[Leica] Beautiful Scopello

[imra at iol.ie (Douglas Barry)]

Hope you're on a cut from the Italian Tourist Board, Peter, as Tonnara 
looks very inviting to an inveterate sea swimmer like me.
Douglas

On 28/02/2019 07:29, Peter Klein via LUG wrote:
> Scopello is? a lovely little town perched above the sea about an hour 
> west of Palermo. We were done with our organized tour, and staying in 
> another town a few kilometers east to "decompress."? We hired a taxi, 
> and spent a few hours in Scopello, just wandering around.
>
> In the town itself, much of the activity centers around the town 
> square. Here are a couple of drinking buddies at the local watering hole:
> <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563 at 
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> Within a couple of blocks, the views to the sea are spectacular:
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> And the views inland from the square aren't bad either:
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> Down at the sea is the "Tonnara," a cove housing a former tuna fishing 
> port and cannery that's existed in some form since the 1300s.? It's 
> now a private beach. Just off shore are a group of sea stacks. Old 
> defensive towers loom above.? Some guidebooks say it is a beautiful as 
> Capri.? I won't make comparisons, but we loved it there.
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> Olympus E-M5 and Panasonic 20/1.7 or 14/2.5 lenses (40 and 28mm 
> equiv.)? Enjoy!
>
> --Peter
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