Places to spend new year's eve, 2010 in Florence

Here are some ideas for New Year's Eve in Florence Italy 2011:

You can celebrate new years eve in florence in different ways.

New year party 2011 firenze

New years eve 2011 at Palazzo Gaddi: gala dinner and party with disco all night long. The palace is in the center of Florence. Parking is available in the close parking of San Lorenzo. Here is the menu and prices>>

What other entertainment is available during New Year's Eve?

Here are some events in Florence for new year 2011

- Celebrate on the Streets of Florence and enjoy free live music. There will be 4 concerts in 4 squares of Florence: Santissima Annunziata square, Repubblica square, Piazza della Signoria and the main train station of Florence: Santa Maria Novella. Choose the kind of music you prefer: Jazz, Classic, Rock.. and enjoy!

As midnight approaches, make your west along via Calzaiuoli and reach Piazza della Signoria to toast all together.

- Skate on the ice rink until midnight.

For italians celebrating the New Year in the streets is a classic way to spend New Year's Eve. The streets and squares of Firenze are filled with many people singing and drinking!

If you prefer a comfortable dinner and quiet atmosphere...

Florence dinner gala locations:

- Alle Murate restaurant - gala dinner in a elegant and luxury restaurant

- Osteria del caffe italiano - typical tuscan food for a special gala dinner (only 95 €).

New Year'eve at luxury restaurant in Florence Alle Murate

Celebrate New Year's Eve in Florence with a special dinner in one of most elegant restaurant of Florence: Alle Murate.

Here is the menu for the 31st of December:

Sicilian red prawns tartare
ginger, lime and parsley sauce. Crispy celeriac

White Zolfini soup with scallops
and pistachio powder from Bronte

Hand made tortelli filled with burrata cheese and cuttlefish ragout
turnip sauce and sepia waffle

Orange salad
with pastry wafer and Nubia red garlic mild sauce

Roast beef with white truffle
broccoli puree and hand made paprika bread

Pears with saffron stuffed with chocolate mousse
sweet wine with anise and cinnamon

Coffee and petits fours
for info>>

Celebrate Thanksgiving day at Four Season hotel in Florence

Thursday November 25th: Thanksgiving at Four Season luxury hotel you can have a special meal at the lounge bar. Kids under 5 years don't pay. You can order only 1 dish if you want or the entire menu.

Steamed Chianina “magatello” with artichoke salad and parmesan flakes
Warm scallops with creamed chestnuts laced with Piedmont hazelnut oil
Truffled codfish ravioli with pumpkin brunoise flavored with butter and sage, Cinta Senese ham

Traditional turkey filled with herbs, cranberry sauce and sweet glazed potatoes

Pumpkin bavarese with macaroons and crispy pumpkin seeds

Coffee and friandises

4 Courses 85 € per person
5 Courses 95 € per person

For information and reservations
Ristorante Il Palagio 055 2626450

Florence Wine Event 2010

The 4th edition of the Florence Wine Event will take place in the prestigious setting of Cortile dell’Ammannati Palazzo Pitti on Friday 19th from 16,00 to 21,00, on Saturday 20th from 11,00 to 21,00 and on Sunday 21st from 11,00 to 20,00.

The Florence Wine Event is a fantastic occasion for the enological world as well as an event promoting the Florentine Oltrarno.

There will be over 100 wineries predominantly coming from Tuscany, which means that a visitor will be able to choose among 250 different types of wine.

All the wineries involved represent the excellence in the wine world, so that you will be able to taste Brunello di Montalcino, Nobile di MOntepulciano, Vernaccia di San Gimignano, Morellino di Scansano and a wide range of Chiantis both from the Classico and from the Colli Fiorentini and Rufina districts. There will also be many Supertuscans by celebrated wineries as well as many natural and biological wines.

The producers themselves will present their wines and it will be possible to talk with them about the quality and the procedures of their work.

Moreover there will be several estates from the North-East of Italy (Friuli and Veneto) featuring white wines, sparkling wines and other enological products.

Qualified sommeliers will initiate people to Grappa, this made by the participating wineries, a fascinating discovery of another Italian product.

The Florence Wine Event is a great festival where you will be able to taste an extraordinary selection of Italian wines in a unique setting.

To join in the sampling you will only have to buy the 10 euro Sampling Kit at the entrance of Palazzo Pitti.. This includes a glass, a small shoulder bag, the catalogue and a drink card valid for 12 samples.

The Florence Wine Event offers not merely an extraordinary opportunity of tasting. In fact it gives you the chance to experience this charming and still very traditional district of Florence with its tangled narrow streets departing from Palazzo Pitti towards San Frediano and boasting a great variety of restaurants and clubs, craft and antique shops as well as fashionable and vintage clothing boutiques.

There will be also several Extraevents offering selected enogastronomical occasions, all of them taking place in the Oltrarno area, in the neighbourhood of Palazzo Pitti.

All these events will feature a combination of wine and food inspired by Tuscan tradition in which the local hosts will propose special menus matching the wines. Last but not least there will be some handicraft exhibitions emphasizing the skill and work of the Oltrarno artisans. Videos and films about wine in its past and present connections will also accompany the events.

Cortile dell’Ammannati Palazzo Pitti

19, 20 and 21 November 2010

The complete calendar of the events can be seen at www.florencewinevent.com

New Year's Eve in Florence: romantic dinner for two

This is one of the most fancy romantic restaurants in Florence, Italy.

Alle Murate is located in a historic 14th-century palace close to Ponte Vecchio, with roman underground and Dante Alighieri frescoes, italian restaurant Alle Murate.

New Year's Eve in Florence 2011

Dinner of 31st December 2010

• Welcome appetizer
•  Sicilian red prawns tartare ginger, lime and parsley sauce. Crispy celeriac 
• White Zolfini soup with scallops and pistachio powder from Bronte (Sicily)
• Hand made tortelli filled with burrata cheese and cuttlefish ragout turnip sauce and sepia waffle
•  Orange salad with pastry wafer and Nubia red garlic mild sauce 
• Roast beef with white truffle broccoli puree and hand made paprika bread 
• Pears with saffron stuffed with chocolate mousse sweet wine with anise and cinnamon

Coffee and petits fours

180 euro per person
(a spumante bottle included)
make a reservation: silvia@allemurate.it

Frank Doorhof workshop in Florence

Frank invites all levels to join in on the seminar and workshop, as you’ll find yourself walking away with newfound knowledge in the following areas, location work, metering, light shaping, lighting tools, white balance, photoshop retouching and web display. This isn't one of those stuffy seminar/workshops where someone walks in, explains things quickly, without interuption, walks out the door and that's it..

November 13th (max 50 seats) Florence

The theory behind the workshops :

"To see the light is to understand the light, but to understand the light you have to see the light"

This is an intense seminar which will start with the very basics of how light works. Don't be fooled however with this description. In the years I've taught workshops I found out that most photographers are very aware of how to measure lights and setup their preference. However I also found out that very few really understand what they are doing, thus limiting themselves in being really creative with their light.

In this 2 hour seminar we start out simple by explaining the different ways light behaves and you will learn to "read" images and understand what light sources were used to create an image but most of all where they were positioned. But that's just the first 10 minutes. After that the level will increase considerably. There is a lot of attention given to understanding how you can manipulate but most of all measure light to make the scene exactly as you have envisioned it. Meaning you will learn to read and understand your lightmeter. You will learn how to use reflective metering to calculate the perfect white and black background and how to fit the whole scene within the dynamic range of your camera. After that there is a section about understanding color and how to manipulate them. Always wanted to know how to make the skies nice and saturated without using photoshop. Learn how to manipulate those colors on the spot and in camera. Always wanted to know how to make beautiful golden hour light falling through a window, or magenta skies without the use of selections in photoshop. You will learn to understand how it works in this section.

You will also learn how to work with colorcheckers, coloranalyzers and most of all how to calibrate your lightmeter so that it works flawless on your camera. After the theory there will be a part where several images are shown using the techniques learned in the previous part accompanied by explanations about the setups. After the seminar there is room for discussions and a personal touch. The whole seminar is not about tricks, you can learn that everywhere online.This seminar is about understanding how the system works and really knowing how to use it in your own photography. The seminar is not for beginners or pros only, every photographer should find something in here that is more than worth the admittance fee.

November 14th (max 15 students) exotic location in Tuscany

Putting it all into practice "Why fake it when you can create it"

Learn how to make a stunning location look even better or use the studio to the max. In this workshop you will be taught how you can use the theory from the seminar on location and in the studio. Learn how to use just enough flash to make a stunning atmospheric fashion shot as you see in so many magazines. See how to shoot it in camera without having to "paint with light" afterwards.

About Frank Doorhof

Frank Doorhof is an experienced fashion and glamour photographer with a broad experience in both studio and location. His workshops are highly regarded in both the Netherlands as abroad.

His work can be seen in several publications and for example on CD's/DVD's and posters from the world famous pianist Wibi Soerjadi since 2004. 

For info:  info@filippotomasi.com

Best new year party in Florence, Italy

If you are looking for New year's dinners in Florence or where to celebrate New Year 2011 here is the place for you: Palazzo Gaddi! In the heart of Florence, close to Michelangelo's David and Pontevecchio, the coolest party in a historic palace.

• From 8.30 pm, gala dinner served by waiters at the table, in the elegant halls of the historic Florentine building, including candles, well served tables and romance.
•  At midnight: countdown and toast with sparkling wine to celebrate the New Year together.
• After midnight dance all night long with DJ and live music.

Open bar until closing! unlimited drinks. Drink as much as you can...