A 13-Day Adventure: Your journey includes a week stay at an Italian estate, superior first class hotels, deluxe motor coaches, breakfast daily, dinners as outlined, guided sightseeing and entrance fees.

Daily Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner at the Watermill➔ Audio headsets for flexible

sightseeing. ➔ Luxury air-conditioned coach with WiFi in most countries

or alternative transportation (such as rail journeys) ➔ Hotel porterage of 1 bag per

person ➔ An expert Travel Director and separate Driver.➔ Hotel tips, restaurant tips for

included meals, and local taxes.➔ Handpicked, high quality hotels, all tried and trusted.

➔ Gratuities to Travel Director, Coach Drivers, and Local Experts.

No early check in / late check out. ➔ International, domestic, and internal

airfares, unless specified. ➔ Travel insurance, visas, and items of a personal nature.

Arrive in Pisa. Dinner with group or on your own at a

nearby hotel.

Breakfast at the hotel (or a box breakfast) and transfer to airport or train station for pickup by The Watermill at Posara for an Art, Cultural and Culinary experience. In

the afternoon, a light lunch and time to settle in, explore the Watermill and associated gardens and nearby river. After an early evening aperitivi, will travel to the nearby walled Medieval town of Fivizzano and enjoy an introduction to Tuscan cuisine.

After breakfast and a morning church service, there will be opportunities to enjoy painting and writing around The Watermill. Lunch will be provided in The Watermill

courtyard dining room. Dinner will be served at the Watermill.

After breakfast, the group will have a Bible study and then travel to Verrucola, visit an impressive castle with a village nestling around. Enjoy walking around the village and a short talk on the history of Verrucola. Enjoy opportunities to paint or write at Verrucola followed by lunch at Il Castello restaurant at Verrucola.

Wrap up the afternoon with more painting and writing opportunities, returning to The Watermill for an evening Bible study and dinner at The Watermill. 

After breakfast and Bible study travel to Fivizzano to visit market day in Piazza Medicea and enjoy views over the valley and see Posara from Pizza Belvedere. Enjoy opportunities to paint and write in and around Fivizzano. Late pickup or afternoon stroll back to Posara to join an early evening Bible Study and dinner at The Watermill. 

After an early continental breakfast, Watermill staff will transport the group to Aulla station for a train to Cinque Terre or Lucca. Enjoy morning and afternoon sightseeing. Packed lunch provided by The Watermill. Bible study after return to The Watermill before dinner there.  

This morning after breakfast and Bible study, you will be transported to 'Il Convento dei Carmine', a privately owned monastery. Picnic lunch provided at the monastery. Opportunities to enjoy an afternoon of painting and writing at the monastery with a late afternoon pickup to return to The Watermill, join a Bible Study and dinner at The Watermill. Join the Bible study before dinner at The Watermill. 

Enjoy a morning Bible study, then you will be transported Monte del Bianchi. You can paint and write in the village of Monte del Bianchi and around the grounds of the Vecchio Tino restaurant. Ancient houses and church, spectacular mountain views, valleys, hilltop villages, and olive groves abound. Return to The Watermill for an evening Bible study followed by dinner at The Watermill. 

Continental breakfast at The Watermill. Transfer from Watermill to Florence train station (within walking distance or short ride to hotel in Florence) for dinner and

overnight.

After breakfast, enjoy the day at leisure. Dinner is on your own and overnight at the hotel.

Breakfast at the hotel (or a box breakfast) then transfer to FCO Airport.