At The Petruso Resort where we stay with the guests from Art Toscana Art Courses in Italy, we all have a little apartment with a tropical/Sicilian garden. The staff at The Petruso Resort are so helpful, friendly and accommodating that our Art Toscana Painting Holidays in Italy guests feel completely relaxed and at home.
This picture is the restaurant at the Petruso Resort in Sicily where, in October, our guests from Art Toscana Painting holidays in Italy were just about to have their last meal before returning home. What a wonderful time we had. The picture was taken from the studio in the garden at the end of the
This aerial view of Erice was taken from the cable car. It’s a long way up; 750 metres. I was travelling with one of our American guests from Art Toscana Painting Holidays in Italy. Your legs go wobbly and your stomach turns over looking down on the coast line of Trapani on the west coast
Sicily is covered in prickly pear trees. You see them on the hills, in gardens, on shrub land, just about everywhere! They look very pretty especially when the fruits are ripe and red. In Tuscany they are considered a delicacy and people give them to each other as presents! They were beautifully prepared for breakfast
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
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
On the free day of the Art Toscana Art Courses in Sicily, we take a boat from Castellammare del Golfo along the Zingaro nature Reserve stopping off for several dips in the sea. Entering the dark caves with lapping waves and looking up, you can see sleepy bats hanging from the stalagmites. Our Art Toscana
This picture of the salt pans on the west coast of Sicily is another one of our venues for our Art Toscana Painting Vacations in Sicily. The photo hasn’t caught the real colour of the water which has a pinkish hew due to the pink plankton which live there. The resident flamingos feed on the
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
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