Let’s do what Margherita would do…together.
The idea for these ‘retreats’ was born from your messages. I did not realise how many of you share the spirit of someone like Margherita, always ready for adventure, eager for more and more zest, more beauty, and more meaningful connections. These trips will be a celebration of kindred spirits filled with food, wine, laughter, and new soulmates.
Living in Italy off and on for 15 years has rewarded me with many friends with gorgeous stories and lively spirits, ready to fill our cup with more and more and more.
Discover what’s coming up on the calendar and save your spot while you can. Each of these getaways is bound to be one of those ‘remember this for life’ kind of trips.
Baci,
Isabetta
Join us.
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Liguria
Inquire for dates in June 2025, July 2025, and September 2025
What is more Italian Lessons (and Kiss My Jagged Face, actually) than summer in Liguria?
We are headed toward one of the sexiest and simultaneously low-key stylish summer destinations in Italy: Santa Margherita Ligure and Paraggi. Think: focaccia for breakfast, fabulous beach club with a fabulous restaurant, dives into turquoise baias, more pesto than you can eat, and nights in the twinkling hills.
Milano &
Lago di Como
Potential dates to be announced for November 2024, May 2025, June 2025, and September 2025
Where it all began for Margherita: Milano. The chicest city in the world, perhaps? If you’ve never been, there’s no time like the present, and if you’ve been before, you can never get enough of that Milanese people-watching.
This trip will be filled with under-the-radar spots— artists, ateliers, and modernity. Milano is known as the most-forward thinking hub for design and style, for luxury and the art of living well. There will be fantastic restaurants, an abundance of culture, and deep-dive neighbourhood explorations to get to know la mia citta like a local. Then it’s off to the lago for the sound of lapping lake water, relaxation, and crisscrossing on a Riva yacht just for us.
Toscana
May 16-21 (so incredibly green and lush)
May 23-May 28 (Memorial Day weekend)
May 30-June 4
Sept 10-Sept 15
Sept 18-23 (Rosh Hashanah starts the 23rd)
Potential dates to be announced for November 2024, May 2025, June 2025, September 2025, and October 2025
This area of Tuscany plays a part in Sounds of Feeling. It is an area I have been visiting for over ten years and have come to know like a second home. There are a number of young people in the area who have reinvigorated the energy, creating a fun, spirited, and entrepreneurial vibe set amidst some of the most magnificent scenery in all of central Italy.
Based in northern California, Yuyu's background ranges from comprehensive pilates training on all apparatuses, Rehabilitative Pilates and Physical Therapy, Pre/Post-Natal coaching, working with clients in the Peri through Post Menopausal stages of life, Myofascial Release, yoga and more.
We will be staying in a gorgeous villa on the grounds of La Foce gardens, a truly special opportunity.
Settle into the serene, convivial atmosphere of the Val d’Orcia, a UNESCO world heritage site in southern Tuscany, just south of Siena. This trip combines the beauty of the area with a wellness and movement component courtesy of pilates and yoga instructor Yuyu Kaneko Rubino.
We will visit Puscina, a wildflower farm run by three sisters, where we will be guided in a beautiful workshop.
We will spend a lovely afternoon at a long table surrounded by vineyards in the company of Lisa Brancatisano, a Tuscan watercolourist. After choosing our subject, we will spend a few hours under her eye, bringing out our inner artist.
We will visit a gorgeous working farm in Pienza, where we will choose our produce from an expansive ‘orto’ and then put our cookery skills to fine use inside the rustic kitchen.
We will visit the area’s thermal baths at a five-star spa resort, where we will experience the ancient ritual, dipping in and out of the many thermal pools and indulging in a treatment or two.
We will have private, guided tours of three different vineyards, each with a unique personality and offering.
We will be guided in daily movement with Yuyu— yoga, pilates, yogalates, and any additional private lesson you choose.
We will have a private tour of La Foce gardens, the most renowned gardens in the area with an incredible history.
We will explore photo-worthy local villages and UNESCO sites.
And of course, we will have lunches, dinners, and aperitivos galore.
