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GO/CTE provides programmes of residential adult education for retired
people for fun: no exams: nothing too serious just activity based on the
philosophy that if you keep your mind alive with some dedication to lifelong learning and you add to this some calculated exercise, you will live
longer and enjoy a better life.
We try to engender an atmosphere where you can think you are amongst
friends. Our main programmes run for entire months. We think you need
this much time to get to grips with what is going on.
To all this we are now going to add PERSONAL TOUCH events.
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Introduction
For nearly two decades we have been promoting unique
adult education holidays for mature people just for fun. The
philosophy behind it all is that life long learning and exercise
are essential elements to envelope if you are to lead the good
life you aspire to. Content is the key to what we do. We hope
that our programmes give you a good choice of activities to
choose from wherever they are.
But life is constantly presenting us with changing
circumstances and we have to adapt to them just to stay
alive. Our large programmes take a lot of preparation and
our resources are always being challenged. This being
so we are trying to provide facilities for small groups with
distinctive interests to work with contacts we provide to
create intimate small group holidays with a personal touch.
Such groups would work on shorter events with their own
leaders in personal touch with a named correspondent in
their destination. Their initial interest might be speaking the
appropriate language, studying music, painting together,
archaeology, history, folklore or anything else of interest to the
initiating group. Our contacts particularly in Italy can make
almost anything possible. This brochure will describe a few
but if you are reading this feel able to let your imagination run
free.
We will no longer advertise conventional travel products
though we are promoting our final traditional Italian
programme in the Abruzzo at Sulmona in May next year.
We hope you can join us there.
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2014-15 Programme
Entry to the programmes will normally close a month in advance or
when accommodation is full. Places in Sulmona strictly limited.
Spain Barrosa Park Programme
1st February to 1st March 2014
14 nights £1,250 or 28 nights £2,250
Italy Ovidius Hotel, Sulmona
Limited places on this holiday 1st to 16th May 2014
16 days £1,550
Abano Terme Programme
12th September to 12th October 2014
14 nights £1699 or 28 nights £2,700
Spain Barrosa Park Programme
31st January 2015 to 28th February 2015
14 nights £1,250 or 28 nights £2,350
Personal Touch Holidays
We can arrange them around the language you practice or how
about a holiday in the home of violin making: Cremona or a special
“Well being” holiday in Ravenna.
The opportunities are almost infinite.
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Barrosa Park
1st February to 1st March 2014
Adult education for fun in a warm climate in winter at prices
that give you the best value for your money with no Single Supplement
The Holiday
Over the past fifteen years over a thousand people have
attended our ‘Learning for Living’ holidays based in Spain. We
have a good mix of participants, both singles and couples, with
many new friendships being forged during these holidays.
The Hotel
We stay in the 4 star Barrosa Park Hotel in Novo Sancti Petri, Chiclana de la Frontera,
Cadiz. This low rise hotel is built among pine trees and located on the edge of a wonderful
sandy beach. Our half board accommodation comprises a Buffet Breakfast and Evening
Meal, both containing a large varied selection of menu items, plus free bottled mineral
water at the evening meal. .
There is a good allocation of rooms and we have our own seating areas within the
restaurant, and our own Common Room with free coffee and tea. The Common Room
also houses a library for you to borrow books and games without charge.
There is a heated indoor pool, Gym, Jacuzzi, plus a good range
of meeting rooms. Also close by is a splendid 36 hole Golf
complex used by our Golf Society.
We enjoy a variety of evening entertainment, giving you a
choice from our own special events, music, films, quizzes etc,
or the hotel’s own programme of musical entertainment in the
large comfortable bar/lounge. You can also play cards or board
games though you may decide to go back to your comfortable
room to watch satellite TV, or curl up with a book.
Optional outings will be on offer to the ancient cities of Seville
and Jerez, and the White Villages of Cadiz Province. A regular
bus service operates from near the hotel to the nearby town of
Chiclana de la Frontera.
The Learning Experience
The price includes your participation in the programme of our daily activities in the hotel.
Classes meet mainly each morning, leaving plenty of free time for recreational activities
and outings.
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The Learning Experience - a typical class schedule
Art
Painting with Sisa
Art Appreciation with Philip
Drawing Classes with Betty
History
Spanish Cival War with John
History of China with John
Languages
Spanish for Beginners & Improvers
Easy French
Music
Music Appreciation with Gordon
Melody, Harmony & Rhythm with Norman
Play Recorder with Anna
Needlecrafts
Crochet, Embroidery & Knit and Natter with Joan
Resources
With John and Shiela
Sports & Games
Golf
New Age Curling with Gordon
Well Being
Aromatherapy with Elaine
Dancing for Fitness with Laura
Healing Arts with Betty
Pilates with Frances
Reflexology with Elaine
World of Words
Creative Writing workshop
Play Reading with Linda
Philosophy with Philip
Poetry and Verse with Joan
Full details of the once confirmed course programme will be sent to you once you have
joined so that you can enrol directly with the subject tutor.
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ABRUZZO - GO WITH YOUR OWN SMALL GROUP.
Having read this brochure you will see that we have
mainly presented you with holidays that recruit
relatively large numbers of people for our journeys and
programmes mainly in Spain and Italy. However our
speciality is Italy and over the years we have visited
almost every corner of the country.
During the last fifteen years no one has promoted adult education programmes like ours
but now an organization has produced something along our lines particularly tailored to
small groups. It is the kind of holiday that might just appeal to a few people. If you have a
small group interested in taking an activity holiday in Vasto, then please get in touch with
us and we will make all the necessary arrangements for you and your group.
Italia Sweet Italia is a specialist Italian tour operator based in Europe’s greenest region:
Abruzzo. Who, with their friendly team, will help you discover the true Italy and the Italian
lifestyle, as well as learn the fine Italian arts of cooking, painting, pottery and much more
surrounded by seaside, mountains and parks and wonderful scenery.
The activities they offer are located in the heart of the old village of Vasto, the best known
seaside resort on the Abruzzo coast and are based in the small but charming hotel the
Locanda dei Baroni which occupies an entirely renovated 17th-century palazzo.
Choose a Course...
Cookery
Learning how to cook Italian food is a secret dream for many people.
You can make this come true if you decide to take up one of their
cooking holidays. Here they concentrate on traditional Italian and
Abruzzese cuisine. You work with a local housewife directly in her
home with your group of friends using locally sourced products.
The dishes you’ll prepare come from the oldest and most authentic
traditional recipes.
Pottery
Learn how to be a potter: you will find out how to manipulate and
decorate pottery in an Italian style. Italian ceramists Michela and
Giuseppe lead this course for you. They teach you how to use a
number of different techniques to make interesting ceramics. You may
discover that you have creative abilities you were unaware of. You will
also get the chance to visit Castelli, a town where ceramic creations
have brought fame and fortune.
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Painting
Learn how to become a better painter with the help of
award-winning Italian artist Keziat to guide you through the
study of different painting techniques. Abruzzo’s amazing,
unspoiled landscapes are an ideal setting for those looking
for a truly Italian painting holiday. You will be learning how to
paint on a Trabocco, Abruzzo’s ancient fishing huts that rise
on stilts from the sea, in a winery surrounded by vineyards, and finally in the historic town
centre of Vasto with its picturesque architecture and a wonderful view of the gulf and of
the horizon.
Tailor-made Holidays
As well as cooking, pottery and painting classes, there’s a wide choice of other activities
to build into your holiday if you wish to widen its scope. Examples of the activities you
can have during your tailor-made holiday are wine tasting and Italian language, visits to
castles, wineries and olive oil mills, grape harvest, olive harvest, truffle hunting, cycling,
fishing from a trabocco (ancient fishing equipment typical of Abruzzo), milking sheep,
tomato sauce making, cheese making, day trips to Rome, Naples or other destinations,
and many more activities.
About Vasto
The town is set on a hill overlooking the Adriatic Sea,
and the Golfo d’Oro, or Golden Gulf, and Vasto Marina’s
fine sandy beaches - a 2 km drive. It was founded in
approx. 13th century BCE by Diomedes, according to
tradition; later made a Roman Municipality by the name of
Histonium.
The town’s main square is Piazza Rossetti in the historic centre. There are several outdoor
cafés, Palazzo d’Avalos which houses the archaeological museum and the municipal art
gallery, churches: San Giuseppe, Santa Maria.
The historic centre is definitely to be explored at a leisurely
pace, as is Loggia Amblingh perched at the edge of the
cliff, one that slopes across small vineyards and, eventually,
to the sea. From here or behind Palazzo D’Avalos, there’s
a shortcut that will take you to the beach in fifteen minutes
on foot. Its most famous dish is il brodetto alla vastese, a
fish and tomato soup; from the nearby hills, ventricina, a
paprika-sprinkled sweet meat; for red wine, Montepulciano d’Abruzzo and Cerasuolo; for
white, Trebbiano d’Abruzzo - good local producers, especially in more recent years.
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The traces of the Roman Sulmona re-emerged from the excavations in the Temple of
Hercules, at the foot of Mount Morrone where, according to legend, there would be the
ruins of the villa of Ovid. Research has unearthed a bronze copy of the representative
‘”Hercules at rest”, now housed in the Archaeological Museum of Chieti. It is a bronze
statue, a gift of a merchant, dated as coming from the third century BC, showing our hero
leaning on his left arm on a club from which hangs a lion’s skin: it is considered one of the
masterpieces of ancient sculpture. Beside the statue they found architectural materials
and votive images. Possibly identified as two elegant verses written by “OVIDIUS”. Again
rumour has it that these were inscribed on the marble by the poet himself.
Sulmona May 1st to 16th 2014
Join us for two weeks in Sulmona next Spring. The origins of Sulmona lie deep in our
history. We know it as the birthplace of the Latin poet Ovid after whom our hotel is named.
Rumour has it that it was founded by a refugee from Troy a man called Sulieman who was
a companion to Aeneas. Livy mentions it in his memoirs because during the Carthaginian
period the city remained loyal to Rome despite the brief successes enjoyed by Hannibal...
The mountains of Abruzzo which tower over the city and give it a unique atmosphere,
provide archaeological evidence to indicate the presence of Oppidium, one of the largest
fortified settlements in central Italy. The relevant area is located higher up on the current
site of the city. The current location of the city is between the two rivers Gizio and Vella.
The rivers are all that is left of a large lake situated here in prehistoric times and released
a long time ago by an earthquake. The Greeks referred to the area as “peline” - a muddy
place.
In Roman times, Sulmona was the location
of three municipalities and suffered several
times from the usual power struggles. Sulla
destroyed the place. Pompey located a
garrison here. Eventually he was removed by
Mark Anthony on instructions from Caesar.
However a date of historic importance
for the city is 43BC, the birth year of the
illustrious poet Ovid., the poet of love and
of Metamorphosis, then exiled to Tomi, in
Romania by the Emperor Augustus. From the
initials of the famous half-line “Sulmo Mihi
Patria Est” the city has taken the initials for
its coat of arms “SMPE”.
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Mariadora Santacroce
is going to bring a
personal touch to your
holiday here. You will
get a welcome drink on
arrival. Your breakfast
will present you with a
good selection of items,
many of them homemade.
Your evening meal will
feature the excellent hotel
cooking. We know we
have tried it. It includes a
salad buffet a soup dish,
pasta and a main course,
desert and water and
wine featuring the local
speciality Montepuliciano
D’Abruzzo.
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At Sulmona we cannot take
any number of participants.
We have only twenty-nine
rooms. Reserve your place as
soon as you can if you wish to
join us.
Our programme in Sulmona will be limited to one subject area
“Roman Emperors”
and some evening entertainments. From Sulmona it is possible to visit places as
diverse as Rome and Aquila as well as the Adriatic coast of the Abruzzo. These
are things you can do independently of the group. The outings we choose will
be based on the attractions of the area and participants will be able to use the
facilities available at the Ovidius partner hotel to be found on the edge of the town.
The Ovidius does have a small spa in the basement . You can try that too..
Personal Touch
Holiday Possibilities
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Our first offering is the chance for any group learning Spanish to go to Spain to spend
some time with Caterina Romero. Your group leader can arrange a programme with
Cristina that suits you all. It can include language practice, walking, beach exercise,
outings to Cadiz, Gibraltar and Seville, riding on a four wheel vehicle in the Donana
National Park. Everything designed to suit your group. The price will depend on the period
of the year and the content of your programme. Christina is a qualified teacher and a good
linguist with efficient command of three languages. Your base accommodation is a four star hotel. What more could you wish for?
Enjoy good food and our
hospitality
So we will arrange one outing
each week
1. L’AQUILA
2. CHIETI & VASTO
3. A chosen place from a list of possibilities
Visit Spain’s greatest national park
The Donana
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Another place you can go for a Personal
Touch Holiday with your group
Valentina and Lorenzo could be waiting for your group to pay them a short
visit at a time of your choosing...
Mariadora Santacroce is prepared to work with
you to create your own programme in the Abruzzo.
You can choose your own subject area: learn some Italian with Alexandra, take some
spa treatments, keep fit, ride bikes in the countryside, use the gym, visit Venice, Vicenza,
Padua, Verona or any number of small places where you can appreciate the character of
the Veneto just one of the finest destinations on earth.
As with many Mediterranean regions, Abruzzo’s vegetation
is characterized by the presence of different Mediterranean
ecosystems; the coast and the surrounding areas are
remarkable for the presence of typical Mediterranean plants
such as myrtle, heather and mastic, but in hilly areas other
typical Mediterranean species will also grow, including olive,
pine, willow, oak, poplar, alder, arbutus, broom, acacia,
capers, rosemary, hawthorn, licorice and almond trees,
interspersed with oak trees.
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Our Autumn School in the Veneto Abano Terme
14 September - 12 October 2014
Our Hotel
The fauna of Abruzzo are highly varied, and the animal symbol of the region is undoubtedly
the Abruzzo Chamois that has made a remarkable recovery after risking extinction. Another
animal typical of this region is the Marsicano Brown Bear, along with wolves, deer, lynx, roe
deer, snow vole, fox, porcupine, wild cat, wild boar, badger, otters and vipers.
The natural parks of the region include the Abruzzo National Park, the National Park of
Gran Sasso and Monti della Laga the National Park Maiella and Sirente Velino which every
year attract thousands of visitors due to their nature and rare species of wildlife that live
here.
One third of the region is designated as national or regional parkland.
We spend our holiday in Abano Terme in the four
star Hotel Grand Torino, which has four spa water
swimming pools, one of them on the sixth floor of
the hotel. There are 138 en-suite rooms providing
the amenities you would expect in an hotel of this
standard: balconies, a personal cold box for your
drinks, tv, and air conditioning.
The high class restaurant offers an excellent cuisine
featuring many local dishes.
The hotel garden with its swimming pools is so
large you could consider it a park.
The Location
Abano Terme lies at the foot of the Euganean Hills that provide the source
for the waters of the spa and the plethora of hotels in Abano.
In the town you will enjoy traffic-free areas for shopping or just strolling in
the warm evening to enjoy the music, entertainment and art exhibitions.
The Holiday
No Single Supplement.
You can opt for:
a. The full holiday 14 September to 12 October 2014
b. The first fortnight 14 September to 21 September 2014 c. The second fortnight 21 September to 12 October 2014
This holiday is on full board terms with free water and wine with both lunch
and dinner. Picnic lunches will also be provided for your trips out.
Arrivals/Departures
There are many destinations in Italy where you can arrange a Personal
Touch holiday for your group. Contact us to discuss the options.
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All airport transfer costs for flights arriving at and departing from Italy are
included as part of the holiday price.
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Our Autumn School ...continued.
Outings
Optional outings to: Vicenza & Possagno, Arqua Petrarca & the Euganean
hills, Villa Barbaro & Asolo, Venice, Mantua, Lake Garda, and the Brenta
Dolomites. You can also make your own way easily to either Venice, Padua,
Verona or Vicenza.
Activities
The opportunity to live for a month in the Veneto and enjoy the Italian
way of life. All this on a full board basis with three meals a day, wine, water
and special events. Every week there is a Gala evening with live music for
dancing. The hotel has four swimming pools and a schedule of activities
you can join. These include gym exercise, water aerobics, and cycle rides.
Some possible additions which will add to your costs include courses of spa
treatments covering things like mud bath fangos and associated massage
sessions.
Our Learning for Living activities will include: Healing Arts with Betty, Music
with Ken, Italian with Alexandra, Music Appreciation with Norman, Art with
Sisa, and also Golf with Tony (local golf is available). Philip will be presenting
lectures on the history of Italy and European Art including some discussion of
Giotto’s work which can be seen in the Scrovegni chapel in Padua.
We will also have our own library and common room with a special collection
of books on all things Venetian from
guidebooks to coffee table editions dealing
with the famous artists who worked in this
area when it was home to the powerful entity
which was the Venetian Republic.
Those joining the holiday will be provided
with a 2014 pocket sized booklet giving more
details of the holiday
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Our Autumn School ...continued.
About Abano Terme and the surrounding Area
Abano Terme is just a few miles from Padua and there
are frequent buses between the two towns, a 35
minute journey. The buses stop just outside our hotel.
Approximately half of the bus services also stop in
Montegrotto Terme. Timetables are displayed on bus
stops and are available from the tourist information office.
For tourists travelling by rail, the principal station for the
area is called Terme Euganee and is located in the centre
of Montegrotto Terme (a bus ride from Abano). Direct
trains from Venice, Padua, Bologna and other Italian
towns stop at Terme Euganee.
Abano Terme has a large market which is held every
Wednesday.
Montegrotto Terme Like Abano Terme, nearby
Montegrotto Terme is made up of wide leafy streets
studded with hotels advertising their spa treatments.
One of Montegrotto’s attractions is the Museo del Vetro,
easily reached by taking the bus from outside our hotel,
and then a 10 min walk. The Museum features displays of
artistic glass from Murano. This museum also contains
some archaeological items discovered locally. It is
located in a farmhouse
near Villa Draghi. Villa
Draghi is a faded villa
in parkland just outside
Montegrotto, at the
start of an attractive nature trail. To get to the park and
the museum, take the Via Castello from Piazza Roma.
The museum’s opening times are limited (Tues-Sun
afternoons) so check at the tourist office before you set
out. There is also a pleasant small terraced café.
The market at Montegrotto Terme on Thursday can be
reached either by local bus or the little road train from
Abano Terme.
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Barrosa Park
31st January 2015 to 28th February 2015
Personal Touch in the UK
How about a brief holiday in Bournemouth?
Adult education for fun in a warm climate in winter at prices
that give you the best value for your money with no Single Supplement
The Holiday
Over the past fifteen years over a thousand people have
attended our ‘Learning for Living’ holidays based in Spain. We
have a good mix of participants, both singles and couples, with
many new friendships being forged during these holidays.
The Hotel
We stay in the 4 star Barrosa Park Hotel in Novo Sancti Petri, Chiclana de la Frontera,
Cadiz. This low rise hotel is built among pine trees and located on the edge of a wonderful
sandy beach. Our half board accommodation comprises a Buffet Breakfast and Evening
Meal, both containing a large varied selection of menu items, plus free bottled mineral
water at the evening meal. .
There is a good allocation of rooms and we have our own seating areas within the
restaurant, and our own Common Room with free coffee and tea. The Common Room
also houses a library for you to borrow books and games without charge.
There is a heated indoor pool, Gym, Jacuzzi, plus a good range
of meeting rooms. Also close by is a splendid 36 hole Golf
complex used by our Golf Society.
We enjoy a variety of evening entertainment, giving you a
choice from our own special events, music, films, quizzes etc,
or the hotel’s own programme of musical entertainment in the
large comfortable bar/lounge. You can also play cards or board
games though you may decide to go back to your comfortable
room to watch satellite TV, or curl up with a book.
Optional outings will be on offer to the ancient cities of Seville
and Jerez, and the White Villages of Cadiz Province. A regular
bus service operates from near the hotel to the nearby town of
Chiclana de la Frontera.
Annabell Russell has
been a U3A leader in the
Bournemouth area for
eighteen years. She likes
the ideas: both lifelong
learning and personal
touch. She is a qualified
teacher with a variety
of skills and interests. We do not have a lot
of space in this brochure to describe them
all. If the idea is attractive to you then please
contact her on 01292-769859.
Her tailor made relaxing residential courses
take place in a prime-location penthouse
apartment near the beach, only a few minutes
walk away. It is just about a six minute walk
to get to the centre of Bournemouth with its
variety of shops and eateries. You can enjoy a
walk along the promenade of Bournemouth’s
golden mile of sandy beaches.
My courses are residential with breakfast. My
neighbourhood provides you with a variety of
establishments where you can eat anything
from a light lunch to a full evening meal. Ring
me soon to let me help you create a learning
experience that will prove memorable for your
members. Thank you.
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This is the Hotel San Souci near
Pesaro in the Marche. It’s a family
run hotel with a rare beachside
position, quiet and intimate, a
place where you will get a warm
welcome, a place where we can
make sure you get a PERSONAL
TOUCH Holiday to fit in with
your predilections and priorities.
Whatever your interests, this is a
place that may suit you.
Try it.
The Learning Experience
The price includes your participation in the programme of our daily activities in the hotel.
Classes meet mainly each morning, leaving plenty of free time for recreational activities
and outings.
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WELCOME to Cremona
Violins are our lifeblood. Amongst the many master craftsmen
who worked here were Stradivarius and Guarneri.
If music is your passion then Sarah Vago is
waiting to bring a personal touch to your
holiday in this unique place. The town on the
River Po has a particular atmosphere based
on its musical history. You can read more
about this below.
Why not consider visiting us.
Sara works for Dellearti Design Hotel in the heart of
Cremona. Just over ten years ago the hotel won the
European architectural design award . That speaks
for its elegance and attraction. You will find it in the
historic centre of the city situated among buildings
exuding medieval charm. Set like a jewel between
Piazza Duomo, considered one of the most beautiful
squares in Europe and the hub of the city nightlife, the
famous Teatro Ponchielli the hotel presents itself as
a dream of a contemporary style. Steel, glass, dark
wood, natural light, minimal lines and at the same
time great atmosphere accompany the guests from
the lobby to the garden,
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You will enjoy a
holiday here in
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Experience the
Atmosphere in
Cremona
Read Sleeper by Paul Adam
Paul Adam is a thriller writer you have probably never heard of but his book is set in Cremona and features a violin.
On a pleasant June evening, four men gather at a comfortable rural home outside
Cremona, Italy, for their monthly indulgence in the playing of string quartets. They are
very old friends: a priest, a policeman and two luthiers (it is Cremona, after all, where
the building of stringed instruments has a very distinguished history). They share wine,
laughter, music and stories, then contentedly disperse. A few hours later, one of the
luthiers is found murdered in his workshop, stabbed with one of his own chisels.
The shop has been searched, not violently but thoroughly, yet nothing seems to be
missing. The luthier was a well-liked elderly man, and his murder is extremely puzzling.
The only clue is that he seems to have been recently wrapped up in the quest for a
rare, and quite possibly apocryphal, violin. The policeman calls in the second luthier for
consultation and together they set out on a trail that takes them to Milan, Venice and even
the north of England.
I enjoy a mystery that introduces me to a new area of expertise. Adam immerses us in the
world of fine violins, giving a wealth of specialized information without ever appearing to
lecture, or straying from the story. Everything fits.
Our narrator -- the investigating luthier -- is an extremely likeable man, intelligent, warmhearted, with strengths and flaws that combine to show his humanity. We are on his
side from the beginning; the author helps us feel his distress and confusion at the loss
of his old friend, and we glimpse older pains, some self-inflicted, as well as the joys and
satisfactions of a life well lived. If you read through the book you get an understanding of
both Cremona and the satisfaction that attaches to the art of violin making.
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Consider treating
yourself to a Spa holiday in
Ravenna.
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Beach and mosaics!
Dr Eiliana Brandi leads the staff here expecting to give a personal touch to your stay
Ravenna. The spa is ultra modern and fitted with a collection of finely tuned machines to
assist you regain good health if you have lost it or give you a most welcome boost if you
haven’t. If you have any interest in history and culture then you will know that Ravenna
was for many years the capital city of the Byzantine Empire and is now famous for its
unique collection of mosaics.
So here is a place where you can mix a variety of sensual pleasures with some cultural
dalliance.
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Use this page to place a reservation on any of our holidays. The booking fee is
£20pp only returnable if GO/CTE cancel the holiday. When we have the required
minimum number (20) you will be sent a detailed newsletter together with an invoice
scheduling payments. Holiday registration will close either once a holiday is fully
booked or two months in advance of the holiday start date.
Cheques should be made payable to GO/CTE Ltd
Cut out and send to: Philip Nash, GO/CTE, 76 Croft Road, Carlisle, CA3 9AG
Tick choice “O” below as appropriate
Spain
Barrosa Park
2014
14 days
14 days
28 days
1 Feb -15 Feb 2014
15 Feb - 1 Mar 2014
1 Feb - 2 Mar 2014
£1,259
£1,250
£2,250
O
O
O
No of Participants
No of Participants
No of Participants
Italy Ovidius
Sulmona
2014
16 days
1 May - 16 May 2014
£1,550
O
No of Participants
Italy
Abano Terme
2014
28 days
12 Sept - 12 Oct 2014
£2,700
O
No of Participants
Spain
Barrosa Park
2015
14 days
14 days
28 days
31 Jan - 14 Feb 2015
14 Feb - 28 Feb 2015
31 Jan - 28 Feb 2015
£1,259
£1,250
£2,250
O
O
O
No of Participants
No of Participants
No of Participants
Other time lengths available,
please call for details
Name(s):
In accordance with “The Package Travel, Package Holidays and Package Tour Regulations
1992” all passengers booking with GO/CTE are fully protected for the initial deposit and
subsequently the balance of all monies paid to us, including repatriation if required, arising
from cancellation or curtailment of your travel arrangements due to the insolvency of GO/CTE.
GO/CTE Ltd
Registered Company No: 4249599
76 Croft Road, Carlisle, CA3 9AG
Tel Nos: 01228 526 795 or 01228 523 724
[email protected]
www.ctespain.net
www.cteitaly.net
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Address:
Town:
Post Code:
Fee Paid:
£
Signature(s):
Tel:
Date:
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GO/CTE
In accordance with “The Package Travel, Package Holidays and Package Tour
Regulations 1992” all passengers booking with GO/CTE are fully protected
for the initial deposit and subsequently the balance of all monies paid to us, including
repatriation if required, arising from cancellation or curtailment of your travel
arrangements due to the insolvency of GO/CTE.
GO/CTE Ltd
Registered Company No: 4249599
76 Croft Road, Carlisle, CA3 9AG
Tel Nos: 01228 526 795 or 01228 523 724
[email protected]
www.ctespain.net
www.cteitaly.net
All details and prices are correct at time of going to press but are
subject to change.
Affiliations:
GTOA 5430, IPP, FSB.
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