Tuscany, the heart of Italian Renaissance. is home to some of the world’s most recognizable Renaissance art and architecture, including Michelangelo’s "David" statue, Botticelli’s works in the Uffizi Gallery and the Duomo basilica. Its diverse natural landscape encompasses the rugged Apennine Mountains, the island of Elba’s beaches on the Tyrrhenian Sea and Chianti’s olive groves and vineyards, narrow middle age streets, emerald green hills, cypress trees and magnificent views. We will be visiting Val d’orcia and renaissance architecture in Florence in addition to misty golden morning fog and olive fields, an experience where we taste local Italian cuisine and much more.

You will truly start feeling the tranquillity in your soul the moment you arrive in this region. It is not a photography workshop only. We will be sampling delicious local cuisine in nice Italian restaurants, wander in the narrow medieval streets, watch the sun rising over the breath-taking farms, tasting wine and much more… An unforgettable trip. From beginner to expert level in photography, everyone can attend. If you are not into photography at all, that is also fine as you can take as much joy, visiting well preserved medieval villages and watch the picturesque landscape with your own eyes.

Our villa is will be a historic farmhouse in Tuscany:

DAY 1: Rome

Welcome to Tuscany. Upon arrival at Rome Fiumincino airport, our private vehicle will be waiting to take us to our hotel in Val d'Orcia. Once we clear the airport, on our way to our villa, we will stop by some great sunset locations to take photos. Then we will check into our historic but spacious, modern villa and enjoy the dinner. Overnight in near the Pienza.

DAY 2: Val d'Orcia

Our day starts before sunrise. We will be taking photos of one of the most iconic property of Tuscany, Podere Belvedere. After capturing the sunrise here, we will head to one more location for our workshop. Once we enjoy these two locations, we will go back to our villa for breakfast and photo editing session. After lunch, we will head to a villa near Asciano to take photos of the sunset. After sunset, a table will be reserved for us for gourmet dinner in a local restaurant. After dinner, we will be resting in our villa.

Day 3: Pienza

First daylight, we will head to Villa Gladiatore near Pienza. Our first point of interest is the house of the Gladiator. Once we take photos there, we will move on to another location and then return back to our hotel to have breakfast. We will have plenty of time to walk in the streets that smell of freshly baked pastry and Italian espresso. We will also visit a famous Winehouse, even the Pope is one of the customers. We will not forget to taste the world’s most delicious sheep milk cheese.

After lunch, we will wander in the streets of Montalcino and then return to our sunset location with stunning Tuscany landscape. Following the sunset, we will take photographs of the renowned Podere Belvedere in blue hours. Dinner will be in our villa.

DAY 4: Pitigliano and Sorano

Today, early morning, we will be visiting 2 gems of Tuscany`s, Sorano, an ancient medieval hill town hanging from a tuff stone over the Lente Rive and Pitigliano, a town inhabited from Etruscan times, both great examples of middle age culture. These towns are not discovered by mass tourist groups yet but well known by photographers.

We will be taking photos of narrow, steep streets, paved with cobblestone, house entryways decorated with colourful flower pots, red bricks covered by greenish moss and much more. Lunch will take place in Pitigliano and then we will head towards Montalcino for sunset. Finally, we will return to our villa for dinner.

DAY 5: Rome

Although this is our last day, we still intend to take photographs during sunrise. We will take photos of the emerald hills, a couple minutes’ walk from our hotel. After having our breakfast, we pack our luggage and head towards Rome airport. We will return to the Rome airport no later than 2pm.

Here are some photos of our villa: