Where To Stream Great Continental Railway Journeys Season 4 Episode 3
Pisa to Lake Garda
- Aired October 30, 2015
- 60 Min
- Rated 9.0
- Number 17 Of 42 Rated Episodes
Bradshaw's 1913 Continental Railway Guide in hand, Michael Portillo makes a grand tour of a favourite Edwardian destination - Italy - where he experiences first-hand the nation's need for speed in a state-of-the-art Maserati sports car. Michael discovers from a British engineer how the Leaning Tower of Pisa was rescued from near collapse. In Carrara, he finds out how the marble used by Michelangelo is still quarried today and is invited to chip away at a contemporary sculpture. In Bologna, he...