A truly beautiful place La Prodaia has to be one of the loveliest places we’ve ever stayed at. We have been to Italy a number of times before but never Tuscany until this May. I suggested to my wife that we should try an Agriturismo, as they are very popular in Italy and offer a [...]
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“Piazza del Campo” is the hub of Siena, most streets lead there, pinpointed by it’s very own marker, “Torre del Mangia” which can be seen from various corners of the city. The Piazza offers an infinite range of possibilities as a photographic subject and from the start of my stay in the area, I felt [...]
Our big trip next year will be a month in Italy, May to be precise. Thing is with such a wonderful choice of places to visit and things to do, planning it isn’t going to be easy. However I love to plan, to study books, research online, so it’s a task I relish rather than [...]
I am delighted to announce that a new feature gallery has gone live dedicated to Campania, Italy. Many of the images have already featured on my photoblog site Journog. The images were all taken in and around Sorrento, Positano and Herculaneum. Currently a selection of 30 images are available for your perusal but more may [...]
Sorrento is famed for it’s inlaid wood craft-work, a craft known as Intarsia. These products can be found worldwide, you may have spotted them in stately homes that have an Italian influence, in which the family of the time may have travelled far and wide to choose the exquisite furnishings for their home. These objects [...]
I am watching the World go by under my feet, quite literally as it happens for we are two storeys up from Via Califano that runs beneath our hotel balcony. Right opposite where I am standing is the sports ground and home of Sorrento Calcio, the local football team. A family (I assume them to [...]
On this occasion the sun was out, the temperature a nice 30 degrees and time to use the good old polariser on my lens. However when I first discovered this particular location, it was very different indeed. Two days earlier… They say – “when it rains it pours” – We discovered the archway during a [...]