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Yoga and Cultural ImmersionsUmbria, Italy creates a beauty and charm that has beckoned travelers for centuries. Il Poggio della Ginestre, overlooking the hill town of Torgiano, is the farmhouse setting for our second retreat to Torgiamo, Umbria. Laura and Adam, unite their passion for Italy with their professional culinary backgrounds. Our personal guide, Sonia and her mother Rita, prepare traditional Umbrian breakfasts and luncheons. This spectacular trip offers: Daily Yoga classes with guided meditation and breath
work. . . an authentic Umbrian cooking class with Grandma Maria of Malvarina Farms,
followed by a multi-course traditional meal. A unique olive oil tasting with Luigi Tega,
hiking to Pontenuovo with a backpack picnic, excursions to the medieval Etruscan
towns of Perugia, Spoletto, Spello and Deruta... Sampling chocolates at the Perugina
Chocolate Museum (bring back a baci for your loved ones), tasting vino rosso and
bianco at Cantaloupe Winery in Montefalco, observing painters glazing the famous
pottery of Deruta, watercolor painting in the olive groves... as well as leisure time
to read, wander and relax. At the end of our day, we set out for an evening of tasting |
