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 18 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 2010
| 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 27 to April 3, 2010 | Tango Argentino intermediate level | Ricky Barrios & Laura Melo | 725 | 845 | fully booked |
| April 3 to 10, 2010 | Sculpting Modelling, Painting | Wolfgang Sandt | 480, class and lodging | 600, class and lodging | fully booked |
| April 10 to 17, 2010 | Tango Argentino for beginners |
Wolfgang Sandt | 625 | 745 | |
| April 17 to 24, 2010 | Wellness week |
250 | 370 | ||
| April 24 to May 1, 2010 | Walking and health week (in German only) | Dr. Ch. Greifenhagen | 995 | 1.115 | fully booked |
| May 1 to 8, 2010 | Tango Argentino improvers & intermediate level | Steve & Debbie Morrall | 625 | 745 | fully booked |
| May 8 to 15, 2010 | Wellness week |
250 | 370 | ||
| May 15 to 22, 2010 | Tango Argentino intermediate level | Brigitta Winkler | 675 | 795 | fully booked |
| May 22 to 29, 2010 | Tango Argentino for beginners | Wolfgang Sandt | 625 | 745 | fully booked |
| May 29 to June 5, 2010 | Sculpting Modelling, Painting | Wolfgang Sandt | special price 460, class and lodging | special price 580, class and lodging | |
| Sept 11 to 18, 2010 | Tango Argentino advanced level | Joseba Pagola & Bakartxo Arabaolaza | 725 | 845 | only few avaialbilities left |
| Sept 18 to 25, 2010 | Watercolour Painting | Julia Sterland | 480 class and lodging | 600 class and lodging | |
| Sept 18 to 25, 2010 | Sculpting Modelling | Wolfgang Sandt | special price 460 class and lodging | special price 580 class and lodging | |
| Sept 25 to Oct 2, 2010 | Tango Argentino advanced level | Metin Yazir | 725 | 845 | only few avaialbilities left |
| Oct 2 to 9, 2010 | Tango Argentino improvers' level | Wolfgang Sandt | 625 | 745 | only few avaialbilities left |
| Oct 9 to 16, 2009 | Tango Argentino intermediate level | Susanne Illini & Harald Rotter | 675 | 795 | fully booked |
| Oct 16 to 23, 2010 | Tango Argentino intermediate level | Laura Priori & Andreas v. Maxen | 675 | 915 | availability for 1 gentleman only |
| Oct 23 to 30, 2010 | Cookery class "La vera cucina Umbra" | Ornella Carletti | 830 | 950 | availability for only 2 more persons |
| Oct 30 to Nov 6, 2010 | |||||
| Nov 6 to 13, 2010 | Olive harvest in Umbria | La Rogaia | 240 lodging only | 360 lodging only | fully booked |
| Nov 13 to 20, 2010 | Olive harvest in Umbria | La Rogaia | 240 lodging only | 360 lodging only | availability for only 2 more persons |
* Details on food upon request. Above mentioned prices are valid from Dec 1, 2009.
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 - by catering service or in restaurants - 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.
Lunch
Please contact us for if you need further information about instruction, lodging and food.