Rick Steves' Europe Preview: Assisi and Italian Country Charm

Published: Nov. 18, 2016, 3 p.m.

b"Check your local public television station for this new Rick Steves\\u2019 Europe episode! In the Italian countryside, we'll connect with rustic, traditional culture: enjoying an agriturismo (farmhouse inn), seeing how prosciutto and pecorino cheese are made, and hiking to the bottom of deep and ancient wine cellars. We'll end in Assisi \\u2014 the hometown of St. Francis \\u2014 which retains its spiritual aura to this day. Like pilgrims, we\\u2019ll explore its stony center before trekking to its awe-inspiring basilica, built on the tomb of the beloved saint."