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Sofia Romano arrives in Milan on a hot August day, navigates the half-empty city, sorts out her codice fiscale, SIM card, and transit pass, and discovers the slow, sultry rhythm of summer in Italy's fashion capital. Part settling-in guide, part love letter to a city on holiday.
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Episode 1 of Italy Travel Podcast with Sofia Romano. Sofia Romano is in Milan, Italy.
Places in this episode: Malpensa, Agenzia delle Entrate, Duomo di Milano, Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, Navigli, Bosco Verticale, Biblioteca degli Alberi, Castello Sforzesco.
Covered: bureaucracy & paperwork, cost of living, neighborhoods, local food & drink, summer in Milan, getting settled.
Chapters:
00:00 Malpensa
02:38 Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II
04:31 Navigli
06:17 Quiet room
09:27 Cafe terrace
A full transcript of this episode is available in supported apps.
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Italy Travel Podcast with Sofia Romano is a show about getting to know Italy slowly, the way a resident would. Travelling here means moving between climates and landscapes: from the alpine north to the dry south, from the crowded urban centres of Rome, Milan and Naples to the mountainous interior. Each episode treats Italy as a real country, not a collection of postcard views.
The show ranges from the terraced hills of the Ligurian coast to the industrial history of Turin, from Palermo's markets to the German-speaking villages of Trentino-Alto Adige. It also pays attention to the Po River Valley, where much of Italy's population actually lives. These are places where history, language and landscape shape everyday travel.
The podcast follows a single, repeating host as she settles in one area, learns its rhythms, then moves to a connected place. Over the course of a year, the episodes return to the same towns in different seasons, watching how tourism, weather and local life shift. The result is a layered portrait of Italy that emerges through time, not a checklist.
Sofia Romano lives in Italy and stays for two years, moving between cities, coastlines and smaller towns on a route that follows the seasons. Not a week-long visit — Sofia is there in every kind of weather, working out where to eat on an ordinary Tuesday, which train to take, what a festival actually feels like from the pavement.
A new episode arrives every day. Each one is short and specific: one neighbourhood, one journey, one meal, one museum worth the detour — with the practical detail that matters. What it costs. When it closes. Whether the queue is worth it. What to do when it rains. Every episode carries a full transcript and chapter markers.
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