Show us your favourites of Italy.

No restrictions here. Colour, B & W, film, digital, scans. But, do tell us the location and some information regarding the shot. How you made it, why you were there, or anything else you'd care to share.

 

I took this one last May. I was there with my wife on our wedding anniversary. We spent 24 wonderful days travelling from Venice to Sicily. This one was in Tuscany enroute to Montisi from Florence.

 

I used a D800E, AF-S 17-35mm, f11, 1/250, ISO 400.

 

Podere Belvedere, along SP 146 near San Quirico, Tuscany.

Edited February 8, 2017 by fwstutterheim

It's not my favourite photos in itself, but it is one of my favourite spots in Italy - the penisula of Ortigia in Siracusa, Sicily. Had the luck to have lived there for several years, and I'd go back in a heartbeat.

Shot is a 30 sec. exposure, maybe not very landscape-ish as it's mostly sea, but on an island... what else? ;-)

 

Yes, I loved Ortigia, too. We stayed for a few nights in a B&B there. But, I remember it as an island more than a peninsula, actually. You do have to cross a bridge to get on and a bridge to get off, right? I'm still wondering about retiring there. I really did like it a lot.

Church In The Clouds by David Stephens, on Flickr

(br><br>Ponte and Castel Sant'Angelo

San Quirico Tuscany

You're right, of course, it's a island in fact. I lived very close to it (and on it, for a while too), crossed the bridge to get to Ortigia daily for years, so in my mind it doesn't quite stick as an island, as it's so easy to reach.... :-)

Another try

 

Same issue. "There was a problem uploading your file".

 

So tried another file.

 

Same result

 

Hmm. Andre Garrard/Fluppeteer suggested I reload the page before posting. That's twice it worked

 

This is Castelmuzio, a village nestled into the Southern Apennines in Basilicata. If there's a particular point to the thread - like you're planning a trip to Italy, there's a gallery of Italian landscapes on my website.

• The point was only to see other member's favourites taken in Italy.
  
• I have researched Castelmuzio via Google and Wiki and am surprised to find it in Tuscany, approx. 3 kilometres from Montisi, one of my favourite spots.
  
• Can you verify for me that this is actually Castelmuzio, David? I have ballooned over much of this area and didn't see this rock formation.
  
• Thanks.
  

Montisi, Tuscany.

Gup, you're right. It's Castelmezzano, province of Potenza, Basilicata. Sorry to mislead. Have been to Castelmuzio btw as I think my next trip to southern Tuscany will be #9

oops

 

Edited February 11, 2017 by JDMvW

If you want you van sede some in one of my galleries

 

https://www.photo.net/gallery/832031#//Sort-Newest/All-Categories/All-Time/Page-1

Thanks for contributing, Diego.

 

 

On most of my pictures in my gallery there was data regarding location (other than camera, lens, etc.) andò I do not see it anymore, did they disappear with the new (ugly IMHO) version of the site?