Looking for unique Valentine's Day ideas that will make your sweetheart swoon? Orlando has countless opportunities for romance with your valentine from relaxing indulges, to intimate dining or thrilling attractions - it's all here waiting for you. Visit Orlando encourages tourists to enjoy the Valentine’s Day festivities taking place across the city. Here is an unexpected list of heart-fluttering experiences that your romantic partner is sure to enjoy. Unique Valentine's Day Tips in Orlando- Bob's Balloon Flights What could be more romantic than a hot air balloon ride at dawn over beautiful Central Florida? Take your special someone on a dream date in the clouds, with a champagne toast and buffet breakfast included! No one will forget a Valentine's Day that starts like this. Tick
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Forget a bunch of red roses this year – men who want to give something more imaginative this Valentine’s Day should go for the Dozen Red Roses Massage at the Vale Resort in south Wales as part of an overnight romantic break away. Wales’ largest spa has taken the traditional gift of a dozen red roses and given it a unique twist by developing a one-off massage treatment inspired by the ancient symbol of love and beauty. The Dozen Red Roses Massage takes warm oils, infused with the sweet fragrance of pure rose, to deliver a relaxing, all over body massage. The treatment is finished off with a glass of bubbly. The treatment has been personally developed by the Resort’s spa manager, Claire Caddick, who is always trying to offer clients spa treatments with a twist. Gents haven’t been f...
Read MoreDay is coming closer for all the chocolate lovers. Belgium, a country of traditions, has always been the very essence of one of the great homelands of chocolate on the world stage. At a global level, Belgium is still the second highest consuming country for chocolate – 10 kg per person per year. From time immemorial chocolate has represented a remarkable love story so dear to our Low Country. To honor the tradition, along with Belgian creativity and talent, the Salon du Chocolat will take place – and this is a first! – at Tour & taxis (Shed 1) from February 7 to 9 2014, right in the heart of the European capital. Brussels is therefore very proud to be hosting the first “Salon du Chocolat” to be held on Belgian soil. A wonderful occasion for bringing together and displaying in one p...
Read MoreIndians mostly welcome and celebrate spring with a festival of colors (Holi), which incidentally a night before also has an occasion to light a fire to burn the evil spirits. Similarly, Valencia welcomes the spring with its Fallas festival. Monumental, yet transitory cardboard statues are carefully built over the course of months, to then be devoured by fire in a unique spectacle. In nature it resembles more like Dussehra celebrated in India just before winters. Las Fallas is Valencia's most international festival. In the week of 19 March, the city fills with gigantic cardboard monuments, called ninots, for a competition that is marked by art, ingenuity and good taste. The origin of the celebration goes back to the carpenter's parot: these were wooden lamps used to light their w...
Read MoreFlorida has some interesting events lined up for visitors and locals alike coming into new year. Included among them is a Orchid Show and the Annual Florida fair at Tampa. International Fort Lauderdale Orchid Show: The Fort Lauderdale Orchid Society proudly presents annual Fort Lauderdale Orchid Show, “Exotic Orchids” for 2014. Enjoy beautiful exhibits, and displays, competitions, raffles, artwork, plant and supply vendors. American Orchid Society accredited judges will award prizes for best displays and best plants on the next weekend, Friday, January 17, 2014: 10 AM – 6 PM, Saturday, January 18, 2014: 10 AM – 6 PM, Sunday, January 19, 2014: 10 AM – 6 PM. Celebrating the growth of orchids has been a popular event since 1957 and today still serves to educate everyone about orchids, to d
Read MoreTintin is celebrating his 85th birthday today, 10th January, and Brussels Ice Magic – which is entirely dedicated to comic strips – is taking part in the festivities. Thus from Friday 10 January to Sunday 12 January, every visitor arriving at the ticket desk with a Tintin album will receive a €2 discount on the entrance price. On Saturday 11 January, mega-fans dressing up as one of the many Tintin characters will be allowed free entry to the ice-sculpture festival. Even ‘Snowies’ will be welcome. Winter has well and truly arrived in Brussels, with temperatures recorded on the Paleizenplein/Place des Palais ranging from +10°C to - 12°C! This is all down to Brussels Ice Magic. Until 9 February, in an eco-thermal pavilion 1100 m² in size, visitors had the chance to discover a fantasy worl
Read MoreFrom sculpture, to landscape, Dylan Thomas and the UK’s biggest art prize, National Museum Cardiff in Wales has a feast of art exhibitions for everyone in 2014 and admission is free! 2014 sees the celebrations surrounding the Dylan Thomas Centenary year. At National Museum Cardiff Sir Peter Blake presents his illustrations of Under Milk Wood (1953). This major body of work is the culmination of a 25-year project and is exhibited for the very first time. The show includes portraits of each of the characters in the cast, watercolours of the dream sequences and collages and paintings of scenes and locations in the fictional village of Llareggub.(now until 16 March 2014). Ivor Roberts-Jones was one of this country’s finest portrait sculptors and produced some impressive monumental publi...
Read MoreOrlando continues to reinvent itself with enticing additions opening in 2014. New offerings found inside its world-famous theme parks and throughout the destination give families even more reason to visit Orlando in the New Year. From hopping aboard the Hogwarts Express at Universal Orlando Resort to catching a Broadway show at the new Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, Orlando delivers unrivaled experiences to satisfy all ages and interests. Here are 10 reasons to visit Orlando in 2014: THEME PARKS 1) DUPLO Valley at LEGOLAND Florida will bring the LEGO DUPLO line of preschool building toys to life for Orlando’s youngest visitors. The new farm-themed attractions, including a train, mini tractor ride and water play area, are geared to toddlers ages 2 to 5. 2) B
Read MoreWhen winter slowly departs, carnival revelers live it up in the Upper Rhine Valley. This is when witches, devils, and other bizarre characters celebrate the fifth season. With bells, jingles, and elaborate costumes, they parade through the lanes on Shrove Tuesday to drive away the spirits of winter. In contrast to the Rhenish carnival, the Swabian-Alemannic custom reminds people of the local sagas and stories. The guilds follow strict rules here. Whether at the Morgenstraich procession, on Shrove Tuesday (Fastnacht, also called Schmotzigen Dunschdig), or on Ash Wednesday: The cities and towns are in an exceptional state for almost a week. Colorful parades attract a costumed audience that hopes for bonbons and sweets, which the carnival revelers throw into the crowd. Wearing disguise...
Read MoreThere is one more International award coming to Indian hotels' way. A luxurious boutique hotel in Rajasthan, ‘Mihir Garh’ has been crowned as the ‘World’s Best Boutique Hotel’.The property was awarded this honor at the award ceremony organized by the supreme international body that gives away these awards. ‘Mihir Garh’ was competing against a few of the finest hotels from across the world, and has brought home this coveted title. The Boutique Hotel Awards is the world's first and only prize dedicated exclusively to luxury boutique properties, providing a global arena in which hotels can showcase their unique excellence. Above all, the World Boutique Hotel Awards looks for hotels that are undeniably, irrefutably unique. Mihir Garh - the ‘Fort of the Sun’, the dream project of hus...
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