Sample Itinerary – Piedmont & Liguria
Italy Photo Tour
Piedmont, Liguria & Cinque Terre
Note: This is an actual itinerary from a recent tour we organized and led. Your itinerary, including lodging, dining and other activities, will be custom-designed based on your specific preferences and priorities.
September 2014 (11 nights)
10 Sep WEDNESDAY – TURIN
All day – Turin city
– Architecture, street scenes, environmental portraits, abstracts
– Mole Antonelliana
– Via Roma
– Piazza Castello
– Piazza San Carlo
– Piazza Vittorio Veneto
– Po River and bridges
– Borgo Medievale (from opposite side of river)
– Parco di Villa Genero – aerial views
Overnight: Turin – Town House 70 Suite Hotel
11 Sep THURSDAY – TURIN
Sunrise shoot – Po River and bridges
Private city tour with Barbara Sapino
Afternoon – Turin city
– Parco della Pellerina
– Castello di Moncalieri
– Egyptian Museum, others? archaeology sites
– Cathedral of St. John the Baptist
– Palazzo Madama; Royal Palace
– Castello di Valentino
– Palatine Door/Towers – Piazza Cesare Augusto
– Santuario Basilica La Consolata
– Basilicá di Superga
– Quadrilatero Romano
– Aurora – Borgo Dora
Sunset shoot – Parco del Valentino
Overnight: Town House 70 Suite Hotel
12 Sep FRIDAY – TURIN / LANGHE
Depart for Monferrato
Exploration of two Monferrato hilltop villages and a splendid historic castle, with antique cellar and gardens
Sunset shoot – Langhe hill towns
Overnight: Montelupo Albese
13 Sep SATURDAY – LANGHE
Sunrise shoot Montelupo Albese
Serralunga d’Alba
Rivetto winery tour
Roddi village and castle
Overnight: Montelupo Albese
14 Sep SUNDAY – BAROLO
La Morra, Barolo area
Enzo Boglietti wine tasting
Afternoon/evening – photo review, Lightroom work etc.
Sunset shoot – Serralunga d’Alba
Overnight: Montelupo Albese
15 Sep MONDAY – MARITIME ALPS
Tende, France
Sunset shoot – Fascinating medieval hilltown immersed in the olives between the Mediterranean and the Alps, our base for next few days.
Overnight: Ligurian Alps
16 Sep TUESDAY – LIGURIAN ALPS
Sunrise shoot
Exploration of various magnificent hilltowns overlooking sea and mountain, including our home base village.
Afternoon photo review
Overnight: Ligurian Alps
17 Sep WEDNESDAY – DOLCEACQUA
We’ll explore the town of Dolceacqua, a favorite subject of Monet, together with an undiscovered village nearby.
Sunset shoot from our home village
Overnight: Ligurian Alps
18 Sep THURSDAY – LIGURIAN ALPS / CINQUE TERRE
Drive to Bonassola
– Ventimiglia
– Bordighera
Sunset shoot, Bonassola
Overnight: Bonassola – Hotel Villa Belvedere
19 Sep FRIDAY – BONASSOLA
Sunrise shoot, Bonassola
Train to Cinque Terre (south end)
– Manarola
– Riomaggiore
Sunset shoot, Riomaggiore
Overnight: Hotel Villa Belvedere
20 Sep SATURDAY – CINQUE TERRE
Train to Cinque Terre
– Monterosso al Mare
– Vernazza
Sunset shoot, Manarola
Overnight: Hotel Villa Belvedere
21 Sep SUNDAY – CINQUE TERRE
Sunrise shoot, Bonassola
Tour concludes after breakfast
10 Sep WEDNESDAY – TURIN
All day – Turin city
– Architecture, street scenes, environmental portraits, abstracts
– Mole Antonelliana
– Via Roma
– Piazza Castello
– Piazza San Carlo
– Piazza Vittorio Veneto
– Po River and bridges
– Borgo Medievale (from opposite side of river)
– Parco di Villa Genero – aerial views
Overnight: Turin – Town House 70 Suite Hotel
11 Sep THURSDAY – TURIN
Sunrise shoot – Po River and bridges
Private city tour with Barbara Sapino
Afternoon – Turin city
– Parco della Pellerina
– Castello di Moncalieri
– Egyptian Museum, others? archaeology sites
– Cathedral of St. John the Baptist
– Palazzo Madama; Royal Palace
– Castello di Valentino
– Palatine Door/Towers – Piazza Cesare Augusto
– Santuario Basilica La Consolata
– Basilicá di Superga
– Quadrilatero Romano
– Aurora – Borgo Dora
Sunset shoot – Parco del Valentino
Overnight: Town House 70 Suite Hotel
12 Sep FRIDAY – TURIN / LANGHE
Depart for Monferrato
Exploration of two Monferrato hilltop villages and a splendid historic castle, with antique cellar and gardens
Sunset shoot – Langhe hill towns
Overnight: Montelupo Albese
13 Sep SATURDAY – LANGHE
Sunrise shoot Montelupo Albese
Serralunga d’Alba
Rivetto winery tour
Roddi village and castle
Overnight: Montelupo Albese
14 Sep SUNDAY – BAROLO
La Morra, Barolo area
Enzo Boglietti wine tasting
Afternoon/evening – photo review, Lightroom work etc.
Sunset shoot – Serralunga d’Alba
Overnight: Montelupo Albese
15 Sep MONDAY – MARITIME ALPS
Tende, France
Sunset shoot – Fascinating medieval hilltown immersed in the olives between the Mediterranean and the Alps, our base for next few days.
Overnight: Ligurian Alps
16 Sep TUESDAY – LIGURIAN ALPS
Sunrise shoot
Exploration of various magnificent hilltowns overlooking sea and mountain, including our home base village.
Afternoon photo review
Overnight: Ligurian Alps
17 Sep WEDNESDAY – DOLCEACQUA
We’ll explore the town of Dolceacqua, a favorite subject of Monet, together with an undiscovered village nearby.
Sunset shoot from our home village
Overnight: Ligurian Alps
18 Sep THURSDAY – LIGURIAN ALPS / CINQUE TERRE
Drive to Bonassola
– Ventimiglia
– Bordighera
Sunset shoot, Bonassola
Overnight: Bonassola – Hotel Villa Belvedere
19 Sep FRIDAY – BONASSOLA
Sunrise shoot, Bonassola
Train to Cinque Terre (south end)
– Manarola
– Riomaggiore
Sunset shoot, Riomaggiore
Overnight: Hotel Villa Belvedere
20 Sep SATURDAY – CINQUE TERRE
Train to Cinque Terre
– Monterosso al Mare
– Vernazza
Sunset shoot, Manarola
Overnight: Hotel Villa Belvedere
21 Sep SUNDAY – CINQUE TERRE
Sunrise shoot, Bonassola
Tour concludes after breakfast
Vernazza, Italy
Serralunga d’Alba from Rivetto Winery
Riomaggiore, Cinque Terre, Italy
Riomaggiore
Monferrato, Piedmont, Italy
Manarola, Cinque Terre
Scooter and old wall in La Morra, Langhe
Still life: mezzaluna and pomegranates
Charming village in the Ligurian Alps
Ligurian Alps
Shooting at sunset in the Monferrato