I will soon be leaving for Italy and surrounding areas without an itinerary, and wanted to know if there are any must see locations for landscape photography.
Thanks
Italy, a small country, offers a lot, for landcapes photography, from mountains, to countryside, sea and lacs.
I will just indicate some places familiar to me, but which are also must see places.
1) Tuscany, one of the regions of Italy, offers a lot in terms of photography, first of all very nice landscapes, but also beautifull old villages, which are very well maintained and with interesting landscape in the surroundings.
For landscapes, probably,the best area is located in the middle of the region, in a triangle between the city of Florence, Pisa and Siena.
Go to SANTA LUCE or ORCIANO PISANO villages (near Pisa) for country landscape, than VOLTERRA village, and than proceed to SAN GIMIGNANO, MONTERIGGIONI villages and surroundings: they are good for the landscapes and the villages themselves.
Siena city is also nice for photography.
Than MASSA MARITTIMA and GAVORRANOvillages and the surrounding area.
2) Sea
Closed to Tuscany, at its neighbord, 2,5 hours drive from Florence, there is the CINQUE TERRE area, five villages (RIOMAGGIORE, MANAROLA, CORNIGLIA, VERNAZZA, MONTEROSSO) right on the rocky sea, with lovely landscape and gorgeous sunsets.
I am living in LUCCA, Tuscany, which is also a very nice city, with the impressive Walls surrounding the city : go on Google Earth and have a look of the different places.
Enjoy your trip and best regards!
Alex