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Oooh, thanks Robert. No, you're not the last to know; it seems I am. We're hoping to return to Italy next year, and among the possible cities are Sorrento, Venice, Rome, and Assisi. Also Siena, Bologna, and Lucca. We haven't firmed up an itinerary yet (or anything else;) we're waiting to see what happens with, well, you know...

Love their videos. I like to put them on while walking on the treadmill - makes me think I am there. :)

Robert,

You're definitely not the last person on the forum to know about these, thanks for posting. Those are very well done videos and it will be nice to do some "armchair travel" during the pandemic. If anyone is interested, this appears to be their YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/c/ProWalks/featured .

I discovered ProWalk tours last fall and have spent hours consuming them. I love that there's no soundtrack other than the sounds of the the people, the ocean, even the traffic. Its funny when you hear snippets of conversation (in English). We finally got a new TV a few weeks ago and I promptly rewatched a few on the big screen. They do make me a bit melancholy.

I like when they begin at the train station, because we're big travelers by rail and like to--if it makes sense--stay at a hotel, apartment or B&B within walking distance of the station. Makes it much easier to take a day trip, or even find a bus.

Just was skimming over the Florence ProWalk--three hours! Memories came rushing back--March 2015, coming out of SMN in a driving rainstorm and trying to find our apartment in the vicinity.

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Thanks for the tip. I just watched Vernazza, beautiful.. You can go deeper down this rabbit hole and just search YouTube for 4K (name your city or country) and they have videos from all over. And if you have a 4K smart TV, play them on there. Wow!!!

Thanks for sharing! I can't wait to check them out.

I've become addicted to watching these on my smart TV. I especially loved the one on Sorrento as they went right into a restaurant where I had a terrific lunch (Il Delfino). It is almost like being there. There seems to be lots of inconsistency in mask-wearing in Italian cities, not what I expected.
Cheers to fellow watchers,
Cynthia

There's a YouTube channel called DocumentAria that creates interesting videos on Italian small towns and rural areas. Many have unfamiliar names but there are a few more familiar - Maremma, Lerici, Cinque Terre. The more recent productions have English subtitles and, if not, the Italian narration is spoken clearly. They run 30-45 minutes and can be slow moving, but the videography is good and the subject matter is deep, deep Italy such as retired itinerant tinsmiths, an artist using natural plants as dyes, deep winter life in a mountain village, farm-made ricotta, the seasonal transhumana, and many more. This link is on the Tramonti Valley in Friuli, north of Venice + south of the Dolomites: https://youtu.be/Jr3ZYihTBTk

Mike, thanks so much for the DocumentAria tip and link. I watched the Tramonti Valley one and it is terrific. I travelled by train from Vienna to Venice in the Before times, and wondered about the people in those mountain towns we passed through. Interesting that the young interview subjects all came from other places in Italy.
Cynthia