Gallery

Climbing the first Via Crucis - Walk 4 from Villa Gelsomina - 30/12/2011

The Olive Tree in the little piazza at the top of Monte Mesma - Walk 4 from Villa Gelsomina - 30/12/2011

View of old Lortallo and the Island from Monte Mesma - Walk 4 from Villa Gelsomina - 30/12/2011

The island at sunset, taken from Villa Gelsomina 30/12/2011

Monte Rosa and winter sunset from Villa Gelsomina - taken 1/1/2012

Isola San Giulio and Monte Rosa with winter sunset from Villa Gelsomina - taken 1/1/2012

Isola San Giulio and the Orta peninsular with winter sunset from Villa Gelsomina - taken 1/1/2012

Restaurants and Cafes at the side of Piazza Motta at Orta San Giulio - December 2009 - photo courtesy of Pardis Schwitzer

Christmas at Orta San Giulio - December 2009

Isola San Giulio as the evening lights start to come on... - December 2009

"Babbo Natale" - Orta San Giulio - December 2009 - photo courtesy of Pardis Schwitzer

Omegna - War Memorial - December 2009

Omegna - Gulls and Winter Sunset - December 2009

Omegna - Winter Sunset - December 2009

Leaf on Snow - Lortallo, December 2008

Monte Rosa at Dawn (telephoto) from Villa Gelsomina - December 2008 - photo courtesy of Eoin McDonnell

Island of San Giulio from Villa Gelsomina - December 2008

Doorway at Miasino - December 2008

Torre di Buccione from Villa Gelsomina - December 2008

Houses at Miasino - January 2009

Isola San Giulio from the Sacro Monte - January 2009

Balcony at Miasino - January 2009

Stream at Ameno - December 2008

View from the terrace of the Giacomini villa above Orta San Giulio - January 2009

The neolithic hill fort (the fortifications are visible as the dark horizontal line) between Miasino and Carcegna - January 2009

Isola San Giulio from Monte San Giorgio (Walk 4 from Casa Fiori) - December 2007

Lake Orta (from Walk 4 from Casa Fiori) - December 2007

Chestnut Woods below Egro (Walk 4 from Casa Fiori) - December 2007

From the Orta Peninsular (Walk 1 from most apartments, Walk 2 from Villa Gelsomina) - December 2007

Madonna del Sasso (Walk 4 from Casa Fiori) - December 2007

Isola San Giulio from above Pella (Walk 4 from Casa Fiori) - December 2007

Woods below Egro (Walk 4 from Casa Fiori) - December 2007

A dramatic picture of the Tower of Buccione under snow

Torre di Buccione and Isola San Giulio from Pella (Walk 4 from Casa Fiori) - December 2007

Omegna from Ronco (Walk 4 from Casa Fiori) - December 2007

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