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An ideal setting for small painting groups: We have a number of accommodation solutions which would allow for groups ranging from 2 - 10 people at extremely affordable cost. We are also able to offer plenty of advice and help to arrange your own tailor-made artistic itinerary. Artists materials and support may be offered or provided for those interested in such a type of tourism (on prior arrangement and request). |
Aa number of elements make this a good artist’s break:
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We will be happy to give indications such that good food and amenities may be found at Italian rather than tourist prices. Personally, I prefer to go at the end of February beginnings of March when the weather is most changeable and the skies and seas at their most dramatic. It is least crowded and although the sun is beginning to warm up, the weather is cooler and travel prices are cheaper. |
As a ball-park: travel, accommodation and food will cost you in the region of £350 pw. Any teaching charges will be on top, according to the teaching you choose to organise, if any. Stays longer than a week tend to work out at better value per day's painting as the air-fares get spread out.
If you have a group organised and have decided on appropriate accommodation (see below for details) then simply click go to the property brochure you are interested in (Go to Italy menu above) or immediately fill in the accommodation booking form. Otherwise, simply contact us!
| To me the borderlands between Lazio (Rome), Tuscany and Umbria are one of the last areas still open to the sort of discovery felt by the painter-travellers of the 18th and 19th centuries. Lost ancient cities hidden in the undergrowth, mosaics strewn across corn fields and burial grounds carved out of rock faces all set in breath-taking landscape. The local culture and environment still has a great deal of resemblance to what it must have been over a century ago. |  |
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The area is in central Italy and more precisely the west-coast of Italy between Rome and Florence, just on the border between Latium (Rome’s county), Tuscany and Umbria. However what I am proposing is to avoid the tourist trail and eliminate the barriers placed by the tour operators or limitations of local knowledge in order to allow you direct contact with the colours, the landscape and the culture of Italy.
I have been on holiday around these areas many times and often found myself sketching or painting on the way. Within this document I have included some of my own sketches and photographs of the area in an effort to inspire artists by the sense of mystery and beauty which shrouds these lands. A difficult thing to render is the particular light which I have always maintained is a result of the proximity of sea, lakes and rivers. Light effects such as those emulated by the likes of Turner are definitely not uncommon
Click for Giovanni's notes and tours of the area, including sketches and paintings.
Approximate cost of the trip per person per week is suggested in the table below:
| Rental of flat pp: | £100 |
| Travel - flights pp | £120 |
| Travel - car for 4 people pw | £460 |
| Food pp (incl 2 restaurant meals): | £ 60 |
| TOTAL per person per week: | £360 |
Please note that the cost information above is purely for indicative purposes and does not constitute an offer. You should consult the property price list for seasonal prices of the property and your local tavel agent for travel prices.
If you are an art teacher we would be very happy for you to arrange a class. It would be up to you to charge your students for the class fees. We would be more than happy to help you arrange the classes as well as the trip. Eg provision of props, materials and itineraries/sites.
If you are a student in search for a course then we may be able to help you join a class if one is already arranged or if not why not find a group of friends and we will be happy to help finding you a teacher.
In all cases, teaching or course costs are between teacher and students.
Flights: Some Internet carriers such as Go, EasyJet and Ryannair provide extremely cheap fairs to Rome, Florence or Pisa airports all of which are suitable and often cheaper than the £120 suggested above.
Car Rental: A car is almost certainly necessary if you wish to take full advantage of the area. We can help you rent a car from one of the airports mentioned above. Alternatively we can also consider renting you a private car of our own at a very convenient price. However this car is limited to carrying 4 persons.
Further travel information may be provided in accordance with the accommodation selected.
We have collected links to all the principal travel web sites you might need, including car rental, flights, cheap fare finders etc.
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We have a number of solutions available, all of which give access to those hidden treasures of lost antiquities as well as a variety of breath-taking landscapes.
Romulus and Remus - Rome countryside, ideal for Rome, day trips to Florence, Pompeii or many many local opportunities for landscape or Roman ruins.
Montalto di Castro - Latium/Tuscany border. Fabulous coast and weather/light effects. River views. Local countryside, Etruscan burial centres (necropolis) ancient cities, castles, Roman ruins or easy day-trips to the well-known tourist locations such as Florence, Pisa etc.
Valentano - Latium/Tuscany border. Woodlands, Lake, Sea, River. Great light and atmospheric effects due to proximity of sea and lake. Close to Montalto di Castro and to Orvieto. Plenty of Etruscan, Roman and Medieval sites to visit as well as easy travel to renowned tourist centres.
Podere Casilino (Orvieto) - Umbria and very close to Tuscany/Latium border. Lake, Sea and Landscapes. Olive groves and rolling hills abound. The fabulous Rennaissance town of Orvieto is a stone's throw away. Very easy access to tourist trail should you really want it. Again: plenty of Etruscan, Roman and Medieval sites to be visited and painted too.
A brief Descritpion of the accommodation proposed follows....
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Click for further information and photographs of this accommodation regarding Romulus and Remus
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Click for further information and photographs of this accommodation regarding Montalto di Castro.
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Click for further information and photographs of this accommodation regarding Valentano.
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Click for further information and photographs of this accommodation regarding Podere Casilino.