For Wordless Wednesday on a Tuesday and bloghops various.
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Our next hotel was atop a hill in the town of Altomonte, aka the Wedding City, as over 300 couples each year choose to marry there! That’s it, right up there!
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The views from the hotel were stunning, from the Pollino National Park and the Pellegrino mountains, across to the old part of the town on the opposite hill.
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Way down below is the Church of Saint Francis of Paola with its beautiful walled garden.
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Now for the old town. There are only 360 steps to climb! Ready? Let’s go!
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We’ve made it the top! This is the Church of the Madonna della Consolazione and the Dominican Monastery
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The owners of our hotel, the Barbieri family also run a somewhat unusual restaurant next to the church. We took it over for the evening!
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It’s time to head south to the ferry terminal. En route, we paused at the National Archaeological Museum to see two bronze statues from around 455 BC. I can’t think what the ladies were finding so interesting! Sicily, here we come!
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To be continued!
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An amazing place
It is and it got better by the day!
Awesome
Beautiful
Exactly what I thought!
Spectacular views from the top of that 360 step climb! Thank you for braving that climb and sharing these amazing views. The sky is a fabulous blue. Looks like the weather was excellent. Thank you Keith for sharing your gallery!
It was well worth the climb! We had one day with clouds and light rain, otherwise, it was unseasonably warm and fine!
Most excellent! Thanks again for sharing. Perhaps another installment of your great photos is perhaps in the offing at a later date as you so choose?
What a nice place love the phots LQQKED like fun when you took over the restuarant heheh! 🙂
Have a lasagnatastic week 👍
It was crazy! Cheers, Steve!
Fantastico! Incredibly beautiful photos once again, Keith. Thank you for the lovely share!
Thanks, Nancy, next week Sicily!
Beautiful shots and out on the water was my favorite. Boaters love to be out on the water. What beautiful photographs.
Thank you for hosting the Wordless Wednesday Blog Hop.
Have a fabulous Wordless Wednesday and rest of the week, Keith. 🙂
Thank you so much, Sandee!
There are so many beautiful places, so little time.
I really didn’t want to come home!
Every one of these would make a great jigsaw puzzle. LOVE the one with the ladies looking at the statue. The landscapes and houses ones are magnificent. The buildings have such character. The sky is big!
That’s a good point! I’ve had several of my pictures from the past made into jigsaws. I’m so pleased you are enjoying them, Lisa.
Very cool, Keith, and yes, I am 🙂
WOW 😍 Once again, your photos are stunning, Keith.
Thank you for sharing these beautiful moments with us! 📸🌟
Happy Wednesday!
The pleasure’s mine, thank you so much.
Thank you for the tour! Your beautiful photos bring it all to life. I miss Italy…
Thanks Debbie, I can’t wait explore a little more!
Hi Keith – brilliant – excellent photos … and what an amazing area to have visited … bet you wanted to linger longer – sounds a perfect area for a while – so much to see, explore and do … and then of course eat and drink!! Fantastic – thank you … cheers Hilary
Everything about was wonderful, especially the food – I put on some weight but it was well worth it!
Ha Ha … can’t be bad! Cheers H
There is so much history there. Everywhere you look is amazing and all the pieces of things on roof tiles and home fronts. It is truly amazing and one wonders how long these places have been there and how they are cared for and patched up over time.
It looks a little dilapidated but that just adds to the character.
Wow, so very beautiful. Thanks for this great tour. Thanks for hosting and I hope that you have a wonderful week.
Thank you for joining me!
Love seeing the beautiful pictures of the old hillside towns and the landscape.
I was particularly intrigued by that one with modern sculptures in a classical courtyard. Curious about the story there.
They were created from large pieces of weathered timber. No explanation as to why they exist was offered.
Wow !
Very interesting church.
No one does churches like the Italians!
Wow,so beautiful! Thank you for sharing.
Beyond, beyond beautiful. :))