Woman using long pair of chopsticks to turn frying food in large shallow dish in front of her.

Villa Balbianello. Statue of woman holding basket of fruit with red geraniums in stone vessels on stone balustrade behind and view over lake.

Villa Balbianello. Statue of woman holding basket of fruit with red geraniums in stone vessels on stone balustrade behind and view over lake.

Villa Carlotta eighteenth century summer-house near Tremezzo. Fountain and gardens in foreground with steps to tiered balconies leading to villa behind.

Mackerel drying on lines in fishing village on Lake Como.

Lake Maggiore. People enjoying lakeside views sitting at cafe tables beneath trees on the esplanade. Late afternoon sun and long shadows.

View across Lake Maggiore towards shoreline and Pallanza from the ferry with warning Stop sign on ferry deck in foreground and rope across end.

Member of staff and customers outside fruit and vegetable stall with pavement display and strings of onions and garlic hanging from rack above doorway.

Cakes and chocolate displayed in window of cafe.

Display of chanterelle and porcini mushrooms and decorative gourds for sale with price per kilo on coloured tickets.

Italy, Lombardy, Salo, people sitting at outside cafe tables in piazza of town beside Lake Garda. Facades of buildings bank and hotel painted pale yellow and orange with window shutters.

People sitting beneath white awning at outside tables of cafe in piazza of town beside Lake Garda. Facade of building behind painted orange with red window shutters.