Save the Date - Switzerland and Italy: Lakes and Mountains Soirée

CONLEY & SILVERS
Invites You to Save the Date

SWITZERLAND AND ITALY: LAKES AND MOUNTAINS SOIRÉE

A scenic journey by train and boat
Featuring regional expert Tim Jepson

Early September 2018
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Umbria Immersion with Yale Educational Travel

Teamed up with Yale Educational Travel, Conley & Silvers created a month long immersion program in Umbria this summer.  Thirty strong, we enjoyed living in ancient Amelia, a charming hill town with gracious and welcoming citizens.  We enjoyed day trips and weekend excursions throughout the region.  Our rich program included private concerts, educational tours, a book club, Italian Film screenings and lessons of all types including Italian cooking, Italian language, Art History & Architecture, Italian film, Tuscan and Umbrian wine appreciation, pecorino cheese making, glass jewelry making, yoga, painting, fresco making, hiking, and lectures on Italian History and Politics by Professors Harvey Goldblatt and Adam Tooze.  

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Champagne 2016

A sublime scouting trip to Champagne to prepare for 2017 Soirée.  With Lionel and Dominique Michelin, I visited the big names in Champagne as well as some of the boutique houses.  We had a mind bending tasting at the incomparable Selosse, where everything is art even down to the mold on the cellar walls.  The expansive chalk cellars are deeply impressive and stretch for miles underground, some still engraved with graffiti from the soldiers and resistance who took shelter here during the World Wars.  I cannot wait to return here with guests in May and share the  discoveries. 

Deep underground in the chalk cellars of Champagne

Vietnam & Cambodia - Highlights from the Soirée

Amalfi Coast Soirée

Photos from a Dream Trip!

Amalfi Coast Soirée 2015: Getting Excited


August 29 – September 9, 2015  

Join us as we plunge into the most magnificent blue.
A true Italian holiday. 
Private beach clubs and late night piano bars. 
Boating at all speeds.  Tasting the sun in Neapolitan cuisine.
Lemon grove landcapes tumbling into the sea.
The erotic art of Pompeii and the delight of limoncello.
A classic concert in romantic Ravello.
Crumbing stucco in hues of rose.
Historic villas with exquisite gardens.
Swanky Capri and her fashionable boutiques by the sea. 
The best pizza in the world? 

Italian & Swiss Lakes

Ascona, Switzerland

Ascona, Switzerland

Scouting for the best experiences on the Italian & Swiss Lakes, I fell for Lake Maggiore and all of the beauty that surrounds her.  Not to miss:  The Swiss town of Ascona and it's summer Jazz Festival and the lake islands of Isola di Brissago, Isola Madre, and Isola Bella. 

New Zealand Tour Managing

Tour managing a cruise around the gorgeous and wild island nation of New Zealand.


London Soirée 2014

May 25 – June 8, 2014

Punting down the river. 
Roman baths and Stonehenge legends. 
Archeological treasures, shrunken heads, and impressionist masters. 
Dickens, Shakespeare, Austen, Harry (Prince and Potter), and
Her Majesty, The Queen.  Modern art and outdoor markets. 
Pubs, blokes, cheers, fish and chips. 
Buckingham Palace and Hampton Court. 
Derby hats, double decker buses, and the tube.