Semesterboende i Portofino

In Anna's kitchen you will be invited to cook Ligurian style the old way, using mortar and pestle to make pesto sauce and other traditional sauces. Even more you will be taught how to make fresh pasta like Lasagne or Pansotti and dress them with typical sauces. Vegetables pies, seafood and a colorful variety of focaccias Ligurian style will be the extra choices for making up your favourite workshop menus. Anna is fluent either in English and French and will lead you into the genuine Ligurian culture and traditions through her recipes. Local wine and a final meal will be offered in the cozy garden overlooking the gulf.

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We will meet at Nervi train station, and from there we will walk through the sea promenade, enjoying the blue of the sea, the green of the vegetables and the yellow of the flowers. Depending on time availability, we can visit the modern museum of art in Nervi park and a typical vacation palace of the aristocrats. Then we start going up to the hills by a characteristic genovese street, called creuza. In all the way up we will admire the terraces, the flowers, the dry walls, the olives and a fantastic view of the Mediterranean and the famous Portofino's promontory. After an hour of slow walk up we will arrived to a stone medieval church, called San Rocco, from here the panorama is unequalled. After visiting the church we continue our walk, now flat, to go to Sant'Ilario the famous neighborhood immortalized by the genovese singer Fabrizio d'André. Depending on the time we can stop eating in a noted agritourism or start the descent with the sea in front, to arrive after 45 minutes to the beach. In summer we can dive in the fresh water of the Mediterranean. The possible lunch in trattoria is not included in the price. In case of rain, depending on time availability we can change day or keep the day and do an urban trekking, look experience travelling with celebrities. The duration depends on you. You decide where to stop and how much to walk.

I offer Workshops in Painting and Drawing, Plein Air in some of the most romantic spots of Italy for very small groups and individuals. I speak well Italian, English and German. We will be hiking, painting and drawing in the enchanting Nature of the Ligurian Coast, and I will share my personal favorite spots : Idyllic places on the rocks or under beautiful trees, with an incredible view above the Mediterranean Sea. There are different tours available between Genova Nervi, Portofino and Cinque Terre. The duration of the walk may vary between 20 minutes and 2 hours. When we have reached our special place for today, I will give an introduction of different techniques of drawing and watercolor painting. I will give individual advice for the stimulation of one’s individual creativity. My intention is not to teach how to realize a photorealistic painting as this takes years of practice. But we will be together enjoying the artistic process in a cheerful and relaxed way. We will create our own free compositions inspired by the beauty and peace of the blue sea, golden sun and green mountains. The Workshop is open for all levels, also for absolute beginners and advanced amateurs. After the Painting lesson, we will visit together an Italian Restaurant / Bar for Lunch. Other things to note For the Tours to Cinque Terre and Portofino Mountain the fees for trains and entrance (5Terre) are not included. For the Hiking on Monte Portofino you need good shoes and at least some experience in hiking on a mountain. If you prefer a totally relaxing tour, I advice you to book Nervi Parcs.

In a unique trip, away from the tourist flow, we will paddle along the Genoise east coast, where in the seventeen hundreds the Russian wheat was worked in local mills and pasta factories to produce excellent pasta, appreciated till the South America; we will paddle to "porticciolo Nervi" a small fishing harbour where we can land for a gelato stop. Then moving along the Anita Garibaldi promenade, till the east edge of the town, we arrive under Villa Giannettino Luxoro, a gorgeous bourgeois nineteen hundreds villa, standing on a vertical cliff, facing the sea. Then we move back to the starting point. And why not? We could have even a fantastic swim in each moment Other things to note This experience is doable for everybody, from beginners to skilled kayakers. Is this your very first time on a kayak? Don't worry, I'm a kayak instructor, it will be my pleasure to assist you!