Join us for a glorious week of writing and exploring in Croatian Istria
We’re thrilled to be able to offer another retreat at Casa Famiglia in Rebici in the Istria countryside where you can spend one glorious week writing and exploring.
Istria will embed you in a history that stretches back thousands of years, but you’ll be taking up residence in a luxury villa with every mod con.
After the morning workshop, we’ll invite you to write, or book us for one-on-one sessions.
Alternating afternoons and evenings, though, we hope you’ll join us on a series of outings: a tasting of local Istrian wines with ‘rock star’ winemaker Bruno Trapan. To Pula, closest town to our villa, which boasts the most complete Roman amphitheatre in the world – and a very literary memorial commemorating James Joyce’s visit when dreams of Ulysses were swirling in his mind. To sample Istrian food at a family run restaurant, Da Rocco in nearby Krnica. Or to a fortified medieval hilltop village at Labin, or a local olive farm, or the gorgeous fishing port of Rovinj, celebrated for its seafood restaurants and cobbled streets.
When we’re not out and about there’s walking in the surrounding countryside, and swimming in the inlet or the heated swimming pool.
The schedule is designed to provide you with the skills, tools and inspiration every writer needs to craft a story.
25 October to 1 November 2023
COST PER WEEK
From €2200 p/p sharing / €2685 single
How will the retreat work?
Each day will start with with a group talk and discussion, led by All About Writing’s Richard Beynon after a self-serve buffet breakfast complete with fresh produce from the family farm
Each writer will have a daily one-on-one mentoring session with Richard.
For those who don’t have an existing project, we offer daily creative exercises with feedback, or brainstorming sessions.
The schedule is designed to provide you with the skills, tools and inspiration every writer needs to craft a story.
You will also get a chance to explore the beautiful Istrian countryside to help inspire your writing.
The retreat includes outings to Pula, and other nearby towns and villages including wine and olive oil tastings.
Who will the retreat benefit?
* Anybody who has longed for the time to exercise their creativity in a warm and supportive environment.
* Experienced writers who need the space to write, with the benefit of another creative eye.
* Beginner writers who want to try their hand at writing, with daily support and mentoring.
* Anyone with a vague idea for a project, who needs to try it out, brainstorm or discuss it with experts.
* And finally, those of us whose daily life has been leached of creativity or romance – and possibly both.
