Armchair travel: finding writers' retreats around the world

Checking out Writers' retreats in various countries is a kind of 'armchair travel' I really enjoy. I've been doing a bit of it in last week or two, and have already posted a few sites including 'Varuna' in the Blue Mountains outside Sydney. Not all retreats are specially set up for writers -they might be general health retreats, artists' colonies that also welcome writers or even Bed&Breakfast places. Readily-accessed photos showing scenic surrounds was one of my search criteria for this list (except for sites that are chiefly directories or for diy-type info and advcie).

http://www.antoniaallegra.com/aafiles/writerretreat.htm: in Baja California, an annual retreat/food event

http://www.venusbay-ecoretreat.com.au/venus-bay-things-to-do.htm: Australian retreat/resort in Victoria

http://www.writerscentre.org.nz/index.php: in New Zealand, set up specifically for writers

http://www.snughollow.com/: a B&B in Kentucky, USA -inlcudes some photo galleries in addition to those on main pages

http://www.celticcastles.com/castles/leslie/countryside.htm: in Ireland; one of the most richly scenic sites I've checked out so far

http://www.writersretreat.com/retreatdetails.php?id=2: a directory to help with your own searches (need to register for in-dpeth searches, but there's no mention of fees)

http://bertonhouse.ca/home.html: in Canada's northern Yukon region, most pics are of the house's interior, btu ther are links to scenes of surrounding areas

http://www.hidden-worlds.com/alogny/writers_retreat/retreat.htm: Le Château d'Alogny in France, south of Paris; this verison has English-language text

http://www.transitionsabroad.com/listings/travel/special/articles/t...: in Tuscany, Italy -complete with hilltop towns, cobbled streets...

http://ezinearticles.com/?How-to-Plan-an-RV-Camping-Writers-Retreat...: general tips and advice for planning a retreat based on using camp grounds, campervans for the travel part (from a US publication)

Enjoy! :)