Italy's Great Hill Towns

Rick Steves' Europe Travel Guide © 2006 | In Italy, we'll drive through the Tuscan and Umbrian countryside connecting all the hill-town dots, see a ceiling fresco masterpiece NOT by Michelangelo, eat rustic bruschetta, walk a vineyard that goes all the way back to Etruscan times - and more, all while exploring a string of hill-capping medieval towns that somehow manage to keep their heads above the flood of the 21st century. #ricksteves #ricksteveseurope #italy
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00:00 Introduction
03:38 Civita di Bagnoregio
07:06 Orvieto
17:01 Cortona
21:21 San Gimignano
23:51 Conclusion

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    Жыл бұрын

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    @millaspuffs6744

    Жыл бұрын

    You took the words of my mouth! He brings joy to anyone, by facilitating our imagination and transporting us anywhere��

  • @solidkingcobra
    @solidkingcobra Жыл бұрын

    13:15 I love that the doggo rose up to greet Rick as well. Such a great doggo!

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    @rainsbooksandfilms

    Жыл бұрын

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  • @dondonsalonoy1736
    @dondonsalonoy1736 Жыл бұрын

    Mr Steves, your documentaries are wonderfull. It has become my way of relaxing. Repeating it over and over. The way you deliver your narrations, is excellent ! Keep it up, SIR !

  • @vibesforliving7889
    @vibesforliving78899 ай бұрын

    Appreciate Rick's hard working for those meaningful and fantastic travel video!! Your video not just a "travel", it's the history, the culture of places, which is what travel is really about (Unlike the video of some vloggers nowaday). Thank you Rick a lot to let ours like myself who can not afford an overseas travel to have an interesting experiences and understand how amazing the world is! God bless you Rick

  • @prisonwife4lifestyle
    @prisonwife4lifestyle Жыл бұрын

    Look at you bustin’ out on the piano!!!!! How can we not adore you 💝

  • @sutats
    @sutats Жыл бұрын

    Always a pleasure watching Rick's travel videos. The allure of Italy is boundless.

  • @kennethmregan
    @kennethmregan Жыл бұрын

    SIENA MOST BEAUTIFUL AND MAINTAINED ! Thank you for this Beautiful video! VIVA ITALIA !

  • @ppandey1994
    @ppandey1994 Жыл бұрын

    Loved the Bella Ciao background music

  • @aliciaandsassatravels
    @aliciaandsassatravels10 ай бұрын

    Breathtaking views of Italy!

  • @Linda-ot3pj
    @Linda-ot3pj Жыл бұрын

    There is the MONEY BANK and then there is a MEMORY BANK Just think how big your memory bank is Rick Steve’s. Thanks for sharing a part of them with us. I am Italian living in Canada and my soul feels so happy when I am near my culture even if only in a video Ciao ! 🇨🇦🇹🇯

  • @Indiaworldpower436
    @Indiaworldpower436 Жыл бұрын

    Beautiful informative documentary...!!! Beautiful editing...!!! Beautiful presentation...!!! Thank you very much...!!!

  • @karen64watson.
    @karen64watson. Жыл бұрын

    So beautiful and full of history .

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    Rick Steves, you changed my life. Thanks for opening my eyes to European travel. Great video, as per usual.

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    Жыл бұрын

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    Жыл бұрын

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    @edgarcuasqueguerra10598 ай бұрын

    Exelente lugar

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    @chandrasekarank.l9146 Жыл бұрын

    Wow....could be the word I can utter to myself. Italy is just amazing I wonder to myself the superiority of painting and architecture. Thanks again Rick. There is no words to compliment.

  • @monicacall7532
    @monicacall7532 Жыл бұрын

    Orvieto is my favorite city/town to visit in Italy. The views from the city walls looking out over the valleys that surround it, Pozzo San Patrizio (Saint Patrick’s Well), the stunning Duomo, the underground city dug out of the tufa rock by the ancient Etruscans and Romans, the Papal Palace and the absolute best food found in Italy IMHO and the fact that you can easily take a train from Orvieto to Rome and other towns and cities in Umbria, Tuscany and beyond make it a marvelous place to visit.

  • @bronwencampbell6943
    @bronwencampbell6943 Жыл бұрын

    Yay👏🏼👏🏼so happy 😃 going to Tuscany in April 2023. Just booked the ticket ❤️🛫🇮🇹❤️I had to go to urgent care (cat bite- I was too slow giving out the treat. All better now 👍🏻) The doctor saw I had Rick Steves Italy book and started raving about his experience using his RS Paris guide. He used the guided walks and said the sights were right where RS said they would be. And the names of the restaurants and the people that work there. Am loving the Monday Night Travel 🧳 shows 🤩👏🏼👏🏼 Thank you 😊 Just what Monday night needs 🛫🧳❤️🙌🏼🤩🇮🇹

  • @earlmo6086
    @earlmo6086 Жыл бұрын

    Bravo! Rick Steve's Viirtuoso Pianist!

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    @akmzahidulislam2764 Жыл бұрын

    Looks like a dreamland.

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    @JoBenLee Жыл бұрын

    We loved watching Rick Steves show his skills on the piano! Our entire family enjoys all your videos. They are so well done!

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    @diklaakrat5413 Жыл бұрын

    Wow, so beautiful! Thanks for sharing this.

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    @jooooooooooooo8913 Жыл бұрын

    Toscana is absoulty stunning. Most beautiful place in Europe!

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  • @saidrahman2110
    @saidrahman2110 Жыл бұрын

    Beautiful place, wonderful painting and unforgettable journey. well done sir keep it continue. thanks.

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    @ganeshbhantana Жыл бұрын

    Just enjoying his masterpiece relaxing on a tiny restful balcony even though it's an aged episode. Could not get enough of it gives me immense euphoria after an extended day of chores. Peace out ❤️

  • @debrasams2362
    @debrasams23627 ай бұрын

    Simple beauty. Lovely video. Thank you.

  • @cassiavaccaro5665
    @cassiavaccaro5665 Жыл бұрын

    Wonderful video! Just got back from Italy! My favorite spot is Cortona! I’ve been there many times and cannot get tired of it! Love seeing “Lago Trasimeno” from the square where the Garibaldi’s monument is located. This monument has a special felling for me: I’m from southern Brazil (living in 🇺🇸, my family come trim Italy to Brazil) where Giuseppe and Anita Garibaldi played an important role in the history of Brazil: the Farroupilha Revolution! Every southern Brazilian knows that shaped The southern states of Brasil and its culture. Another wonderful place to visit is Passignano Sul Trasimeno! Renting a place with lake view is another great experience. There’s a bakery called “Caffé Della Sosta”! The best pastries ever! Fresh and delicious! Getting there early morning is the best time of the day.

  • @davidwelch1981
    @davidwelch1981 Жыл бұрын

    Lots of good memories here. The hill towns are indeed lovely - but strenuous when you tour them on a heavily loaded tandem bike as we did! The climb to Volterra nearly did us in!

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    Thank God for these shows! Love them! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 And thank you PBS as well 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

  • @artworld9799
    @artworld9799 Жыл бұрын

    Amazing Italy and great several places, Thanks for sharing us!

  • @waseemamanat9865
    @waseemamanat9865 Жыл бұрын

    Really enjoy your videos and the way you tell the history of things.

  • @mrymhzrtova739
    @mrymhzrtova739 Жыл бұрын

    You are our perfect travel guide, Rick❤

  • @janie7242
    @janie7242 Жыл бұрын

    I had been to all these towns,. A lovely region!. The most relaxing historical places in Italy! Loved, and wish to revisit the areas in the very near future. 💕👍

  • @jeanlanz2344
    @jeanlanz2344 Жыл бұрын

    Great views and history lessons that make the present understandable. Thank you and God bless you.

  • @p.g.kulkarni7542
    @p.g.kulkarni7542 Жыл бұрын

    If daddy was alive, we'd have loved to watch Rick Steves' travelogues. We used to binge watch Samantha Brown too. Love your sunny personality, Rick. It matches the vibes of the places you visit.

  • @mammam4827
    @mammam4827 Жыл бұрын

    This was one of best travel vedio. Italy ,France nd Tuscany jst fascinate me.

  • @laylabono4035
    @laylabono4035 Жыл бұрын

    I was born in Tuscany now I live in Concrete Jungle named Seattle.I WANNA GO HOME THIS IS NOT A PLACE 4 ME.

  • @boleviarambaran2581

    @boleviarambaran2581

    Жыл бұрын

    Are you imprisoned that you cannot leave

  • @drezdin4557

    @drezdin4557

    Жыл бұрын

    Then what’s stopping you?

  • @riccardo5281

    @riccardo5281

    Жыл бұрын

    @@drezdin4557 Why do you care, he's just saying he misses Italy

  • @MissAngela007

    @MissAngela007

    Жыл бұрын

    Ditto

  • @melissabeuerlein3657

    @melissabeuerlein3657

    Жыл бұрын

    I’m Italian from both sides of my family and was unfortunately born in the US. So I understand how you feel disconnected there. I felt that way too, until I moved to Europe five years ago. Now I live in Germany. Not crazy about it here, but I’m only a two hour plane ride from Italy, where I hope to be at some point in my life.

  • @alfredocaso968
    @alfredocaso968 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for sharing lovely places to visit

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    @josedelcastillo5857 Жыл бұрын

    Rick Steves is the GOAT

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    @Isawwhatyoudid Жыл бұрын

    15:20 Steve grew up around pianos. The family owned a piano store named "Steves Sound of Music" where they imported and sold pianos, and also tuned pianos. This has got to be one of my favorite tours. If I ever made it to Europe this is the European adventure I'd be after.

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    @user-lc5uk8fl3l

    9 ай бұрын

    Oh good!

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    @harithamenon1982 Жыл бұрын

    Please keep posting such long explanatory videos❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

  • @mjhirakawa
    @mjhirakawa Жыл бұрын

    I'm from the Philippines living in Japan and I travelled Europe this year, I love Italy and Tuscany is a very nice place to visit. Loved it! 😍

  • @Chapabaz17

    @Chapabaz17

    Жыл бұрын

    Hi 🇧🇩🇧🇩🥰

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    @ricky1171

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Chapabaz17 Hi... 🤪

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    Жыл бұрын

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  • @goswamiAbhijeet
    @goswamiAbhijeet Жыл бұрын

    Will be visiting Italy soon. Florence and Rome for sure

  • @manashbarua8371
    @manashbarua8371 Жыл бұрын

    Beautiful ❤

  • @SnowLight-bo7nt
    @SnowLight-bo7nt Жыл бұрын

    Amazing!!! Love to see a lot of travels!! :D

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    @clayfox6615 Жыл бұрын

    An interesting and informative, quality video. Well done and thanks.

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    @sandeepkumar-ct4jd Жыл бұрын

    Always up to the mark.. 👍👍

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    @williamdrijver4141 Жыл бұрын

    Terrific footage, well chosen music, unbelievable scenery and a perfect car (Renault Espace) for travelling!

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    @seenupuspanath621 Жыл бұрын

    presentation superb Mr. Steve

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    @fitgirllegbusta2406 Жыл бұрын

    I love the little European biblical reliefs with big chibi heads on the facade at 8:16

  • @artecreativaperte
    @artecreativaperte Жыл бұрын

    Beautiful shots! Super!

  • @dona5961
    @dona59617 ай бұрын

    There is only one place in the world where everyday life is so completely reflected in the sublime, in a wonderful mix of nature and culture........it is Tuscany. Marie-Henri Beyle, Stendhal

  • @konstantino7016
    @konstantino7016 Жыл бұрын

    It's just wonderful! I like Italia!

  • @itsmetaran
    @itsmetaran8 ай бұрын

    Excellent!!

  • @melissabeuerlein3657
    @melissabeuerlein3657 Жыл бұрын

    Rick Steves, I have all your videos on DVD and they were an inspiration for me when planning my travels. Your books and videos have guided me in Austria, Switzerland, Germany (Until I moved to Germany), France, Italy, Belgium and the Netherworlds. Thank you.

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    @farrukhahmad555

    Жыл бұрын

    Do you Need Accounts Services , Personal Secretary

  • @_xiper
    @_xiper Жыл бұрын

    How lucky one has to be to get to play a piano that Liszt himself played.

  • @5alitavakoli
    @5alitavakoli11 ай бұрын

    spectacular! Thanks Rick

  • @mandanabourbour1798
    @mandanabourbour1798 Жыл бұрын

    Is this new ? I love it. This going to be this fall vacation. Thank you so much Rick🥰🥰

  • @francescos7361
    @francescos7361 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for your contribution .

  • @grantdunn88
    @grantdunn88 Жыл бұрын

    love the cameras they used when these were filmed, the saturation looks great

  • @zaibcom
    @zaibcom Жыл бұрын

    Wow Beautiful Place

  • @rainsbooksandfilms
    @rainsbooksandfilms Жыл бұрын

    Rick Steves’ videos are worth reading a 1000 page travelogue … Last page mesmerises you just like the first page..

  • @reinaldosouza262
    @reinaldosouza262 Жыл бұрын

    Rick Steves,que ótimo documentário nessas áreas de cultura e belezas naturais da Itália!👏👏👏 Ituiutaba-MG,Brasil 🇧🇷,as 15:45,em 27/11/22.

  • @Letizia2810
    @Letizia2810 Жыл бұрын

    Ohh, Mr Rick I’ve missed your documentaries. Finally I’ve found them again!

  • @huzaifahmustufamotoreicher1725

    @huzaifahmustufamotoreicher1725

    Жыл бұрын

    Hello

  • @rainebar3966
    @rainebar3966 Жыл бұрын

    Been to Tuscany Siena and it's very beautiful. ❤❤❤

  • @InterstateRaziTV
    @InterstateRaziTV Жыл бұрын

    Awesome Episode Rick!

  • @sahmed7
    @sahmed7 Жыл бұрын

    Beautiful ❤️

  • @joshuajohnson5317
    @joshuajohnson5317 Жыл бұрын

    Great videos Rick

  • @margherita9611
    @margherita9611 Жыл бұрын

    Belllissimo🌼🌼

  • @AgelessRock888
    @AgelessRock888 Жыл бұрын

    Interesting Italy. Hope to visit one day.

  • @Popdad
    @Popdad Жыл бұрын

    loved it Rick :)

  • @trevorguyRO
    @trevorguyRO Жыл бұрын

    Thank you Papa Rick!!

  • @edtur6063
    @edtur6063 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks Rick Steves

  • @christin3223
    @christin3223 Жыл бұрын

    I’ve been watching Rick for years and didn’t know he had piano skills 😄❤️

  • @julyeight9137
    @julyeight9137 Жыл бұрын

    The intro is very nostalgic. Ilove ur vlog

  • @sarai72
    @sarai72 Жыл бұрын

    Great video!

  • @omaralaouimdaghri6128
    @omaralaouimdaghri6128 Жыл бұрын

    We want more videos . Y are the OG of vlogs.

  • @seanconnery1277
    @seanconnery1277 Жыл бұрын

    7.9.2022.Very good and best.Thank you.

  • @jasonpinson8755
    @jasonpinson87558 ай бұрын

    My dad's family tree goes back to Italy.💯🥰

  • @annademo
    @annademo Жыл бұрын

    We bought a large platter at that exact ceramic shop in Orvieto (Giacomini). And we picked up some fleas from a dog that stuck by us during lunch, LOL, perhaps hoping for a piece of cheese.

  • @jmbii9545
    @jmbii95456 ай бұрын

    appreciate rick's subtle promotion of public transit in his videos! an OG urbanist :)

  • @corradoleoni9503
    @corradoleoni9503 Жыл бұрын

    Urbino is one the most beautiful hill towns in Italy. Have a look at the Marche region too :)

  • @jagathweerakkody2695
    @jagathweerakkody2695 Жыл бұрын

    WONDERFUL

  • @sanjeewanitennakoon1769
    @sanjeewanitennakoon1769 Жыл бұрын

    thank you

  • @kalyanbasnet3109
    @kalyanbasnet3109 Жыл бұрын

    Nice place.🌺🌺🌺

  • @metpham
    @metpham Жыл бұрын

    wonderful

  • @nuranarrowood5808
    @nuranarrowood5808 Жыл бұрын

    LOOKS YUMMY

  • @Chapabaz17
    @Chapabaz17 Жыл бұрын

    So beautiful place from Bangladesh 🇧🇩🇧🇩🥰🥰

  • @westentrance
    @westentrance Жыл бұрын

    Great video

  • @jeenamas
    @jeenamas Жыл бұрын

    Grazie Rick

  • @krishnamurarisingh6491
    @krishnamurarisingh6491 Жыл бұрын

    Vari good etli.

  • @lamorel
    @lamorel Жыл бұрын

    I am learning English, I subscribed your the channel. I will be progress in listening. And the channel is interesting.

  • @timurtilek6557
    @timurtilek6557 Жыл бұрын

    Seems that he is my closest friend. Thank you

  • @shubhashismishra2694
    @shubhashismishra2694 Жыл бұрын

    I really love ur voice and styles❤❤

  • @lokeshkasireddy9975
    @lokeshkasireddy9975Ай бұрын

    Love you Steve's from India ❤

  • @chjirach
    @chjirach Жыл бұрын

    Nice 👍☺️

  • @satchell78
    @satchell78 Жыл бұрын

    5:00 Bella Ciao? Great tune!