Tour the Christmas Candlelight Walk in Augusta - Augusta, Missouri April 16, 2009
Posted by janey in : holiday homes , comments closedNearly 1,000 luminaries light your path throughout Historic Augusta, Missouri the first two Friday evenings of December between five to 10 PM. The annual attraction has more than a 25 year history and has grown into a tradition for the entire community to host. A free Trolley Shuttle will carry you through town to tour the many shops and vintage stores, wineries and brewers, diners and food stands, discover unique art including hand-blown glass, paintings, and jewelry.
The area churches can help move you in the holiday cheer with Christmas caroling and encourage you to join along or simply listen in the church sanctuary with a giant Christmas tree. The city square can boost your holiday cheer with a horse drawn sleigh ride around the center of town, a warm bon fire with Chestnuts roasting and marshmallows toasting, and Santa Claus waiting to listen to you Christmas wishes.
The holiday enthusiast may appreciate the excitement of our Holiday Scavenger Hunt with a Christmas quiz and an evening awash with gathering items from all the shops. You can turn your answers to our History Museum and enter for gifts from our area merchants.
Everyone can simply relax by listening to a band at Mount Pleasant Winery with a glass of wine; enjoy the evening at dinner accompanying friends at Café Bella, Augusta Brewing Company, Ashley’s Rose or Balducci’s; receive a therapeutic massage at Halcyon or you can shop till you drop at a various of specialty shops and antique stores - a great northeast Missouri tourism.
Enjoy the holiday season in Augusta, Missouri on either of the first two Fridays of December with our Annual Candlelight Christmas Walk. The Greater Augusta Chamber of Commerce sponsors this event annually and visitors will feel the Christmas spirit throughout the village. We suggest you make your hotel reservations quickly, before all the rooms are taken. The festivities starts at five PM and goes until 10 PM with over 1,000 luminaries illuminating your way through the village.
A free Trolley shuttle is on hand to help you tour of all the wineries, spa, and attractions. You can discover original art with paintings at Augusta Wood, unique jewelry at Wine Road boutiques and hand-crafted glass by area craftsman Sam Stang at their studio in town. Stoneledge antiques and the Augusta Emporium will carry you back to yester years with a vintage collection of antiquities and exciting stuff from the past. Purely Provence offers home embellishments and holiday décor, and Good Life Goods has gift baskets inspired by faith, hope and love - just a sample of what you will find in your Missouri travel.
Mount Pleasant winery has a free concert and don’t forget the warm mulled-spiced vintage at Augusta Winery. Our brewery has a great variety of micro-brews and dinner. Halcyon spa offers free chair massage to relax you throughout the hustle and bustle of the festivities. The restaurants and food stands will satisfy your hunger with specials and homemade delights. Attactions include Santa Claus, horse drawn sleigh rides, children activites at the library, Christmas caroling at Ebenezer United Church of Christ, our Town Historian, the History Museum, a Scavenger Hunt and many new businesses.
Apartment or Hotel when on holiday in Barcelona? April 12, 2009
Posted by janey in : holiday homes , comments closedHave you ever been to Spain? It’s a fantastic country to visit all throughout the year with a wealth of impressive sights and locales, and festivals take place in most of the four seasons of the year!
Maybe some places in Spain have earned a reputation for being expensive to visit but this isn’t really always the truth, with an excellent selection of options for staying, everyone should be able to find a way to suit their budget to a visit and see the famous architecture of Barcelona, or to see the thriving city of Madrid!
The luckiest may even get to stay in a Barcelona apartments within buildings fashioned by Gaudi himself! If not, you might at least be lucky enough to get a great view of his architecture from the window your very own Barcelona apartment depending on which of those strewn throughout the city you decide to pick.
Apartments are certainly an excellent choice for medium to long term stays in such thriving and popular cities like Madrid and Barcelona, a hotel in Madrid can cost you a pretty penny…but if you’re staying for a few weeks you might be able to find an apartment for you and your family to stay which results in a more economical arrangement. Hotels are also often located in the busiest, noisiest parts of the city, whereas taking a look at the range of Madrid apartment available may allow you to find accommodation which is off the b eaten track but still within reach of the busiest and lively city centers.
You can choose from a good selection of different apartments, so if it’s not – in fact, an money saving option that you are looking for and you want to have the best in luxury for your family, you are sure to find a Madrid apartment which is ideal for your exact requirements, all it takes is teensy bit of time to look through those available.
he world-wide-web is of course – a brilliant way to accomplish this, even professional real estate buyer and long time holiday makers find the web the most convenient way to discover a wealth of information and different options which are available to them.
Even if you don’t book your accommodation online, the internet is still an excellent medium to see what kinds of apartments which are available, which regions and areas they are located in, and the costs for these varying factors.
The web also allows you to see the full range by looking at a range of online services, saving you the drag of dealing with a booking agent who only wants to sell you his own range – regardless of the price discrepancy this may create!