Program 793: Aegean Turkey; Florence & Tuscany; Denmark Beyond Copenhagen
Release Date: 05-31-2025
Description
Coming soon.
Guests
- Turkish tour operator Lale Surmen Aran
- Italy-based tour guides Lisa Anderson and David Tordi
- Tour guides Camilla Colding-Joergensen and Anja Cuznar
Additional Info
- Lale Surmen Aran operates SRM Travel, which specializes in tours of Turkey and the Middle East.
- Lale and her husband Tankut are co-authors of the Rick Steves Istanbul guidebook. They also operate a boutique hotel in Mustafapasa, called Cappadocia Estates.
- The Rick Steves online guides to Florence and the region of Tuscany.
- Lisa Anderson is a tour guide who lives in the Piedmont area of Italy.
- David Tordi provides custom tours of central Italy and Sardinia, in person and online.
- David Tordi and his bandmates in Bartender perform at the Umbria Folk Festival.
- The Rick Steves online guide to Denmark.
- Tranekaer International Center for Art and Nature, also known at TICKON, is located on the island of Langeland.
- Camilla Colding-Joergensen is a tour guide based in Denmark.
- There's a short personal interview with Anja Cuznar in the tour pages of Rick Steves website.
Program Extras
More with Lale Surmen Aran - Turkish tour expert Lale Surmen Aran recommends the Thracian region, near the border with Bulgaria, for visiting a mosque that is an architectural masterpiece built by Sinan. And for stopping in the recently rejuvenated wine region that dates back to Roman times. (runs 2:00)
More with Anja Cuznar and Camilla Colding-Joergensen - Tour guides Anja Cuznar and Camilla Colding-Joergensen explain for Rick how Denmark's paid maternity and paternity benefits work, and how you'll find “latte Moms and Dads,” with a stroller nearby, all over Scandinavia. (runs 1:48)