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You will be encouraged to understand and enjoy the richness of
Tuscan life by experts on Italian history, society and art.
You will arrive in Montalcino on a Sunday afternoon. During the week your mornings will
most often be spent in the specially adapted music room of an eighteenth-century theatre. Learn Italy
programmes are taught through relaxed learning methods appropriate for small groups (never
more than fourteen).
After a light lunch, you will usually have the early afternoon to yourself. In the late
afternoon we will visit places of interest in Montalcino or a neighbouring town, or in the
surrounding countryside. Venues are likely to include a wine estate and the exquisite
Romanesque abbey of Sant'Antimo, as well as Siena, Pienza and Montepulciano. You
will be able to enjoy these visits at your own pace and on your own terms, while having
access to expert advice.
Small family-run hotels have been carefully selected to make your stay as pleasant as
possible. All are central, and within easy walking distance of each other and everything
that Montalcino has to offer. We also select the best rooms, featuring antique furniture,
or breathtaking views.
At night, on four of your seven nights with us, the group will eat in restaurants in
Montalcino and in the surrounding countryside, some quite simple, others more luxurious,
so you will become familiar with some of the range and variety of Tuscan food and wine.
On Saturday - your last full day in Italy unless you are continuing
your holiday under your own steam - you will have a free day to spend as you please. We
can help you plan your day - a walk in the countryside, perhaps, or a return trip to
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request a Learn-Italy brochure Learn Italy is a small British company
offering 'study holidays' that combine relaxation with learning. We provide a variety of
one-week breaks designed to celebrate the unique qualities of Italy and things Italian:
towns, landscape, art, food and wine, and the Italian way of life.
Holidays in 2002 take place during September and October. In 2003, holidays take place
during the months of April, May, and June, and in the autumn on dates to be
arranged.
Learn Italy can also organise bespoke study holidays for groups in
Italy.
Click here to request a Learn-Italy
brochure
or email Learn-Italy@laterlife.com if
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Learn Italy holidays are ideal for people travelling on their own too. As well as sharing
the interests and company of a small group, all single travellers will enjoy a high
standard of accommodation and comfort - we do not, for example, book any single rooms, as
these are often rather poky, but instead place all our solo customers in double rooms with
en suite bathrooms.
Choice of programmes:
Tuscan Life: an introduction to Italian Society, culture and
art - the principal programme intended for people who have never visited Italy,
or whose visits have left them intrigued to know more.
Introduction to Art and Architecture - learn to
enjoy pictures and architecture using the medieval and Renaissance art and buildings of
Siena and Montalcino as a focus.
The Etruscans - this programme introduces the
thousand years of distinctive Etruscan culture that was brought to an end in about 100
B.C. by absorption into the Roman Empire
Click here to request
a Learn-Italy brochure
or email
Learn-Italy@laterlife.com if you
have a question.
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