[Leica] Beautiful Scopello

CartersXRd cartersxrd at gmail.com
Thu Feb 28 05:39:59 PST 2019


lovely set from a lovely place

ric


> On Feb 28, 2019, at 2:29 AM, Peter Klein via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
> 
> Scopello is  a lovely little town perched above the sea about an hour west of Palermo. We were done with our organized tour, and staying in another town a few kilometers east to "decompress."  We hired a taxi, and spent a few hours in Scopello, just wandering around.
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> In the town itself, much of the activity centers around the town square. Here are a couple of drinking buddies at the local watering hole:
> <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563@N04/40270445433/in/dateposted-public/>
> Within a couple of blocks, the views to the sea are spectacular:
> <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563@N04/40270445203/in/dateposted-public/>
> And the views inland from the square aren't bad either:
> <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563@N04/40270445273/in/dateposted-public/>
> 
> Down at the sea is the "Tonnara," a cove housing a former tuna fishing port and cannery that's existed in some form since the 1300s.  It's now a private beach. Just off shore are a group of sea stacks. Old defensive towers loom above.  Some guidebooks say it is a beautiful as Capri.  I won't make comparisons, but we loved it there.
> <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563@N04/40270445563/in/dateposted-public/>
> <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563@N04/40270445703/in/dateposted-public/>
> <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563@N04/40270445803/in/dateposted-public/>
> <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563@N04/40270445943/in/dateposted-public/>
> 
> Olympus E-M5 and Panasonic 20/1.7 or 14/2.5 lenses (40 and 28mm equiv.)  Enjoy!
> 
> --Peter
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