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."

YouTube recording with images and videos here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxroOqSCJI0&t=944s

Sources: Images courtesy of GrandTourExpereince.com, Google Maps, Creative Commons, Canva
Music: Jazz In Paris - Media Right Productions https://youtu.be/mNLJMTRvyj8

Links to topics below in Chapter Markers:

00:01 Series Season 2 Intro.

00:21 Episode Intro.

02:24 Naples Grand Tour Promotional Video
         
03:03. Meet Raffaele and Riccardo, Archeologists and Official Tour Guides based in Naples at www.grandtourexperience.com
Contact: [email protected]
Social Media:
YouTube channel: youtube.com/c/naplesgrandtour
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/grand.tour.experience
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Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/grandtourexperiencecommunity
Instagram: @naplesgrandtour and @grand.tour.experience

04:30  How we met—Airbnb Online Experience
           Making Spiced Wines https://www.airbnb.com/experiences/1677563

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. http://www.damichele.net/

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  Live advice

30:29  Episode links

31:01  Series Outro