SanremoinFiore 2012

One of the events that contributed in making the City of Flowers famous in Europe and in the World is the Sanremoinfiore, the traditional parade of the Floral Floats of San Remo.

The Corso Fiorito of San Remo began in 1904,  over 100 years ago, when the carriages were decorated with flowers and created with great mastery and  creativity by the San Remo crossbreeders that presented their lastest floral creations.

In the past this event was called  ”Feast of the Goddess Flora”, an important floral homage to the flowers of San Remo that were and still are  the motor of the economy of the city, so much to call San Remo the “City of Flowers”.

Through the years, the name of the Parade of the Floral Floats  changed many times, it was first called  “Italia in Fiore” (Italy in Bloom) then “Battaglia dei Fiori” (Battle of the Flowers) and “Getto dei Fiori” (Shot of Flowers),  up to the most classical name: “Corso Fiorito” .

The editions continued until 1966 and after followed a pause until the 1980′s when the event started to reappear always in a different way with a great explosion of media and full of side events like folk groups, marching bands, dancers.

Great impetus to the SanremoInfiore was surely given by the live broadcast of Sunday morning on the TV chanel Raiuno during the program ”Linea Verde”.

The view of the flower- covered floats with their explosion of colors and freshness, near the seashore with a beautiful sun and under a blu sky in late January, therfore in deep winter, has always been a wonderful visiting card for San Remo and for the mild climate of the Flower Riviera.

The floats that participate to the parade are decorated by some of the communes of the province of  Imperia and Savona, every year the parade has a different theme and a title is given to each town to take ispiration for their creation.

The planning of the float takes a few months but its decoration with thousands of fresh flowers grown in Riviera is done over one night, dozens of dressing artists, volunteers and passionates work all night from sunset to dawn to create these beautiful floats that will parade in the morning  to be admired and judged  long the streets of San Remo.

The appointment for 2012 will be for Sunday March 25, from two years the date of the Parade of the Floral Floats has been moved to the end of March for organizational issues of the City of San Remo for the planning of the events.

The theme for the editon 2012 will be: “Le ore nel mondo”  (The hours in the world) and the change of the time zones, combining the theme with the return of the daylight-saving time expected for the night between  March 24-25 2012.

The communes of the province of  Imperia that will partecipate to the parade will be: Bordighera, Cipressa, Dolceacqua, Imperia, Ospedaletti, Santo Stefano al Mare, Seborga, Taggia, Ventimiglia and Golfo Dianese.

While the cities from which the floral floats must take inspiration are the following: Hawaii, San Francisco, New York, Rio de Janeiro, London, Paris, Cairo, Moscow, Bangkok, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Sydney.

There will be many novelties presented in the edition 2012 of the SanremoInFiore , the weekend before the parade will be full of events in theme with the the flowers of San Remo and the whole city will prepare many initiatives for this edition.

The Nyala Suite Hotel proposes to the passionates a special offer for the Flower Parade !
The agency Nyala Wonder Travel proposes a tour package of 3 days to visit San Remo in Flowers  for individuals and  for groups !

A romantic San Valentine to pass in Riviera

For all those who want to enjoy  a romantic getaway, the occasion of February 14, San Valentine could represent the perfect moment to pass a weekend full of surprises in the Riviera.
The proposals of accomodations meet even the most demanding turists, you can plunge in the beauty of the hinterland of the Flower Riviera,  choosing as point of reference one of the fantastic and magical villages like Apricale a stone casket all to be discovered, Dolceacqua  land of Roses or Triora town of the witches.   

Small treasures honored with the Orange Flags and pearls of hospitality  and quality of life, enchanted places, perfect for a romantic getaway for a few days from the stress and the hectic pace of everyday life.
You can visit the historical centers of the towns, get lost in their suggestive and labyrinth paths that characterize the villages of the hinterland, a few steps from the sea and from the coast  but protected behind by the beautiful colors and fragrances of the  Maritime Alps.
At any time you can enjoy for lunch,  snack or for dinner the best specialities of the Ligurian cuisine  of the extreme Ponent, all you have to do is take your pick.
Even the stay on the coast could turn out to be a good occasion to fully cherish the winter sea, full of romance and charm.
You may have the occasion to come across a wonderful day of spring in deep winter, here in Riviera , it’s not that difficult, just a few sunbeams and no sea breeze from the coast and you can  dart on the bike path with bicycle, skates or just for a walk between sea, sky and Mediterranean nature.
For the couples who don’t want to renounce to the pleasure of worldliness even for San Valentine, remember that on February 14 will begin the Festival of San Remo and the City of Flowers  will become as if by magic  the center of the world of music, of entertainment and of gossip!

San Remo Festival 2012: the final countdown!

Last weeks before the curtains open on the 62th edition of the San Remo Festival of the  Italian Song , an eagerly awaited  appointment that will take place in the City of Flowers from February 14 to February 18 2012.

The preparations already began in the begining of January where the Ariston Theatre that will host the singing competition is closed  for the costruction of the set and stage.

If the presence of the host Gianni Morandi, reconfirmed after the incredible success of the 2011 edition, was a certainty months ago, instead  the official list of the participants was pubblished a few days ago.

Gianni Morandi will be accompanied for the 5 evenings of the show  by the actor and director Rocco Papaleo and by two unevitable beauties from across the Alps: Tamara Ecclestone ed Ivana Mrazova.  

The singers for the category “Artisti” will be 14, some names were on the web and on gossip magazines already weeks ago but the official confermation arrived by Gianni Morandi himself on Sunday January 15.

From February 14 to 18, the battle will be between Dolcenera, Irene Fornaciari, Nina Zilli, Samuele Bersani, Pierdavide Carone-Lucio Dalla, Noemi, Matia Bazar, Arisa, Francesco Renga,  Emma Marrone, Loredana Bertè-Gigi D’Alessio, Chiara Civello, Eugenio Finardi, Marlene Kuntz.

For the category “Giovani” 8 singers will battle, two selected from AreaSanremo, the bands Io Ho Sempre Voglia and i Bidiel and 6 from Sanremo Social, directly on the web: Alessandro Casillo,  Giulia Anania, Marco Guazzone,  Celeste Gaia , Erica Mou  and Dana Angi.

The name of guests, as always, will be kept top segret probably till the last minute, but names like Adriano Celentano which could be the surprise of 2012, are  spreading around,  among the awaited appearances we also have Patti Smith, Brian May,  Noa, Stevie Wonder……..

Like every year, we expect  controversies, scoops, disqualifications and all that makes news and we’re confident that it won’t take long to arrive!

International Festival of the Monte Carlo Circus 2012

On the scene there will be, from  January 19 to January 29 2012, the 36th edition of  International Festival of the Monte Carlo Circus, one of the most important and prestigous circus festival of  the world.

The Festival was born in 1974 for the the willing of Prince Ranieri of Monaco that decided to set up the event to give visibility and and a special recognition to the circus art intended  in all its disciplines.

From some years, the patronage passed to S.A.S. the Princess Stéphanie, that is carrying forward with great enthusiasm and competence the heritage left by her father and along with the Organization of the Festival, is activated so that  every year on the ring of Fontvielle pass the best artists and the most valid companies of the world.

For the 2012 edition are awaited participants like the Acrobat Company of Shangai,  the Duo  Israfilov from Russia,  Azzario Sisters  from Spain and many other artists/athletes capable of amazing and astonishing acrobatics of great technical value.

A special place is aways dedicated to the clowns which are one of the symbols of the circus festival of Monte Carlo, their endless  happiness, ingenuity and carefreeness give a touch of childhoodness and dream to the entire event.

Every year at the end of the Festival a qualified jury assigns the Golden Clown to the winner of the festival and many other awards and special mentions.

Another new novelty of 2012 edition will be a section dedicated to the young artists that will take place on February 4-5 always at the Chapiteau de Fontvieille of Montecarlo, the Festival “New Generation” . This will be an absolute novelty in the circus world, a real contest on a circus ring for all  new rising talents of this antique and magic art.

Riviera and Scandinavia, an encounter full of surprises

 The Riviera and the Scandinavian countries are territories thousands of  miles away and they differ in climate, traditions and culture.  You’ll be curious to know that somehow there’s a subtle relationship between these two lands.

Alfred Nobel  is famous for being the discoverer of the dynamite, in his honor are entitled prizes that annually are awarded in Stoccolma to important personalities who distinguish themselves in  many fields.

The Swedish scientist spent the last years of his life  in  San Remo, where he died at the age of 63 on Dec 10 1896.

The most interesting passage of his stay in Riviera is without doubt the beautiful villa with park situated in Corso Cavallotti  in San Remo, which he called “my nest” and now propriety of the province of Imperia.

Villa Nobel houses the library and a collection of personal items and  heirlooms belonging to the Swedish scientist, made available by the Nobel Foundation of Stockholm.

San Remo and Stockholm have in common the cultural and scientific heritage of Alfred Nobel and every year on Dec 10, date of the assignment of  the prize to him dedicated, the City of Flowers offers to the Swedish capital an important floral tribute.

The floral decorations that adorn the Concert Hall where the Nobel Prizes are awarded come from the Flower Riviera. There’re  carnations, gladioli, gerberas and thousands and thousands of scented flowers that also decorate the Blue Room of the Town Hall where the King and an exclusive group of invitees banquet .

Another personality that had an important bond with San Remo was Evert Taube, a famous Swedish  folk singer-songwriter, who lived at the turn of the nineteenth and twentieth century. Sweden remembers him as one of its national poets and the city of Stockholm erected a statue in his honor.

The Flower Riviera and in particular San Remo were an important source of inspiration  for his lyric vein. A poem of romantic inspiration, “Serenata in Sanremo” (Serenade in San Remo), was dedicated to his future wife, Astri Bergman, whom he met in the City of Flowers in 1920 at Villa Bella Vista.

The second lyrics with a more witty spirit is entitled  “Il Panettiere allegro in Sanremo” (The happy bread baker in San Remo) and it talks about a bread baker that while he kneaded dough sung and entertained happily some madams but the intervention of his wife  puts everyone at their place !

Even the table  expresses the union between the Riviera and the Scandinavia, let’s take for example the stockfish, a typical North European dish that combined with the extra virgin olive oil of the Ligurian Riviera valleys create a great combination!

The stockfish or the stick fish is a special food processing of cod that has it’s origins in the Scandinavian countries, in particular the Lofoten Islands, an archipelago at the north east of  Norway. These islands base their economy and their feeding on this precious food, exporting it all over the world.

Badalucco, a small village of the Argentina Valley, twined with the Lofoten Islands, celebrate over forty years this precious food dedicating to it a great feast at mid September where the stockfish is cooked according to an ancient recipe, called in fact “alla badalucchese”.

Once the stockfish was considered as a poor man’s dish but it was widely used for its excellent proprieties of conservation and the good  protein power.

The legend narrates that the stockfish fed  the population of Balducco during the long raids of the barbarian invasions, hence the celebration of this dish, symbol of the town.

Castelbianco is a village in the near hinterland of Albenga, province of  Savona, formed of four  fractions, Veravo, Vesallo, Oresine and Colletta.

You can easily find many villages like this in Liguria, immersed in olive and fruit trees, a couple of houses, ruins of mills and olive crushers, signs of a living and laborious past.

After the terrible earthquake that on February 1887  struck the Ligurian Ponente the center gradually emptied, in particular the village of Colletta.

Today in theXXI century Colletta di Castelbianco makes people talk for having transformed itself in an eletronic village, a  futuristic center completely dedicated to technology.

The transformation took place thanks to a group of enterprising foreigners, Norwegians, Dutch, in general North Europeans, owners of sixty accommodations purchased and restored in a stylish way but with a wired heart.

The small village  is reborn to new life, we celebrate again the olive oil feast, the harvest and the olive crushing, everyone do their share, in harmony and speaking  all  the same language that has become English.

San Remo Chess 2012: the City of Flowers welcomes the international chess tournament

After the success of the last year, returns to San Remo the “San Remo Chess 2012″.
From January 5 to January 8 2012, the City of Flowers will become once again the center of an international chess tournament, with the ambition of becoming a steady reference point for Italian and foregin amateurs.
San Remo boasts an exceptional blazon in the chess world since 1930 when it hosted the world championship that became legend with  the victory of  Alexander Alekhine. It was the biggest tournament  ever organized in Italy and one of the most important event in the international scene of that period to which almost all the best players participated. The tournament, which took place in the Casino, saw the victory of the world Champion with an almost unbeatable performance of14 wins over 15 matches.
Thanks to the Imperia Chess Circle that created a prestigious association with this fascinating discipline organizing the most durable national tournament – this year the International Chess Festival of Imperia has reached its 53rd edition – San Remo is back to host the Chess Festival.
The official seat of the event is the Nyala Suite Hotel in via Solaro 134. Moreover, the Nyala Wonder Travel, strong of its decennial experience, arranges the accomodation of the partecipates and takes care of  the promotion and the communication outside the traditional chess world.  
Info: www.sanremoscacchi.com

A dinner with Libereso Gugliemi, Calvino’s gardener

Libereso Guglielmi

It’s an elegant and original vegetarian menu the one proposed by the Nyala Suite Hotel for Thursday Dec. 15 in occasion of a pleasant dinner with Libereso Gugliemi.

All those interested can partecipate booking at the numero 0184/667 668

The dinner, with a cost  of 34 Euro, includes the following menu:

• polenta with ragu of honey mushrooms
• quenelle of eggplants with greek yogurt
• mousse of mushrooms with spinach and cottage cheese
• perls of cheese with Treviso radicchio and honey
• tofu crepes with mushrooms and Taggia olives
• risotto with saffron whipped with red cow butter and buffala mozzarella
• croquettes of semolina and eggs in green sauce with cabbage flan
• cottage cheese cake
• elight of rennet apples

Beverages are included: natural and sparkling Lurisia mineral water , Rossese DOC Calvini and Vermentino Doc Calvini. Coffee will be served at the table. In this occasion the Libereso Gugliemi Calendar 2012 will be presented, edited by the publishing house Zem  (www.edizionizem.com) with the presence of Claudio Porchia. This is an original desk calendar where all the beauty and the variety of the vegetarian world beloved by Libereso comes out , which includes not only the introduction of wild herbs and flowers in everyday dishes but also a great attention towards the calendar and the alternation of the seasons. Moreover, you can visit the exhibition of water colors and drawings created by Liberesi Gugliemi and inspired by nature, which is still in progress at the Art Rooms of  the Nyala Suite Hotel ( the exhibition is curated by Dr.Giorgia Cassini).

The village of Santa Claus in San Remo!

Grandi novità in arrivo a Sanremo per il periodo natalizio, dall’8 dicembre all’8 gennaio la centralissima Piazza Borea D’Olmo si trasformerà nel Villaggio di Babbo Natale

Big news coming in San Remo for the Christmas period, from Dicember 8 to January 8, the  Borea D’Olmo Square will become theVillage of Santa Claus!

An entire month dedicated primarily to children with a bundle of surprises, activites and shows and with the undisputed protagonist Santa Claus accompanied by his elves, gnomes, reindeers and all the merry court!

Many inflatables will be set up, a stage for the perforamances of the artists  of the Theatre of  1000 colors and the Scalzo Theatre.

There will be  reading workshops alternated with interpretation of fairy tales, afternoons dedicated to gastronomy. You can share your toys and repair dolls and teddy bears at the toy hospital!

All the events, edited by the association Narima in collaboration with  the municipal adminstration of San Remo, will be with free admittance and there will be a tensostructure where the activities will be held in case of bad weather.

Contact us to recieve an offer for your Christmas, we’re at your disposal for a package starting from € 69,00 per person!

San Remo is getting ready for New Year 2012

The wait is growing for the New Year 21012 in the City of Flowers, places symbol of San Remo like Casino, Colombo Square , the Port offer many interesting high level events.

The Casino of San Remo offers  two shows, the first at the Roof Garden with an evening in company of Jerry Calà , the second appointment will be in Biribissi hall where there will be a dinner accompanied  by live music  and starting from
1:30 am the night will come alive with the presence of a deejay e music until dawn!

In Colombo Square a grand show that will involve the city with the Orchestra of  Gianni Mazza, music, rhythm and fun all night, at the striking of Midnight you’ll drink watching  the traditional fireworks over the Old Port ( Porto Vecchio) of San Remo!

There will also be live music in San Siro Square and all the nightclubs of San Remo from Bresca Square to the area of Portosole, where the most trendy places of the riviera are concentrated, will offer fantastic appointments for the longest night of the year!

Lastly we like to inform you of  the Baby New Year that will be held in Borea D’Olmo Square, within the Village of Santa Claus dressed up for the holiday, a grand evening with dancing, games, magic  and a lot of fun for small chidren and kids that want to be part of it!

Christmas markets in Riviera

Also in Riviera there will be many events awaiting  for the passionates 0f Christmas markets, colorful stands full of lights, gifts and good things to put under the Christmas tree, places where you can find the best Christmas gifts for family and friends without spending a fortune and discover curious items and interesting novelties!

We invite you Saturday Dicember 10 and Sunday Dicember 11, in the historical center of Bordighera the 4th Christmas market, an exhibition of stands with food products and handmade articles, a place to visit all day long  in the streets of Bordighera Alta.

In Ospedaletti always in the days Dicember 10-11, there will be a fascinating Christmas market, visitable from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm that will  offer specialities typical of the place, organic food products, artistic handicrafts and many Christmas artefacts

In Taggia on Sunday Dicember 11 a traditional before Christmas appointment with the Grand Fair of Santa Lucia, along the  centre hundreds of stands will propose for the entire day their products, many Christmas items, tons of toys and free tasting of hot chocolat and “panettone”, the traditional Christmas cake.

The City of Flowers offers for the long weekend of Immacolata, from Dicember 8 to Dicember 11, a Christmas market  set up in Colombo Square with the participation of many artisans from San Remo and from nearby towns.

From Dicember 16 to Dicember 18 at the Palafiori in Corso Garibaldi in San Remo there will be the Fair of the Craftmade and Creative Gift (Fiera del Regalo artigianale e creativo), from 10:00 am to 8:00pm with free admittance, a good occasion for the last gifts!

You’re a passionate of markets? Want to do some good shopping? We have a fantastic tour package starting from  € 59,00 per person in half board!! Contact us!