Campania Southern Italy

Positano on the Amalfi Coast Campania

I have a priority list for people who’d like to join us in 2022. email me. erin@erinhill.com.au

SEPTEMBER 1ST - SEPTEMBER 12TH
We plan to do this 12 day tour again in 2022,

Every day is planned to allow time for sketching, to see the highlights of the area, and taste and try the best of local produce and dining. You will have time to rest and relax between day trips and enjoy the company of your fellow sketchers.
We stay in the town of Cave de’ Tirreni, at the delightful family run Hotel Victoria for the first 9 nights.
For the last 2 nights we experience an amazing agritourismo in Cilento. https://www.pianodellacorte.it/en/
(Click the links above to see where we’ll stay)
Suitable for sketchers new or experienced, partners and family who may like to explore the marvellous locations we’ll be seeing.

Your sketch tutor Erin Hill, has been creative all her life. She is a graphic designer who has morphed through advertising to fine art to become an unstoppable sketcher and urban sketcher with her own Sketch Schools.
Erin is an International Sketch tutor with courses and workshops in Australia, New Zealand and Southern France. Workshops also take place in Boston and New York and by invitation.

Your tour organiser is Gaetano Barone of GoinItaly Tours. Gaetano is the company owner and leader ....he has extensive experience in the industry, latterly with Back Roads Travel. He lives in Cave de’ Tirreni, very near Salerno, is a local and knows the area intimately.

COSTS

These may change a little in 2022, but they’ll be similar.

€3995 per person. No single supplement.
€3595 Partners/Non sketchers, if sharing with a sketcher
Deposit €400
11nights/12days

INCLUDED
3* Accommodation in Cava de’ Tirreni - 11 nights in this gorgeous village.
All breakfasts
8 Lunches
5 Dinners
Daily sketch tutoring.
Tour guide every day, and local guides at historic sights.
Tickets to all official sites.
Transport every day to locations.

NOT INCLUDED
Flights to Campania.
Airport pickup/drop off from Rome or Naples
Travel Insurance ( Essential)
Meals and drinks other than those specified.


SKETCH KIT

Click here to see the kit

You can now order the Erin Hill customised watercolour set online. Click here to purchase.


DAILY ITINERARY

Day 1. Thursday Sept 1

Arrive at our hotel in the village of Cava de’ Tirreni.

Meet in the foyer for drinks at 6.30pm and have a short introduction to what’s ahead, then dinner together. (D)

DAY 2: Friday Sept 2 

Cava de’ Tirreni. Morning in our village of Cava de’ Tirreni.  Visit the Benedictine Abbey from 1011. Lunch in the village.  Afternoon Pizza Cooking class. (L & Pizza dinner)

Day 3. Saturday Sept 3.

Pompei in the morning to sketch, and then lunch at a winery on the slopes of Mount Vesuvius, paired with wine-tasting (L & D)

Day 4. Sunday Sept 4.

Paestum. Visit and sketch one or all there of the haunting & magnificent Greek temples standing in the countryside. Visit Caseificno Vannulo Buffalo farm and the mozzarella factory with lunch and tasting local produces. (L)

Day 5. Monday Sept 5.

Capri. Full day tour - morning sketch, lunch then free time to explore. Meet at agreed time later. (L)

Day 6. Tuesday Sept 6.

Ravello. Amalfi. Visit Villa Cimbrone Gardens in Ravello, considered some of the best examples of English landscape in Southern Europe. Easy hike down to the Valley of the Mills, once part of the town’s thriving and prestigious paper production in the Middle Ages. Complete the walk in the town of Amalfi. (optional drop off in Almafi for the less mobile) (Boxed lunch for the walk) (L)

Day 7. Wednesday Sept 7.

Salerno. Visit a local market food in Salerno, then back to Cava for the hands-on cooking class in a private villa. 

Day 8. Thursday Sept 8.

Agerola. Positano. One hour drive to Agerola, to do the hike on the Path of the Gods and finish in Positano. Cafe with a view to sketch and relax. (Boxed Lunch) (L & D)

Day 9. Friday Sept 9.

Naples Day trip. No trip to Campania would be complete without a visit to Naples. Sketch, explore. Meet back at appointed time and place. (L)

Day 10. Saturday Sept 10

Agritourismo visit and stay for two nights. Let’s find out what these are about. Independently owned farms specialising in products of the region and offering accommodation. (L)

Day 11. Sunday Sept 11.

Explore and sketch and taste the products we will discover. (Farewell dinner)

Day 12. Monday Sept 12.

Depart our village for your homeward journey, to Naples Airport or other.