GETTING AWAY FOR VALENTINE'S DAY.Byline: Daily News Need an idea for a romantic getaway with your honey for Valentine's Day Valentine's Day: see Saint Valentine's Day. Valentine's Day Lovers' holiday celebrated on February 14, the feast day of St. Valentine, one of two 3rd-century Roman martyrs of the same name. St. ? Now's the time to plan one. Here are some suggestions: Catalina Island Catalina Island: see Santa Catalina. Pavilion Lodge offers a $131 weekend package Feb. 15-16 that includes two nights' lodgings and admission to the island's Sweetheart Dance at the Casino Ballroom. Information: (800) 343-4491. Long Beach A chapel and minister to renew couples' vows are available as part of the Renew Your Vows at Hyatt package at the Hyatt Regency Long Beach. For $249 per night Feb. 14-16, couples get lodgings, champagne and strawberries, dinner for two, and the concierge can arrange for bike rentals or a gondola ride. Information: (800) 492-8822. San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden Get a rundown of the 10 most romantic places to kiss in San Francisco with the Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet star-crossed lovers die as teenagers. [Br. Lit.: Romeo and Juliet] See : Death, Premature Romeo and Juliet archetypal star-crossed lovers. [Br. Lit. package at the Tuscan Inn. The $189 package, available all year, includes a night's lodgings, $25 food or beverage credit at an adjacent restaurant, parking, wine, chocolates, bubble bath, tea and biscotti Biscotti (plural of Italian biscotto, roughly meaning "twice baked") are crisp Italian cookies often containing nuts or flavored with anise. Traditionally, biscotti are made by baking cookie dough in two long slabs, cutting these into slices, and reheating them to dry . Information: (800) 648-4626. Couples get a suite, a red rose, a copy of ``Gone With the Wind,'' continental breakfast and wine reception with the Monticello Inn's Gone With the Wind romance package, good all year, for $149 per night. Information: (800) 669-7777. Flowers, sparkling wine and chocolates are part of the Romance in the Park package at the Galleria Park Hotel. Good through Dec. 30, the $175-per-night package also includes continental breakfast for two and parking. Information: (800) 792-9639. A romantic cruise on San Francisco Bay San Francisco Bay, 50 mi (80 km) long and from 3 to 13 mi (4.8–21 km) wide, W Calif.; entered through the Golden Gate, a strait between two peninsulas. is the attraction of the Romance on the Bay package at Harbor Court Hotel through Dec. 30. The $185 package also includes a night's lodgings for two, champagne and truffles, continental breakfast and night club passes. Information: (800) 346-0555. For romantics who'd like to travel further afield, here are some other possibilities: Squaw Valley Squaw Valley, valley, NE Calif., in the Sierra Nevada Mts., NW of Lake Tahoe. A well-known ski and winter recreational resort, it was the site of the 1960 Winter Olympics. Ski lifts and trails are on Squaw Peak (8,960 ft/2,731 m high). Skiers can enjoy a Ski and Romance Weekend Vacation at the Resort at Squaw Creek that includes round-trip air fare from Los Angeles, five nights' lodgings for two, champagne, breakfast, a three-day lift ticket and airport transfers. Cost is $839 per person, through the end of ski season. Information: (800) 327-3353. Portland, Ore. The Hotel Vintage Plaza's Nights in White Satin package includes lodgings for two, a two-person soak tub, sparkling wine, continental breakfast for two, a white satin nightgown to keep, parking and a shoeshine. Cost is $255 through Dec. 30. Information: (800) 243-0555. Seattle, Wash. Lodgings for two, sparkling wine, two engraved en·grave tr.v. en·graved, en·grav·ing, en·graves 1. To carve, cut, or etch into a material: engraved the champion's name on the trophy. 2. glasses, and a ladies' satin kimono kimono Garment worn by Japanese men and women from the Early Nara period (645–724) to the present. The essential kimono is an ankle-length gown with long, full sleeves and a V-neck. make up the For the Romantic at Heart package at the Hotel Vintage Park. Cost is $185 per couple through Dec. 30. Information: (800) 624-4433. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: Catalina's Casino Ballroom will be the setting for a Sweetheart's Dance, one of several Valentine's Day events scheduled by hot tourist spots. Susanne Hopkins/Daily News |
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