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Programme C: Pontasieve
Destination: Pontasieve, Tuscanyo:p> Hotel: Fattoria Lavacchio Price: £1399.00 + £150 single person supplement. Includes 7 nights full board including wine, coffee and soft drinks, painting and cooking tuition and airport transfers from Pisa airport. Programme: Painting Tuition in combination with cooking. for partners/friends. Dates: 30th May and 12th September Tutor: John Booth Non-painting partners are welcome during this week. Cooking tuition is available in the hotel, This consists of three mornings lessons followed by lunch. Horseriding can be arranged as well as guided trecking. There are also mountain bikes available from the hotel. Guests should be aware that this is a hilly region. For partners/friends that don't want to paint or cook (10% discount), the hotel is particularly suitable as it is very comfortable and has a lovely pool. The hotel has a 360 degree vista over the surrounding Tuscan hills. The week is centred on Florence and the landscape of Tuscany. There will be opportunities to see some of the artefacts which have made this city the centre of the Italian Renaissance. The main thrust of this holiday is to give you the chance to record at first hand, with painting and drawing, your response to your week’s experience. As Drawing Master at Eton, John Booth came to Florence every year to paint and draw with his senior artist pupils in the city and the surrounding hills. His experience of painting on the spot will prove invaluable to the novice at this activity as well as to the more experienced. ExcursionsExcursions will be to Fiesole and Florence. There will be two excursions to Florence, one for sight seeing and one for painting We will go to the Piazza Michaelangelo which overlooks the city. This is an ideal spot to draw and paint from. Non-participating partners can go into Florence. We will visit the church of San Lorenzo (the parish church of the Medici) and the Medici chapels. We visit the famous market and then walk through the Piazza del Duomo to the Piazza della Signoria. Fiesole is of Etruscan origin. For centuries Fiesole has played the role of Florence’s aristocratic suburb. During the week there will be a guided tour of the wine making facilities of La Fattoria Lavacchio. SundayGuests arrive in the afternoon.o:p>18.00: Welcome drink and introduction by John Booth to the weeks programme.
20.00: Dinner in hotel. Monday O8.00 – 09.00: Buffet breakfast is served. 09.30: Introductory talk by John Booth on possible approaches with a discussion on the use of materials and the week’s artistic objectives. 10.00: Painting and drawing around the hotel. 13.00: Lunch is served on the hotel terrace. 14.00: The afternoon is spent either painting or relaxing by the hotel pool. 19.30: Dinner in the hotel restaurant.
Tuesday 08.00 – 09.00: Buffet breakfast is served 10.00: Depart for Florence to the Piazzale Michelangelo which overlooks the city (40 minutes drive). This is an ideal spot to draw and paint. Non-participating partners can go into Florence. 13.00: Lunch on the terrace at Bar Michelangelo next to Piazza Michelangelo – tel. 055 2342705. 17.00: Return to hotel. 19.30: Dinner in hotel restaurant. Wednesday 08.00 – 09.00: Buffet breakfast is served. 09.30: Painting and drawing around the hotel. 13.00: Lunch is served on the hotel terrace. 14.00: Afternoon is spent either painting or relaxing around the hotel. 19.30: Dinner in the hotel restaurant.
Thursday 08.00 – 09.00: Buffet breakfast is served 09.30: Painting and drawing around the hotel. 13.00: Lunch is served on the hotel terrace. 15.00: Depart for the hill top town of Fiesole for painting and drawing (20 minutes drive). Fiesole is of Etruscan origin. For centuries Fiesole has played the role of Florence’s aristocratic suburb. 19.00: Return to the hotel. 20.00: Dinner in Hotel Friday 08.00 – 0900: Buffet breakfast is served 12.30: Lunch is served on the hotel terrace. 14.00: Excursion to Florence (45 minutes drive). We will visit the church of San Lorenzo (the parish church of the Medici) and the Medici chapels. We visit the famous market. We will then walk through the Piazza del Duomo to the Piazza della Signoria. 19.30: Dinner in Florence – Osteria del Pocellino – Very near to Piazza di Mercata Nuovo/Boar Fountain. If you are facing the Boar with the market behind it, turn left, first right and immediately left. Osteria del Pocellino is in this small side street. 22.30: Return to the hotel. Saturday 08.00 – 09.00: Buffet breakfast is served 09.30: Drawing and Painting around the hotel. 13.00: Lunch served on the hotel terrace. Afternoon to be spent relaxing around the pool or painting. 18.00: Review of the week’s work. 19.30: Dinner in the hotel’s restaurant. Sunday08.00 – 09.00: Buffet breakfast is served Transport departs for Pisa airport – time to be advised.
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