If this image looks familiar it is because we visited Padua’s ’meadow without grass’ in June. Unfortunately, we barely had time to stop then, so this month we return, under cover of darkness, to see it at its most splendid… We visited Il Prato della Valle when we spent 48 Hours in Padua earlier this […]
David & Bev Allinson “I took this photo with my wife on our recent visit to Venice and surrounding Islands over the Christmas holiday period. This image was taken on the Island of Burano looking out over the lagoon. It was a cold grey day with the sun trying to come through the cloud. I […]
Kathy Phillpot “A photo taken on our honeymoon in Venice on a day trip to the island of Burano. I’ve not seen such colourful houses anywhere else.”
“He who controls the high ground controls the battle,” goes the old military adage – and it doesn’t get much higher than La Rocca Calascio. Standing at 1,460 metres above sea level – that’s 300 metres higher than Ben Nevis – this medieval fortress provides a vantage point over huge swathes of land… Standing in […]
Lesley Combe “When staying in Baveno my husband & I visited the beautiful Isola Bella on Lake Maggiore”
Which one will you vote for? Italia! invites its readership to vote for the very best Reader’s Photograph of 2015… One of our most popular sections, the Readers’ Photo Competition draws in dozens of entries every month, many of them absolutely superb. The Italia! team selects the best for publication each issue, and then we […]
Ron Maita “The Tuscan countryside near Montepulciano”
Dawn breaks over the Po Delta on a cold and grey late autumn morning, from a fisherman’s hut nets hang suspended over the water, waiting for the tides to dictate the start of the next shift… Fishing in the Po Delta is big business. Scenes like this – an isolated fisherman’s hut with nets hanging […]
Richard Patterson “One of our favourite places in Italy is Lake Trasimeno in Umbria. The sunsets there can be fantastic. This photo was taken in November at the little village of San Feliciano.”
Phil Bremner “Despite seeing Venice in endless movies nothing really prepares you for the exquisite timeless beauty of this astonishing city.”