New Year in costume in Florence

If you plan to spend the New Year 2009 in Florence know that, in addition to traditional festivals animated by dj in the numerous nightclubs Florentine (Yab, Saschall, Colle Beret...), the city offers you the opportunity to greet the New Year in a somewhat unusual participating in the evenings in costume.

Cradle of the Renaissance, Florence could not possibly welcome to 2009 with a large banquet renaissance of the end of the year? He backdrop to this event the sixteenth Gattai Palace Budini made by Ammanati. The old home of Secretary of Cosimo de' Medici overlooks the square of the Annunciation, where once the celebrations were held for the new year in Florence, the day of Annunciation, on March 25. Today, as then relives that atmosphere of celebration with a program that includes inviting the reception of guests by staff in Renaissance clothing, during the dinner which will declaim passages of famous writers and traditional Tuscan toast, live music until 3, and concluding in beauty, indeed in goodness, the taste of sweet, chocolate pastry teachers grappas Bonci and Brunello di Montalcino and Chianti.

While the Renaissance Palace banquet Budini Gattai the historical costume is worn only by staff, it is mandatory for those participating in the evening end of the year organized by the spire of the Dragon. Once again the setting helps create the right atmosphere for a New Year in costume, the festival takes place in the hospital because of Bigallo, a medieval mansion of a Bagno a Ripoli, just 5km from South Florence. And for those who want to linger in the event of celebrations Mezzinverno begins Dec. 30 and finished the evening you can stay to sleep. Dinner buffet, rides and dancing are the ingredients of this evening where fantasy worn the shoes of a fantastic character impersonate him in a role play live. To find out costs, regulations and other you can see the site Mezzinverno.