Italy holiday April 2003

We went to visit friends in Italy for the pre-Easter holiday, staying in Turin and Bologna.

Avigliana, west of Turin, San Michele in the distance [click for larger image (165kb)] Sacra di San Michele, perched high above the valley [click for larger image (157kb)]
Abbazia di Sant' Antonio di Ranverso, facade of the church [click for larger image (196kb)] Fresco of ship in porch of the church [click for larger image (148kb)]
Cloister in San Giovanni, Saluzzo, south of Turin [click for larger image (189kb)] Decoration in San Giovanni cloister [click for larger image (151kb)]
Decoration in San Giovanni cloister [click for larger image (130kb)] The Torri pendenti in the centre of Bologna [click for larger image (137kb)]
Casa Isolani on the Strada Maggiore [click for larger image (146kb)] Basilica di San Petronio on the Piazza Maggiore [click for larger image (134kb)]
Portico, Piazza Cavour [click for larger image (157kb)] Antique market outside San Stefano (our favourite group of churches in Bologna) [click for larger image (143kb)]
Vicolo Malgrado - Bologna colours and cat [click for larger image (153kb)] Bologna centre viewed from San Michele in Bosco [click for larger image (156kb)]

We had a great time visiting friends, but pretty awful journeys there and back, spending a lot of time at Edinburgh, Amsterdam and Bologna airports!