From the Alpine town Breil-Sur-Roya Gino travels to Italy in style on a train journey that takes him right through the Alps. Once in Italy, he meets a local doctor who does his rounds on horseback.

Gino's next rail journey takes him on a trip of a lifetime through the wonderful Tuscan countryside on a historic steam train. Setting off from Siena, the train arrives in the town of Asciano, where Gino rustles up a local dessert.

Gino visits the jewel of the Italian Riviera, the Cinque Terre. His first stop brings him to the smallest town, Corniglia, to meet an opera-singing florist on market day before hopping back on the train to Manarola, where he makes hearty minestrone.

Gino starts his journey in Italy's food capital, Bologna, before his train journey takes him north to Mantova, Italy's rice-growing region, where he helps out in the rice paddies and then cooks at one of the oldest rice festivals in Italy.

Gino leaves Verona on one of Italy's super-fast trains and travels to the majestic Lake Garda, the largest of the Italian lakes, where he cooks up a hearty sausage and bean casserole before heading north toward the Dolomites.

Gino's journey takes him on a star-studded line-up of Tuscan cities, starting in Pisa, famed for its leaning tower and home of the iconic Vespa scooter. Gino then hops on the train for the medieval city of Lucca, the birthplace of Puccini.