Passion for Italy Podcast #22 Positano and Capri, Heaven on Earth

This is the third part of the recent Joe and Lori trip to Italy.

Naples Train Station

An adventure with a private transfer

An abbreviated Pompeii trip

Positano: Buca di Bacco, L'Incanto, Le Tre Sorrelle, La Pergola, Cafe Positano, the beach, the stairs, plenty of food, wine, shopping, and gelato.

Capri: the day trip there was worth the trip!

The best experience with a private transfer we have ever had...

In this episode of Passion for Italy, Joe and Lori visit beautiful Firenze.

Follow along as we leave Roma and travel via train from Roma Termini Station to Santa Maria Novella station in Firenze.

We walk the streets and visit  Accademia and see the statue of David. Joe walks to the top of the Duomo.

In the show we discuss: Palazzo Vecchio  and Piazza della Signoria. 

Crossing the Ponte Vecchio to  see Pitti Palace and  Boboli Gardens.

We visit Santa Maria Novella, Santa Croce, and San Lorenzo.

Mercato Centrale, Mercato Nuovo. 

We loved the food, wine and gelato of this beautiful city.

Try the Gelato at Perche No, Grom, My Sugar and so many more locations.

Trattoria Za Za is fantastic.

This was our slow down time after Rome and before Positano and Capri.

Joe Mulinaro joins the Passion for Italy Travel crew. He will be having a number of guests join him to discuss their trips to Italy.

In this episode of the Podcast, Joe invites his wife, Lori, to discuss her recent trip to Italy where they visited Rome, Florence, Positano, and Capri. 

In this first show, they discuss the Rome portion of the vacation. They start with their planning and flight. 

The episode continues with five days of filling their agenda with all the major points of Rome.

Monti District, Santa Maria Maggiore, Spanish Steps, Piazza Republica, Altar of the Fatherland

Villa Borghese, Laghetto, Piazza del Popolo, Via Del Corso, Trevi Fountain

Vatican Musuem tour, Castel Sant Angelo, Piazza Navona, Pantheon, Campo di Fiore, 

St Agnes Church, Piazza Venezia, St Peter's Basilica

Colosseum, Roman Forum, Palatine Hill, Teatro Marcello, Jewish Ghetto, Capitoline Museum, Tiber Island

So much, pizza, pasta, wine, gelato and cornetti.

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The 15th day of August is a national holiday to celebrate Ferragosto or Assumption Day. In 18 BC, Emperor Augustus declared August 1st a day of festival to thank his workers and give them time off to recharge by the sea. Often the festivals were marked by celebratory games such as horse races, like the famous Palio in Siena. Later, the date was moved to the 15th of August to coincide with the Catholic Feast and the Assumption of Mary.

Passion for Italy Travel Designers are big fans of Italian beach life so we thought it would be fun for some of us to tell you about our favorite beaches in Italy and why we love them so.

Allison discusses the beach culture of the Amalfi Coast and Puglia. Gemma lets her favorite secret slip, a beautiful hidden gem in Campania. Lindsay takes you to her favorite beach in Sardegna's Golfo di Orosei. Sabrina shares an insider's view of a lesser known beach in Le Marche.