Join Me in Orvieto

I will be teaching this fall in Orvieto, Italy, and I hope you will join me! Here are a few reasons that might entice you...

10 Reasons (or more) to travel with

Adventures in Italy

1. Kristi and Bill Steiner are your hosts, with vast knowledge and experience in Italy and Orvieto. They’ve been traveling to Italy for 17 years and to Orvieto for 7. Through the years, they've built friendships and relationships that allow then to share experiences most travelers never get.

2. A journey of discovery: You spend a week in beautiful Orvieto in what is called “slow travel”. By staying in one place, you sink into the daily rhythm of Italy, discovering the passion of Italian living. Linger over a morning's cappuccino, wander through tiny ancient alleyways, savor long delicious meals created from the freshest local ingredients. Discover insights into artful living and within yourself.

3. A learning vacation: Learn a new skill or deepen an existing one as you share the week collecting objects and making books with me. Use the colors and textures, the history and architecture of Italy to inspire your creativity as you capture priceless memories of your week.

4. Food, wine and fun! Italy is synonymous with excellent food and wine and you'll experience them non-stop in Orvieto.

5. The nuances of olive oil: Begin with a fascinating look at olive oil as you sample local selections in an afternoon of olive oil tasting. An official olive oil taster will show you how a true tasting is done.

6. A most fabulous cooking class: Make pasta from scratch with a world renowned chef as he shows you his trade secrets. Then sit with friends as your pasta dish and many others are served, accompanied by local wines. This is so much fun!

7. Explore a vineyard and taste local wines: Spend an afternoon at the exquisite Palazzone where Giovanni shares his passion for creating excellent wines. The site is beautiful, with views back to Orvieto. The original house dates to 1300 and is now a locanda (B&B.) Giovanni will introduce you to several of his wines and help you understand what it means to make wine in Italy. He loves answering your questions. You will not forget this day!

8. Shop with the locals on Market Day: The weekly market is essential to life in Orvieto. Join locals as you shop for produce picked hours before, just a few kilometers away. Here you have the chance to see Italians up close as they warmly greet each other, boisterously argue with vendors, and lovingly select seasonal flowers to adorn a table at home.

9. Retreat and renew in your restful convent B&B: San Lodovico, the convent B&B, where you stay provides, in many ways, the anchor for your visit. It is a retreat, a quiet, peaceful place, a calm presence as you go about your week. There are places to look out over the countryside, places to sit and think, places to enjoy the sun’s warmth, a garden to wander through, grand spaces to marvel at, flowers to enjoy. The sisters are there to support us, they provide our breakfast, and they almost always give us some treat from their own hands: limoncello, tiramisu, pana cotta. Folks never want to leave this beautiful “home”.

10. Personal Attention: You deserve and expect it. Kristi and Bill Steiner are committed to making your week in Italy everything you are dreaming of and more.

• They offer detailed travel information and are available to advise you on every aspect of your trip.
• They provide guidance on plane tickets, itineraries and travel beyond your week in Orvieto.
• They are your travel partners to help in every travel detail.
• Once in Italy, Kristi and Bill ensure you have everything you need for a comfortable stay. They’ll accompanying you on all cultural events and guiding you aroundtown. Former travelers rave about the devoted attention they received.

11. An Adventure of a lifetime! Travel is enthralling and enriching. Exploring a new country with its fabulous food and wine, its warm hearted people, its ancient history and its breathtaking landscape energizes and enlivens. It is like being 10 years old again, exploring, discovering, and seeing the world with eyes wide open.

12. Because life is full of beauty, inspiration, joy and hope, yet we see it too little. Because you deserve to experience life's fullness and Orvieto helps you to do so! Isn't it time you had a grand adventure? I would love to have you join us!