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Creative Holidays and Vacation Workshops in Umbria
Are you looking for a creative holiday? Would you like to discover your own creativity during your vacation? What about moving and relaxing in a dance workshop? Are you tempted to get to know the secrets of Umbrian and Tuscan cuisine? Or to pick your own olive oil?
Villa La Rogaia offers a wide range of classes in spring and autumn, such as painting course, watercolour course, sculpting course, cooking school, Argentine Tango and Salsa workshops and creative writing classes. Artists from different backgrounds meet at Villa La Rogaia to explore new ideas. Class participants are inevitably inspired by Italy‘s wealth of culture and history. The spacious landscape and villa lend to introspection while also being a relaxing environment in which to get to know the other participants.
The classes take place at Villa La Rogaia, an outstanding old Umbrian country house with many gardens. It is situated near Lake Trasimeno between Rome and Florence. Participants stay in individually crafted double or single rooms (shared bathroom for two bedrooms) or in holiday apartments (for two persons), partly at the village of Castel Rigone at 4 km distance from La Rogaia.
Classes will be held in our „camerone“ (large room) or outside on the big terrace or in the garden. Dancing and cooking classes will last for about three to four hours a day, all other courses for six hours a day, allowing for plenty of time to enjoy the surroundings of the villa and to go for trips to the nearby lake or towns. The number of participants is limited to 10 to 16 persons per class. The instruction language is, depending on the instructor, English, German or Italian with English translation on request.
We can arrange for the group the following trips (not included in the price):
- Art historical excursions, e.g. to Arezzo, Assisi or Perugia
- Wine tasting in famous Umbrian wineries
- Truffle hunt and truffle tasting
Our classes at a glance:
Calendar of Courses 2008
| Date | Title | Instructor | Rate in EUR per person in double room for instruction fee, lodging and food |
Rate in EUR per person in single room for instruction fee, lodging and food |
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| March 15 - 11, 2008 | Salsa | Edie "The Salsa FREAK" | 635 | 755 | |
| March 22 to 29, 2008 | Sculpting with stone, modelling with clay, painting with water colours | Wolfgang Sandt | 460, only class and lodging | 580, only class and lodging | |
| April 12 to 19, 2008 | Botanical excursions (in German language only) | Dr. Ch. Greifenhagen | 595 | 715 | |
| April 19 to 26, 2008 | Tango Argentino for intermediate level | Los Hermanos Macana | 695,- | 815,- | |
| April 26 to May 3, 2008 | Tango Argentino for beginners | Wolfgang Sandt | 595 | 715 | |
| May 3 to 10, 2008 | Tango Argentino for improvers | Steve & Debbie Morrall | 595 | 715 | |
| May 24 to 31, 2008 | Tango Argentino for intermediate Level | Christian & Andrea | 635 | 755 | 2 availabilities |
| June 2008 | Creative Writing (in German language only) | Maria Eilers | 525 class, lodging and breakfast only | 645 class, lodging and breakfast only | |
| August 30 to September 13, 2008 | Sculpting with stone, modelling with clay, painting with water colours | Wolfgang Sandt | 460, only class and lodging | 580, only class and lodging | |
| September 13 to 20, 2008 | Tango Argentino for advanced level | Sebastian Misse & Andrea Reyero | 755 | 875 | |
| September 27 to October 4, 2008 | Argentine Tango for beginners | Wolfgang Sandt | 595 | 715 | |
| October 4 to 11, 2008 | Creative Writing (English speaking participants welcome) |
Britta Loebell | 525 class, lodging and breakfast only | 645 class, lodging and breakfast only | |
| October 11 to 18, 2008 | Tango Argentino for intermediate level | Joseba Pagola & Bakartxo Arabaolaza | 645,- | 765,- | |
| October 18 to 25, 2008 | Argentine Tango for intermediate level | A. v. Maxen & Laura Priori | 645 | 765 | 2 availabilities |
| October 25 to November 1, 2008 | Cookery class "La Vera Cucina Umbra" | Ornella Carletti | 755 class, lodging and breakfast only | 875 class, lodging and breakfast only | 3 availabilities |
| November 1 to 8, 2008 | Olive Harvest | La Rogaia | 220, lodging only | 340, lodging only | |
| November 8 to 15, 2008 | Olive Harvest | La Rogaia | 220, lodging only | 340, lodging only | |
| November 15 to 22, 2008 | Olive Harvest | La Rogaia | 220, lodging only | 340, lodging only | |
| November or December 2008 | Tango Argentino master class | Fabian Salas & Carolina del Rivero | 755,- | 875,- |
Preview 2009:
May 2 to 9, 2009 Salsa with Edie the Salsa FREAK
Above mentioned prices include:
- Instruction fee for the classes for 1 person. The number of hours of teaching is specified in the description of each single class. For more information visit the pages with the detailled classes by clicking on the link in the calendar.
- Lodging for 1 week for 1 person in double room or single room (shared bathroom for 3 to 4 persons)
- Half board (breakfast and dinner including all beverages) for 1 week for 1 person (if not otherwise specified)
- Umbria-Tourist-Card for reduced entrance tickets to museums and for discount in many shops in Umbria
Not included in the price are:
Extra charge for lodging in apartments for 2 persons (with private bathroom and kitchenette): from EUR 50 to EUR 85 per person per week depending on the size of the apartment (double occupancy)
Travel arrangement to and from La Rogaia. A detailled map and description how to get to La Rogaia and futher information about trains and flights you can find at how to get there.
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Please contact us for if you need further information about instruction, lodging and food.