Passport to Europe is an American television show on the Travel Channel from 2004 to 2006. The show follows the bubbly and upbeat television host Samantha Brown around Europe visiting various popular European cities, including prime travel destinations such as Berlin, Munich, Amsterdam, Venice, Florence, Rome, Paris and London, as well as smaller cities such as Stratford-upon-Avon, Penzance and Oxford in England.
In the course of each show, Brown tours each city and interacts with the town's locals (occasionally with the use of subtitles for the viewer, even for English-speaking countries, such as Scotland). She also visits local landmarks - including popular restaurants and shopping locales - and educates viewers on events in the city's history.
The show was nominated for a Daytime Emmy in 2006 in the same category that the Travel Channel series Great Hotels went on to win.
In July 2006, Brown announced that Passport to Europe had officially wrapped, and that Passport to Latin America would start filming in September 2006.
Passport to Europe won an Emmy award for "Outstanding Lifestyle Directing." Brown was quoted saying:Travel Channel – Home Page "We got the news last night (6/14) — we were in our hotel bar having a wrap of Mexico City drink. Many of us had retired to our hotel rooms to pack for leaving the next day or just go to bed. Joan McCord (Director) got the news and so of course we changed from our PJ’s back into our clothes and went back down to the bar so we could order a couple of bottles of Champagne. We are all absolutely thrilled…beyond thrilled to be recognized this way. PineRidge and Travel Channel now have TWO EMMYs for Great Hotels and Passport to Europe. Not bad at all."
Brown also hosts Great Hotels.
Places visited
Aix-en-Provence, France Amalfi Coast, Italy Amsterdam, Netherlands Athens, Greece Barcelona, Spain Bath, United Kingdom Bavaria, Germany Berlin, Germany Bologna, Italy Brittany, France Brussels, Belgium Cannes, France Cornwall, United Kingdom Copenhagen, Denmark County Cork, Ireland Crete, Greece Dublin, Ireland Edinburgh, United Kingdom Florence, Italy Geneva, Switzerland Glasgow, United Kingdom Helsinki, Finland Innsbruck, Austria Interlaken, Switzerland Inverness, United Kingdom Lisbon, Portugal London, United Kingdom Lyon, France Madrid, Spain Mallorca, Spain Marseille, France Milan, Italy Monte Carlo, Monaco Munich, Germany Mykonos, Greece Naples, Italy Normandy, France Oxford, United Kingdom Paris, France Penzance, United Kingdom Prague, Czech Republic Rome, Italy Reykjavík, Iceland Salzburg, Austria St. Moritz, Switzerland Santorini, Greece Seville, Spain Stockholm, Sweden Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom Turin, Italy Tuscany, Italy Verona, Italy Vienna, Austria Venice, Italy Zurich, Switzerland
Media Four DVDs were released:
Passport to Europe with Samantha Brown: England, Ireland and Scotland. It includes the following episodes:
English Countryside (Bath & Cotswolds) Classic London London Now Ireland Coast (County Cork & County Kerry) Dublin, Ireland Edinburgh, Scotland
Passport to Europe with Samantha Brown: Seven Fabulous Cities. It includes the following episodes:
Brussels, Belgium Prague, Czech Republic Amsterdam, Holland Barcelona, Spain Madrid, Spain Seville, Spain Lisbon, Portugal
Passport to Europe with Samantha Brown: Germany, Switzerland and Austria . It includes the following episodes:
Bavaria (Mittenwald & Oberammergau), Germany Berlin, Germany Munich, Germany Innsbruck, Austria Salzburg, Austria Vienna, Austria Interlaken, Switzerland St. Moritz, Switzerland Zurich, Switzerland
Passport to Europe with Samantha Brown: France and Italy . It includes the following episodes:
Cannes and Nice, France Paris, France (2 episodes) Monte Carlo, Monaco Amalfi Coast, Italy Florence, Italy Naples, Italy Rome, Italy
References
External links
Passport to Europe with Samantha Brown official website.