Every year the proprietors of The Petruso Resort improve and renovate the hotel and grounds keeping it looking perfectly maintained even at the end of the season when we are there with our Art Toscana Holiday in Italy guests. Last year they built a health spar which is an aromatic one where Chris and I
This is a picture of our lunch at Castellammare in Sicily with our Art Toscana Art vacations in Italy. You may think “very lovely but a bit small”. We started with oysters and followed up with parfait al mandorle. The sushi had no rice inside. You know how the rice is sometimes too much and
This aerial view is of the harbour at Castellammare del Golfo on the north west coast of Sicily. Our Art Toscana Painting Holidays in Italy guests love painting the harbour view. All those boats! So gorgeous! I will post a couple of their paintings in one of the following blogs although you can see the
The 2025 Art Toscana painting Holidays in Italy was a particularly successful season with many returning guests and many of our first-time painters booking for next year. Surprisingly, our 2026 Art Toscana painting Holidays in Sicily is now fully booked and 2027 in Sicily is booking up fast. We still have availability for our 2026
This is the brook that runs under the little bridge at the end of the track to our house. It’s such a pretty welcome for our guests arriving on their Art Toscana Art Course in Tuscany and helps to distract them from the bumpy ride up to the house. Usually, there is at least one
Georgie has now had his first season at Art Toscana Painting Courses in Italy. He loves the guests, and they love him. Who couldn’t love Georgie?
Yes, I am obsessed with this mountain especially in the morning when I open the shutters and am faced with its beauty. Always such a joyous start to the day. The mountain was the main reason I fell in love with Val di Pozza. It was some time after that we decided to run our
Here are two pheasants on the track going up to Val di Pozza, home of Art Toscana Painting Holidays in Italy. I know our painting guests would love to see them when they are here on their Art Toscana Art Vacation in Italy. Maybe not if they come from the UK as pheasants are not
I love this photo because of the windmill’s shadows in the background. It is the menu at the restaurant at the salt pans on the west coast of Sicily where our Art Toscana Painting Holidays in Sicily guests have lunch when painting at The saline. As you can see, there is a delicious choice of