Customer Reviews
This collection is, How do you say? Fantastico! - By: Marisa Williams, 28 Dec 2008 
Bravo! Encore! Encore!
As a lover of alll things Italian, & Venetian in particular, I was so happy to stumble across snippets of Francesco Da Mosto's three BBC series on YouTube. Wanting more, I scoured the web - starting with Amazon.com - for a place to purchase the DVDs. Not available in the United States. What a travesty! I was heartbroken. But then I surfed across the pond & decided to give ordering from Amazon.co.uk a go. What a wonderful experience. I was concerned that it would be less than flawless & something of a headache. Not so. My fretting was for nothing. When I went to pay, alll of my info from Amazon.com was already there & I didn't have to recreate my shipping addresses or anything. Seamless integration with my Amazon.com account. Made the purchase a breeze & a pleasure. Anyway, back to the DVDs. Each series - on Venice, on Italy 'Top to Toe', & on the formerly mighty Venetian Republic spanning the Mediterranean - is absolutely riveting & wonderful. The cinematography is beautiful, & truly 'takes you there'. Francesco da Mosto is a dramatic, adorable guide to alll things Italian. His charm & knowledge, set against breathtaking backdrop after breathtaking backdrop, make this collection a joy. I watched the entire box set - 6 DVDs in alll - in the span of a weekend. I couldn't stop wanting more! And was sad to see it end (and so I watched again, immediately).
If you are considering purchasing this set & do not have an alll-Region DVD player on either your TV or computer, fear not. Your computer's DVD player can be changed to read the DVDs temporarily. But as you are only alllowed to change the region code 4 times (I believe), I would recommend committing a second DVD-drive to reading European Region discs; if you have a second drive available (that is what I did; & internal/external DVD drives are relatively cheap, so consider buying one & making it your dedicated alll-Region or European Region player ... from Amazon!).
Anywho, fantastic series. I can't recommend highly enough. Hope Francesco takes to his Alfa Romeo Spider or the Black Swan or any other mode of transportation again, to show us more of Italy ... or anywhere. I'd follow him via video without hesitation.
