Join us in Tuscany for a creative retreat designed for fine-tuning your creative juices and taking time to revel in the beauty of Italian life. Seven days in a timeless city on the peak of one of the most unspoiled landscapes in Tuscany.

Imaginative people know that revitalizing one's spirit is essential for true expression. This trip to magnificent Volterra guarantees both beginners and advanced participants will rejuvenate their senses through drawings, paintings, photos, writing or just relaxing and taking in the glorious landscapes and architecture.

Volterra is one of the oldest hill towns in Italy boasting stratifications and structures from Pre-History to the present. Home to the Etruscan culture and still the center of the world's most important alabaster deposits, the city's historic time line invites us to experience everything from Ancient tombs to modern life. Volterra offers museums, an age old history of alabaster crafts, simple and genuine cuisine prepared from locally produced seasonal ingredients and a wealth of music and theatrical events. Use this inspirational adventure to draw, paint or dream poised on the top of the Tuscan hills nourished by natural beauty, inspired art, great foods and wines.

Carol Bishop, Ph. D., artist and historian provides daily visual lessons in drawing, painting, photography as well as art history tours at the local museums. Activities to realize your inner ideas and tricks to capture media skills will transfer into artworks, travel books, pictures or poems.

Pamela Abraham is our navigator, gourmet food specialist and authority on regional wines. She'll head up walking tours of the countryside and share her knowledge of the best foods and drinks the area offers through private tastings and demonstrations.

Seven days and six nights in the city center of Volterra. Take just a few steps to find inspiring vistas, rejuvenating examples of timeless art, and the contemporary in shops, cafes, restaurants and markets. A few more steps take you on a walk through the quiet hills that remain much as they were centuries ago.

Total trip cost is $2500* per person. Trip includes 6 nights’ accommodations, double occupancy with a single supplement available on request, 2 meals each day (breakfast and either lunch or dinner), all entry fees, transportation, culinary or cultural events, tastings organized by the tour. The daily itinerary attempts to incorporate every opportunity to enjoy and be inspired by local events such as markets, concerts or fairs that may become available. (*In the event the dollar/euro exchange rate on May 1, 2008 is greater than $1.47 to 1 Euro, a price adjustment may occur.) Trip is subject to cancellation in the event of low subscription.

To reserve your place in Paris, please email us at info@callistotours.com CST# 2002558-10