Where you stay &
what it costs
Typical itinerary &
what you need to bring
You stay in bright, well-decorated bedrooms with traditional features in a complex of elegant Tuscan buildings around a courtyard.
There is a large communal sitting room with an open fire and a dining room for leisurely breakfasts. There are facilities at the mill for personal tea-/coffee-making.
EVERYTHING is included in the cost of your holiday:
- all meals including breakfast at the mill, gourmet picnic on location, dinner at small and friendly local restaurants with regional Italian dishes and wines (pre-dinner aperitifs at the mill). We can cater for vegetarians on request.
- local transportation (including transfers to Pisa airport; including our mid week excursion by train to Lucca)
- and all tuition fees.
All you have to do is to get to Pisa and we do the rest.
Our policy is not to discriminate against people coming on their own by charging a vast supplement for single rooms. So, if you are coming on your own you will have your own individual bedroom. We would, however, like friends (and married couples) to share if it is at all possible and there will be a saving if you do so.
The mill is arranged as five self-contained apartments but, during a painting course, it all comes together and we use the enormous sitting and dining room in Apartment 1 as our communal meeting place.
Because The Watermill at Posara is a building of historic importance and listed by the Italian government, we cannot make major alterations. We are limited to five bathrooms, so some guests will have to share a bathroom with either one or two other people.
These are the bedrooms on offer, and their prices:
Principal bedroom, Tuscan house
(part of Apartment 1):
With balcony, views over gardens and of mountains in the distance.
Price (per course):
- Sharing: £765 per person+ IVA (Italian VAT @20%) =
£918 per person sharing - Single: £820 + IVA (Italian VAT @20%) = £984 single occupancy
Single bedroom, Tuscan house
(part of Apartment 1):
Overlooking the courtyard.
Price (per course):
- Single: £820 + IVA (Italian VAT @20%) = £984 single occupancy
Upper apartment, Tuscan house
(Apartment 2):
Exclusive apartment for two (including your own bathroom and sitting room) on the second floor.
Price (per course):
- Sharing: £810 per person+ IVA (Italian VAT @20%) =
£972 per person sharing
Principal bedroom, First floor apartment above the 17th Century mill
(part of Apartment 3):
Double bedroom with dual aspect views overlooking courtyard and lavender gardens.
Price (per course):
- Sharing: £765 per person+ IVA (Italian VAT @20%) =
£918 per person sharing - Single: £820 + IVA (Italian VAT @20%) = £984 single occupancy
Twin bedroom, First floor apartment above the 17th Century mill
(part of Apartment 3):
Large twin room, overlooking river.
Price (per course):
- Sharing: £765 per person+ IVA (Italian VAT @20%) =
£918 per person sharing - Single: £820 + IVA (Italian VAT @20%) = £984 single occupancy
Boudoir, First floor apartment above the 17th Century mill
(part of Apartment 3):
Single room with dual aspect views over river and lavender garden.
Price (per course):
- Single: £820 + IVA (Italian VAT @20%) = £984 single occupancy
Ground floor apartment above the 17th Century mill
(Apartment 4):
Exclusive apartment for two (including your own bathroom and sitting room) with double bedroom overlooking the mill cascades and the river.
Price (per course):
- Sharing double bed: £810 per person+ IVA (Italian VAT @20%) =
£972 per person sharing double bed - Sharing in separate rooms: If two people want to share, but sleep
in separate rooms, we can put up a bed in the sitting room.
The cost is £765 per person+ IVA (Italian VAT @20%) =
£918 per person sharing
Principal bedroom, Riverside gardens apartment
(part of Apartment 5):
Double bedroom with dual aspect views of mountains and river.
Price (per course):
- Sharing: £765 per person+ IVA (Italian VAT @20%) =
£918 per person sharing - Single: £820 + IVA (Italian VAT @20%) = £984 single occupancy
Single bedroom, Riverside gardens apartment
(part of Apartment 5):
Single bedroom, with views over vine verandah, walled garden, with mountains in the background.
Price (per course):
- Single: £820 + IVA (Italian VAT @20%) = £984 single occupancy
When we tell you that a place is available, a deposit of £150 per person is required to confirm your booking.
The balance for your holiday is due eight weeks before arrival. Please note our cancellation conditions set out below. (We recommend that you take out normal holiday insurance, including cancellation insurance.)
A handling charge of £50 per person per course will be levied on all cancellations. In addition, if you have to cancel four to six weeks before departure, a charge of 40% of the total price is payable; at two to four weeks, 60%; at one to two weeks, 80%; at less than one week, 90%.
We reserve the right to cancel any course at two months' notice and, where possible, provide you with an alternative course.
We pick you up at Pisa airport on the first day between 11am and 2pm. We drop you off at Pisa airport on the last day between 9am and 1pm.
You can book your own flights (there are good connections from Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted, East Midlands, Birmingham, Leeds/Bradford, Manchester and Bristol and an increasing number of other UK airports)
Or, to make life easier, you can use the services of our Personal Travel Adviser, Ann Carter, who will fix everything for you at very competitive prices. There is absolutely no obligation to use her, but if you would like her help, her phone number is 01886 889000 and her email address is ann.carter@tarsc.net. We have found that many travel agents these days are not very helpful and are often tied to big tour operators. Ann will give you personal service.
You may decide to come by car. You can park at the mill and we’ll give you full instructions on how to get there.
