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Aug 2025
25m 52s

Shopping in Boutiques | Italian for Trav...

Postcards from Italy Podcast
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In today’s episode, we talk about the beautiful things money *can* buy in Italy’s department stores, artisanal shops and boutiques. Elisa also shares tips about typical store hours, VAT refunds and lots of vocabulary so you can literally shop til you drop all your Euros!

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