




retreat | recreate
creative tours for women
textiles – handcrafts – dance – gardens
Welcome! We offer small group women’s textile and handcraft tours to Japan, India, Morocco, Vietnam, Indonesia, Laos, Thailand, Turkey and within Australia, with Iran, Iceland, New Zealand and Silk Road itineraries on the horizon. We’re also expanding our offerings to include dance focussed tours to Japan and Europe (London, Paris & Amsterdam) and a garden tour of Japan.
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2023 tours
Expressions of Interest are invited for all tours unless marked as SOLD OUT
Click on the underlined tour headings below for an overview of each tour.
Thailand and Laos handcrafts: 29 January – 10 February
Morocco handcrafts: 2-18 March – PRIVATE GROUP
India Textiles & Handcrafts (Delhi – Agra – Rajasthan: 12-28 March – SOLD OUT
Morocco handcrafts: 24 April – 9 May – SOLD OUT
Japan – Dance, Performance Arts and Culture: 11-23 May – ONLY A FEW PLACES LEFT!
Far North Queensland (Cairns to Cape York) handcrafts – June/July TBC
Top End Handcrafts (Northern Territory) – 12-19 August approx. TBC
Turkey handcrafts – September
Europe Ballet (London, Paris & Amsterdam) – September/October
Japan Blue (an indigo focussed textile tour) – 23 September – 8 October
Japan handcrafts – 15 – 29 October
India handcrafts – October/November
Tasmania handcrafts – TBC
New Zealand handcrafts – TBC
2024 tours
India – February
Japan – TBC
Morocco – TBC
Have you thought about a private group tour for you and your friends? If you’re part of a craft guild or stitching group, consider a private tour for your group. Get in touch!
retreat|recreate acknowledges the Traditional Owners of Country throughout Australia and recognises their continuing connection to the land, sea and community. We pay our respects to the Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island people and their cultures.
retreat | recreate
Melbourne, Australia
retreatrecreate@gmail.com
ABN: 45 657 561 570