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<v Speaker 1>One of the things I love most about traveling in

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<v Speaker 1>Italy and about traveling general, is getting to know a

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<v Speaker 1>way of doing things that is completely different from how

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<v Speaker 1>we do things at home. Why fly halfway around the

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<v Speaker 1>world if everything is going to look and feel exactly

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<v Speaker 1>like where you left. In today's travel update, I'm talking

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<v Speaker 1>about buy Bella Fagua and a handful of specific dress

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<v Speaker 1>codes you will find across Italy and why paying attention

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<v Speaker 1>to them might save you are fine and a very

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<v Speaker 1>awkward conversation with the CADABINNERI or a local police officer.

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<v Speaker 1>Jao Tuti Benvenuti. I'm Katie, the founder of Untold Italy,

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<v Speaker 1>here to help curious travelers like you plan trips to

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<v Speaker 1>Italy that go well beyond the obvious list of sites.

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<v Speaker 1>Italy is so much more than a checklist. It is

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<v Speaker 1>a rich tapestry of history, culture, language, food, and of

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<v Speaker 1>course those wonderful sites. But one of the things that

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<v Speaker 1>perhaps should make it onto a checklist is how Italians

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<v Speaker 1>dress and the cultural norms and thinking behind it. There

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<v Speaker 1>is a real tradition behind this. So before we get

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<v Speaker 1>onto some of these interesting and let recent finds, let

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<v Speaker 1>me explain where it comes from fay bella for gurda,

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<v Speaker 1>which is fada benefo gourda translates loosely to make a

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<v Speaker 1>beautiful impression, and it is one of Italy's oldest social habits.

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<v Speaker 1>The idea goes back centuries to the strict etiquette of

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<v Speaker 1>the Renaissance courts and the formal decorum once expected around

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<v Speaker 1>the Catholic Church, which is probably still a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>it is still there today. It is stuck around because

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<v Speaker 1>Italians still care very deeply about how they present themselves

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<v Speaker 1>to the world. In practice, that means a press shirt,

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<v Speaker 1>real jewelry, shoes that match the outfit, and that's even

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<v Speaker 1>for a quick trip to the bakery. I remember when

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<v Speaker 1>I lived in the UK and people would go to

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<v Speaker 1>the shops in their pajamas. Italians would never. I love

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<v Speaker 1>these contrasts. Bella for gooda is not vanity. It is

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<v Speaker 1>a form of respect, both for yourself and for the

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<v Speaker 1>people around you. For visitors, this shows up a set

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<v Speaker 1>of very specific and sometimes enforceable rules, and three towns

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<v Speaker 1>in particular have made headlines recently for that. So let's

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<v Speaker 1>start in Venice and the Lagoon. City has cracked down

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<v Speaker 1>hard on how people dress. Once they leave the beach.

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<v Speaker 1>And this rule covers more ground than most visitors would expect,

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<v Speaker 1>so walking around bear chested or in a swimsuit anywhere

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<v Speaker 1>in the Historic Center can bring a fight of two

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<v Speaker 1>hundred and fifty euros that includes the wider lagoon area,

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<v Speaker 1>even if you are on a private boat. And I

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<v Speaker 1>saw some travelers on Instagram who found this out the

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<v Speaker 1>hard way after they went for a jog around the

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<v Speaker 1>city without a shirt on. It is an easy mistake

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<v Speaker 1>to make if you are used to running shirtless at home,

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<v Speaker 1>but Invenice, save it for the Lido beach. And you

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<v Speaker 1>know what, if you ask me, just put the shirt on. Guys.

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<v Speaker 1>The Italian's got a ride. And there is Trebea, the

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<v Speaker 1>cliff top town on Colubria's coast that locals call the

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<v Speaker 1>Pearl of the Terrannian Sea. The mayor introduced an ordnance

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<v Speaker 1>banning bare chests, swimwear and bear feet anywhere in the

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<v Speaker 1>Historic Center, with this sole exception of the beach itself.

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<v Speaker 1>Break it and you are looking and a fine somewhere

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<v Speaker 1>between one hundred and twenty five and five hundred euros.

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<v Speaker 1>So that gorgeous white sand beach is exactly where your

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<v Speaker 1>bikini and your swimwear belongs, and nowhere else you can

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<v Speaker 1>pack a light shirt and wrap dress in your beach

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<v Speaker 1>bag for when it's time to leave for a perativu.

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<v Speaker 1>And finally, the Chinquoteri. This one is not really about

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<v Speaker 1>Bella Figura in the fashion sense. It's about safety, but

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<v Speaker 1>it belongs on this list because it catches out so

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<v Speaker 1>many travelers. The National park there has rules about what

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<v Speaker 1>you can wear on its hiking trails between the five villages,

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<v Speaker 1>and they don't like flip flops, thin sandals, or anything

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<v Speaker 1>with a smooth sole. They band so fine, start at

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<v Speaker 1>fifty euros and can climb as high as two thousand,

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<v Speaker 1>five hundred euros. Park officials have been running spot checks

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<v Speaker 1>on the trails to enforce it, and look, there's a

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<v Speaker 1>really good reason for it. Those parts are really steep,

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<v Speaker 1>they're narrow, and they're cutting to rock and mountain rescue

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<v Speaker 1>teams were being called out constantly for people who had

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<v Speaker 1>rolled an ankle or you know, had some minor injuries

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<v Speaker 1>or sometimes major in the wrong shoes and that you know,

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<v Speaker 1>that does cost a lot of money and it puts

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of pressure on some already fragile infrastructure. So

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<v Speaker 1>if you are walking between the villagers Rio Maggiore, Manarola, Carnelia,

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<v Speaker 1>Venazza and monsters, so bring a proper closed shoe that's

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<v Speaker 1>suitable for hiking with some grip on the sole. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>there is a broader version of this that you will

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<v Speaker 1>run into all over the country, and that is the

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<v Speaker 1>church dress codes. So if you want to go into

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<v Speaker 1>Saint Peter's in the Vatican or the Dworb in Milan

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<v Speaker 1>with bare shoulders or knee showing you're really you're going

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<v Speaker 1>to be turned away at the door. And so there's

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<v Speaker 1>no fine, it's just you know, they don't allow it

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<v Speaker 1>as it's not seen as very respectful. So it's worth

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<v Speaker 1>keeping a light scarf or a cover up in your bag.

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<v Speaker 1>So anytime you feel like ducking into a church and

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<v Speaker 1>your hot and you just want to cover up, then

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<v Speaker 1>you have something that will help you show that respect.

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<v Speaker 1>Of course, none of this is about Italians or Italy

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<v Speaker 1>trying to catch tourists at It really comes from the

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<v Speaker 1>same place that Bella for Gurda does. It's a genuine

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<v Speaker 1>pride in how a place looks and feels, and locals

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<v Speaker 1>hope everyone passing through will treat their place with that

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<v Speaker 1>same care. The Italians always appreciate anyone who makes an effort,

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<v Speaker 1>even if you get it slightly wrong, so I'm always

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<v Speaker 1>trying to improve on my Bella for gura. But sometimes

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<v Speaker 1>they think there may be a strong genetic style factor

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<v Speaker 1>helping them out. So here's the short version. Before you

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<v Speaker 1>get ready to go to Italy, save this wimwear and

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<v Speaker 1>bear chest for the beach itself, not the back to

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<v Speaker 1>your hotel. Choose the real shoes for the Chinquaite trails,

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<v Speaker 1>and keep a scarf handy for any church that you

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<v Speaker 1>might want to wander into. This is the kind of

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<v Speaker 1>cultural detail that really shows up in your trip planning.

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<v Speaker 1>But as I said in the beginning, knowing and appreciating

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<v Speaker 1>cultural differences is one of the most beautiful parts of traveling.

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<v Speaker 1>After all, the world would be a pretty dull place

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<v Speaker 1>if we all did things exactly the same way. Don't

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<v Speaker 1>you think that's all for today's travel update, wan Bia,

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<v Speaker 1>Joe and Chow Hanau