Lodestars Anthology #04 Revisited

Awash with Renaissance grandeur, Italy is a place of passion and beauty where more than a single city is eternal. Here every corner is steeped in history and the country’s artistic and culinary lineage calls to travellers old and new. Italy’s waterways and olive-dotted hills may be immediately recognisable, yet it constantly defies expectations - often in the most enchanting way possible.

Some featured locations: 

Procida - Rome - Caldaro - Monforte d’Alba- Positano - Castelli - Desulo - Madonna di Campiglio - Bologna - Ravenna - Portofino - La Spezia - Florence - Lake Maggiore - Trieste - Matera - Monopoli - Scopello - Oasy Nature Reserve - Venice - Pitigliano - Tropea - Alpe di Siusi

Lodestars contributors have descended into caves in the name of cheese, gone in search of volcanoes, wandered ancient pilgrim paths, ridden horses into the sunset, been enthralled by architecture, cooked the way their grandparents did and penned odes to lace. They have explored places that come with meaning. Some destinations are ‘home’, others are steeped in memory, and a few are being discovered for the very first time, the siren’s call impossible to resist. You can read this zest in their words and see the ardour in their images, because when someone creates with love and respect you feel it. You’re there with them. This is how I was reacquainted with Spain - through the eyes of others.

Featured destinations: Ibiza, Tarifa, Oviedo, Toledo, Granada, Segovia, Seville, Valencia, Lanzarote, Montserrat, Formentera, San Sebastián, Santiago de Compostela.

An ode to slow travel, splendour and sun. Que viva España.