Are you ready for Easter 2012?

Back to the Easter, with its eggs, its doves and the big breakfast. For those who had not found the location for their holidays yet, we recommend a lunch around here at the restaurant "Ai 3 Re"

For those who prefer to use these days for a short holiday, we suggest a special package we reserved for you:

Before leaving you, we'll tell you some interesting facts about this holiday:

Do you know about the legend of the silent bells?

From Good Friday until Easter Sunday, the church bells in Italy do not ring as a sign of grief for the crucified Christ. Even in France there is this custom, and the children are told that the bells have flown to Rome. On Sunday morning, while the children are looking into the sky to see if they can see the bells return, their parents hide chocolate eggs in the house.

Why does the date of Easter change from year to year?

At the dawn of Christianity, the resurrection was commemorated every Sunday. Later, the Christian Church decided to celebrate it only once a year, but several religious currents debated among themselves to establish the date of the event. The dispute came to an end with the Council of Nicea in 325 AD, which entrusted the Church of Alexandria in Egypt to decide the date every year.

The art of the Easter egg

In addition to the delight of chocolate eggs, all over the world there are traditions that involve the construction of artistic eggs. In particular, the Ukrainian eggs, called Pysanky (meaning "things which are written above") are quite beautiful and famous. The Pysanky are made from a dyeing process fixed with wax, and they are given as a present in a wicker basket lined with grass.

The Finnish witches

Since most of the Scandinavian are Lutheran, Easter is less significant for Finnish and it's considered a day of vacation. Finnish folklore has it that witches fly in the sky between Good Friday and Easter Sunday. In fact, in parts of Finland is still a custom to light bonfires on the night of Saturday, in memory of ancient traditions to drive out the witches from one's home.