New Years Eve 2007 in Italy

Another year is over and we have to think about how we would like to say good bye to the year 2007 and how to welcome 2008!

After Christmas, this is the most special time of the entire year and every year we are put in front of the same question: What to do for New Years Eve? How to make it special this year?

Well, why not going to Italy
? One of the most beautiful countries in the world, with its world famous Tuscany, well known for its high levelled wines, its fantastic landscapes and its so romantic medieval cities and towns?

Wake up the first morning in 2008 in a real Italian medieval Castle like Castello di Vicarello near Grosseto, Castello di Tocchi in Siena or in one of the period residences as Relais Villa Petrischio in Cortona, Villa Marta in Lucca and you will feel like you stepped back in time for a few hundred years!
If not a castle, then a typical rural farm house: San Gimignano with its famous 14 towers, Siena, Arezzo, or a nice hotel in Florence!

Or Rome, where the city surely does not sleep this night in between two years? Where everybody is celebrating around the city in the piazzas, or in some typical restaurant or dancing club?

A special night could be organized in a Castle like Castello Orsini in Rocca Giovine where one has the choice between a
Gala Dinner including welcome drink with champagne for € 150,00 where the table is reserved all night long, a
Gala Dinner for € 130,00 where the table is reserved all night long, a
Buffet dinner for € 90,00 and the
Disco for € 40,00

Or at the Naif Cafè in the city center of Rome where you can choose between a

Gala Dinner for € 120,00 and a
Buffet Dinner for € 60,00

Otherwise, without wanting to organize too much in advance, just enjoy the Eternal City with its fireworks and celebrations throughout the city, having a walk and dancing through it.


Maybe better somewhere on the seaside? No problem: the Amalfi Coast has certainly has plenty of offers for this period. For instance the famous living cribs, outstanding in Praiano, Raito and Pogerola, or the sub pilgrimage to the ceramic crib in the Grotta dello Smeraldo (the cavern of the emerald) in Conca dei Marini.

If nothing of the above mentioned should be fine, there are so many wellness destinations in Italy. Just take some time to relax and book a beautiful spa hotel or some thermal accommodation as for example Abano Terme, Montegrotto Terme, Chianciano Terme.

Another great destination might be the Piedmont like Alba or Asti
. So many of Italy’s famous wines and truffles come from that region which offers a breathtaking landscape and many nice medieval villages.

It is not too late to look for a perfect New Years Eve 2007/2008. Many of the accommodations even have really interesting packages and special offers. Check out your best fitting accommodation for this very special night of 2007 with Dream Destination Europe and you can be sure to spend an unforgettable end of year in Italy!

Sense of Wine – tasting of the best Italian wines at the Auditoruim of Rome

A very special orchestra will perform from November 30 to December 2 at the Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome. There will be no violins, flutes or other musical instruments, but the best wines of Italy, from the famous Brunello di Montalcino from Tuscany to the Amarone from Veneto, from the Falanghina from Campania to the Nero d’Avola from Sicily. Director of the orchestra will be Luca Maroni, who organizes for the third time the most important private wine event of the Italian capital city the Sensofwine. A special concert for refined palates, a music made of perfumes and flavours.

In a big space of more than 4.500 m², in these three days of exposition there will be more than 1000 excellent Italian wines from over 300 wine producers to taste. A great occasion to discover and taste the diamonds of Italy’s wines, from famous and historic names to new emerging realities.

Sensofwine is the most awaited appointment in Rome for who loves wine. That comes out of the numbers of the second edition, where they counted 22.000 visitors and more than 500 operators of this sector. The visitors get a catalogue at the entrance containing the routes, the producers and the products of this exposition to plan better their visit in this so very special “concert”. Visitors also can get to know the producers to establish a direct contact with them and to learn more about their favourite wines.

Sensofwine will be open from the 30th of November to the 2nd of December 2007 from 4 pm to 10 pm. The entrance fee is of € 20.00.

This event might be a perfect occasion for visiting the Eternal City with its never ending charm which has a lot to offer in every time of the year. Many of the worlds most important monuments like the Colosseum and Saint Angel’s Castle, places like Piazza Navona with its nice restaurants and bars in the sideways, Campo de’ Fiori with its great and world known flower market, Trinità dei Monti – the Spanish steps and much more wait for you to spend some days in one of the most beautiful cities of the world.

Trastevere for example, the artistic heart of Rome is really nice to see. Many small restaurants, osterias and trattorias serve traditional local dishes in a typical Roman atmosphere. Plenty of wine bars are located in this district and even an English cinema can be found there.

Not to mention the Vatican City with its Sistine Chapel, the Vatican Museums and the Saint Peter’s Dome which obviously is an absolute must when being the first time in Rome.

The big Roman parks like Villa Borghese with the Borghese Gallery (reservations are absolutely necessary), Villa Pamphili and many other parks where plenty of events are organized, are the green heart of Rome. Taking a walk there is not only relaxing but really regenerating – away from the frenetic Roman city life.

Rome also offers very nice accommodations for every kind of taste, from charming B&B’s over middle class hotels up to luxury hotels until even traditional country inns outside the city. For a romantic break out, a cultural weekend or a culinary weekend, the Eternal City surely represents a very good choice. So, why not book a flight and get to Rome for a nice weekend?


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