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Until January 6, in occasion of Christmas festivity, the City of Rome organizes “Roma città Natale. Una festa unica al mondo”.

For the first time cultural and enjoying events are co-ordinated by  public institutions to increase the quality of the proposal giving magical moments to Romans and tourists. In every part of the city the atmosphere will be magic with  creches,  music, traditional songs, concerts, children games, exhibitions and Christmas decorations. Special openings of museums and charitable initiatives will be organized.

A brilliant proposal can be the concert “Happy Christmas for Rome”,  with the presence of  the Spanish  soprano Montserrat Caballè, at “Santa Maria Madre del Redentore” church.

For tourists there is the convenient card ROME PASS that costs 20 € and permicts the free entrance at the first two museums visited, free use of public transports and reduced price  for the following museums or  archaeological sites.

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Until January 25 the National Gallery of Modern Art is going to host the exhibition “Giorgio de Chirico and Greece. A journey through memory”, organized by “Giorgio and Isa De Chirico Institute”.

This artistic event in Rome exposes more than 100 artworks realized by Giorgio De Chirico, the most important exponent of metaphysics painting, in occasion of the anniversary of 30 years by his death.

The influences of the classical world and an innovative pictorial language melt to create a final work that is not a simple imitation, but it is an imaginative reinterpretation. So the paintings ispired by Michelangelo, Tintoretto and Rubens are eleborated in metaphysics sense,  with the contemporaneus presence of myhological theme and classical figures.

The exhibition, organized in six sections, is opened by Tuesday to Sunday from 8,30 a.m. to 7,30 p.m. The full entrance is 9 €.

If you want to stay some days in Rome, choose the Hotel Valadier! Only 500 metres far from  National Gallery of Modern Art, this 4 star luxury hotel is in a perfect position to make a turistic tour of the city.

Until January 6 the “Sala del Bramante” in Rome is going to host “100 Creches Exhibition“.

Every year, with Christmas festivity,  the fascination and the tradition  of creche revive, as genuine element of Christmas celebration, in different  places as habitations, schools, churchs and offices.

Since 1976 “100 Creches Exhibition” exposes more than 200 creches, coming from Italy and other 25 countries of every continent.  People can admire classical Neapolitan creches from 1600, Roman creches from 1800, figurines realized with precious metal or rejected materials, man-height figurines or miniatures. There are different works, but these pieces have as common point the values of peace and brotherhood spread by Christ’s Nativity.

The exhibition is accompanied by an interessant Workshop for children from 4 to 11 years, that personally realize a figurine of creche with the guidance of specialized staff.

The exhibition is opened from Monday to Sunday from 9,30 a.m. to 8p.m. (until 10 p.m. on December 25, 26, 27 and on January 3,4,5). The full entrance is 4,50 € (5 € on Saturdays, Sundays or  public holiday).

To take the opportunity to stay some days in Rome, book a room at Hotel Valadier. This 4 star luxury hotel, near People Square, is perfect for the comfort and the quality guaranteed by the mark Groupe Valadier.

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.