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2019 MOSAIC MASTERPIECE TOUR Udine, Spilimbergo, Aquileia & Ravenna

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Sept 28 - Oct 7, 2019 Meet in Venice for departure to Udine on Sept. 28th. Spend 5 nights in Udine, 4 in Ravenna. Final breakfast Oct. 7 gives you time to see the many exhibits of the RavennaMosaico biennial festival. RAVENNA Sites

Visit artists’ studios, UNESCO mosaic sites, Aquileia, Spilimbergo, Collio Wine Region and Ravenna museums, smalti purveyors & wine producers with We’ll travel by private coach to visit award-winning mosaicist and tour leader Julie Richey select sites, and we’ll also enjoy the Italian scene on our walking tours. Meals An inspirational, curated adventure Si mangia bene! riuli and Ravenna have some of In addition to delicious, memorable Italy’s most treasured mosaic meals and wines (they don’t call is the Savor the best regional fare served in friendly trattoria style. sites, including the ancient “We Shan’t Starve” tour for nothing), F Sample wines from the “best Roman port of Aquileia and the you’ll meet some of Italy’s most kept secret” region of Italy. unforgettable UNESCO World accomplished mosaic artists in their Heritage sites in Ravenna. Our studios. Hear them discuss their work, Lodging & Airfare experienced guides give you the and maybe even purchase a small piece insider’s tour of the history, culture to take home, like this charming work Udine & Ravenna and artistic highlights of these unique by Ravenna artist Luca Barberini. Enjoy wonderful hospitality at our B & B sites. in Udine and our “mosaic hub” hotel in Once you experience our Mosaic Ravenna. Rates based on double occ. Masterpiece Tour, you’ll be tempted to with limited singles available on request. join us again! Just ask repeat customers Airfare not included Michael, Allan, Margy, Bonnie, Nancie With participants coming from all over or Sharon. We curate tours with a high the world, we leave the arrival and level of attention to the details that departure arrangements to you. Come to make your experience unforgettable. Italy early or stay late to explore or take a course. THERE is a place, at the very geographic center of Europe, that is home to one of the most refined food and wine cultures in the world. ~Fred Plotkin, The New York Times.

n an article entitled, “Italy’s Secret Garden,” the New York I Times travel writer spares no superlatives to describe Friuli Venezia Giulia, the often-overlooked northeast region of the Italian peninsula. In fact, Friuli’s wine and food are ranked at the top of most culinary experts’ lists. After all, it is the home of San Daniele prosciutto. Grappa was invented here. Uniquely cultivated grape varietals have charmed the palates of wine enthusiasts for centuries. Fancy a sip?

We open the doors to artists’ studios and artisanal creators you can’t visit on your own. Our comfy coach will bring you to the doorstep of the Spilimbergo mosaic school for a Visit the studios of amazing mosaic artists like Giulio Menossi, an international instructor and co-founder of Clauiano Mosaics & More located in Udine. private tour with one of the school’s graduates, a mosaic instructor. Tour one of Italy’s premiere smalti factories some regional specialties. Take in the Zerman. They and other founders of to observe firsthand the process of local scene from your cafe table in the Clauiano Mosaics & More have creating these luscious colors used in piazza as you sip an aperitivo with your established an artistic and cultural mosaics throughout the world. new friends. program that entices visitors to explore Clauiano, designated by the We’ll also give you time to explore Speaking of friends, we’ll introduce ANCI consortium as “one of the most you to our wonderful Friulian hosts, Udine and Ravenna on your own. beautiful villages in Italy.” Pop into a shop or gallery to collect maestro Giulio Menossi and Clauiano’s best spokesperson, Maida See more about our tours here. Be in the center of the action: RavennaMosaico

Since its introduction in 2009, RavennaMosaico and opening night “Notte d’Oro,” have attracted mosaic artists and patrons from across the globe. Imagine a citywide open studio/gallery crawl in a pedestrian town where every piazza hosts performances and food stands. With its southern border at the top of the That’s Notte d’Oro in a nutshell. Around Adriatic lagoon, Friuli has the best of both every corner is an artist whose work you’ve worlds: the freshest seafood and a perfect admired from afar. Many of them are at climate for farming. We’ll sample regional RavennaMosaico, strolling through the specialities like fico, the warmest, tastiest galleries alongside you. We’ll arrange special With Verdiano Marzi at Notte d’Oro 2015 cheese and potato concoction you’ve ever visits to some of the local studios, where you can meet the artists and get a firsthand look at had. the masterpieces of contemporary mosaic. What’s included in Masterpiece Tour 2019

Transport from Venice 9/28/19 double occ. to Udine via train with tour leader Julie $3850/ Richey, where you’ll be met at the station and taken to Casa Stucky, our home for 5 nights. Delicious breakfasts are hostess Patrizia’s specialty. Register by 6/15 for $100 Discount! All travel from Udine to the sites on Rates: $3850 Base our tour will be in a private motor Unforgettable Meals coach with a professional driver. As we explore, we’ll stop at local Double Room trattorias and restaurants we know Share a room and save. Our base price Travel from Udine to Ravenna well. This is a great time to establish gives you spacious accommodations in October 3 by coach. No hurried train new friendships with tour mates and our selected hotels with private baths. transfers. We’ll arrive in downtown engage in discussion about the arts Ravenna just steps from the hotel. and local culture. Wine is included with Single Supplement lunch and dinner. Guests will also enjoy A limited number of singles are available visiting a local private villa and lunch for an additional fee of $375. prepared by the resident chef. All breakfasts are included. Travel Arrangements

Entrance Fees and Guided Tours Depart from Venice Sept. 28th We take care of everything, from We found it most convenient to meet up museum entrance fees to guides along in Venice for the trip to Udine by train on the way. Just relax and enjoy the Sept. 28th. We’re happy to recommend a sights, sounds and tastes of the tour. convenient hotel near our meeting point. Lodging in Udine and Ravenna Arrive a few days early to visit the Personal Connections After five nights in the impeccable Biennale of Venice! We speak fluent Italian. Mosaic Casa Stucky in Udine, we’ll check in to studio visits with Italian artists are End in Ravenna Oct. 7th Ostello Galletti, a spacious hotel in the translated. From Ravenna, the most convenient center of Ravenna. From there you’ll be cities for flights home are Bologna and able to walk easily to all of the sites Venice. You’re free to make your own and galleries. Rent a bicycle during plans to depart by train, plane or car. your free time. We’ve added on an extra day in Ravenna so you can Registration see all the exhibits without the crowds. Spaces are limited We want the best experience possible for our guests, so we host only 12 - 14.

Questions? Want to Register? Our visits to places that We’d love to have you join us. Contact Julie Richey at [email protected] for were off the beaten more details, registration forms and path made it one of the reservations. best trips I've ever had. See our Tour reviews here ~ Lynne Registration deadline is June 30th!

Lynne Timm $500 non-refundable deposit 2015 Tour is required to reserve. Julie Richey’s 2019 Tour Dates and Details Mosaic Masterpiece Tour - Sept. 28 - Oct. 7

Proposed Itinerary 9/28: Welcome lunch and cocktail at Itinerary, continued: our B & B in Udine. Brief walking tour RavennaMosaico Festival and Notte of downtown and dinner in Udine. d’Oro gallery crawl. 9/29 Tour of the Collio wine region 10/6 Optional group walk to selected near Slovenia. A visit to Castello di art shows. Lunch on your own. Spessa (Valentino’s hideaway). Lunch Farewell dinner with our group at a at the celebrated Livio Felluga local osteria. vineyard. Late afternoon return to 10/7 Arrivederci! Morning departure. Udine. Dinner in Udine included. 9/30 Day trip to Spilimbergo. Tour of the Mosaic School of Friuli, Meet us in Venice lunch and visit to a local smalti manufacturing workshop. Late For a morning train departure to afternoon return to Udine. Dinner on Udine, the capital of Friuli Venezia your own. Giulia. Udine will be our base for five nights as we explore this lesser-known 10/1 Day trip to Aquileia to see the region. Roman museum, Basilica and mosaics. Tour leader Julie Richey has conducted Tour will be led by Maestro Giulio smal, curated workshops and tours in Italy since 2009. Her love of Italian art, culture, Menossi, who is an expert and will Suggested Departure Cities: guide us through the fascinating stories food and scenery has led to a passion for of the mosaic cycles and their Venice or Bologna introducing her fiends and clients to the meaning. Lunch nearby in Cividale. sites she loves best. Contact us for suggestions for Afternoon visit and dinner in organizing your arrival and departure Julie speaks Italian and has cultivated Clauiano, named “one of the most many close fiendships and contacts over the plans. We have experience getting in beautiful towns in Italy." and out of Ravenna and are happy to years. These talented artists, chefs, wine 10/2 Studio visits and Udine tour. assist. makers and cultural leaders are ready to welcome you and your fiends on the 2019 10/3 Departure for Ravenna by Mosaic Masterpiece Tour! private coach. Check in and afternoon free. Wine and cheese reception/studio Registration visit with local artists. Dinner with the Contact Julie Richey for registration group at a local trattoria. forms. [email protected]. 10/4 UNESCO monuments guided Mosaic Masterpiece Tour tour with local historian, including San Vitale, the Arian Baptistery, Tomb of Sept. 28 - Oct 7, 2019 Galla Placidia, Sant’Apollinare USD $3850/double occupancy. Nuovo and more. Lunch and afternoon Single supplement $375. visit to local artist studios. Dinner on your own. Airfare is not included in tours. 10/5 Morning visit to the Domus JULIERICHEYMOSAICS.COM Tappeti di Pietra and TAMO. Lunch in Facebook: Julie Richey Mosaics and the Piazza. Evening free to explore Tours