Show Navigation

Search Results

Refine Search
Match all words
Match any word
Prints
Personal Use
Royalty-Free
Rights-Managed
(leave unchecked to
search all images)
{ 349 images found }

Loading ()...

  • Belize City, traditional houses.
    em0310087.jpg
  • Val Gardena, St Christina village. Typical maso, the traditional villages houses of South Tyrol landscape. The Ladins minority call the masi "Vila", from latin classical "Vicus" (small village). Today in South Tyrol these houses are protected and the help of local political autonomy has been basic for the survival of the traditional culture of Ladins minorities of South Tyrol.
    em7123980.jpg
  • Alta Val Badia, lanscape with small villages of masi, as are called the traditional mountain huts of South Tyrol. The Ladins minority call the masi "Vila", from latin classical "Vicus" (small village). Today in South Tyrol these houses are protected and the help of local political autonomy has been basic for the survival of the traditional culture of Ladins minorities of South Tyrol.
    em7124063.jpg
  • Alta Val Badia, lanscape with small villages of masi, as are called the traditional mountain huts of South Tyrol. The Ladins minority call the masi "Vila", from latin classical "Vicus" (small village). Today in South Tyrol these houses are protected and the help of local political autonomy has been basic for the survival of the traditional culture of Ladins minorities of South Tyrol.
    em7124068.jpg
  • Val Badia, San Leonardo village near Badia, on the back Croda di Santa Croce mountain. Typical masi, the traditional mountain huts of South Tyrol landscape. The Ladins minority call the masi "Vila", from latin classical "Vicus" (small village). Today in South Tyrol these houses are protected and the help of local political autonomy has been basic for the survival of the traditional culture of Ladins minorities of South Tyrol.
    em7124051.jpg
  • Val Badia, San Leonardo village near Badia, on the back Croda di Santa Croce mountain. Typical masi, the traditional mountain huts of South Tyrol landscape. The Ladins minority call the masi "Vila", from latin classical "Vicus" (small village). Today in South Tyrol these houses are protected and the help of local political autonomy has been basic for the survival of the traditional culture of Ladins minorities of South Tyrol.
    em7123908.jpg
  • Alta Val Badia, lanscape with small villages of masi, as are called the traditional mountain huts of South Tyrol. The Ladins minority call the masi "Vila", from latin classical "Vicus" (small village). Today in South Tyrol these houses are protected and the help of local political autonomy has been basic for the survival of the traditional culture of Ladins minorities of South Tyrol.
    em7124071.jpg
  • Val Badia, San Leonardo village near Badia, on the back Croda di Santa Croce mountain. Typical masi, the traditional mountain huts of South Tyrol landscape. The Ladins minority call the masi "Vila", from latin classical "Vicus" (small village). Today in South Tyrol these houses are protected and the help of local political autonomy has been basic for the survival of the traditional culture of Ladins minorities of South Tyrol.
    em7123909 (1).jpg
  • Glencolmcille (or Glemcolcille), where St Columba founded a important monastery. Here a traditional Irish village's reconstruction.
    em7211629.jpg
  • Traditional farm of the Blody Foreland.
    em7210094.jpg
  • Glencolmcille (or Glemcolcille), where St Columba founded a important monastery. Here a traditional Irish village's reconstruction.
    em7210061.jpg
  • Glencolmcille (or Glemcolcille), where St Columba founded a important monastery. Here a traditional Irish village's reconstruction.
    em7211615.jpg
  • Safranbolu has a beautifully preserved collection of old Ottoman houses and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Kaymakamlar Muze Evi, with a display of traditional Ottoman life, is the most interesting. During the 17th century Safranbolu was on the main Ottoman trade road between Gerede and the Black Sea harbours, bringing commerce and wealth to the town. During 18th and 19th centuries wealthy inhabitants built mansions of sun-dried mud bricks, wood and stucco.
    em2712454.jpg
  • Safranbolu, Havuzlu Asmazlar Konagi is the most atmospheric hotel in a restored Ottoman traditional old houses. A fine beautiful pool is right on the centre of the main room (Havuzlu means with pool"9): This pool is the best of the indoor pools of Safranbolu, utilised not for swimming but to cool the room and gave a pleasant background sound. Safranbolu has a beautifully preserved collection of old Ottoman houses and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. During the 17th century Safranbolu was on the main Ottoman trade road between Gerede and the Black Sea harbours, bringing commerce and wealth to the town. During 18th and 19th centuries wealthy inhabitants built mansions of sun-dried mud bricks, wood and stucco.
    em2712431.jpg
  • Safranbolu, Havuzlu Asmazlar Konagi is the most atmospheric hotel in a restored Ottoman traditional old houses. A fine beautiful pool is right on the centre of the main room (Havuzlu means with pool"9): This pool is the best of the indoor pools of Safranbolu, utilised not for swimming but to cool the room and gave a pleasant background sound. Safranbolu has a beautifully preserved collection of old Ottoman houses and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. During the 17th century Safranbolu was on the main Ottoman trade road between Gerede and the Black Sea harbours, bringing commerce and wealth to the town. During 18th and 19th centuries wealthy inhabitants built mansions of sun-dried mud bricks, wood and stucco.
    em2712439.jpg
  • Safranbolu, Havuzlu Asmazlar Konagi is the most atmospheric hotel in a restored Ottoman traditional old houses. A fine beautiful pool is right on the centre of the main room (Havuzlu means with pool"9): This pool is the best of the indoor pools of Safranbolu, utilised not for swimming but to cool the room and gave a pleasant background sound. Safranbolu has a beautifully preserved collection of old Ottoman houses and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. During the 17th century Safranbolu was on the main Ottoman trade road between Gerede and the Black Sea harbours, bringing commerce and wealth to the town. During 18th and 19th centuries wealthy inhabitants built mansions of sun-dried mud bricks, wood and stucco.
    em2712445.jpg
  • Safranbolu, Havuzlu Asmazlar Konagi is the most atmospheric hotel in a restored Ottoman traditional old houses. A fine beautiful pool is right on the centre of the main room (Havuzlu means with pool"9): This pool is the best of the indoor pools of Safranbolu, utilised not for swimming but to cool the room and gave a pleasant background sound. Safranbolu has a beautifully preserved collection of old Ottoman houses and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. During the 17th century Safranbolu was on the main Ottoman trade road between Gerede and the Black Sea harbours, bringing commerce and wealth to the town. During 18th and 19th centuries wealthy inhabitants built mansions of sun-dried mud bricks, wood and stucco.
    em2712445.jpg
  • Ilk Pansiyon is a small hotel in a restored traditional turkish mansion.
    em2711948.jpg
  • Ilk Pansiyon is a small hotel in a restored traditional turkish mansion.
    em2711940.jpg
  • Ilk Pansiyon is a small hotel in a restored traditional turkish mansion.
    em2711938.jpg
  • Traditional district of old Ottoman wooden houses along the banks of the Yesilirmak river.
    em2711890.jpg
  • Safranbolu has a beautifully preserved collection of old Ottoman houses and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Kaymakamlar Muze Evi, with a display of traditional Ottoman life, is the most interesting. The Kitchen. During the 17th century Safranbolu was on the main Ottoman trade road between Gerede and the Black Sea harbours, bringing commerce and wealth to the town. During 18th and 19th centuries wealthy inhabitants built mansions of sun-dried mud bricks, wood and stucco.
    em2712425.jpg
  • Safranbolu, small copies of the famous wooden houses. Safranbolu has a beautifully preserved collection of old Ottoman houses and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. During the 17th century Safranbolu was on the main Ottoman trade road between Gerede and the Black Sea harbours, bringing commerce and wealth to the town. During 18th and 19th centuries wealthy inhabitants built mansions of sun-dried mud bricks, wood and stucco.
    em2712391.jpg
  • Safranbolu view from Hidirlik Parki, in the foreground Izzet Pasha Camii (mosque). Safranbolu has a beautifully preserved collection of old Ottoman houses and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. During the 17th century Safranbolu was on the main Ottoman trade road between Gerede and the Black Sea harbours, bringing commerce and wealth to the town. During 18th and 19th centuries wealthy inhabitants built mansions of sun-dried mud bricks, wood and stucco.
    em2712409.jpg
  • Safranbolu has a beautifully preserved collection of old Ottoman houses and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. During the 17th century Safranbolu was on the main Ottoman trade road between Gerede and the Black Sea harbours, bringing commerce and wealth to the town. During 18th and 19th centuries wealthy inhabitants built mansions of sun-dried mud bricks, wood and stucco.
    em2712397.jpg
  • Safranbolu has a beautifully preserved collection of old Ottoman houses and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. During the 17th century Safranbolu was on the main Ottoman trade road between Gerede and the Black Sea harbours, bringing commerce and wealth to the town. During 18th and 19th centuries wealthy inhabitants built mansions of sun-dried mud bricks, wood and stucco.
    em2712382.jpg
  • Safranbolu has a beautifully preserved collection of old Ottoman houses and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. During the 17th century Safranbolu was on the main Ottoman trade road between Gerede and the Black Sea harbours, bringing commerce and wealth to the town. During 18th and 19th centuries wealthy inhabitants built mansions of sun-dried mud bricks, wood and stucco.
    em2712335.jpg
  • Cuenca. The Plaza Mayor's, the Main Square, aristocratic houses.
    em7413154.jpg
  • Cuenca. The Plaza Mayor's, the Main Square, aristocratic houses.
    em7413150.jpg
  • Cuenca. The Plaza Mayor's, the Main Square, aristocratic houses.
    em7413137.jpg
  • Cuenca. The Plaza Mayor's, the Main Square, aristocratic houses.
    em7413135.jpg
  • Cuenca. The Plaza Mayor's, the Main Square, aristocratic houses.
    em7413132.jpg
  • Safranbolu has a beautifully preserved collection of old Ottoman houses and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. During the 17th century Safranbolu was on the main Ottoman trade road between Gerede and the Black Sea harbours, bringing commerce and wealth to the town. During 18th and 19th centuries wealthy inhabitants built mansions of sun-dried mud bricks, wood and stucco.
    em2712346.jpg
  • Safranbolu view from Hidirlik Parki, in the foreground Cinci Hami caravanserail. has a beautifully preserved collection of old Ottoman houses and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. During the 17th century Safranbolu was on the main Ottoman trade road between Gerede and the Black Sea harbours, bringing commerce and wealth to the town. During 18th and 19th centuries wealthy inhabitants built mansions of sun-dried mud bricks, wood and stucco.
    em2712407.jpg
  • Safranbolu has a beautifully preserved collection of old Ottoman houses and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. During the 17th century Safranbolu was on the main Ottoman trade road between Gerede and the Black Sea harbours, bringing commerce and wealth to the town. During 18th and 19th centuries wealthy inhabitants built mansions of sun-dried mud bricks, wood and stucco.
    em2712402.jpg
  • Safranbolu has a beautifully preserved collection of old Ottoman houses and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. During the 17th century Safranbolu was on the main Ottoman trade road between Gerede and the Black Sea harbours, bringing commerce and wealth to the town. During 18th and 19th centuries wealthy inhabitants built mansions of sun-dried mud bricks, wood and stucco.
    em2712410.jpg
  • Safranbolu has a beautifully preserved collection of old Ottoman houses and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. During the 17th century Safranbolu was on the main Ottoman trade road between Gerede and the Black Sea harbours, bringing commerce and wealth to the town. During 18th and 19th centuries wealthy inhabitants built mansions of sun-dried mud bricks, wood and stucco.
    em2712403.jpg
  • Safranbolu has a beautifully preserved collection of old Ottoman houses and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. During the 17th century Safranbolu was on the main Ottoman trade road between Gerede and the Black Sea harbours, bringing commerce and wealth to the town. During 18th and 19th centuries wealthy inhabitants built mansions of sun-dried mud bricks, wood and stucco.
    em2712338.jpg
  • Safranbolu has a beautifully preserved collection of old Ottoman houses and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. During the 17th century Safranbolu was on the main Ottoman trade road between Gerede and the Black Sea harbours, bringing commerce and wealth to the town. During 18th and 19th centuries wealthy inhabitants built mansions of sun-dried mud bricks, wood and stucco.
    em2712332.jpg
  • Safranbolu has a beautifully preserved collection of old Ottoman houses and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. During the 17th century Safranbolu was on the main Ottoman trade road between Gerede and the Black Sea harbours, bringing commerce and wealth to the town. During 18th and 19th centuries wealthy inhabitants built mansions of sun-dried mud bricks, wood and stucco.
    em2712396.jpg
  • Safranbolu has a beautifully preserved collection of old Ottoman houses and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. During the 17th century Safranbolu was on the main Ottoman trade road between Gerede and the Black Sea harbours, bringing commerce and wealth to the town. During 18th and 19th centuries wealthy inhabitants built mansions of sun-dried mud bricks, wood and stucco.
    em2712325.jpg
  • Safranbolu view from Hidirlik Parki, in the foreground Cinci Hami caravanserail. has a beautifully preserved collection of old Ottoman houses and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. During the 17th century Safranbolu was on the main Ottoman trade road between Gerede and the Black Sea harbours, bringing commerce and wealth to the town. During 18th and 19th centuries wealthy inhabitants built mansions of sun-dried mud bricks, wood and stucco.
    em2712406.jpg
  • Safranbolu has a beautifully preserved collection of old Ottoman houses and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. During the 17th century Safranbolu was on the main Ottoman trade road between Gerede and the Black Sea harbours, bringing commerce and wealth to the town. During 18th and 19th centuries wealthy inhabitants built mansions of sun-dried mud bricks, wood and stucco.
    em2712334.jpg
  • Donegal pubs in Ardara.
    em7210090.jpg
  • Guanaja, the easternmost of the three Bay Islands. Bonacca, the small capital known as the “Venice of Honduras”. Every inch of the cay has been built on.
    em0410088.jpg
  • Guanaja, the easternmost of the three Bay Islands. Bonacca, the small capital known as the “Venice of Honduras”. Every inch of the cay has been built on.
    em0410089.jpg
  • Guanaja, the easternmost of the three Bay Islands. Bonacca, the small capital known as the “Venice of Honduras”. Every inch of the cay has been built on.
    em0410087.jpg
  • Altdorf. The main square with the monument of William Tell.
    em8600214.jpg
  • Historical centre.
    em7304149.jpg
  • Historical centre.
    em7304146.jpg
  • Historical centre.
    em7304145.jpg
  • Pordoi pass, the Ladins minorithy flag (left) with Bolzano's province's flag.
    em7123904.jpg
  • Quintana Roo.
    em0211129.jpg
  • Hebrides Islands, Skye island, traditional house.
    em0760150.jpg
  • Traditional house. The wood's snake depicted on a traditional gate resembles a sort of animated banner<br />
used by the ancient Dacians in battle for scaring the enemy.
    em0831026.jpg
  • Traditional house.  <br />
This tree full of pots in front of the home traditionally reports there is a girl<br />
still unmarried.
    em0831025.jpg
  • Traditional house. Various symbols adorn the immenses wooden gates of many homes.
    em0831095.jpg
  • Traditional house. Various symbols adorn the immenses wooden gates of many homes.
    em0831027.jpg
  • Traditional house.
    em0831022.jpg
  • Traditional house. Various symbols adorn the immenses wooden gates of many homes.
    em0831092.jpg
  • Traditional house. Various symbols adorn the immenses wooden gates of many homes.
    em0831091.jpg
  • Traditional house. Various symbols adorn the immenses wooden gates of many homes.
    em0831089.jpg
  • Umm Khaltoum traditional coffe house (ahwa), attended mainly from fans of famous Egyptian singer Oum Kalthoum, whose pictures and memorabilia decorate the walls. Cairo’s ahwa (the traditional coffeehouse) are for Cairo what the pub is to London or caffè to Rome. Once the ahwa was the main place for entairnement, a animated place where Cairo’s men socialised playing chess, backgammon or domino, reading newspapers or watching TV, drinking Turkish coffee and shai (tea) with mint or smoking a sheesha, the tradional waterpipe. Some ahwa are meeting places for people loving chess or remembering famous Egyptian singer Oum Kalthoum. Today Cairo is changed and everybody is just too busy to drink coffee in a ahwa, so western style coffee shops are much more than traditional ahwa.
    em2611141.jpg
  • Umm Khaltoum traditional coffe house (ahwa), attended mainly from fans of famous Egyptian singer Oum Kalthoum, whose pictures and memorabilia decorate the walls. Cairo’s ahwa (the traditional coffeehouse) are for Cairo what the pub is to London or caffè to Rome. Once the ahwa was the main place for entairnement, a animated place where Cairo’s men socialised playing chess, backgammon or domino, reading newspapers or watching TV, drinking Turkish coffee and shai (tea) with mint or smoking a sheesha, the tradional waterpipe. Some ahwa are meeting places for people loving chess or remembering famous Egyptian singer Oum Kalthoum. Today Cairo is changed and everybody is just too busy to drink coffee in a ahwa, so western style coffee shops are much more than traditional ahwa.
    em2611145.jpg
  • Umm Khaltoum traditional coffe house (ahwa), attended mainly from fans of famous Egyptian singer Oum Kalthoum, whose pictures and memorabilia decorate the walls. Cairo’s ahwa (the traditional coffeehouse) are for Cairo what the pub is to London or caffè to Rome. Once the ahwa was the main place for entairnement, a animated place where Cairo’s men socialised playing chess, backgammon or domino, reading newspapers or watching TV, drinking Turkish coffee and shai (tea) with mint or smoking a sheesha, the tradional waterpipe. Some ahwa are meeting places for people loving chess or remembering famous Egyptian singer Oum Kalthoum. Today Cairo is changed and everybody is just too busy to drink coffee in a ahwa, so western style coffee shops are much more than traditional ahwa.
    em2611143.jpg
  • El Shems, a traditional tea and coffee house (ahwa) with his incredible kitsch furnishing. A waiter preparing shesha (water pipes). Cairo’s ahwa (the traditional coffeehouse) are for Cairo what the pub is to London or caffè to Rome. Once the ahwa was the main place for entairnement, a animated place where Cairo’s men socialised playing chess, backgammon or domino, reading newspapers or watching TV, drinking Turkish coffee and shai (tea) with mint or smoking a sheesha, the tradional waterpipe. Some ahwa are meeting places for people loving chess or remembering famous Egyptian singer Oum Kalthoum. Today Cairo is changed and everybody is just too busy to drink coffee in a ahwa, so western style coffee shops are much more than traditional ahwa.
    em2611132.jpg
  • El Shems, a traditional tea and coffee house (ahwa) with his incredible kitsch furnishing. Cairo’s ahwa (the traditional coffeehouse) are for Cairo what the pub is to London or caffè to Rome. Once the ahwa was the main place for entairnement, a animated place where Cairo’s men socialised playing chess, backgammon or domino, reading newspapers or watching TV, drinking Turkish coffee and shai (tea) with mint or smoking a sheesha, the tradional waterpipe. Some ahwa are meeting places for people loving chess or remembering famous Egyptian singer Oum Kalthoum. Today Cairo is changed and everybody is just too busy to drink coffee in a ahwa, so western style coffee shops are much more than traditional ahwa.
    em2611130.jpg
  • El-Horea traditional coffee house (ahwa), attended by chess players and students of nearby American University of Cairo. Cairo’s ahwa (the traditional coffeehouse) are for Cairo what the pub is to London or caffè to Rome. Once the ahwa was the main place for entairnement, a animated place where Cairo’s men socialised playing chess, backgammon or domino, reading newspapers or watching TV, drinking Turkish coffee and shai (tea) with mint or smoking a sheesha, the tradional waterpipe. Some ahwa are meeting places for people loving chess or remembering famous Egyptian singer Oum Kalthoum. Today Cairo is changed and everybody is just too busy to drink coffee in a ahwa, so western style coffee shops are much more than traditional ahwa.
    em2611217.jpg
  • El-Horea traditional coffee house (ahwa), attended by chess players and students of nearby American University of Cairo. Cairo’s ahwa (the traditional coffeehouse) are for Cairo what the pub is to London or caffè to Rome. Once the ahwa was the main place for entairnement, a animated place where Cairo’s men socialised playing chess, backgammon or domino, reading newspapers or watching TV, drinking Turkish coffee and shai (tea) with mint or smoking a sheesha, the tradional waterpipe. Some ahwa are meeting places for people loving chess or remembering famous Egyptian singer Oum Kalthoum. Today Cairo is changed and everybody is just too busy to drink coffee in a ahwa, so western style coffee shops are much more than traditional ahwa.
    em2611221.jpg
  • El-Horea traditional coffee house (ahwa), attended by chess players and students of nearby American University of Cairo. Cairo’s ahwa (the traditional coffeehouse) are for Cairo what the pub is to London or caffè to Rome. Once the ahwa was the main place for entairnement, a animated place where Cairo’s men socialised playing chess, backgammon or domino, reading newspapers or watching TV, drinking Turkish coffee and shai (tea) with mint or smoking a sheesha, the tradional waterpipe. Some ahwa are meeting places for people loving chess or remembering famous Egyptian singer Oum Kalthoum. Today Cairo is changed and everybody is just too busy to drink coffee in a ahwa, so western style coffee shops are much more than traditional ahwa.
    em2611213.jpg
  • Al-Shataranj coffee house (ahwa), a popular meeting place where chess and domino players can chat smoking sheesha, the traditional water pipe. Cairo’s ahwa (the traditional coffeehouse) are for Cairo what the pub is to London or caffè to Rome. Once the ahwa was the main place for entairnement, a animated place where Cairo’s men socialised playing chess, backgammon or domino, reading newspapers or watching TV, drinking Turkish coffee and shai (tea) with mint or smoking a sheesha, the tradional waterpipe. Some ahwa are meeting places for people loving chess or remembering famous Egyptian singer Oum Kalthoum. Today Cairo is changed and everybody is just too busy to drink coffee in a ahwa, so western style coffee shops are much more than traditional ahwa.
    em2611202.jpg
  • Al-Shataranj coffee house (ahwa), a popular meeting place where chess and domino players can chat smoking sheesha, the traditional water pipe. Cairo’s ahwa (the traditional coffeehouse) are for Cairo what the pub is to London or caffè to Rome. Once the ahwa was the main place for entairnement, a animated place where Cairo’s men socialised playing chess, backgammon or domino, reading newspapers or watching TV, drinking Turkish coffee and shai (tea) with mint or smoking a sheesha, the tradional waterpipe. Some ahwa are meeting places for people loving chess or remembering famous Egyptian singer Oum Kalthoum. Today Cairo is changed and everybody is just too busy to drink coffee in a ahwa, so western style coffee shops are much more than traditional ahwa.
    em2611161.jpg
  • Umm Khaltoum traditional coffe house (ahwa), attended mainly from fans of famous Egyptian singer Oum Kalthoum, whose pictures and memorabilia decorate the walls. Cairo’s ahwa (the traditional coffeehouse) are for Cairo what the pub is to London or caffè to Rome. Once the ahwa was the main place for entairnement, a animated place where Cairo’s men socialised playing chess, backgammon or domino, reading newspapers or watching TV, drinking Turkish coffee and shai (tea) with mint or smoking a sheesha, the tradional waterpipe. Some ahwa are meeting places for people loving chess or remembering famous Egyptian singer Oum Kalthoum. Today Cairo is changed and everybody is just too busy to drink coffee in a ahwa, so western style coffee shops are much more than traditional ahwa.
    em2611160.jpg
  • The owner of El Shems, a traditional tea and coffee house (ahwa) with his incredible kitsch furnishing. Cairo’s ahwa (the traditional coffeehouse) are for Cairo what the pub is to London or caffè to Rome. Once the ahwa was the main place for entairnement, a animated place where Cairo’s men socialised playing chess, backgammon or domino, reading newspapers or watching TV, drinking Turkish coffee and shai (tea) with mint or smoking a sheesha, the tradional waterpipe. Some ahwa are meeting places for people loving chess or remembering famous Egyptian singer Oum Kalthoum. Today Cairo is changed and everybody is just too busy to drink coffee in a ahwa, so western style coffee shops are much more than traditional ahwa.
    em2611135.jpg
  • El Shems, a traditional tea and coffee house (ahwa) with his incredible kitsch furnishing. Cairo’s ahwa (the traditional coffeehouse) are for Cairo what the pub is to London or caffè to Rome. Once the ahwa was the main place for entairnement, a animated place where Cairo’s men socialised playing chess, backgammon or domino, reading newspapers or watching TV, drinking Turkish coffee and shai (tea) with mint or smoking a sheesha, the tradional waterpipe. Some ahwa are meeting places for people loving chess or remembering famous Egyptian singer Oum Kalthoum. Today Cairo is changed and everybody is just too busy to drink coffee in a ahwa, so western style coffee shops are much more than traditional ahwa.
    em2611126.jpg
  • El Shems, a traditional tea and coffee house (ahwa) with his incredible kitsch furnishing. Cairo’s ahwa (the traditional coffeehouse) are for Cairo what the pub is to London or caffè to Rome. Once the ahwa was the main place for entairnement, a animated place where Cairo’s men socialised playing chess, backgammon or domino, reading newspapers or watching TV, drinking Turkish coffee and shai (tea) with mint or smoking a sheesha, the tradional waterpipe. Some ahwa are meeting places for people loving chess or remembering famous Egyptian singer Oum Kalthoum. Today Cairo is changed and everybody is just too busy to drink coffee in a ahwa, so western style coffee shops are much more than traditional ahwa.
    em2611114.jpg
  • El Shems, a traditional tea and coffee house (ahwa) with his incredible kitsch furnishing. Cairo’s ahwa (the traditional coffeehouse) are for Cairo what the pub is to London or caffè to Rome. Once the ahwa was the main place for entairnement, a animated place where Cairo’s men socialised playing chess, backgammon or domino, reading newspapers or watching TV, drinking Turkish coffee and shai (tea) with mint or smoking a sheesha, the tradional waterpipe. Some ahwa are meeting places for people loving chess or remembering famous Egyptian singer Oum Kalthoum. Today Cairo is changed and everybody is just too busy to drink coffee in a ahwa, so western style coffee shops are much more than traditional ahwa.
    em2611113.jpg
  • El Shems, a traditional tea and coffee house (ahwa) with his incredible kitsch furnishing. Cairo’s ahwa (the traditional coffeehouse) are for Cairo what the pub is to London or caffè to Rome. Once the ahwa was the main place for entairnement, a animated place where Cairo’s men socialised playing chess, backgammon or domino, reading newspapers or watching TV, drinking Turkish coffee and shai (tea) with mint or smoking a sheesha, the tradional waterpipe. Some ahwa are meeting places for people loving chess or remembering famous Egyptian singer Oum Kalthoum. Today Cairo is changed and everybody is just too busy to drink coffee in a ahwa, so western style coffee shops are much more than traditional ahwa.
    em2611112.jpg
  • El Shems, a traditional tea and coffee house (ahwa) with his incredible kitsch furnishing. Cairo’s ahwa (the traditional coffeehouse) are for Cairo what the pub is to London or caffè to Rome. Once the ahwa was the main place for entairnement, a animated place where Cairo’s men socialised playing chess, backgammon or domino, reading newspapers or watching TV, drinking Turkish coffee and shai (tea) with mint or smoking a sheesha, the tradional waterpipe. Some ahwa are meeting places for people loving chess or remembering famous Egyptian singer Oum Kalthoum. Today Cairo is changed and everybody is just too busy to drink coffee in a ahwa, so western style coffee shops are much more than traditional ahwa.
    em2611111.jpg
  • El-Horea traditional coffee house (ahwa), attended by chess players and students of nearby American University of Cairo. Cairo’s ahwa (the traditional coffeehouse) are for Cairo what the pub is to London or caffè to Rome. Once the ahwa was the main place for entairnement, a animated place where Cairo’s men socialised playing chess, backgammon or domino, reading newspapers or watching TV, drinking Turkish coffee and shai (tea) with mint or smoking a sheesha, the tradional waterpipe. Some ahwa are meeting places for people loving chess or remembering famous Egyptian singer Oum Kalthoum. Today Cairo is changed and everybody is just too busy to drink coffee in a ahwa, so western style coffee shops are much more than traditional ahwa.
    em2611218.jpg
  • Umm Khaltoum traditional coffe house (ahwa), attended mainly from fans of famous Egyptian singer Oum Kalthoum, whose pictures and memorabilia decorate the walls. Cairo’s ahwa (the traditional coffeehouse) are for Cairo what the pub is to London or caffè to Rome. Once the ahwa was the main place for entairnement, a animated place where Cairo’s men socialised playing chess, backgammon or domino, reading newspapers or watching TV, drinking Turkish coffee and shai (tea) with mint or smoking a sheesha, the tradional waterpipe. Some ahwa are meeting places for people loving chess or remembering famous Egyptian singer Oum Kalthoum. Today Cairo is changed and everybody is just too busy to drink coffee in a ahwa, so western style coffee shops are much more than traditional ahwa.
    em2611154.jpg
  • El Shems, a traditional tea and coffee house (ahwa) with his incredible kitsch furnishing. A waiter preparing shesha (water pipes). Cairo’s ahwa (the traditional coffeehouse) are for Cairo what the pub is to London or caffè to Rome. Once the ahwa was the main place for entairnement, a animated place where Cairo’s men socialised playing chess, backgammon or domino, reading newspapers or watching TV, drinking Turkish coffee and shai (tea) with mint or smoking a sheesha, the tradional waterpipe. Some ahwa are meeting places for people loving chess or remembering famous Egyptian singer Oum Kalthoum. Today Cairo is changed and everybody is just too busy to drink coffee in a ahwa, so western style coffee shops are much more than traditional ahwa.
    em2611136.jpg
  • El Shems, a traditional tea and coffee house (ahwa) with his incredible kitsch furnishing. Cairo’s ahwa (the traditional coffeehouse) are for Cairo what the pub is to London or caffè to Rome. Once the ahwa was the main place for entairnement, a animated place where Cairo’s men socialised playing chess, backgammon or domino, reading newspapers or watching TV, drinking Turkish coffee and shai (tea) with mint or smoking a sheesha, the tradional waterpipe. Some ahwa are meeting places for people loving chess or remembering famous Egyptian singer Oum Kalthoum. Today Cairo is changed and everybody is just too busy to drink coffee in a ahwa, so western style coffee shops are much more than traditional ahwa.
    em2611123.jpg
  • The famous tea and coffee house (ahwa) Al-Fischawi, in the hearth of one of largest Middle East bazaars, Khan el Khalili. Cairo’s ahwa (the traditional coffeehouse) are for Cairo what the pub is to London or caffè to Rome. Once the ahwa was the main place for entairnement, a animated place where Cairo’s men socialised playing chess, backgammon or domino, reading newspapers or watching TV, drinking Turkish coffee and shai (tea) with mint or smoking a sheesha, the tradional waterpipe. Some ahwa are meeting places for people loving chess or remembering famous Egyptian singer Oum Kalthoum. Today Cairo is changed and everybody is just too busy to drink coffee in a ahwa, so western style coffee shops are much more than traditional ahwa.
    em2611051.jpg
  • The famous tea and coffee house (ahwa) Al-Fischawi, in the hearth of one of largest Middle East bazaars, Khan el Khalili. Cairo’s ahwa (the traditional coffeehouse) are for Cairo what the pub is to London or caffè to Rome. Once the ahwa was the main place for entairnement, a animated place where Cairo’s men socialised playing chess, backgammon or domino, reading newspapers or watching TV, drinking Turkish coffee and shai (tea) with mint or smoking a sheesha, the tradional waterpipe. Some ahwa are meeting places for people loving chess or remembering famous Egyptian singer Oum Kalthoum. Today Cairo is changed and everybody is just too busy to drink coffee in a ahwa, so western style coffee shops are much more than traditional ahwa.
    em2611054.jpg
  • Outer Hebrides. Lewis Island: Arnol, a traditional black house" in Black House Museum.
    em0761212.jpg
  • Outer Hebrides. Lewis Island: Arnol, a traditional black house" in Black House Museum.
    em0761211.jpg
  • Outer Hebrides. Lewis Island: Arnol, a traditional black house" in Black House Museum.
    em0761207.jpg
  • Outer Hebrides. Lewis Island: Arnol, a traditional black house" in Black House Museum.
    em0761209.jpg
  • Otomì indian migrants, a couple living in a abandoned house of the historical centre. The man works only sometimes. More than 400.000 Indians live in the heart of the one of the largest megalopoli on earth — Mexico City. Tenaciously clinging to to ancient traditions, they continue to have ties to their homes so strong that some researchers define these urban groups as “embassies” for their distant villages.
    em0216363.jpg
  • The famous tea and coffee house (ahwa) Al-Fischawi, in the hearth of one of largest Middle East bazaars, Khan el Khalili. Cairo’s ahwa (the traditional coffeehouse) are for Cairo what the pub is to London or caffè to Rome. Once the ahwa was the main place for entairnement, a animated place where Cairo’s men socialised playing chess, backgammon or domino, reading newspapers or watching TV, drinking Turkish coffee and shai (tea) with mint or smoking a sheesha, the tradional waterpipe. Some ahwa are meeting places for people loving chess or remembering famous Egyptian singer Oum Kalthoum. Today Cairo is changed and everybody is just too busy to drink coffee in a ahwa, so western style coffee shops are much more than traditional ahwa.
    em2611055.jpg
  • Al-Shataranj coffe house (ahwa), a popular place for chess and domino players. Cairo’s ahwa (the traditional coffeehouse) are for Cairo what the pub is to London or caffè to Rome. Once the ahwa was the main place for entairnement, a animated place where Cairo’s men socialised playing chess, backgammon or domino, reading newspapers or watching TV, drinking Turkish coffee and shai (tea) with mint or smoking a sheesha, the tradional waterpipe. Some ahwa are meeting places for people loving chess or remembering famous Egyptian singer Oum Kalthoum. Today Cairo is changed and everybody is just too busy to drink coffee in a ahwa, so western style coffee shops are much more than traditional ahwa.
    em2611191.jpg
  • Al-Shataranj coffe house (ahwa), a popular place for chess and domino players. Cairo’s ahwa (the traditional coffeehouse) are for Cairo what the pub is to London or caffè to Rome. Once the ahwa was the main place for entairnement, a animated place where Cairo’s men socialised playing chess, backgammon or domino, reading newspapers or watching TV, drinking Turkish coffee and shai (tea) with mint or smoking a sheesha, the tradional waterpipe. Some ahwa are meeting places for people loving chess or remembering famous Egyptian singer Oum Kalthoum. Today Cairo is changed and everybody is just too busy to drink coffee in a ahwa, so western style coffee shops are much more than traditional ahwa.
    em2611176.jpg
  • Al-Shataranj coffe house (ahwa), a popular place for chess and domino players. Cairo’s ahwa (the traditional coffeehouse) are for Cairo what the pub is to London or caffè to Rome. Once the ahwa was the main place for entairnement, a animated place where Cairo’s men socialised playing chess, backgammon or domino, reading newspapers or watching TV, drinking Turkish coffee and shai (tea) with mint or smoking a sheesha, the tradional waterpipe. Some ahwa are meeting places for people loving chess or remembering famous Egyptian singer Oum Kalthoum. Today Cairo is changed and everybody is just too busy to drink coffee in a ahwa, so western style coffee shops are much more than traditional ahwa.
    em2611196.jpg
  • The famous tea and coffee house (ahwa) Al-Fischawi, in the hearth of one of largest Middle East bazaars, Khan el Khalili. Seller of animals stuffed with straw. Cairo’s ahwa (the traditional coffeehouse) are for Cairo what the pub is to London or caffè to Rome. Once the ahwa was the main place for entairnement, a animated place where Cairo’s men socialised playing chess, backgammon or domino, reading newspapers or watching TV, drinking Turkish coffee and shai (tea) with mint or smoking a sheesha, the tradional waterpipe. Some ahwa are meeting places for people loving chess or remembering famous Egyptian singer Oum Kalthoum. Today Cairo is changed and everybody is just too busy to drink coffee in a ahwa, so western style coffee shops are much more than traditional ahwa.
    em2611108.jpg
  • Al-Shataranj coffe house (ahwa), a popular place for chess and domino players. Cairo’s ahwa (the traditional coffeehouse) are for Cairo what the pub is to London or caffè to Rome. Once the ahwa was the main place for entairnement, a animated place where Cairo’s men socialised playing chess, backgammon or domino, reading newspapers or watching TV, drinking Turkish coffee and shai (tea) with mint or smoking a sheesha, the tradional waterpipe. Some ahwa are meeting places for people loving chess or remembering famous Egyptian singer Oum Kalthoum. Today Cairo is changed and everybody is just too busy to drink coffee in a ahwa, so western style coffee shops are much more than traditional ahwa.
    em2611200.jpg
  • Coffee house near al Huseini mosque and Khan el-Khalili bazaar, the biggest of Middle East. Cairo’s ahwa (the traditional coffeehouse) are for Cairo what the pub is to London or caffè to Rome. Once the ahwa was the main place for entairnement, a animated place where Cairo’s men socialised playing chess, backgammon or domino, reading newspapers or watching TV, drinking Turkish coffee and shai (tea) with mint or smoking a sheesha, the tradional waterpipe. Some ahwa are meeting places for people loving chess or remembering famous Egyptian singer Oum Kalthoum. Today Cairo is changed and everybody is just too busy to drink coffee in a ahwa, so western style coffee shops are much more than traditional ahwa.
    em2611230.jpg
  • The famous tea and coffee house (ahwa) Al-Fischawi, in the hearth of one of largest Middle East bazaars, Khan el Khalili. Seller of animals stuffed with straw. Cairo’s ahwa (the traditional coffeehouse) are for Cairo what the pub is to London or caffè to Rome. Once the ahwa was the main place for entairnement, a animated place where Cairo’s men socialised playing chess, backgammon or domino, reading newspapers or watching TV, drinking Turkish coffee and shai (tea) with mint or smoking a sheesha, the tradional waterpipe. Some ahwa are meeting places for people loving chess or remembering famous Egyptian singer Oum Kalthoum. Today Cairo is changed and everybody is just too busy to drink coffee in a ahwa, so western style coffee shops are much more than traditional ahwa.
    em2611242.jpg
  • Al-Shataranj coffe house (ahwa), a popular place for chess and domino players. Cairo’s ahwa (the traditional coffeehouse) are for Cairo what the pub is to London or caffè to Rome. Once the ahwa was the main place for entairnement, a animated place where Cairo’s men socialised playing chess, backgammon or domino, reading newspapers or watching TV, drinking Turkish coffee and shai (tea) with mint or smoking a sheesha, the tradional waterpipe. Some ahwa are meeting places for people loving chess or remembering famous Egyptian singer Oum Kalthoum. Today Cairo is changed and everybody is just too busy to drink coffee in a ahwa, so western style coffee shops are much more than traditional ahwa.
    em2611206.jpg
  • Al-Shataranj coffe house (ahwa), a popular place for chess and domino players. Cairo’s ahwa (the traditional coffeehouse) are for Cairo what the pub is to London or caffè to Rome. Once the ahwa was the main place for entairnement, a animated place where Cairo’s men socialised playing chess, backgammon or domino, reading newspapers or watching TV, drinking Turkish coffee and shai (tea) with mint or smoking a sheesha, the tradional waterpipe. Some ahwa are meeting places for people loving chess or remembering famous Egyptian singer Oum Kalthoum. Today Cairo is changed and everybody is just too busy to drink coffee in a ahwa, so western style coffee shops are much more than traditional ahwa.
    em2611173.jpg
Next
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
x

enrico martino

  • BOOKS
  • PORTFOLIO
  • REPORTAGES
  • MEDIA COVERAGE
  • TEARSHEETS
  • ABOUT
  • MULTIMEDIA
  • PRINTS
  • ARCHIVE
    • All Galleries
    • Search
    • Cart
    • Lightbox
    • Client Area
  • CONTACT
  • WORKSHOPS