Dordogne
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Bombel • 24290 • St Amand de Coly • Sarlat • Dordogne • France GPS: N 45° 01.915 / E 001° 15.295 Tel: 0033 (0)553 302405
What's Included - Painting
Check out what's included on our range of painting courses...
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Five day/Six night residential painting holidays
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One, two, three and four-day painting courses
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Free gifts to take home
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What's not included
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Extras
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Prices
5 Day/6 Night Residential Painting Holidays...
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A welcoming evening meal - arrive, relax and settle in, then join us and your fellow guests for an evening meal cooked by your chef
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Practical friendly hands-on tuition - patient guidance from our tutors, Gill Mitchell and Lynn Ralph
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All art materials and equipment - paint, brushes, paper, charcoal, pencils, easels, stools, parasols, etc
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Freshly laundered "PaintinFrance" apron every day - get as mucky as you like!
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Take home personalised info pack - all your exercises and personal notes
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Six nights centrally heated en suite accommodation - in single, twin or double bedrooms here at Bombel (based on two sharing - see prices)
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25cl bottle of red or white wine in your room - arrive, unpack and relax!
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Breakfast every day - fresh croissants, pain au chocolat, brioche, yoghurt, cereal, coffee, tea and orange juice
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Lunch every day - prepared and cook by the chef, Jim Fisher
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Dinner - (as for lunch) on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday evenings (Wednesday is your opportunity to eat out in one of Sarlat's seventy restaurants)
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Tea, coffee, snacks and other non-alcoholic beverages - help yourself throughout the day
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Wine - relax over a glass or two with your hard earned meals
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Entrance fees and transportation to places visited - enjoy chaffered trips to your art-related venues
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10m x 5m in-ground pool - access to the private and secluded fully alarmed pool (open-air/May to September)
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Internet and Email access
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Wide screen TV - with UK SKY satellite reception
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One, Two, Three & Four-Day Painting Courses
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Practical friendly hands-on tuition - patient guidance from your tutors
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All art materials and equipment - paint, brushes, paper, charcoal, pencils, easels, stools, parasols, etc
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Freshly laundered "PaintinFrance" apron every day - get as mucky as you like!
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Take home personalised info pack - all your exercises and personal notes
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Breakfast every day - fresh croissants, pain au chocolat, brioche, yoghurt, cereal, coffee, tea and orange juice
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Lunch every day - prepared and cooked for you by our chef
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Tea, coffee, snacks and other non-alcoholic beverages - help yourself throughout the day
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Entrance fees and transportation to places visited - enjoy chauffeured trips to or food-related venues
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10m x 5m in-ground pool - access to the private and secluded fully alarmed pool (open-air/May to September)
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Internet and Email access
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Wide screen TV - with UK SKY satellite reception
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Free gifts for you to take home...
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A brand new apron - printed with the "PaintinFrance" logo
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Take home personalised info pack - all your exercises and personal notes
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Artist quality watercolour pans - three watercolour pans in Alizarin Crimson, Ultramarine Blue and Cadmium Yellow for you to try at home
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What's not included...
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Getting here - travel to or from France
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Airport/rail transfers - take advantage of our own transport at less than half the cost of a taxi fare (see prices)
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'Extra-curricular' alcoholic beverages - but please feel free to keep any wine or beer you bring with you in our fridges
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Extras...
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Day course dinner - for our day courses, the evening meal is extra @ £15 per person, per day (aperatifs & wine included) giving you freedom to come just for the day or stay for dinner
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Prices...
Prices
Prices |
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£/GBP |
€/EUR |
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All inclusive Five day/Six night residential cooking, painting or photography holiday (per person, based on two people sharing a room): |
745 |
1,085 |
One, Two , Three & Four-day courses (Per person, per day. Additional B&B accommodation available on request. Evening meal £15 per day): |
130 |
175 |
Non-participating friend or partner (five day/six night. Meals extra @ £10 & £15 per day): |
445 |
620 |
B&B accommodation (per room, per night): |
35 |
50 |
Return airport/rail transfers
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50
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70 |
Single occupancy supplement
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245 |
355 |
To book an activity holiday, email us your desired dates.We collect you from either Limoges airport or Brive la Gaillarde train station in our own vehicles each Sunday and return you there the following Saturday for a fixed fee of £50 per individual.This service is timed to meet the lunchtime (arr 13:05/dep 13:25) Ryanair flight from London Stansted or one of the early afternoon (arr 14:30-ish/dep 11:00 or later) trains. If you want a transfer at another time or on another day, please EMAIL US or Tel: 0033 (0)553 302405 in order to discuss the possibilities. Transfers are conducted on a first come first served basis, therefore, detailed dates and times are to be agreed with us prior to booking your holiday. Limoges airport is 1hr 30mins away by car and you won’t reach Bombel until gone 15:00, so please make sure you have made arrangements for your lunch
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Booking...
Booking is easy, and only an email or phone call away, so why wait? Strike while the iron's hot - book a cooking holiday in France now and share an experience you'll never forget!
Your art tutor,
Gill Mitchell
student, Finola with her painting of our cooks picking herbs
Art student, Ellie,
with
her 'Grape Vine'
student, peter working on his "Doorway" (below)
Student, Peter's "Doorway" at the
halfway stage
Great subject matter: markets and honey-coloured
stone villages
WIN a fantastic hands- on activity course worth £145!
Just answer three simple questions and you could be here on the activity course of your dreams.
So, what are you waiting for? Go to the free Competition page now!
Need a unique gift for someone special?
Then why not send them here on a course?
Infinitely flexible and valid for up to a year from date of purchase, gift vouchers can cover our full range of courses.
So, make someone's day a special one - order a gift voucher now and we'll get it to you today!
Five Day/Six Night Cooking and Painting courses include:
• Expert hands-on tuition in English
• All cooking ingredients, equipment and aprons
• An evening meal on the day of your arrival
• Breakfast and lunch each day
• Dinner (Monday, Tuesday, Thursday)
• A meal at our favourite local restaurant on Friday
• Tea, coffee and wine
• En suite centrally-heated accommodation
• Entrance fees to places visited
• Private and secluded pool
• Internet and Email access
• Recipe pack containing all the dishes cooked during your stay
Some of the things you'll be doing:
Learn how to cook pastries, breads and soups
Select and prepare the best fish and shellfish
Butcher common joints of meat
Cook classic French and Italian sauces
Construct modern dressings
Master the art of stylish contemporary food presentation
Our day courses:
• Hands-on practical tuition with an experienced chef
• All ingredients
• Utensils
• Aprons
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Wine and beverages