Trying to find out name of hillside restaurant

Is this a serious question? An upscale hillside cafe somewhere in Europe? Is there a prize involved?

Yes I am serious. no prize , just thought someone might be able to help. All I remenber is a lot of cobblestones and cast iron rails. I know there was a fair amount of stairs and walking to get to it.

Surely you can at least remember which country you were in. Try really hard.

This is crazy. If you know the episode, the Steves folk will send a script for that episode and that will id the restaurant. Probably a thousand or more meeting that description. We are good but not that good. To help we have to have a better starting point. Personally my vote is for Santorini (cast iron rails) and then maybe somewhere in CT.

I understand. Thought it might be in Italy, Amalfi? Checked episode, could not find. Thanks anyway !!

Do you mean you could not find the episode or the episode didn't id the restaurant? Tell me the episode, unless it was from this past year, I probably have it.

No, do not know the episode. Thought it might be Amalfi coast but not. I remember a lot of steps and possibly a little shop with handmade sandles? not sure. Thanks for trying!!

ok, longshot here, but Albergo Milano in Varenna on Lake Como is a possibility. Rick covered it in an episode on Milan & Lake Como area. It fits the description.

If you want to try to find it yourself, here is the link to Rick's shows. In addition to the videos, he also posts the scripts: http://www.ricksteves.com/watch-read-listen/video/tv-show

Given your description, I'd start with Italy, Greece, and Eastern Europe (Croatia). Happy viewing!

I think Chuck H may have hit on it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvMw-CrmWto

Let's go!

OK, so in the video Rick pronounces Varenna as "Va-rain-a." Is that the correct pronunciation??

If I'm reading you correctly, you've determined it's not the Amalfi coast. Trying looking at the Greece video, specifically the section on Hydra.

Rick is not known for his linguistic skills (nor his mapmaking ones).

He has said that he intentionally pronounces things simply and the way his American audience will comfortable with.

The answer, Charlene, is "No".

Nigel, listening to the pronunciation of Varenna on youtube by an Italian speaker it is Va-rain-ah. Well, at least that's how it sounded to me. However, since I'm not an Italian speaker, it's still Va-rehn-ah to me.

Nigel,
I think it all depends on what part of the U.S. you're from, so it's tough to cut us all in the same swath. I grew up along the Ohio River so I pronounce many "a"s with an "uh" sound rather than an "ain" sound. When I lived in Wisconsin, I pronounced the town of Racine as "Ruhseen" not "RAIseen" as the natives did. My first attempt would be to pronounce Varenna as Vuhrenna not RAI.

Which has nothing to do with a restaurant on a hill but just saying the American audience is a big, diverse one, and I was surprised when I first heard Rick's pronunciation.

It is:
vah-REN-nah

the RE in REN is pronounced as in REimburse, not as in REnder.