Trip #4 – MUSICA IN TUSCANY: A Summer Festival
arthisto August 30th, 2011
Our Castle, Castello di Proceno
July 12 – 18, 2012 ~ 7 Days ~ Group Size: 6
Price: $3,300.00
A Castle Courtyard Concert, Hill Towns, and Rome.
In July of 2012, AHA will offer its first summer tour. How could we pass up the opportunity to share with our guests The Annual Convivio in Musica, held in the courtyard of the castle that we have been sharing with you for fifteen years? Well, we couldn’t! So, in July, a very small group of six will travel with me to Tuscany and Castello di Proceno, where we will check in a few days before the festival and get acclimated to our beautiful castle and surroundings. We will stay for four days which happily, is long enough to unpack.
On the day of the festival, people from as far away as Florence, to the North, and Rome, to the South, will arrive, well dressed and anticipating the music about to be enjoyed. The acoustics of the courtyard are perfect, as it is surrounded by tall stone walls, which double as a screen for the beautiful art that is projected upon them during the concert. Immersed in the music and art of Italy, for an afternoon we will be transported to another time and place.
Following the concert, all of the guests gather to enjoy a buffet of Tuscan delights. Beginning with
A Tuscan Salami Buffet
champagne, we will dine on country salami, sausage of boar, a variety of freshly prepared crostini, local cheeses and so much more. Cecilia, owner of the castle, whose recipes we will enjoy is quite famous in the area for her cooking classes. I have taken a few and the food was glorious.
During the balance of our four day stay at the castle, we will explore some hill towns, prepare a meal together and all around relax. Our last two days we will be spent in gorgeous Rome, where during that time we will take a stroll that will lead you from The Spanish Steps, to the Trevi Fountain, in front of The Pantheon, and into romantic Piazza Navona, with its gorgeous Fountain of The Four Rivers. This is a stroll you will never forget.
Should any of you like to extend an extra day, it can be arranged. With an additional day in Rome, we could include The Coliseum, The Forum, and St. Peter’s Basilica, and of course, several more great lingering meals.
Gelato in Rome: Grapefruit, Cantalope and Green Apple
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