The Workshop
Chris Buck’s Italian Adventure will focus on emotive soloing techniques, developing your tone, telling a story with your solos, commanding the fretboard and taking a creative approach to your solo and rhythm playing. You will spend time looking at iconic influences and generally getting under the skin of Chris’ playing, writing and performing.
Guitar Breaks is your opportunity to spend a week in beautiful surroundings; learning, jamming and hanging with some of today’s greatest guitarists.
Venue
Our venue and accommodation for this camp is the award-winning traditional 15th century Italian manor house Villa Pia Family Hotel located on the stunning Tuscany / Umbria border.
Set in its own grounds and next to a medieval castle in the hilltop village of Lippiano, Villa Pia is the perfect ‘get away’ location.
The Detail
See below for more information about this event, what the payment & accommodation options are, how to travel to us and what to expect.
You have a number of different options available to you.
Once you have decided on your chosen accommodation (depending on availability), you can choose to either reserve your place by paying the deposit, or you can confirm your place by paying the full amount:
SHARED TWIN ROOM – Full Fee: £1395 / Deposit: £595
(price is per person, based on two guitar players sharing). Buddy up with a friend or be paired with a fellow attendee.
Includes:
- 6 nights accommodation – 2 guitarists sharing a twin room
- Breakfast, buffet lunch and set menu dinner at hotel
- Use of a shared bathroom
- All alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks at hotel
- Gives full access to 5 day workshop
- Includes masterclasses, performances, 1-2-1 and small group sessions
N.B: Price is per person based on two guitarists sharing.
Click here now to book your place
NON ENSUITE ROOM – Full Fee: £1549 / Deposit: £595
Includes:
- 6 nights accommodation – Single Occupancy room
- Breakfast, buffet lunch and set menu dinner at hotel
- Use of a shared bathroom
- All alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks at hotel
- Gives full access to 5 day workshop
- Includes masterclasses, performances, 1-2-1 and small group sessions
Click here now to book your place
ENSUITE ROOM – Full Fee: £1795 / Deposit: £595
Includes:
- 6 nights accommodation – Single Occupancy room
- Breakfast, buffet lunch and set menu dinner at hotel
- Exclusive use of a bathroom
- All alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks at hotel
- Gives full access to 5 day workshop
- Includes masterclasses, performances, 1-2-1 and small group sessions
Click here now to book your place
Partner Sharing with Guitarist – Full Fee: £945 / Deposit: £595
Includes:
- Want your non guitar-playing partner with you? No problem!
- Includes 6 nights accommodation
- Breakfast, buffet lunch and set menu dinner
- All alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks at hotel
Depending on where you are travelling from, you can use any of the airlines below:
- Ryanair flies into Perugia, Bologna, Pisa and Rome – https://www.ryanair.com/gb/en/
- Easyjet flies into Bologna, Pisa and Rome – http://www.easyjet.com/en/
- Vueling flies into Florence, Bologna and Pisa – http://www.vueling.com/en
- British Airways flies into Florence, Bologna, Pisa and Rome – http://www.britishairways.com/travel/home/public/en
Once in Italy, you have three choices:
- You can hire a car. You can do this through the usual routes.
- You can travel by train* to Arezzo (there is a taxi company directly outside the station, or we can arrange a pick you up from here, as required). We recommend you book in advance with Trenitalia: https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- You can pre-arrange to be collected by private taxi from the airport (subject to availability and number of guests being collected). This is a very limited service running from Florence Airport only (depending on the number of guests). Please contact us for more details: enquiries@guitar-breaks.com
* IMPORTANT – TRAIN TICKETS: If you do buy train tickets at a station you must remember to validate your tickets by stamping them using the stamping machines. These are usually located around the train station and on the platform. If you do not stamp your tickets, you may receive a fine from the ticket inspector! (If you have booked in advance on the internet and printed off your tickets at home, you will not need to validate them at the station).
We have a guide on flying to us with your guitar here.