Venice's Hidden Beauty | Alex Polizzi's Secret Italy

Venice's Hidden Beauty | Alex Polizzi's Secret Italy - TRACKS

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4 жыл бұрын

The first leg of Alex’s journey takes in some of the secrets that the North of Italy conceals. Venice is a city that Alex has been to at least fourty times, but this is a trip like never before, visiting a prison with a difference and a brush with some memories of her grandmother.
From Venice, Alex will spend time in a hidden gem nestled among the Lombard Alps, before rounding up her Northern adventure in achingly cool Milan, Italy’s fashion capital and the place where Alex gets up close and personal with Maria Callas’ fabulous stage costumes.
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@eileengrant5366 Жыл бұрын

This series is absolutely beautiful. The way it was shot & Alex's passion makes it an emotional & fabulous watch 👏👏👏

@franvansiclen5687 4 жыл бұрын

Italy is so beautiful !

@albertoc5484 4 жыл бұрын

Was this video sponsored by Hotel Bauer and others? If so it would be nice to see it written somewhere. As Venetian I appreciated how you mentioned that we are becoming Disneyland. It should be enphasized more that we loose 1000 inhabitants per year and we will be a completely fake city very soon. This because of interests of companies and people from outside come before the citizens which have no right and representation to defend their right to live in their home city, we need a municipality only for the city in order to preserve it. But they don't allow us to vote and achive this condition.

@generalripper7528 2 жыл бұрын

That is actually very sad to hear. I am glad that they have at least now prohibited cruise ship from entering the proximity of Venice, so that the buildings and the lagoon are more protected. I have always been fascinated by Venice and Venetian history. I also wanted to visit the city, but I actually haven't done so yet and I would probably feel like an annoyance to the locals. Regards from Germany.

@rileypaul3244 2 жыл бұрын

And how would a small city manage to pay for sea defences without tourism?

@melodymarks4927 2 жыл бұрын

it is a tragedy that the most beloved city is sinking.i pray the moses will help..how do we stop the damn cruise ships from destroying this glorious city?

@KerilynDesiree 16 сағат бұрын

Is it called frito lay, the desert???

@raffaeleirlanda6966 4 жыл бұрын

Burano houses are not painted in vivid colors to make drunken fishermen capable to find again their homes, but it was due the fog that in winter stands for entire weeks near the ground in banks of dozens meters height. In recent times global warmth reduced presence of fog in whole northern Italy to only a dozens days sparse during the entire year lenght.

@amorashby3116 4 жыл бұрын

I am curious about the curtains in front of the doors, and presume that is for the heat or privacy?

@amorashby3116 4 жыл бұрын

@@petralea Thank you, it was something I noticed and could not find the answer to

@888karminaburana 4 жыл бұрын

GRAZIE is Italian for thank you - GRAZIA is Italian for grace. And how many mamma mia....

@ReviewBoard-uy5nv 3 жыл бұрын

Most likely, they belong to her family’s hotel group

@MrMaximino92 2 жыл бұрын

Pure marketing technique to hook the British audience who is completely ignorant about anything outside their shores if not through stereotypes.

@chris.asi_romeo 4 жыл бұрын

Italy is so wonderful. Coming soon Italy.

@kara5958 4 жыл бұрын

I agree Milan is so underrated. There is a restaurant there called Da Oscar. One of the best meals of my life. It’s a must and no tourists! 🍷

@kara5958 4 жыл бұрын

@lew bronstein the whole world?? what kind of a loser trolls comments and writes a rude reply, you lew! I'll bet you're balding and short too

@arundhawan6724 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for Sharing . It was just wonderful.

@jimlingerfelt9367 4 жыл бұрын

What a wonderful experience. Thank you!

@TheNinnyfee 4 жыл бұрын

Italy is just a wonderful country.

@Kanal7Indonesia 2 жыл бұрын

Enjoying the beauty of Venice with her English accent is such a treat. 🥰

@Kanal7Indonesia 2 жыл бұрын

Italy is not just Rome! 🇮🇹

@kristinepakule7204 2 жыл бұрын

So well explained, personal and emotional - I felt like walking at your side! Thank you🦋

@jamesmccrea8791 4 жыл бұрын

It was absolutely beautiful and thrilling to see Italy through her eyes.

@lorispain1 4 жыл бұрын

I'd watch anything that Alex presents, she has a great way of making it all so interesting. Venice is so beautiful, I would love to visit again, along with Lake Garda.. stunning!

@cyrano9000 Жыл бұрын

Alex, i had a great time watching your video, it is now one additional and exciting reason to visit your beautiful country, thank you for the passion, the story, and the love you spread to all over the 43 precious minutes From Morocco, with love ❤

@BPRbuster 4 жыл бұрын

I had no idea that Venice had a prison. I’d definitely do time there-didn’t look that bad at all. I bet the food is really good as well. I’ve been lucky enough to visit Venice for 2 weeks in the late 90s. It was a magical experience. The entire city is locked in time. The only modern motor sounds you hear are the motor boats on the outskirts of the city. Everything is made of Marble. Just breathtakingly beautiful. It’s now in danger of sinking into the ocean for forever. I hope they can save Venice. There’s just no other place on earth like it.

@yanliew4027 3 жыл бұрын

seeing its position in the northern part of the country, no wonder it's sinking!

@sophiereza6540 4 жыл бұрын

awesome i just love ur vlog ....outstanding.

@EustaquioSantimano 2 жыл бұрын

I love Venice .. I love Italy .. I love this video !

@MikeJF355 4 жыл бұрын

Walk a little further down St Marks Sq past the tourist traps with their outside music and you can get a coffee in a wonderful cafe with painted walls etc for three euros.

@srinivasvaranasi1645 4 жыл бұрын

Grazie! Loved it.

@vaughangarrick 4 жыл бұрын

I really really enjoyed this

@lilliansanteix363 4 жыл бұрын

Interesting, original, intelligent:a real treat.

@rommelorbigo6857 3 жыл бұрын

That is a beautiful program.

@crimsonfox007 3 жыл бұрын

I love your channel. You’re so charming!

@Papin47 11 ай бұрын

"A ship about to disgorge a thousand people" an apt expression for the tourism overwhelming Venice.

@azamjoiya9195 4 жыл бұрын

Fantastic

@artmaven 4 жыл бұрын

My nonna, too, was Veneziana, born and raised. My maternal side is Ukrainian. My name is Milano. This episode brings me joy. Just brilliant, thank you.

@eddyiussa4476 4 жыл бұрын

La nostra grande Patria: Italia! 🇮🇹❤️

@ricknelson7824 4 жыл бұрын

She is attractive because she has character lines and a very nice smile with her eyes.

@daveygivens735 4 жыл бұрын

She reminds me of Elizabeth Shue.

@mjordan812 4 жыл бұрын

I had the honor to be stationed in that area with the USAF for 4 years from the late '60s through the mid '70s. Visited Venice often. Returned in 2001 and was aghast at the sea of people - orders of magnitude more than I remembered. I don't want to imagine what it must be like now. I've been through Bagolino twice recently (motorcycle traveler). Didn't know about the cheese. Pity. I now have a reason to go back. :-)

@xavier090687 3 жыл бұрын

sometimes when people talk about tourists its as if we dont contribute to your economy.. well this days you got your wish.. good luck with that.. venice is indeed beautiful but the people can be standoffish to common tourists like us

@MrMaximino92 2 жыл бұрын

Venetians want travellers, not stupid consuming tourists.

@pinky6789 4 жыл бұрын

I have been to Venice so many times I can't count, the further away you go from piazza San Marco, restaurants, bars are cheaper. Everything is cheaper. I suggest you to go shopping into the area surrounding Santa Lucia station.

@magnificentservant 2 жыл бұрын

Wow wonderful video 👍 amazing view 😍 video quality 🎥 impressive 👌👌

@SimonaCochiTheItalianWay 4 жыл бұрын

Brava 👌💯😜🇮🇹

@tarny11 4 жыл бұрын

Venice looks nice.

@paulaltman9751 2 жыл бұрын

I am glad that l saw it 55 years ago before there were 50 million people a year crowding in.

@zhangdawei3138 2 жыл бұрын

lovethis

@ricknelson7824 4 жыл бұрын

Take me next trip please.

@estebanlipa6320 4 жыл бұрын

Desde provincia de Iloilo, Filipinas. The vlogger is such a delight to listen and look at. Very elegant and she does justice vlogging such a classy and beautiful place using educated English that obviously was not learnt in the streets of the United States and dressed in elegant casuals that only Italians and French ladies can pull off. In Iloilo, Philippines the Spanish speakers have a term for that: maravilloso!

@os2841 4 жыл бұрын

She's not a vlogger she is a hotelier

@karinec.2131 4 жыл бұрын

She does have that blue blood so that explains it.

@Kanal7Indonesia 2 жыл бұрын

Agree. I love her gracious attitude. Idk y many ppl hate her. Jealousy me thinks. Xoxo from Indonesia

@cherbrowne1637 4 жыл бұрын

Don't you just love Alex. She's definitely one we'd choose as a dinner guest wouldn't we. X

@jfhow 4 жыл бұрын

click bait! It's about the beautiful side of Venice!

@dfg297lpopdirk Жыл бұрын

Alex is so perfect. intelligent and beautiful.

@Thorsted67 3 жыл бұрын

I am half-italian and my grandparents had a summerhouse in the lagune besides Venice in the city of

@Schaneification 2 жыл бұрын

She is right . She doing what I do Every time I go Venice , Get up a 05:00 get out early ! Leave by 10:00 go to one of the Islands . and take a after noon nap , rest up to go out at night !

@karinec.2131 4 жыл бұрын

I’ll gladly do prison time if it means gardening and making natural beauty products :))

@IonIsFalling7217 3 ай бұрын

The way the narration bends over backwards to condemn tourism while simultaneously pointing out all the ways the city could not exist without tourism (and being a tourist herself) is hilarious.

@KerilynDesiree 16 сағат бұрын

Hilarious? Hardly.

@2bitrasputin793 4 жыл бұрын

It's So appropriate to have the amenities in the Royal Suite manufactured by prison labor. What could be more Royal?

@msjannd4 4 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣

@MrMaximino92 2 жыл бұрын

Maybe one of your ancestors made some of that stuff.

@melflo4651 4 жыл бұрын

Hundreds of years ago did they use electrical stirrer?

@giadaurbani5006 4 жыл бұрын

No dear, the one you mother use to serve for Easter was a Colomba! They are similar but not the same

@hildacalderon4951 4 жыл бұрын

So many comerciales.

@lavenderblue11 4 жыл бұрын

too many commercials!

@Jyothife 4 жыл бұрын

you are beside your video even more or at least same interesting.

@raffaeleirlanda6966 4 жыл бұрын

Under the square lay fathoms and fathoms of water... When? Where? 🤦

@jns6971 4 жыл бұрын

I think she thinks Venice is a boat

@samsonsimpson3543 4 жыл бұрын

drinking game: a shot every time she says "mamma mia"

@sylvievicenza179 4 жыл бұрын

I have written to Signora Francesca to thank you for the visit of the room and the prison. I live close to Venice and would never have been able to see these places. Venice is like Disneyland and is loosing its charm because people do not respect the beautiful city. No loud music from your phone!, no sitting on the bridge stairs, no feeding the birds. Is this so difficult to understand.

@springfieldsbarbados3435 4 жыл бұрын

I really enjoyed watching this video i feel i was there , and had been in Venice

@AirCrash1 4 жыл бұрын

20:19 these sweets have their origins in the far East, we have them here in East Africa, they are called Koeksisters

@MrMaximino92 2 жыл бұрын

Are you sure they’re exactly the same??

@EnginAtik 4 жыл бұрын

Reminded me of the episode in which Cleese is peckish for some cheese.

@andreaorbzy31 4 жыл бұрын

How is this the dark side of Venice?

@arabinking 2 жыл бұрын

i am from the middle east for some reason i love Italians i feel like they are so close to us in many ways

@MrMaximino92 2 жыл бұрын

We share similar cultures and climates.

@arabinking 2 жыл бұрын

@@MrMaximino92 very true

@alessandroroveda2859 Жыл бұрын

We are close to everyone. Italy is a mix of all 😎

@arabinking Жыл бұрын

@@alessandroroveda2859 man very very close to us in the culture even here at work I get a long with them well and neighbors

@spex357 4 жыл бұрын

The Dark Side of Venice?

@shortygreyhannah 4 жыл бұрын

right...more like garbled self-loathing of self and humanity projected into a travel video

@oes5060 4 жыл бұрын

L’Italia è chiaramente il luogo più importante del mondo. Non è difficile da capire se lo giri e studi la storia off-stream. Poi se hai viaggiato e vissuto un po’ dappertutto ancor più facile capire questo argomento

@mariano4726 4 жыл бұрын

Un pò etnocentrico da parte tua pensarla così

@MrMaximino92 2 жыл бұрын

@@mariano4726 Ha ragione, il resto del mondo è quello che è grazie alle persone e civiltà che si sono succedute se quella striscia di terra, che ti piaccia o no. L’ etnocentricità non c’entra assolutamente niente, non ha detto che gli italiani sono superiori.

@nefertitikingtut3839 4 жыл бұрын

Back then people did not know about mold

@42kubota 4 жыл бұрын

she is the perfect balance between classy and sexy. in a very classical and sexy place

@RenzoColameoIrlanda 4 жыл бұрын

:-) 💙

@francinebarr1204 4 жыл бұрын

Belladonna 💋

@kaijagececilia5693 4 жыл бұрын

How did they built a huge city on water

@2TMarie 3 жыл бұрын

Mia Madre e' Mata a Milano 💟

@thecaptain2000 4 жыл бұрын

What was the dark side of Venice?

@ReviewBoard-uy5nv 3 жыл бұрын

The frittole dough is similar to Dutch babies and English Yorkshire puddings. I’ll try it out today

@Morn2moon 4 жыл бұрын

"The Dark side of Venice" is misleading, I almost didn't watch it at all... the beauty of Venice I think would have been a better title... at least for me anyway.

@MrMaximino92 2 жыл бұрын

They need to hook on the ignorant British audience with a captivating title, as humans tend to be more attracted to negativity thanks to their evolution.

@claudiosaltara8847 4 жыл бұрын

When I see all those loose brick close to the water I wonder why they are not repointed. Any answer?

@dariagreergreer4766 4 жыл бұрын

because the salty water destroyed the cement and the paint very fast .

@spex357 4 жыл бұрын

@@dariagreergreer4766 Having repointed Harbour walls in some fast tide areas it can be delayed.

@greenchilde 4 жыл бұрын

There's no more 'the' with Ukraine, it's 2019.

@ambrosejoseph4843 4 жыл бұрын

Do I hear Swan Lake?

@KristinaMay2109 4 жыл бұрын

She is a countess,his father Count Alessandro Polizzi, is a count of Italy, title of nobility.She belongs to the italian royal

@xmaniac99 4 жыл бұрын

Noble titles have been abolished in Italy because nobles turned out to be treasonous nazifascist scum.

@MrMaximino92 2 жыл бұрын

There’s no longer such thing as stupid nobility in Italy, and any country that has Republic has form of government.

@eiresaoirse3258 4 жыл бұрын

Lol I just looked up what mama mia means in english and I never thought it meant he loves me...

@monsterlove2323 3 жыл бұрын

Grandiose and exaggerated statements like “we don’t make anything like this anymore” are incredibly ignorant. Just because you are not curious and are ignorant about contemporary architecture and latest developments in urbanism, does NOT mean humans do not create anything great any more.

@fern6114 Жыл бұрын

To help venice, d’ont go there, as fidshi islands north pol or antartica

@maagdademeter7094 Жыл бұрын

Venezia è unica nel mondo! L' ho visitata due volte già come studentessa borsista a Padova. Però mi sembra sbagliato di presentare la nazionalità delle due donne imprigionate li. Potrebbe essere ognuno di noi. Non offendere popoli per i suoi esempi negativi. Italia non è mafia ma STORIA, CULTURA E CIVILTÀ. OK ?

@KerilynDesiree 16 сағат бұрын

Whats the desert called?

@craigmacintosh6180 2 жыл бұрын

Why does she say Grazia? Grazie

@derwegzumerfolg4725 4 жыл бұрын

it seams dangerous for drunk people one step towards the water might end your life

@raffaeleirlanda6966 4 жыл бұрын

hiwet mnbar Or wake you up... 😀😎😘

@MrMaximino92 2 жыл бұрын

If you’re drunk and fall in a canal you must be a poor idiot.

@Gwailo54 10 ай бұрын

It is a shame about the music chosen. So many programmes are musically illiterate. At La Scala the first operatic notes were of a Spanish dance from a French opera. Venice thankfully avoided the cliché of Vivaldi’s Quattro Stagione but instead we got a blast of Russian ballet. Sullivan’s Merchant of Venice music would at least have been nearer the mark.

@micmike 2 жыл бұрын

the triumph of faith and hope? what are you talking about?

@stevenshaw1299 4 жыл бұрын

I have lived in Italy for 22 years and only an hour from Venice. I often go to Venice (as a tourist) Alex sounds like she has disgust for tourists. If there were no tourists, Venice would be abandoned. Its the only industry in Venice. She should be thankful that all these tourists dump their hard earned cash into the local economy.

@MrMaximino92 2 жыл бұрын

This shows all of your ignorance about Venice’s economy. Venice isn’t only the historical centre on the islets.

@stevenshaw1299 2 жыл бұрын

@@MrMaximino92 I am fully aware that there are other industries in Venice. However, they only make up a small fraction of the economy for Venice. Tourism is the bread and butter for the average Venetian.

@Crunketh 4 жыл бұрын

Opochtli Italy

@serz1885 10 ай бұрын

2:06 she is 51 now so i guess she is once a year in vennice? hm...

@nolslifegren 4 жыл бұрын

So basically slave ( prison ) labour to make perfumes and profits for the rich hotel owner

@Sparrowdean 4 жыл бұрын

Holographic Sentence She said they prisoners were paid for their work in the perfume laboratory.

@Underledge 4 жыл бұрын

It would seem that Venice isn't at all concerned with the predicted rising sea levels.

@chandalababa-kwanga9981 4 жыл бұрын

because it's obviously a fraud

@babybutchie 3 жыл бұрын

What dark side? Which secret was revealed?

@Kanal7Indonesia 2 жыл бұрын

They renamed to "Venice's hidden beauty" LOL

@morgancaine1820 3 жыл бұрын

How many times did she say "Mamma Mia" 🙄

@AniMerci 4 жыл бұрын

Sorry. Venice is to EXCLUSIVE for me. Mass tourism, especially those coming in on cruise ships, is ruining the city.

@user-mh8mm3kz3s 3 жыл бұрын

Fritole are ustipci here on Balkan.

@tarassmith2325 4 жыл бұрын

Hideous Philadelphia Hats, My Gawd Maude , 7 hats and I closed out.

@leilal8053 4 жыл бұрын

U really shouldn't B where the food is being made without wearing a hairnet or cap....

@raffaeleirlanda6966 4 жыл бұрын

Leila L It is necessary only if you insist on the vertical of the food for a sensible period of time... 👋

@jorgegomez524 4 жыл бұрын

in 50 years this glorious europe will be gone.

@supernova11491 4 жыл бұрын

Uh, er. Sometimes I like just listen to a video..this one was distracting by the number of times heard "very expensive" & "not cheap." It would compare to watching documentary on Mt. Everest and hearing "very big" and "not small" constantly. I very rarely make constructive criticism as commentary. 🙁