$1,000 Refundable Deposit holds your space on this trip. Deposit fully refundable until July 1, 2024 (90 days before the trip date). Full payment due July 1, 2024.

Price: $9,500 per person (non-painters will receive a $1,500 per person discount received at time of final invoice)

Price will include: All lodging at luxury Masseria Salamina villa, daily instruction with Mary Spears, painting supplies (easel, watercolors, brushes, and watercolor paper), Italian cooking class, wine tasting, olive oil tasting, ground transportation throughout, private airport transfers, breakfast, lunch, and dinner each day, Italian guide on-site throughout, entrance fees to sites.

Price will not include: Alcohol and soda (outside of included wine tastings), optional travel insurance (AWL Travel can refer to partners, prices vary between $50-$350 per person depending on age and coverage), international airfare, passport fees if new passport needed (no additional visa is needed for Italy), tips

Payments $1,000.00 per passenger deposit at the time of registration holds your space on the trip. All remaining money is due July 1, 2024.

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SEPTEMBER 29 » ARRIVE IN BARI

Upon your afternoon or evening arrival into Bari (BRI) or Brindisi (BDS) airport, be met with a private car transfer and check-in to the Masseria Salamina villa. For those who arrive early enough in the day, we’ll have a welcome dinner at the villa and time to rest from the long flight.

SEPTEMBER 30 » PAINTING AT THE VILLA

We’ll begin the day with breakfast at the villa, followed by a plein air painting session in the gardens surrounding the villa. At lunch, we’ll experience an olive oil, foccocia, and wine tasting with the De Miccolis Angelini family who help produce and certify the highest quality olive oils in Italy. In the afternoon, we’ll resume painting in the gardens with time to rest from the jetlag if needed. Just before dinner, we’ll meet the head chef at the Masseria, who will offer a cooking class on how to make the best Orriechette pasta before eating dinner. Overnight Masseria Salamina.

OCTOBER 1 » LANDSCAPE & ALBEROBELLO

This morning after breakfast we’ll depart for the countryside to tour and paint the gorgeous landscapes of Puglia. After painting and lunch, we’ll visit the famously steep-capped Trulli homes of UNESCO World Heritage Site Alberobello (pictured above). We’ll have a chance to explore Alberobello for dinner and shopping before eating a private dinner at the famous Evo Restaurant. Overnight Masseria Salamina.

OCTOBER 2 » CATCHING UP AT THE VILLA

Today we’ll spend time at the villa to catch up on painting from the past few days. We’ll enjoy painting instruction at the Masseria Salamina in the morning and afternoon with lunch on the property. At lunch, we’ll experience a cheese-making demonstration, along with a wine and cheese tasting. Dinner and overnight at Masseria Salamina

OCTOBER 3 » POLIGNANO A MARE

After breakfast, we’ll depart for the breathtaking town of Polignano a Mare to paint and explore. Perched on a cliff above the crystal clear waters of the Adriatic, the old town combines charming, white-washed streets with beautiful churches all overlooking dramatic cliffs down to the seaside. We’ll spend the day in town with seaside painting instruction interspersed with time to explore the town, lunch, and dinner. Overnight at the Masseria Salamina.

OCTOBER 4 » BARI VECCHIA

After breakfast we’ll depart to paint and experience Bari Vecchia. The medieval walled section of Puglia’s capital city is home to a maze of cobbled streets full of cafes, homes, and famous foccacia bakeries. We’ll spend the morning painting in the old town with aperitifs and wine before having a typical Bari lunch nearby. After lunch we’ll have time to shop in Bari Vecchia before our final farewell dinner together. Overnight Masseria Salamina.

OCTOBER 5 » DEPART FOR USA

Private airport transfers will take you to the Bari or Brindisi airport for your return home.