Great Canal Journeys
North Italy
Season 9 Episode 2 of 6
Timothy West and Prunella Scales explore the Naviglio Grande Canal in Italy, which runs from Lake Maggiore to Milan and is Europe's oldest working canal, providing passage for marble-carrying barges for over 500 years. Along the way, they stop at the Swiss lakeside town of Locarno, the gardens of Isola Bella, and Milan's most famous cathedral, as well as learning a traditional Italian barging song
Great Canal Journeys airs on U&Yesterday at 6:00 PM, Saturday 2 November. (Subtitles.)
Topics
Leisure hobbies
Tourism ➝ Travel
Timothy West
Presenter
Prunella Scales
Presenter
Mike Taylor
Series Director
Daniela Neumann
Executive Producer