Our Trip to Labranda
Our trip to Labranda and on into the clutches of commerce The painting holidays finished, we had two glorious weeks of holiday of our own, so we decided to make a couple of excursions, in order to explore and [...]
New to the programme, Turkish Cooking Lessons, yum!
Yufka can also be cooked on the open fire after rolling until crisp and stored for using like crispbreads or crackers. Our food has received so many compliments and many people want to know how to re [...]
Sunset Yoga, Meditation and Holistic Treatments at our Spa Annexe
We are please to say that our new Spa Annexe venture with Sarah Elkington Auberge is a resounding success. All our lovely painters, after a hard day at the easel can have deep massage, reflexology or aromatherapy treatments at [...]
A Day in Stratonikeia, the perfect ruin.
A Bit of Turkish History - aka ruins Early this year we decided that our painters may need a few new places to visit, we are always thinking of ways to ring the changes for repeat visitors and to [...]
Welcome To Our New Drop-in Painting Class
DROP IN PAINTING CLASS We are now offering drop in classes for anyone who wants to come from the Bodrum area or even further away in Turkey. We can take single people or a small group of friends for [...]
Everyone loves to paint
The clear brilliant light accents form and colour inspiring creativity in the most inspirational locations, far away from tourist intrusion. Here we find ourselves in Iassos, a haven of calm. Our group enjoyed sketching with water colour pencils, where [...]
Market Day in Gökçebel
A Typical Market Day in Turkey Tuesday mornings until 1.00 p.m. is market day in our village, we like to take our groups up to make sketches of the great commercial activity there; actually two old ladies and a [...]
Your Delicious Turkish Food
Turkish food is rated as some of the best in the world. All of our guests agree with this after only a couple of days eating meals at The Old Stone House. We pride ourselves on the freshness of our [...]
Transport on the Bodrum Peninsula
Getting around is a real experience here in Bodrum. We organise our own transport for our groups, from small people carriers to coaches, all depending on the size of the group attending our holidays. This makes our guests life far [...]