Rows of vines in a Langhe vineyard, Piedmont, at sunset under an orange sky

 

VINEYARDS, PIAZZAS & LONG LUNCHES

 

La Dolce Vita

La Dolce Vita: Slow Days in Italy

18 October 2026 · Dinh Huy


This series is Italy in autumn: the Langhe hills in Piedmont, Turin and Milan, and, much further south, Naples. A part of the world built around food, light and taking your time.


The Langhe. Vineyard hills, villages stacked on the ridges and, in autumn, harvest and truffle season. At six the glasses come out on a terrace, the hills turn pink and nobody is in a hurry to leave.


The cities. Turin's long arcades are made for slow walking, the glass roof of the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II in Milan is worth the detour, and Naples is loud, chaotic and beautiful.


Slow travel. Late mornings, long lunches and walks without a plan. Italy rewards taking your time, and most of these frames came from simply wandering.


How it was shot. Shot on Fujifilm and graded warm and filmic, because that is how Italy feels: golden, unhurried and slightly out of time. The in-camera settings are on the Fujifilm Recipes page.


Cobbled street in an old Italian town with scooters parked along the kerb under a grey sky
Glass and iron vaulted roof of the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II in Milan
Rear of a classic blue Alfa Romeo parked on gravel beside a vineyard in Piedmont
Vineyard path at dusk framed by vine leaves, pink sky over the Langhe hills, Piedmont
Hillside village houses in warm evening light seen through a vineyard in the Langhe, Italy
Bunch of dark grapes ripening on the vine in an Italian vineyard
Orange and blue sunset sky over dark silhouetted hills in Piedmont, Italy
Close-up of grapes and sunlit vine leaves in late summer in northern Italy
Wild daisies in the foreground with an Italian village on a wooded hillside behind
Houses scattered across a green Italian hillside above terraced gardens
Glass of wine and a bottle in a cooler on a terrace table against a deep blue sky in Italy
Low sun breaking through vine leaves and wires in an Italian vineyard
Green meadow with wildflowers and wooded hills under a clear sky in northern Italy
Grass path through a meadow of dandelions towards wooded hills in northern Italy
Arcaded buildings on an empty piazza in Turin mirrored in a rain puddle at dawn
Italian flag hanging over a narrow city street at blue hour