Italy

Viareggio Carnival (1)

Viareggio Carnival, Tuscany Italy © Rudolf Abraham The Viareggio Carnival in Tuscany, Italy, is famous for its vast and spectacularly elaborate floats. There are five parades, spread over the month around Lent. This was shot during the fourth parade, on 28 February 2017 – when the parade itself had to be cancelled due to high …

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Alpe Adria Trail (7): Val Rosandra

The slopes of Monte Carso rising from the Val Rosandra, near Trieste, northern Italy (January 2016). The Alpe Adria Trail passes through the Val Rosandra on its penultimate stage before finishing in Muggia on the Adriatic coast. © Rudolf Abraham The Alpe Adria Trail is a 750km hiking route through Austria/Slovenia/Italy, which I’m currently writing …

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Alpe Adria Trail (4): Monte Lussari

Monte Lussari, near Tarvisio and the border with Slovenia, on the Alpe Adria Trail, in the Friuli Venezia Giulia region of northern Italy (August 2015) © Rudolf Abraham The Alpe Adria Trail is a 750km hiking route through Austria/Slovenia/Italy, which I’m currently writing the first English-language guidebook to, for Bradt. Nikon D700 & 14-24/2.8 Photo …

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Stelvio National Park

Hiking in the Ortler area of the Stelvio National Park (the largest national park in Italy), near the small mountain town of Solda, South Tyrol, Italy. Hikers approaching Rifugio Serristori (Dusseldorferhutte). © Rudolf Abraham Nikon D700 + 14-24/2.8 Shot towards the end of last year while working on a feature on the Messner Mountain Museums …

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Reflective mood

Words of wisdom (with self portrait) at the ‘Firmian’ Messner Mountain Museum. Bolzano, South Tyrol, Italy © Rudolf Abraham Nikon D700 + 14-24/2.8 To license this image or view more images from the Messner Mountain Museums in Italy’s South Tyrol region click here. Photo copyright © Rudolf Abraham. All rights reserved. Images may not be …

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