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The end of December and the end of the year are arriving. Have you thought how to celebrate New Year’s Day 2009? In Rome there will be a lot of concerts and events.

On December 31 Paolo Gatti at “Teatro Petrolini” will present “Roman Melodies -  New Year’s Day Special”, based on the theme of customs and traditional usages in Rome.

From December 29 to January 1, “Auditorium Parco della Musica” is going to host “Galà Strauss”, with “Roma Sinfonietta Orchestra” directed by Karl Martin that will perform the most famous pieces of Austrian tradition.

On December 31 and January 1, in St. Paul’s Church, the Orchestra of “I Musici Veneziani” will play a lyrical concert with baritones, tenors and sopranos.

These events are dedicated to people that want to celebrate New Year’s Eve 2008-2009 in Rome  without giving up quality.

If you want to stay some days in Rome the city offers a lot of accomodations for every tipe of demand. Some hotels offer the possibility to make your reservation online.

Are you searching new ideas for 2009 New Year’s day? Why do not  celebrate  New Year’s eve in Rome? The city organizes as every year a lot of events, live performances and concerts; also on December the program is full of interesting  initiatives.

If you like concerts of classical music you can choose  “Galà Viennese”  at “Auditorium Parco della Musica”, “Gran Galà Johann Strauss” at “Auditorium della Conciliazione”, and “New Year’s day Concert”. If you prefer theatre, you can attend “New year’s day at Salone Margherita”,  with the comedians Oreste Lionello and Martufello, and “New Year’s Day at Puff”, with Lando Fiorini that will entertain the public with his comic vivacity.

In Rome also children are protagonists of New Year’s Eve: there are “Winx On Ice” with Carolina Kostner at Palalottomatica, “La Bella Addormentata nel Bosco on Ice” at Tendastrisce, and  “Medrano Circus” in Clodio Place.

If you want some informations on price and reservation you can consulte the site (in Italian version) with all the events of Roman 2009 New Year’s Eve.

Rome is the ideal destination for your winter holiday. It is not too late to organize your Christmas holiday. Choose the accomodation basing on your necessities. Do not miss this occasion!

Hotel Caprice in Rome is the ideal destination if you have to stay some days in Italian capital city. Hotel Caprice is a 3 star luxury hotel, situated in the historical center, near Via Veneto and Villa Borghese. It is perfect to give you the deserved relax after an hard day.

After the renovation Hotel Caprice has 40 rooms, perfectly furnished in every detail, with a confortable atmosphere. Every room has air conditioned, telephone and TV.

Hotel Caprice has a garage for cars and an internet point with Wi-Fi area, to connect your PC or phone.

At Hotel Caprice you can also find a pleasant relax area and an elegant breakfast room.
Why are you waiting? Give you a luxury holiday in Rome. Book a room at Hotel Caprice: you simply  have to visit the site and insert your data in the form. You can check the availability and book a room in 5 minutes!

Hotel Diplomatic is a luxury 3 star hotel in the center of Rome, near Castel Sant’Angelo, St. Peter’s Square and Trinità dei Monti.

The hotels offers 45 rooms to permict the highest level of relax and comfort. Every room has air conditioned, tv, telephone, minibar and personal security box. Also furniture and design are been studied to create a raffinate and luxurious place.

The guests of the hotel can find also a large and bright  patio terrace, an open space with confortable airmchairs and tables,  where they can have a drink and enjoy a peaceful break .

Hotel Diplomatic offers also a garage for cars and an Internet point with WI FI area.

To book a room at Hotel Diplomatic you can phone at number +39 06 3611998 or compile the form online, inserting check in date, check out date, room type and personal data.

From December 11 to December 14 Fiera Roma is going to host  “Arti e Mestieri Expo -    Show-Market of Handcrafts and Food and Wine“.

With more than 20000 square metres of exhibition, the visitor will have an interesting occasion to find quality products at a good price. The tradition and the creativity of handicrafts and also the better tipycal food and wine products are the main point of “Arte e Mestieri Expo”. It is not only a commercial occasion, but also a cultural one, to  revalue the figure of craftsman that faces the future but contemporarily does not give up the tradition and the quality of handiwork.

Next to the expositions of clothing, furnishings, goldsmith, gift items, food and wine will be present a special section of “Quality Handmade Beer”.

This commercial event in Rome will be opened  Thursday 11 and Friday 12 from 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. and Saturday 13 and Sunday 14 from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. The entrance is free.

If you want to stay some days in Rome, book a room in one of the hotels of Groupe Valadier. With its 4 luxury hotels (Valadier, Zone, Diplomatic and Caprice) Groupe Valadier offers you the perfect accomodation in Rome!

Until December 11 the “Auditorium Parco della Musica” is going to host the exhibition “100 years of Orchestra of Santa Cecilia”.

This artistic and musical event in Rome is organized by Accademia Nazionale of Santa Cecilia with the collaboration of Studio Azzurro, in occasion of the centenary of the fondation of the orchestra, that represents the history of Italian symphonic music through 14.000 concerts.

The exhibition is not only the story of the successes of these 100 years of artistic work, but it involves the visitor recalling dreamy dimension and emotions offered by music. Through the technologies of Studio Azzurro, there are free figures in the space (as they were musicians in air without gravity) that are moved by the public with a special sensitive wand. It creates an orchestral score that corresponds to gesture and movements of the wand, with the sound of the music in the air.

In the second room, three interactive stations permict the visitor to deepen the  history of the orcherstra  through a virtual tour in multi-media file of Accademia.

The entrance is free. The exhibition is opened from Mondays to Sundays from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.

If you want to stop some days in Rome, Hotel Valadier is the better solution for you. In central position,  Hotel Valadier is a 4 star luxury hotel situated in an ancient restructured palace, with 4 types of rooms to satisfy every demand of the client!

From December 18 to January 11 “Gran Teatro” in Rome is going to host the musical “Notre Dame de Paris“.

This event, realized by Riccardo Cocciante and Jean Luc Plamandon, is an international success, with 15 million of spectators in a lot of countries in these ten years. The CD of the sonorous column sold ten million of copies.

The musical is based on the famous Victor Hugo’s novel: the themes of  injustice, hypocrisy and racism are narrated through Quasimodo’s impossible and tragic love  for Esmeralda, a gipsy.  The story is  accompanied by the emotion of Riccardo Cocciante and Jean Luc Plamandon’s music,  for an  exciting artistic and musical experience.

If you want more informations you can consulte the official site of the musical (only available in Italian version), where you can also buy the tickets.

To spend some days in Rome, book a room in one of the hotels of Groupe Valadier: quality, courtesy and comfort, guaranteed by the mark of Groupe Valadier.

Rome is the most famous city in the world and offers rare beauties of art and culture. Italian capital city offers structure for all necessities: hostels, camping, residence and hotels  for every type of request.

For the visitor that does not want to rinunce to elegance and comfort  a perfect solution is the category of luxury hotels.  In the outskirts or in the center of the city (as Hotel Valadier for example) this type of hotel offers comfort, elegance and peacefulness.

Hotel Valadier, for example, is a 4 star luxury hotel situated in an ancient building near the district of Villa Borghese; offers 68 rooms, furnished with elegance, refinement and with the best choice of materials. Advanced technologies as plasma TV display and Internet wi-fi give a complete relax at the client.

Hotel Valadier permict its client to easily book the room online. Visit the Internet site to find all the informations: book your room immediately!

Until January 6 the “Palazzo delle Esposizioni“ in Rome is going to host the exhibition “Etruscans. The Ancient Cities of Lazio”, organized in conjunction with the Regional Authority’s Culture.

This cultural event in Rome tells the story of the development of the main cities of Etruscan civilization (Cerveteri, Tarquinia, Vulci and Veio), that initially had a lot of common roots, but subsequently grew up in different ways regarding art and life style.

Veio is remembered as the city of the manufacture of terracotta and Vulci is represented by monumental sculpture in local stone. Cerveteri is celebrated for its splendid tomb architecture, whereas Tarquinia has more than 100 frescoed tombs.

The exhibition highlights the influence of Etruscan civilization on some religious and social rituals that will be recovered by Roman society, analysing also continuity and differences between the two cultures. A lot of works of art from Etruscan localities are on public display for the first time.

The exhibition is opened from Tuesday to Thursday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., on Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 10,30 p.m. and on Sunday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.

To not miss this cultural event, sojourning some days in Rome, book a room at Hotel Caprice. As all the hotels of Groupe Valadier, Hotel Caprice is a guarantee for the high level of quality and courtesy, in a perfect position in the centre of the city.

Until March 1th the Museum of Roman Culture is going to host the exhibition “The star is drawin. A stroll with Gilles Chaillet amongst signs and drawings through the Rome of the Caesars”, organized by Vivalibri.

In the rooms can be admired 20 originals drawings by Gilles Chaillet, loaned by Archaeological Musem of Arles. Visiting the exhibition is a virtual walk in the ancient Rome, in all its details, building by building.

Sunsequently the visitor explores the spectacular and famous model of the city of Rome, realized by Italo Gismondi. There are a lot of multi-media stations with virtual visits, videos and descriptions on monuments.

The exhibition is opened by Tuesday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and on Saturday and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. The entrance ticket is 6,50 € and permicts the complete visit of Museum of Roman Culture, with its 59 sections and more than 12000 square metres of expositions.

Not miss the occasion to visit the past and the present of Rome. Book a room at Hotel Diplomatic or at Hotel Valadier, two perfect solutions for your accomodation in Rome.