WOMEN/WINE/FOOD/FUN IN ITALY Join my small (4-12) culinary tours/cooking classes to Italy and let me share with you the rich assortment of friends and colleagues in the country that has captured my heart - we'll visit an amazing group: baker, butcher, winemaker, balsamic master, olive oil producer, cheese makers, grappa processors, chefs, fishermen. All while staying in beautiful accommodations throughout Italy: Tuscany, Umbria, Venice, Riviera/Cinque Terre, Amalfi Coast, Sicily, Apulia. Phone: 1-888-636-1602, Website: www.gourmetravel.com, E-mail: gourmetravel@aol.com / Bev Gruber's Everyday Gourmet Traveler, Seattle, USA. (October 15, 2004)
TRAVEL WITH MARINER TOURS
to South Africa, Spain, Turkey, South America and Italy, where
we offer personalized villa stays with cooking classes, wine tastings,
golf and spa visits. We are a women-run company offering specialty
tours for 22 years. We've just added destinations to our GrapeAdventures
Women's Wine Tours because we know women enjoy traveling together
and being on a tour that caters to their needs. We Customize!
Tel: 781-658-2211, Website: http://www.marinertours.com
(October 8, 2004)
A WOMAN & MONEY WORKSHOP IN MEXICO
-- Enjoy an enchanted week in San Miguel de Allende, a 400 year
old jewel with nearly perfect climate. Included in your week of
self-knowledge and self-indulgence is ground transportation from
the airport, seven nights accommodation and breakfasts in a charming
Mexican guest house, a women & money workshop, salsa lessons,
a Mexican cooking class, guided tour of San Miguel and a celebratory
closing night dinner. Join us! Website: http://www.resourcefulwomen.org
(October 8, 2004)
MAKE FRANCE YOUR CLASSROOM
Stay in an 18th Century Chateau in France and study French Language
and/or Cooking. Ecole des Trois Ponts in C18th Chateau de Matel
specialises in French Language & French Cookery Courses for adults
seeking a relaxed setting and good food in a convivial atmosphere.
E-mail: info@3ponts.edu.
Visit our website: www.3ponts.edu/
We welcome you! (August 8, 2004)
CITY WOMEN TO VILLAGE WOMEN IN FIJI
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to travel to a far
away place and experience how it is to live the role of a female
in another culture? Come to the tiny island of Beqa, Fiji and
live along side a Fijian woman each day for a week, learning the
age-old ways of fishing, weaving, Tapa making and cooking. When
the day is done, walk back to your accommodation at Lalati Resort.
October 28-November 8, 2003 & January 29-February 7th, 2004. For
complete details, call 1.877.252.5284 or visit the website at
http://www.Lalati-Fiji.com/citywomen.html
(August 8, 2004)
SHE LEARNS TO SPEAK FRENCH
Travelling to the province of Quebec, to France or to other French
speaking countries? Discover the secrets of speaking French like
a native, starting with your very first lesson. Visit French K.I.S.S.
- The fun and easy way to learn French. A Canadian innovation!!
French K.I.S.S. stands for (Keep It Simple, S'il vous plaît )
Website: http://www.french-kiss.ca
(May 17, 2004)
ART ADVENTURE
TRAVEL offers
art- and architecture-focused tours in Oaxaca, Mexico. Oaxaca,
in the south of Mexico, is blessed with an incredibly welcoming
population, a wonderful climate, delicious cuisine, and a wealth
of art. We will explore folk artists' workshops, pre-Columbian
ruins, colonial churches, as well as museums and galleries of
modern and contemporary art and photography, with plenty of time
to shop, explore, or just relax. Website: http://www.art-adventure.com
Email: info@art-adventure.com
(April 22, 2004)
THE FLEXIBLE PAINTER IN
ITALY Art and Yoga Retreat. Tuscany. July 6-15th, 2003.
Join us at a breathtaking 16th Century Villa in Tuscany. Celebrate
your creative spirit with art, movement and adventure. Designed
for the beginner as well as the experienced painter and yoga practitioner.
$1950 for 9 extraordinary days. Gourmet food and wine. Beauty
unsurpassed in the region. E-mail: Joyoga1@optonline.net,
Call: 203.255.8815. (April 21, 2004)
DISCOVER THE HIDDEN DELIGHTS
OF ITALY'S PO RIVER Travel with Culinary Tour Guide
and Professional Chef Michele Topor to learn how Parmigiano Reggiano
Cheese and Aceto Balsamico Tradizionale are made. Visit local
markets, participate in regional wine and olive oil tastings.
Your journey will begin in Venice onboard the luxurious River
Cloud II. May 30 to June 10, 2003 For Information: email: mtopor@aol.com
Visit our website: http://www.northendmarkettours.com
(March 3, 2004)
TRAVEL AND LEARN
Discover Odyssey Learning Adventures. We offer varied and exciting
travel programs within Canada and abroad for inquisitive travellers
who recognize that learning about a destination is as much a part
of the adventure as being there. We invite you to join us and
... travel beyond the traditional. Call for a brochure: 1-800-263-0050,
visit our website: http://www.odysseylearningadventures.ca
, e-mail: info@odysseylearningadventures.ca
(Febuary 27, 2004)
ITALIAN COOKING VACATION
IN TUSCANY A hands-on cooking vacation given by an
Italian couple who will teach you the passion of the Italian kitchen.
The lessons are given in English and are informal and fun. You
stay in Casa Ombuto which is a luxurious Tuscan villa with heated
pool. Our school was rated "among the top ten cooking schools
in 2002" by The Observer . Please visit our website at: http://www.italiancookerycourse.com,
e-mail: info@italiancookerycourse.com
(February 11, 2004)
THE CULTURED VOYAGER LLC
presents The Hieronymus Bosch Voyage in September 2003, traveling
to Belgium, Holland, Spain, Portugal, with an optional extension
to Vienna and Venice. Featuring exquisite luxury hotels and restaurants,
museum lectures by renowned scholars and curators, and a private
concert by The Tallis Scholars. For a brochure call 908-464-7770
or email culturedvoyager@att.net
(December 31, 2003X).
THE FRENCH ARTIST WORKSHOP
will once again be held in the magical, mysterious Tarn Valley
of SW France...May 19-30, 2003. Eight lucky students, novice to
professional, will be taken on an artistic and spiritual journey
they'll never forget...I know because I did it two years ago and
loved it so much I bought a house there! Come! Carolyn Byrne @
bonjardin@aol.com or visit
our website for all details: http://www.thefrenchartistworkshops.com
(December 3, 2003).
HER ALASKA WILDLIFE PHOTO TOURS
Led by female photographer, Simyra Taback. Simyra's "Bears & Colours
of Summer" and "Bears & Colours of Fall" photo tours are limited
to 4 guests per trip and are a true woman-lead adventure. Bushplanes,
zodiacs, white bears, magnificent caribou herds, wolves, rivers
of salmon, migratory birds, nesting eagles in addition to the
bears and background volcanoes, glaciers and coastal scenery of
Hallo Bay and Katmai National Park. Heart warming adventure, new
friendships forged in the last wild places, sights to humble your
heart. Visit our website for more tantalizing details: http://www.hallobay.com
E-mail: simyra@alaska.net
(November 12, 2003)
PHOTOGRAPHY IN ZANZIBAR, LESVOS & WESTERN
CRETE -- with Steve Outram's Tours.
Unique islands, full of photographic opportunities. Exotic Zanzibar
offers atmospheric Stone Town and romantic Sultan's palaces. Gentle
Lesvos, Sappho's birthplace, has ancient monasteries adorned with
miraculous icons, and breathtaking Western Crete features Chania
with its labyrinths of Venetian and Turkish alleyways. Be enticed!
80% of our workshop participants are women. Website: http://www.steveoutram.com
Email: mail@steveoutram.com
(November 3, 2003)
TUSCANY COOKING TOURS,
the Italian way to the heart of Tuscany. Traditional cuisine tours
and hands-on cooking courses, combined with cultural activities,
always in touch with real Italian life and local events. The peculiarity
of our programs is the variety: every day a cooking class by a
different cook in a different place, so to give you a wide experience
of cooking styles and the chance to visit many places of Tuscany.
Website: http://www.aolmaia.com/tours.html
E-mail: countrypost@aolmaia.com
(November 3, 2003)
FLAVOURS OF ITALY
Join us in the undiscovered Italian regions of northern Lazio
and Puglia for a fantastic culinary experience! You can learn
about Italian cooking from talented local cooks, you'll also have
the opportunity to explore local markets, visit specialist food
producers, be guided around historic towns, and indulge in a spot
of shopping. At our exclusive, luxury venue you will be able to
relax, unwind and enjoy the real Flavours of Italy! Website: http://www.flavoursholidays.com,
E-mail: lorne@flavoursholidays.com
(August 19, 2003)
eduVacations - LANGUAGE, SPORTS, ARTS
LEARNING ADVENTURES Solo travelers (avoid
single supplements!), families, mom & daughter duos: go abroad
at reasonable prices, meet people from many countries. Explore
great places, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, German; painting,
golf, skiing, bicycling, photography, Italian & French cooking
& wines; you name it! Combine language study with sports or arts.
Group language courses or "Study In & Live In Your Teacher's Home."
South and Latin America, Italy, Guadeloupe (French in the Caribbean),
Montreal, Bordeaux, Provence, Alps, Cote d'Azur, Southern Spain,
Barcelona, more! Call: 202-857-8384. Website: http://www.eduvacations.com
E-mail: eduvacate@aol.com
(August 2, 2003)
COOKING
VACATIONS IN ITALY AND FRANCE SINCE 1995. Eat, drink,
cook, laugh, make new friends and have the experience of a lifetime.
All tours include small group, hands-on classes, with market visits,
olive oil and wine tastings, meals, transfer, etc., while staying
in a charming accommodation chosen for its historic interest and
beauty of setting. Select from more than 50 programs, from 2 to
7 days. Telephone: 800-945-8606, website: http://www.theinternationalkitchen.com,
e-mail: info@intl-kitchen.com.
The International Kitchen, Chicago (July 10, 2003)
WOMEN/WINE/FOOD/FUN
IN ITALY Join my small (4-12) culinary tours/cooking
classes to Italy and let me share with you the rich assortment
of friends and colleagues in the country that has captured my
heart - we'll visit an amazing group: baker, butcher, winemaker,
balsamic master, olive oil producer, cheesemakers, grappa processors,
chefs, fishermen. All while staying in beautiful accommodations
throughout Italy: Tuscany, Venice, Riviera/Cinque Terre, Amalfi
Coast, Sicily, Apulia. Phone: 1-888-636-1602, Website: http://www.gourmetravel.com,
E-mail: gourmetravel@aol.com
/ Bev Gruber's Everyday Gourmet Traveler, Seattle, USA. (June
30, 2003)
TEXTILE TOURS September
2002 join us for a memorable tour of Ireland. Against a backdrop
of unforgettable scenery, visit talented craftspeople --especially
knitters and weavers; mills. Unique itinerary; relaxed pace; small
group of Canadians and Americans. Sally Melville, author, designer
and teacher will give workshops throughout the tour. Visit our
website for more details and read about past trips, especially
the "Scottish Skeins & Skerries Tour" held for the seventh time
in 2002. http://www.joycejamestours.com
Email: jij@telusplanet.net
Toll-free: 1-877-678-6366 (June 27, 2003)
SEE
ROME, EXPERIENCE ROME! What do Julius Caesar and Prada
have in common? They both rule by design! Dreaming of la dolce
vita? Make your dream a reality with exclusive itineraries in
the Eternal City: art/architecture, food/fashion, myth/history.
From its impressive past to its fashionable present, we'll show
you both the exceptions and the rules that make Rome a city like
no other. Website: http://www.urban-iconography.org
(May 30, 2003)
ART ADVENTURE
TRAVEL offers
art- and architecture-focused tours in Oaxaca, Mexico. Oaxaca,
in the south of Mexico, is blessed with an incredibly welcoming
population, a wonderful climate, delicious cuisine, and a wealth
of art. We will explore folk artists' workshops, pre-Columbian
ruins, colonial churches, as well as museums and galleries of
modern and contemporary art and photography, with plenty of time
to shop, explore, or just relax. Website: http://www.art-adventure.com
Email: info@art-adventure.com
(April 22, 2003)
MOUNTAIN
VACATIONS & RETREATS LeBlanc Tours offers a variety
of retreats and workshops, guided and taught by qualified experts
and based in mountain wilderness lodges in Canada's Kootenay-Rockies.
Programs focus on wellness and outdoor education for women only
and mixed groups. Website: http://www.leblanctours.com,
E-mail: retreats@leblanctours.com.
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seek out this extensive site where you can browse by style of music,
performer, location, date and festival name. A whole continent of
music festivals on the World Wide Web!
http://www.festivalfinder.com.
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