Welcome to Your Rowing Vacation!

If you are reading this page, you’ve decided to sign up for a week of fun and hard work with us.  We’d like to take this opportunity to remind you of who we are and why we are here, as well as have you read some of that legal stuff that is in vogue these days.

Here’s who we are:

Enzo Ademollo, head coach, has decades of experience coaching rowers of all ages. He founded the San Miniato Rowing Club twenty five years ago and has continued to grow it every year, adding Olympic athletes and Special Olympians to a growing mix of youths and masters.

Eliza Camp, a native English speaker with years of living in Italy and co-founder of our camp, studied under wooden boat building master Graeme King and in the winter restores boats and sooner or later will get back to building them once her triplets get a bit bigger. She rowed in high school in Seattle and for McGill University in Montreal. She is also a certified coach under the Italian Rowing Federation. She is your main contact person and daily leader of activities.

Rowingvacations.com is the travel outreach arm of the San Miniato Rowing Club (Canottieri San Miniato ASD), and your payments will be directed there. Our vacations help fund the daily life of a small but growing rowing club! We are NOT a travel agency or a tour operator, we are rowers offering temporary membership in our local club, instruction, and it is our pleasure to show you around our world. When we are outside of San Miniato, we may collaborate with tour operator "Dal Canto" in order to comply with Italian travel legislation. Dal Canto is also owned by a rower though so rest assured you will always be in great (callused) hands!

Here’s what we do:

We started Terralba Rowing Vacations (later terralbatoscana.it and then RowingVacations.com) about 20 years ago in order to be able to share our twin passions: rowing and travel.  You’ll have already read about our weeks on our website so you know roughly what we do, and you can also expect to take advantage of the multiple fairs, markets, and open-air shows that abound in this season, as well as regattas that may be of interest to you all to watch.  For this reason we ask you to be flexible - for example one day we might row twice to be able to spend the next day traveling to a farther attraction.  Or the group may decide to skip a workout entirely for the same reason. We try to guarantee the activities not quantitatively, but qualitatively. Please also check out our Facebook page for frequent updates. (facebook.com/rowingvacations)

Our weeks (except Row Like a Local) include:
• 7 days and 7 nights (from noon on the first day to noon on the last day)
• Breakfast and lunch on the days we are together, on the first day and last day according to airport schedule
• 6 rowing sessions, weather permitting.  All coaching, boats, fees,and access to boat clubs
• Transportation to and from the local airport or train stations (within the hours of 8 am to 8 pm) and all transportation during your stay

Cost does not include:
• Airfare (please request help with this if needed)
• Travel & health insurance (health insurance is mandatory, please send us a copy of certificate or instructions on whom to contact if you are injured)
• Personal purchases such as souvenirs
• Telephone calls and internet use
• Some more costly museum entries and other leisure activities such as massages, agreed upon in advance
• Dinners (but we'll make sure you have lots of options)

All activities and schedules are subject to change at the discretion of the coaches due to weather or other conditions that prove unsafe to travelers, as well to take better advantage of local activities that might be of greater interest, such as fairs or cultural events.  In the event an activity is cancelled, every effort will be made to reschedule or replace it with equally acceptable activities and any changes will be clearly communicated and discussed with travelers.