KN-Italy 2025 with Mieka John

 Join us for a week-long retreat in beautiful Le Marche, Italy.  We will  spend our week enjoying the hotel and surrounding areas while we take in  the local sites and crafty folk in our midst. May 30-June 6, 2025

• All tuition fees
• 7 nights accommodation in luxury air-conditioned, en-suite rooms with: – see our rooms here
     – luxury bedding
     – high quality, 100% natural, Italian toiletries: shampoo, shower gel, body lotion and hand gel
     – daily servicing of the rooms
     – mid-week linen and towel change
     – 100% cotton waffle robes & slippers
• All meals including breakfast, buffet lunch and a choice of up to 4 courses from our daily changing gourmet evening menu
• A ‘pizza-giro’ evening at a local trattoria within a few minutes walk of the hotel
• Delicious local wine with lunch and evening meal
• Private group transfers to and from either Ancona airport or Pedaso (station or bus stop)
• Hands-on pasta making masterclass with three  generations of the same family – Nonna, her son and her granddaughter –  who will all teach you how to make tagliatelle and ravioli from scratch.
• Experience the local community and culture on a “Taste of Le Marche”  full day experience visiting three family run, artisanal food & wine producers with a tour and tasting at each
• Full day Eco-printing workshop at the farm of a family of weavers nestled in a small village in the Sibillini Mountains
• Day trip to Ascoli Piceno, a Renaissance town  full of history as well as fabulous boutique shops, charming cafes and  one of Italy’s most beautiful piazzas
• Half-day pottery experience
• Unlimited use of air-conditioned studio
• full-time staff on-site including concierge service

Prices start from €2999 per person based on two people sharing a room.