The top 10 arts, crafts & cookery courses in the world
Try the art of Japanese calligraphy
ShodÅ-Japanese calligraphy, literally the ‘way of writing’—has been described as “controlled explosions on paper”. It is a sophisticated and beautiful art. Kanji, the Chinese characters drawn, combine sound and meaning w...more
Learn ceramics at La Meridiana, Certaldo
Surrounded by Tuscany’s celebrated hill scenery, the Medieval walled town of Certaldo seems as though it has almost been designed with the visitor’s absorption of local culture and artistic tradition in mind.
Learn Italian, Neapolitan cuisine and pizza making all at once!
The Italian language may have originated in Rome, but pizza was most definitely invented in Naples, so what better place could there be to learn a little of both?
Learn Italian via opera in Venice
A passionate, lyrical and beautiful language to those who don’t understand it as much as to those who do, Italian could well be called the language of opera. The atmosphere, the costumes, the stories, the vibrant, larger...more
Wild Food School
There’s another side to ‘bush tucker’, and it’s to be found in the green and pleasant forests and meadows of the UK. Those tiny, bitter wild strawberries and fat blackberries of your childhood were just the tip of the wi...more
Learn fashion design at Instituto Marangoni, Milan
If spending a month away from reality, immersed in the heady world of high fashion and exploring your own creative potential as a designer sounds like heaven, then Milan is surely the place to do it.
Tuscan cookery
An hour south of Florence, concealed amongst the warm, golden hills of Tuscany, lies the village of Montefollonico. Infused with centuries-old traditions of heavenly, natural, local cuisine.
Dar Liqama culinary course
The culinary courses offered by Dar Liqama are more like luxury holidays with excursions and pampering, plus a bit of cooking on the side.
Art workshop in Kathmandu
This is an amazing workshop/holiday for any artist. Kathmandu is inspirational, the workshop is so well organised to allow painting time, excursion time and free time.
Wildlife safari photography
Have you ever tried to photograph a once-in-a-lifetime, heart-stopping holiday moment and found the result to lack more than a little of the spirit of the original?
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