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04.01.2024 - 06:03 / forbes.com / Samantha Brown / Massimo Bottura / Andrea Bocelli
PBS has long been home to the best armchair travel series on television. If you’re looking for a quick escape or some inspiration on where to go in 2024, you’d be wise to watch a new episode or two from these four acclaimed travel series.
Samantha Brown’s Places to Love
Samantha Brown, host of PBS’s two-time Emmy-award-winning series, Samantha Brown’s Places to Love, returns with the show’s seventh season starting Friday, January 5, 2024. Her intelligent, friendly, and engaging personality has made her one of the most recognizable and trusted PBS travel stars. The Season 7 premiere is set in Darwin, Australia. Brown receives a traditional aboriginal welcome in an oceanfront ceremony that includes a song of friendship, a didgeridoo performance, and a native dance.
During Season 7, viewers can join her on journeys to Victoria, Canada, and travel back to her roots in Coastal New Hampshire for a nostalgic trip to her former hometown of New Castle with her mom. In Melbourne, Australia, she explores a gold rush town that is now a cosmopolitan city for artists, foodies, and coffee culture. In Newport, Rhode Island, she visits a lighthouse on an island where visitors can stay overnight. Most memorably, she journeys to Jerusalem and visits that city’s most sacred sites.
Dream of Italy
Kathy McCabe is a champion and devotee of all things Italian. In the third season of Dream of Italy, four episodes revolve around a celebrated singer, an Italian-American actor, and a famous chef. McCabe gets an inside look at the home and lifestyle of Andrea Bocelli, Italy’s most famous tenor. It’s a tour through his homeland of Tuscany, highlighting such destinations as Forte dei Marmi, Lajatico, and Lucca. For an episode devoted to The Black Madonna, a.k.a. the Madonna Nera, McCabe enlists Academy-Award-winning actor Marisa Tomei for a spiritual journey to Campania, the ancestral home for both Tomei and McCabe. Two episodes of her latest series are devoted to the famous 3-star Michelin chef Massimo Bottura and his wife Lara, who welcome McCabe and viewers to their world in Modena. It’s all about slow food, fast cars, and Bottura’s remarkable culinary empire.
Travels with Darley
PBS travel host Darley Newman is a ubiquitous and welcome presence on the network, thanks to her long-running series,Travels with Darley. Newman explores Alabama's Farm-to-Table Delights in this new season from the Emmy-nominated host, primarily focused on the United States. She then heads to Cajun country for a look at the culture and cuisine of Lafayette, Louisiana, and devotes an episode to North Dakota’s Golden Sunflower Fields. Newman hits the open road of Route 66 in Illinois and explores Northern Virginia’s Tapestry, traveling through
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