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Arts Tour Groups 2009

In Search of Form: From the Founding of Rome to the Renaissance

September bookings available - ask for a booking form.

Bookings for the October group are now closed.

BOOK your holiday NOW

With lots of cheap flights being advertised to the end of the year, add a customised programme and you too could be Discovering Italy before you know it.

Il Duomo, ORVIETO

SLOW FOOD - SLOW TRAVEL - REAL TIME

Join one of our small group programmes or
let us create a unique programme for you

Discovering Italy is based in Umbria, that wonderful, magical "green heart" of Italy, land of the saints, with its Etruscan treasures, Medieval hill-top towns, Renaissance piazzas and enduringly warm and generous people.

All programmes and itineraries offer a wide variety of options throughout the Italian peninsula with a special focus on Umbria, Rome and Florence.

With offices in Australia and Italy we offer:

Fully escorted individual or group travel
Customised/Tailor-made itineraries for small groups or individuals
Special focus, small group tours: "hands-on" classes in sketching, ceramics and cooking
Master classes: painting, drawing, ceramics, maiolica decorating
Build your own itinerary from complete, single-day· modules
Better choices for Senior travellers
School groups

All programmes include options for:

Excellent accomodation: monastery, 3*-5* hotels, villas, apartments, B&Bs, agriturismi
A huge choice of activities across a broad range of interests
24 hour assistance where needed - English speaking guides

We take our time to show you the REAL Italy, through language and culture, the arts, nature, history and the amazing tastes and traditions of a great gastronomic heritage.

UMBRIA AWAITS YOU!

Coming soon:
Grand Collections: Italian Masters
Includes a series of thematic, guided gallery tours of Italian painting, sculpture and ceramic from Rome through central Italy, to Florence & Venice, with lots of great food and easy travelling.

Coming soon:
Art Lines - Central Italy This is a new series of painting programmes with Victor Greenaway, one of Australia's leading artists. Over 3, 6 or 10 days, includes lots of great excursions and sketching / painting venues and, of course, great food& wine.