[Leica] Beautiful Scopello
Douglas Barry
imra at iol.ie
Thu Feb 28 14:25:45 PST 2019
Hope you're on a cut from the Italian Tourist Board, Peter, as Tonnara
looks very inviting to an inveterate sea swimmer like me.
Douglas
On 28/02/2019 07:29, Peter Klein via LUG 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.
>
> 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/>
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> <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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