a photo journal

Sestri Levante

28 July 2019

Located roughly halfway between Genoa and Cinque Terre, the pretty seaside town of Sestri Levante has enchanted countless generations of visitors.

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Prato Spilla

27 July 2019

Part of the Cento Laghi Regional Park, Prato Spilla is located on the border between the province of Massa Carrara and Reggio Emilia.

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Pisa

23 July 2019

Once a maritime power to rival Genoa and Venice, modern Pisa is best known for an architectural project gone terribly wrong.

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Monte Gottero

20 July 2019

Monte Gottero marks the border between the three regions of Emilia Romagna, Liguria and Tuscany, and is one of the most suggestive peaks of the Ligurian Apennines.

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Palermo

19 December 2018

Having been the crossroads of civilisations for millennia, Palermo delivers a heady, heavily spiced mix of Byzantine mosaics, Arabesque domes and frescoed cupolas.

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Corleone

18 December 2018

If it weren’t called Corleone, this small, quaint town would appear as one of many others of the Sicilian hinterland - groups of elderly people strolling in a semi-deserted square, rows of low sand-coloured houses and a 16th-century church on the highest hill.

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Cefalu

17 December 2018

Beautiful Cefalù. One of Siciliy's finest beaches side-by-side with one of its greatest Arab-Norman architectural masterpieces.

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Palermo's Opera

16 December 2018

Teatro Massimo. Taking over 20 years to complete, Palermo's neoclassical opera house is the largest in Italy and the second-largest in Europe.

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Santa Cruz

27 October 2018

Santa Cruz has marched to its own beat since long before the Beat Generation of the 1950s and '60s.

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