Rick Steves’ Heart of Italy

PBS WESTERN RESERVE (WNEO 45.1 / WEAO 49.1):

Saturday, Feb. 17, at 9 AM
Sunday, Feb. 18, at 5 PM

In RICK STEVES' HEART OF ITALY, Rick delves deep into the Italian heartland — the place where la dolce vita is a way of life. Starting in Umbria, he connects with rustic, traditional culture: sleeping at an agriturismo (a farmhouse inn), seeing how prosciutto and pecorino cheese are made (and eaten), and hiking down into ancient and fragrant wine cellars. Fishing for anchovies, sipping wine out of rustic barrels, bringing flowers to hilltop cemeteries, and savoring twinkling Mediterranean vistas, Rick visits his favorite stretch of Mediterranean coastline. From hill towns to harbors, and from vino rosso to Giotto, RICK STEVES' HEART OF ITALY savors the good life in the Italian heartland.