The Italy Travel Podcast - An Only A Bag Podcast

While visiting Naples could easily take a week by itself, there's so much more to the area than the city. Just off the coast you can find the resort island of Capri, the thermal springs island of Ischia, and the "blue collar" island of Procida.

How to get there? What to see? And when did these islands first host people? These questions and more are answered in today's episode!

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Does Italy have nude beaches? Can you spend the night on the beach? What's the deal with all of those umbrellas that look the same?

We answer all of those questions and so much more in this episode!

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Palazzi under the sea, a cursed island, and the queen's bath, you can swim there and we'll tell you how. While the Roman Empire once spanned countries and coastlines, very few ruins are near the shoreline in Italy. In this episode, we delve into three locations where you can actually swim among Roman ruins (or places to have a chill beach day), while also offering a hefty dose of history.

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Does Italy really hate tourists?

Does the new €5 fee at Venice affect you? Why are people protesting against it?

What about all these new rules like no flip-flops in Cinque Terre, or no swimsuit in Sorrento?

In this special episode, we dive into all the things that people are saying (and writing) about Italy, in order to help put those fears at ease!

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While many people go to Pompeii while visiting Naples (and for good reason) there's so much more! In this episode we briefly look at Pompeii, Herculaneum, Pozzuoli (the Campi Flegrei), and lead into our next episode where we will talk about the islands around Naples and where to swim among Roman ruins.

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Welcome back for Part 3 of 3!

I hope we don't sound too tired—what began as a quick 45-minute episode ended up as a two-hour megalith!

In this episode, we discuss the culture of Naples, what those hand gestures might mean, and why Italians often say "I can't understand anyone from Naples."

If you have any questions, or anything you'd like us to make an episode on, please let us know at onlyabag.com.

Welcome back to Part 2 of 3!

In this episode, we take a look at some classic Napolitano dishes—some of them might sound very familiar to you, such as pizza! Or, the ever popular, spaghetti with olive oil and garlic.

If there's anything you'd like us to cover, or any other questions you might have, please let us know! You can find us at onlyabag.com.

Welcome back!

We're sorry we were gone for so long. Life jumped out at us in so many ways, and while we were in the States visiting, we just couldn't seem to find the [quiet] time to sit down and record a few episodes.

However, now that we're back, we're planning on releasing a new episode every week on Wednesday.

In this episode, Part 1 of 3, we start talking about Naples. Specifically, the history! While it's not quite as full of battles, giant buildings, and togas as Rome, the city of Naples is even older than Rome and has remained one of the most important cities in the Mediterranean; even today that history affects the food, language, and culture.

If there's anything you'd like us to cover, or questions you might have, please reach out to us through Darcy's website (darcymeltonfineart.com) since we only now realized that Only A Bag's website (onlyabag.com) doesn't have a contact page! Soon to be rectified.

Until then, as always, thank you so much for your time and for listening!

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In this episode we delve into the people using broad generalizations, what kind of transportation to expect (or not expect), why the south feels so chaotic, what's with all the 1980s apartment buildings, and did we say "witchcraft"? Why yes, we did.

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