This Holiday Season Get a Piece of the Rocco

The Rocco Forte Collection was established in 1996 to create a group of luxury hotels in Europe. Each of the hotels has their own individual style, reflecting its nationality and its unique location. What the properties share in common is an attention to detail, quality and service.

The Hotel Savoy in Florence, Balmoral in Edinburgh, Hotel Astoria in St Petersburg and Brown’s Hotel in London are but a few of the hotels in this prestigious collection. This once European collection is now spreading its global wings with future openings set to open in Marrakech, Abu Dhabi and Jeddah in 2010 as well as Sicily in 2009 with the Verdura Golf & Spa Resort.

If you want a piece of the Rocco action, there are plenty of pre-holiday ways for you to warm up to the brand this winter. If you are in search of some R&R before the festive season, treat yourself to a pre-Holiday mini-break with The Rocco Forte Collection. You can enjoy a pre-Christmas cultural treat with Hotel Savoy, Florence.

Visit the spectacular “Caterina and Maria de’ Medici” exhibition and give your eyes something to truly feast on before the onslaught of Christmas television specials. Taking place at the Palazzo Strozzi from October 24, 2008 to the February 8, 2009, the exhibition will feature 15 monumental tapestries commissioned by Caterina de’ Medici in the mid 16th century and completed by Maria de’ Medici. Portraits and works of art loaned from various Florentine Museums will further illustrate the extraordinary lives of the two Medici Queens.

Rocco Forte’s Hotel Savoy is including entrance to the exhibition and an exhibition catalogue upon arrival as part of a package, costing from $541 per room, per night. The price is based on two sharing and includes complimentary room upgrade (subject to availability) and breakfast. The package will be available throughout the exhibition and is subject to a two-night minimum stay.

Or perhaps a Chilled White Russian? Spend a White Day at Hotel Astoria, St Petersburg when the palaces and cathedrals are covered in snow and the canals glint in the White Days’ winter sun. To keep warm, snuggle under furs on a traditional trokia ride, explore the fascinating Hermitage museum or take in a heart-warming opera or ballet at the famous Mariinsky Theatre.

Stay in the heart of the city at Hotel Astoria, a romantic hotel which blends the elegance and grandeur of Russia with the utmost luxury. The hotel’s White Days package costs $1,821 and includes:

Three nights’ accommodation in a Classic Room
Breakfast in Davidov Restaurant
Entrance ticket to the Hermitage
3 hour city tour in English language
30 minute Russian Classical massage
Russian buffet

If you prefer to ring in the season with a Scottish slant, you can hibernate in Scottish style at The Balmoral, Edinburgh. Spend a couple of days in the lap of pre holiday luxury at The Balmoral, making the most of its spa and Michelin-starred restaurant. If you do fancy venturing out to go shopping or sightseeing, you won’t have far to go – the hotel is situated on Prince’s Street in the very heart of the city. The Balmoral’s Luxury Winter Escape package costs $1,022 per room per night, based on two people and includes:

Overnight accommodation in an executive room, complete with a chilled bottle of Bollinger Champagne on arrival
Hearty Scottish breakfast
Chef’s tasting menu dinner with wines in Michelin-starred number one
Whisky turndown
One ESPA Ultimate Body Wrap each

For further information on these holiday offers or others available at other Rocco Forte properties visit http://www.roccofortecollection.com/ or call 1888 667 9477