Denise McDonagh, Portadown “We love Santa Maria Castellabate on the Cilento coast. This picture is one of my favourites which I took in May this year. We were sitting having a prosecco in a café bar as the sun was setting and I reached for my camera and caught this lovely scene.”
Barbara Barker, Nantwich “I attach a photo that I took in March this year. The street entertainment was in Milano on a lovely sunny Sunday afternoon. I thought that it was very entertaining and it was lovely to see the Italian puppeteer at work.”
Ruth Downing, Stoke on Trent “The photo I’d like to share is the lovely view we had of the bay in Taormina Mare from our hotel balcony. It is typically Sicilian and thanks to the beautiful weather the sea and sun beds look extremely inviting.”
Rosa Torraca, by email “I finally fulfilled my ambition of reaching Sicily. The highlight was Taormina and the wonderful views of the coastline. This photograph was taken from the Public Gardens, and is my favourite memory.”
Barbara Barker, Nantwich “This was taken in June at Sirmione, Lake Garda, by the old castle bridge. We were told that the Italians cut the large lemons in half, cover them with sugar and have them for breakfast, similar to us having grapefruit. I would rather have my lemon in a Martini!”
Reg Murray, Dundee “On a very recent visit to Florence and having spent an afternoon looking at traditional art in the Uffizi Gallery I was surprised to come out, turn a corner and see this example of modern art adorn a building.”
Isobel Bevis, Haywards Heath “I took this photo of the Duomo in Florence from Giotto’s belltower. The steep steps were worth the climb to be rewarded with such fantastic views. We went in October last year. It was a great time to go. The summer crowds were long gone and the weather was sunny and […]
“My family and I celebrated my brother’s eighteenth birthday with him at Fattoria di Fubbiano in Lucca. After sampling some exquisite wines and tasty oils, in the scorching summer heat, we took this photograph of the verdant Tuscan hills, abundant with vineyards!” Claudia Wardle, Cheshire
In Italia 117. Hannah shares her restorative itinerary relaxing in the thermal waters and exotic gardens of Ischia, all within walking distance so you can leave the car at home and really get away from it all. Beautiful Ischia is just one of the islands in the Bay of Naples, with Procida and Capri also […]
When Rome’s famed Cinecittà cinema studio complex opened its doors for a Fellini exhibition in 2011, visitors could walk onto film sets including replicas of a stretch of 19th century Broadway used in Gangs of New York and the sprawling ancient Roman Forum built for the BBC television series Rome. Cinecittà was built in 1937 […]