Take a walk in the Historic Center of Naples with Raffaele Romano and Riccardo Bilotto, Archeologists and Official Tour Guides at GrandTourExperience.com. They share discoveries at Pompeii, wine secrets, their must-sees in Campania, Italy and beyond. You’ll understand why Goethe said, “See Naples and Die.”
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Season 2 Theme Song: “Jazz In Paris” – Media Right Productions
Photos: GrandTourExperience.com and Canva
00:01 Series Season 2 Intro.
00:21 Episode Intro.
02:24 Naples Grand Tour Promotional Video
03:03. Meet Raffaele Romano and Riccardo Bilotto, Archeologists and Official Tour Guides based in Naples at www.grandtourexperience.com
Contact: info@grandtourexperience.com
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YouTube channel: youtube.com/c/naplesgrandtour
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Instagram: @naplesgrandtour and @grand.tour.experience
04:30 How we met—Airbnb Online Experience
Making Spiced Wines
05:40 Walking Tour at Historic Center of Naples— San Domenico Maggiore
06:17 History and Services of GrandTourExperience.com
09:58 Origin of European Grand Tours
11:02 “See Naples and Die.”
“In Naples we have the whole world—Greek Origins, Roman, Gothic, Baroque, Renaissance.”
11:28 Riccardo on proverb: “When you come to Naples, you cry twice: once when you arrive, and once when you leave.”
11:56 Romantics in Italy—Byron, Percy and Mary Shelley; Dr. Frankenstein was from Naples. Bram Stocker’s Dracula’s tomb found there, too.
12:47 Must-Sees in Naples—Sansevero Chapel and Veiled Christ, Historic Center, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Achealogical Museum of Naples
13:42 Official guides are a must. They show you places you would never see otherwise. *As a solo traveler and educational tour group leader, I recommend you use guides for Naples.
14:00 Pizza born in Naples. Raffaele recommends Da Michele—where Eat, Pray, Love was filmed.
14:35 Sicily
15:08 Pompeii —Recent Discoveries
17:10 Wines of Pompeii
22:20 Awards—Significance of archeological discoveries
23:50 Herculaneum
24:56 Grand Tour Experience’s Commitment to Reforestation and Sustainability–Book a tour and they plant a tree.
25:48 Life advice
30:29 Episode links
31:01 Series Outro
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