Mist In the Valley, Belvedere, San Quirico d'Orcia, Tuscany, Italy

Tuscany Autumn Colours, Sept 2024

Name: Tuscany Photography Workshop 2024 - Magical Italy
SKU: TUSCANY1419SEPT2024
Price: 2095.00 GBP
Availability: InStock

£2,095.00

14th – 19th Sept 2024

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Workshop Leader: Melvin Nicholson

Description

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Accommodation

Itinerary

Reviews

Waiting List

Tuscany has long been considered one of the most beautiful photography locations in Europe. It possesses gorgeous, golden harvested yellow rolling hills interspersed by the cobbled streets of medieval towns. The mist fills the surrounding valleys at sunrise and they provide the most wonderful view in which to start your day with and in the evenings, capturing the warm glow of the setting sun over the golden, autumnal landscape is an absolute must.

September in Tuscany offers the landscape at its most vibrant and the weather is particularly pleasant and warm. It is also a quieter, more peaceful experience to that in April /May when most of the photography workshops and tours run. We still however get to experience and enjoy the mist in the valleys in the morning, as well as lone chapels, churches, Cyprus tree lined roads, medieval walled towns and the rolling hills and vineyards which will have just been harvested.

Our choice of accommodation for the five nights is the idyllically located Hotel Casanova. Positioned in an olive and cypress park in the very heart of San Quirico d’Orcia, it offers unrivalled views of the valley from the terrace as well as a in-house restaurant, bar-cafe and a spa area that incorporates a large heated pool with 18 air-water jets, a hydro-massage whirlpool and a Finnish Sauna. The hotel is perfectly positioned to reduce the amount of time spent driving, leaving more time for your photography as well as allowing us a short walk into town to dine at some of the wonderful local restaurants too.

We will be staying at the beautiful Hotel Casanova in the heart of San Quirico d’Orcia. This ensures that we are as close as possible to the locations that we will be photographing meaning less time spent travelling in the minibus.

You will each have your own double en-suite room. There is no single occupancy supplement charged.

The hotel also has unrivalled views of the valley from the terrace as well as a in-house restaurant, bar-cafe and a spa area that incorporates a large heated pool with 18 air-water jets, a hydro-massage whirlpool and a Finnish Sauna. The outdoor pool is free to use but there is a fee charged if you would like to use the indoor spa area).

Click on the hotel name to be directed to their website.

Hotel Casanova
San Quirico d’Orcia

Five nights in this gorgeous hotel. You will have your own Superior Double Room with breakfast.

Here is our itinerary outlining our schedule.

Day 1 – Saturday 14th September 2024
Pisa International Airport – San Quirico d’Orcia
I will collect the workshop participants at Pisa International Airport in Pisa at 1.30pm. We will drive to the hotel in San Quirico d’Orcia to check-in before heading out for a sunset shoot nearby. Back to the hotel to freshen up and enjoy the evening over a good meal and fine wine.

Day 2, 3, 4 & 5 – Sunday 15th – Wednesday 18th September 2024
We will be out every morning pre-sunrise (7am) before heading back to the hotel for breakfast followed heading out on location for the rest of the day until sunset (7pm). We will eat in both the hotel restaurant and the local restaurants in town throughout the week.

Day 6 – Thursday 19th September 2024
Pisa International Airport, Pisa
An early check out at the hotel this morning (8.30am) to arrive at the airport for 11am followed by the flight home to reflect on what will be a trip of a lifetime. I hope you can join me.

Tripadvisor Reviews ( Read all reviews here )

Tuscany Reviews below

Tuscany 2020 – Sept 2020
Another great workshop with Melvin, this time to the San Quiricio d’Orcia area in Tuscany. A first rate hotel with great facilities (not that we found a lot of time to use them), the hotel also had the advantage that it was within a short drive or even a short walk from some of the iconic sites for great photography in the region.

We photographic at all the great spots and even managed to get mist in the valleys for our early morning sunsets.

As ever Melvin was great fun with more enthusiasm for photography than many people.

Overall it was a great 5 days and I look forward to the next trip with Melvin.

Brian Law – UK

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Date and Time
1.30pm Saturday 14th – 11am Thursday 19th September 2024

Duration
Five Nights

Price
£2,095
(£200 deposit, £1,895 balance to be paid by the 14th July 2024. If booking after the 14th July 2024, full amount is payable)

Workshop Leader
Melvin Nicholson

Maximum Workshop Attendees
7

Meeting Place
Pisa International Airport

Exertion Level
Easy / Medium – All locations within half a mile from the car, some much closer. A reasonable level of fitness and mobility is required.

Photography Locations
San Quirico d’Orcia
Pienza
Podere Belvedere
Chapel Vitaleta
Castiglione d’Orcia
Abbey of Sant’Antimo
Cipressi di Monticchiello
San Biagio, Montepulciano
plus some hidden gems

Included

Five nights accommodation at the Casanova Wellness Hotel (single occupancy, Country Junior Suites (double rooms en-suite)

Breakfast

Dedicated 1-2-1 photography tuition

Collection and drop off at Pisa International Airport

Transport during the workshop in a modern, comfortable nine seater minibus

All toll road charges

Excluded
All meals and drinks other than breakfast

Flights

Travel and camera insurance

Flights are not included in the workshop price. The expected cost is of the direct flight is around £150 – £200 from Manchester to Pisa International Airport. Both Jet2 and Easyjet fly into Pisa.

Our mode of transport for this workshop is a nine-seat modern minibus similar to the one below. I will be collecting it from the airport in Pisa. This will ensure that there is plenty of space for us all including luggage, clothing and camera equipment.