Girlie weekends with an Italian twist

Just like the stars of Sex and the City, we all love a girlie weekend away and a gossip. Why not treat yourselves to a break with Italian Hideaways, hiring the whole villa for the weekend to tailor-make your break?

Italian Hideaways specialises in weekend and weeklong cookery and activity holidays in Bergamo, Northern Italy. The villa is ideally located, just an hour from the shopping Mecca of Milan and within easy reach of scenic areas including Lake Como, where you might even be in with a chance of spotting newly single George Clooney…

The four-bedroom villa can be hired room by room or in its entirety and Italian Hideaways’ breaks can be tailor made to suit the requests of any group. For example, a group of Sex and the City fanatics on a hen weekend recently booked the villa with the intention of watching the all series on DVD by a roaring fireplace, interspaced with cookery lessons from the resident chef, Manila.

Simona Mussio – the owner of Italian Hideaways - can also organise a beautician to visit the villa so that guests can enjoy relaxing treatments before an afternoon of cooking. Other excursions offered by the company include wine tasting at a local vineyard or hiking or horse-riding to make the most of the stunning Italian landscape.

Weekend breaks cost from £849 per person sharing a double or twin room. This price includes cookery lessons, airport limo transfers, excursions, visits to local producers, breakfasts, dinners and drinks.

Flights are to Bergamo or Milan are available with British Airways, Alitalia, AirOne, Easyjet, Jet2, bmibaby and Ryanair.

For more information and reservations, visit italianhideaways.co.uk.