This is the harbour view off Castellammare del Golfo, one of the painting venues for our Art Toscana Art holidays in Sicily. The name can be translated as ‘Sea Fortress on the Gulf’. Everywhere you look there is a spectacular view to be painted from the boats in the harbour, the fishermen loading and unloading
This is the trunk of a eucalyptus tree in the eucalyptus wood at the end of the lane by the Petruso Resort where we stay with our Art Toscana Painting in Sicily groups. A short walk and you are looking at the sea on a beautiful secluded beach that stretches for miles.
This is the bark of the eucalyptus tree in the woodland near the Petruso Resort where we stay with our guests on our Art Toscana Art holidays in Sicily. A saunter through the woodland and you are on a beautiful secluded beach that stretches for miles.
Now that our first week in Sicily is fully booked we will be organising our October boat trip from Livorno to Palermo. What an exciting trip that is. We arrive in Livorno early evening and as we sail along the Mediterranean coastline in twilight we can watch the enormous sunset on the horizon. We arrive
On the Apennine side of the Garfagnana and Mid-Serchio Valley, at an altitude of 1,525 metres, lies the village of San Pellegrino Alpe, the highest village in the Aapennine mountains, once a stronghold for the territories defence system. It’s there, in Il Santaurio di San Pellegrino, a sanctuary for pilgrims who came to pay homage
This picture, which looks like blue bubble wrap, is one I took on a boat ride in Sicily this year. I was with our guests on our first October course of Art Toscana painting holidays in Italy. After throwing ourselves into the crystal clear water with our snorkels and masks, to admire the marine life
This vast expanse of golden beach and deep blue sea is the beach at Balestrate in Sicily. It’s a ten minute walk from the hotel through a eucalyptus and pine wood, the smell of which is wonderfully overpowering. Many of our guests at Art Toscana painting holidays in Italy went to the beach for a