and ur speech

[@mariadavis3797]

Great documentary.

[@BabbleBebble]

Hey Rick Steves, I adore your Travel Guide, passionately... But this time I must say that probably here 30 seconds of showing Dante Alighieri Street, Place of The Lords (Piazza dei Signori) and Tower of Lamberti are missing... It wouldn't be bad to show those places... Anyway thanks for your beautiful work!! Enjoy!!

[@JMikusinski]

un pays de rêve ♥ j'adore ♥

[@Mascherina1964]

Put grappa in your expresso (or coffee) -- yum!

[@MrGmail69]

that is an offence to the barista as is called corretto as to correct a bad tasty coffee so don't expect the barista to be happy

[@35widow]

@@MrGmail69 ma che cazzo dici lol

[@julieira7649]

Beautiful Journey😃

[@tgflux]

What is the drum and oboe (?) music heard starting at 16:15? I love it!

[@MrTinner66]

"Saltarello" popular dance of central Italy. About the middle of the 14th century. Ciao!

[@francoisedandre3644]

Gioto, de l'art pur, Dieu parle à travers. La foi, Giotto, des peintures comme une seule prière qui dissipe les ténèbres.

[@renaissance17]

Anthony bourdain insulted every place he visited and made everything seem depressing. Rick steeves actually makes the experience enjoyable.

[@AhmdSL]

gorgeous

[@nigelhard1519]

Gee! We're in italy for five minutes, tomorrow Spain. This is Europe. Amazing. People here are called Italians.

[@marcopolo-qs4uu]

Ahhhhhh show some love rick, things do need to be true for them to be real ;)

[@nuno.peixoto]

Anyone knows the song that starts exactly at 18:09? Thanks!

[@joemoschetta1541]

im proud to be italian

[@debthornton1129]

You are so lucky... do you live in Italy?

[@joemoschetta1541]

@@debthornton1129 i wish,my family comes from there and i ve been there nonstop ,the best

[@debthornton1129]

@@joemoschetta1541 I've been to Italy twice and I fell in love with it

[@joemoschetta1541]

@@debthornton1129 where do you live

[@debthornton1129]

@@joemoschetta1541 Upstate NY