New - Paint and Postcard Tours
Through a shared love of art and with the guidance of our artist and photographer you can record your own lasting impressions of the spectacular Tuscan scenery, the streetscapes and unique architecture of the medieval villages. We will visit Siena, Florence, Pienza, Montepulciano, St. Antimo Abbey, Montalcino and Bagno Vignoni and travel to local vantage points in the Orcia Valley to enjoy the iconic views for which this part of Tuscany is world famous.
We will stay at our residence, Il Poggiolo in San Quirico d’Orcia and be accompanied by an established artist and an experienced photographer from Melbourne and the Mornington Peninsula.
Your tour director will be Barry Nunn of Toscana Mia Tours.
The tour price of $3995 includes buffet breakfasts, five dinners in local restaurants and four picnic lunches, all local transport, and twin share accommodation at Il Poggiolo. A single supplement of $395 will apply. To secure a place on one of these tours a non-refundable deposit of $500 is required by 30 April with the balance payable by 30 June.
- Tour 1: 1 – 11 September with artist Michael Leeworthy (0408 051 027)
- Tour 2: 15 – 25 September with artist Greg Allen (0431 700 624)
- Tour 3: 29 Sept. – 9 October with artist Margo Vigorito (0410 280 711)
Well-known Mornington Peninsula photographer, John Kewley who has photographed in the Orcia Valley on three previous visits will accompany each tour.
For further information contact John Kewley on 0419 103 852, any of the artists, or Barry Nunn on 0404 921 750.
“Barry showed us some of the out-of-the-way places in Tuscany and we just fell in love with it. The food and wines were fantastic too. The best part, however, was getting to know Barry's friends in the village of San Quirico D'Orcia. Their hospitality amazed us.”- Jarrod Molloy, ex AFL player, Kew, Vic