EP 63 Greece & Bulgaria by rail, tracing your Italian roots & world's best sunsets

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Co-host Belle takes us to Greece and Bulgaria, travelling by rail on a slow food, slow travel journey of these neighbouring countries, eurail.com She travelled on a Eurail pass, which criss-crosses 33 European countries, all without flying. She also gives us a peek at the new Mandarin Oriental Costa Navarino on the Peloponnese peninsula, on the Greek mainland - and it's as glamorous as you would expect! mandarinoriental.com
Also, would you let your 15-year-old train around Europe with their friends? And where's the most popular place to see the sunset in the world? The answer may not surprise you...
Finally, if you have Italian heritage, check out the Italea project, which aims to link people with the villages of their ancestors, see italea.com
Belle's notebook: where to eat and sleep in Greece & Bulgaria's two main cities

BOUTIQUE HOTELS
The Modernist in Athens & Thessaloniki, Greece, themodernisthotels.com
Oborishte63, Sofia, Bulgaria oborishte63.com
Vizualiza Hotel, Plovdiv, Bulgaria vizualizahotel.com
LOCAL RESTAURANTS in Greece & Bulgaria
Vosporos Restaurant & Bar, Larisa, Greece vosporos.gr
Olympos Naoussa (chef is ambassador) Leoforos Nikis 5, 546 24, Thessaloniki, olymposnaoussa.gr
Kourtis Winery, Rachi, Greece kourtiswinery.com & the indigenous pig farmers farma-fotiadi.gr
Sintrofi, Thessaloniki instagramcom/sin_trofi
Pod Lipite, Sofia, podlipitebg.com
Cosmos Restaurant, Sofia cosmosbg.com
Staria Chinar, Sofia, stariachinar.com
Pavaj, Plovdiv facebook.com/pavaj.plovdiv
Aylyakira, Plovdiv aylyakria.com

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