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Fira photo spots: caldera views, Three Bells and lower lanes
The caldera is the first thing you'll want to photograph in Fira. Then an orange stair catches your eye, a white arch opens onto the sky, and a red wooden door makes you forget the sea for a moment. That's the lovely part of a photo walk here: the huge view and the little details belong together. You can bring home the Santorini skyline you hoped for, with a few pictures that feel much more your own.
Read MorePyrgos, Megalochori and Emporio: three Santorini villages, three different walks
A blue dome above a descending lane. Another caught inside a white arch. A church doorway edged with reddish-brown stone. Pyrgos, Megalochori and Emporio share Santorini's familiar colours, but they give you quite different pictures. The lovely part is discovering how those pictures change as you walk: looking back down a hill, peering through a passage, or noticing the little details beside you.
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The best views in Santorini, and what each one gives your photos
A tumble of white roofs, a dark rock rising out of blue water, pale cliffs above an almost black shore. Santorini can give you wonderfully different photographs without a single blue dome in every one. The lovely part is choosing which version feels like your holiday. Perhaps you want the village behind you, perhaps the whole island spread below, or perhaps just the two of you against a great sweep of sea.
Read MoreSantorini highlights: choose the experiences worth your time
Blue domes and a wide-open caldera are a lovely beginning. Santorini also has a buried town to explore, music inside a former winery and a seaside factory full of island stories. The best part is choosing what you'd enjoy, whether that's boats below Oia, an afternoon in a village or a closer look at the people behind the postcard.
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Imerovigli photo spots: blue domes, flowers and Skaros
Come to Imerovigli for that wonderful sweep of sea, then let the smaller things catch your eye. A blue dome rises above pink flowers. White stairs turn between buildings. Skaros Rock gives the caldera a bold, dark outline, while the village continues along the cliff towards Fira. You can enjoy all those different pictures without making a hike the centre of your day. Here's how to choose the scenes you'll love, with a separate look at the walk towards the chapel beyond Skaros.
Read MoreBest time for Santorini photos: sunrise, sunset and the lovely hours between
An early blue-dome portrait, a sunlit arch after breakfast, the caldera turning dusky behind you. Santorini gives you several lovely reasons to pick up a camera, and they don't all need the same alarm. Choose the photograph you'd love to bring home, then find an hour that suits the people in it. There's room for a lie-in somewhere in this holiday too.
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A rainy-day Florence photoshoot: a lovely plan, with a real Plan B
An umbrella tilts towards your partner, the pale stone behind you turns a deeper grey, and Florence suddenly feels a little closer. Rain can give your photographs a lovely character of their own. The happiest plan leaves room for that, with a manageable stretch of city, a clear idea of where you can pause and an alternative you've agreed before anyone steps outside.
Read MoreRose Garden Florence and Le Rampe: a photo walk full of little surprises
A curve in the garden path, a flash of red rooftops, then Florence's great dome beyond the greenery. A little further along the hillside, stone grottoes and trailing plants give your photographs a completely different feel. The Rose Garden and Le Rampe make a lovely pair: enough variety to keep you curious, with plenty of reasons to pause together. Here's how to enjoy both, with little scenes to look out for, a choice of uphill or downhill walks, and time inside the garden before the gates close.
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Ponte Vecchio photos from Ponte Santa Trinita
Those little shops hanging over the Arno, three stone arches and you two smiling in front of it all. For that Florence photograph, head to Ponte Santa Trinita. You're close enough to recognise Ponte Vecchio straight away, with a stretch of river giving the picture a lovely sense of space. Come for an early wander or an evening together, and let the bridge be part of your day.
Read MoreFlorence Duomo photo spots: three streets, one wonderful cathedral
That enormous terracotta dome peeping between Florence's buildings is quite a sight. Then you reach the square, the marble fills your view, and suddenly there are about twenty photographs you want to take. A few nearby streets help make sense of it all. Each gives you a different way to bring the Duomo into a portrait, from a long approach to a little lane where the dome rises almost overhead.
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An Oltrarno photo walk: little streets, lively squares and a Pitti finish
An old stone street, a tiny square full of conversation, then a palace that suddenly fills your view. Oltrarno gives your Florence photographs a lovely change of pace. Follow the streets from the river towards Santo Spirito and Palazzo Pitti, with time for the corners that catch your eye.
Read MoreA solo photoshoot in Florence: photographs that feel like you
You beside the Arno, looking towards the bridge. A closer portrait against warm stone. Florence all around you, and a photograph of yourself you’re excited to bring home. A solo session gives you time for those pictures, with a photographer to help you find your place in them.
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Fisherman's Bastion photo walk: arches, towers and room to explore
Explore Fisherman's Bastion through courtyard towers, lower gateways, Parliament arches and Matthias Church, with practical choices for light, access and a relaxed walk.
Read MoreHungarian Parliament photo spots: gardens, trams and river views
Explore Hungarian Parliament photo spots around Kossuth Square, from garden and bench portraits to a safe tram-side frame and the separate Buda-bank panorama.
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Chain Bridge Budapest photo spots: portraits on and beside the bridge
Explore photo spots at Budapest's Chain Bridge for natural portraits: ironwork and stone from the pedestrian path, or a wider Pest-bank scene beside the Danube.
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