This week, Venice was a popular focus, the city of love, the kind of place where you want to get lost (as we’re sure you will). Julia Carpenter sent us this stunning picture of Venice at dusk – ‘A view I could never tire of’. We totally agree! Get your furry friends are at the ready! It’s #NationalDogDay […]
Category: Photos
Grand Canal in Milan
A summer night’s dusk falls on the Grand Canal in Milan and the cafés that line the waterside prepare themselves for another evening’s brisk trade, but it wasn’t always so peaceful… Today, this is just a beautiful place to be, but these waterways were once the very arteries of Milan, carrying the city’s lifeblood around […]
La Vara di Messina – Past Italia
Every August the people of Messina draw a 40-foot statue through their streets, and they have been doing this for 600 years. The edifice represents the final resting place of the Virgin Mary… The still photograph doesn’t do it justice. Giuseppe Pitre, the revered Sicilian writer, who died 100 years ago this year, witnessed the […]
Italia Moments – Week 5
Holiday travels seem to be the theme this week, from Rome to Sicily and day to night. Send your photos ready for Italia! Moments Week 6! A couple just returned from ‘an amazing 2-week visit with our dear friends’ View from the apartment balcony in Verona, March 2016 taken by Bettina Weber The beautiful Sunset in Naples captured by Kim […]
Italia! Moments – Week 4
From herb gardens to stunning views at Anacapri, we feel like we’ve been on an all round trip of Italy! Send your photos ready for Italia! Moments Week 5. Amelia Hovath sent us some stunning images of her trips in Italy, we selected our favourite which is her view over the sea at Anacapri. This […]
#ItaliaMoments – Your photos this week
This week we’ve been sent photos of beautiful italian sunsets, idyllic settings to holiday abroad in and to be completely honest, we are jealous of all our lovely fans and photographers who are where’d we love to be… Sunrise in Marina Grande-Capri by Annik Susemihl Last evenings most wonderful sunset over Lake Garda by Tony Dye Rome […]
Readers Photos – Photos of the Week #1
After seeing this, we feel like jumping in a helicopter and being whisked away somewhere like this… Photo by : Costa (Gus) Matsos, Burlington, Ontario, Canada “View from the mountain town of Erice on the northwest coast of Sicily, taken during a two-week holiday and capturing the rugged beauty of this island” June 2016 Readers Photo Competition Runner […]
Viewpoint – Casole d’Elsa, Arte All’Arte
Once upon a time, deep in the heart of Tuscany, the ancient hilltop town of Casole d’Elsa was filled with plastic objects in the name of art… The small 12th century town of Casole d’Elsa near Siena saw its main street completely transformed by this unusual work of art in 2001. The quirky and colourful […]
Readers Photos – Graceful Decay – Photo of the Day
You could look at this photo hundreds of time and each time find something new on such an old and detailed building. Win and Rosie Sargent, Tacoma, Washington, USA “Another day took us up to the hills, to Bussana Vecchia, an old village originally destroyed by an earthquake in 1887. The town itself is a […]
Italia! Moments – Weekly Round Up 2
It’s time for our 2nd weekly roundup of Italia Moments submissions from our super talented fans. This week there’s a range of seascapes and delicate flowers, perhaps it will inspire you to send in your own photographic moments captured in Italy… Both of these photos along the Amalfi Coast were sent in by The Blog of Pigeon Voyageur, he explains that a […]