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| Tuscany Off-the-Beaten-Path: Artists' Gardens, Museums & Other Indulgences MAY 3-13, 2007. 11 days, 9 nights Land Price: $5195; Single Supplement: $695 A Limited Edition Tour. Maximum 18 members SPECTACULAR GARDENS AND ESTATES, ANCIENT TOWNS AND CITIES, superb museums, fine food and wine: this trip has it all! We spend three nights in each of three beautiful but lesser-known Tuscan locations: Porto Santo Stefano, in Tuscany¹s far southwestern corner, overlooking Isola del Giglio (Lily Island); Pienza, a quiet jewel of a Renaissance town, surrounded by verdant farmland; and Cortona, a medieval hill town that¹s changed very little in the past five or six hundred years. Highlights include a half-day cooking class in a rustic villa; Piero della Francesca's incomparable "Legend of the True Cross" frescoes in Arezzo; and visits to at least three one-of-a-kind artists' gardens, among them Niki de Saint Phalle¹s fantastical Tarot Garden in Capalbio. Return
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Castles, Gardens & Palaces & the Chelsea Flower Show May 13-25, 2007. 13 days, 11 nights Land Price: $5905; Single Supplement: $895 SCOTLAND ONLY (Days 2-11): Land Price: $4450; Single Supplement: $650 A Repeat Performance Tour. Maximum 20 members SCOTLAND IS A LAND OF HIGH DRAMA: rainbows arching over craggy mountains whose peaks seem forever blanketed in moody clouds; fairy tale-like castles punctuating the shores of sky blue lochs; centuries-old towns and cities fashioned from granite and crafted to last forever. We¹ll acquaint ourselves with some of the British Isles' most noteworthy gardens, castles, and palaces—including Balmoral, the Queen's northernmost abode—along with a few more intimate residences where we'll be the personal guests of the owners. The tour begins in Edinburgh, one of Europe's most appealing cities, spends six days in the picturesque Highlands, and concludes with a day at the Chelsea Flower Show, the Wimbledon of horticultural events. [Tour members wanting to forgo the flower show may end their tour in Edinburgh.] Return
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| Springtime in Ireland:
Gardens, Castles & Landscapes MAY 24-JUNE 5, 2007. 13 days, 11 nights Land Price: $5,195; Single Supplement: $895 A Limited Edition Tour. Maximum 18 members A COUNTRY IN THE MIDST OF A RENAISSANCE, Ireland offers dramatic scenery, a long and fascinating history, and witty, convivial people. Among the many picturesque castles and gardens we'll visit are Bantry House, ancestral seat of the Earls of Bantry, and home to an exquisite Italianate stepped garden; Powerscourt, a grand Palladian-style manor known for its superb statuary and garden architecture; and the Duke of Devonshire's romantic Lismore Castle Gardens. We'll also tour the Burren, where the annual display of rare wildflowers should be in full swing; get to know ruggedly beautiful Connemara, whose inhabitants still speak the ancient Gaelic language; be treated to an insider's view of the Waterford Crystal Factory; and enjoy free time in Dublin, now considered one of Europe's most fashionable cities. Return
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Edge & Beyond: Springtime in Portugal & Madeira JUNE 4-14, 2007. 11 days, 9 nights Land Price: $5195; Single Supplement: $795 A Repeat Performance Tour. Maximum 20 members OCCUPYING CONTINENTAL EUROPE'S WESTERNMOST SHORE, Portugal has managed to retain its legendary charm and friendliness, even as it has transformed itself into a vibrant, modern democracy. Centuries-old palaces, manor houses and botanic gardens; quaint and colorful cities and towns; seven or eight distinctly different regions—all in a country half the size of Pennsylvania, with a mild, wonderfully benign climate. Our itinerary includes three days in exotic Madeira, a verdant island off the coast of Morocco, known for the luxuriant beauty of its gardens. [Tour price does not include round-trip airfare from Lisbon to Madeira] Return
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| Gardens, Homes and Haunts of English Artists, Writers & Horticulturists JULY 14-24, 2007. 11 days, 9 nights Land Price: $4495; Single Supplement: $495 A Limited Edition Tour. Maximum 20 members THIS PEAK-SEASON JOURNEY THROUGH HISTORIC EAST ANGLIA and the verdant Southeast of England adds a new and unique dimension to the garden tour genre. Nearly all the gardens we visit on this tour were either designed by, or else have intimate connections with famous painters, sculptors, novelists, architects, or horticulturists. From the homes and haunts of Jane Austen, Christopher Lloyd, and Henry James, to those of Vita Sackville-West, Virginia Woolf, and Vanessa Bell—we¹ll see some of the most memorable examples of garden design and plant selection that Great Britain has to offer. We'll also be treated to world-class works of art, at Henry Moore's sculpture park, Petworth¹s Turner collection, Knole House's Gainsboroughs and Van Dykes, and the Cass Foundation's outdoor gallery of 21st-century sculpture. Return
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Hardy Country: Gardens, Manor Houses & Photography JULY 25-AUGUST 2, 2007. 9 days, 7 nights Land Price: $3695; Single Supplement: $395 An Exceptional Value Tour. Maximum 22 members SEVEN DAYS BASKING IN THE BEAUTY OF PEAK SEASON GARDENS, while based at one of Britain's great country house hotels—such is the setting for this midsummer tour. Plumber Manor, ancestral home of Richard Prideaux-Brune and family, will be our home for the duration. The Prideaux-Brunes, who have been hosting COOPERSMITH'S groups for nearly two decades, are justly famous throughout Europe for their hospitality and cordon bleu cuisine. The itinerary features a wide variety of public and private gardens and manor houses—among them Gertrude Jekyll's inimitable Hestercombe and Anne & Alan Stevens' divine Ivy Cottage—in a historic corner of England commonly referred to as Thomas Hardy Country. A visit with garden guru Penelope Hobhouse makes this tour special, as does an optional Photography-in-the-Garden workshop with Justyn Willsmore, photographer for the Sir Harold Hillier Gardens in Hampshire. Return
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