Your Week With Us

Menorca Painting Holidays

Our inspirational painting sites are hugely important to us and we spend most of the winter looking for places where your creativity can flourish.  We are particularly pleased with our 2010 painting holiday schedule, which we believe is our best yet.  During your 2010 painting holiday you will have the chance to paint wonderful Menorcan fishing villages, medieval churches, vibrant town squares and, during one day's painting, you'll actually have the chance to paint our own version of Stonehenge.  Being a small island, you'd expect the seascapes to be spectacular and you certainly wouldn't be wrong about that.

Your weekly schedule will run as follows:

Friday:  You will be met personally by Denise (your course tutor) at the airport, taken to your accommodation and settled in.  In the evening there is a short informal welcome meeting, which will take place at around 8pm.

Saturday:  Our first day's painting.  Each morning we will look to leave our accommodation at around 9.30am in order to take advantage of the diversity of painting subjects available to us.  Upon arrival, as with every painting day, Denise will give a short demonstration before letting you loose to paint yourselves.  Lunch is at around 2pm. 

Sunday:  Our second day's painting followed by lunch.

Monday:  Day 3 painting and lunch.

Tuesday:  Today is a complete free day for you to enjoy as you wish.  Please feel free to ask us for any advice as to what you would like to do.

Wednesday:  Day 4 painting and lunch.

Thursday:  Our final day's painting and lunch.  In the evening there will be a last night critique and showing of our collective work.  This will also double up as an excuse for all to have a couple of glasses of wine and good time all round.  

Friday:  Denise will return you personally to the airport in good time for your flight.  You will be advised of pick up time in advance.

Here is a sample of what you can expect your 2010 painting sites to include:

Es Mercadal:  A typical Menorcan town, with white washed walls and cobbled streets.

Na Macaret:  A small fishing village on the north of the island.  This is where the locals choose to have their weekend homes.

Ciutadella:  The old capital of Menorca during the French occupation of the 18th century.  During our morning here we base ourselves in the old courtyard of the Cathedral and have the opportunity to mander around the small cobbled streets around the main Cathedral. 

Es Grau:  A lovely picturesque village and beach area, with boats jostling near the waters edge.

Talaiotic Village:  These villages are unique to Menorca and are around 4000 years old.  They could easily be described as the Menorcan version of Stonehenge and offer a unique, if slightly surreal, painting experience.

To reserve your place or make an enquiry, just just the 'contact us' facility found on the left hand side of each page or call on the freephone number above and we will be delighted to help.