This Christmas plan the perfect getaway for your and your family and spend this holiday in sunny California at the Montage Laguna Beach!

For youngsters ages 2-12 the Montage Laguna Beach is putting extra effort in to make sure that this Christmas will be one that they will never forget with a magical holiday calender designed just for them. The resorts exclusive children’s programs feature daily activities, arts, crafts and more to inspire creativity and imagination complete with holiday enhancements. Many of these special treats include:

A Santa’s Workshop: Children can create unique monmntos and holiday gifts during sessions heald each weekend in December making gingerbreah douses, cookie decorating, Hanukkah crafts and even a candy cand scavegner hunt.

Sunset Traditions: This is one for the whole family every Friday and Saturday in December. Gather round the fire pit at sunset and enjoy holiday-themed tales compete with hot cocoa and cookies.

Santa Claus Tuck-In: Available during your stay anytime from December 11- 24th for a small fee Santa can tuck you little ones into bed with a bedtime story, offer milk and cookies, and will wish them sweet dreams!

Christmas Eve Magic: On December 24th following the annual reading of “Twas the Night Before Christmas,” join a twilight search to spot Santa’s sleigh. Children can write a special message to Santa and decorate Christmas cookies to take back to their rooms and leave for St. Nick.

Children’s Night Out: Every weekend in December children 5-12 can participate in a whole slew of games and activites, dinner, a full lenthgh movie and much more such as Friday’s Paintbox Pizza Creations and Saturday’s S’mores by the fire pit. Yum!

This is sure to be the best Christmas ever and if you want to take advantage of any of these packages be sure to mention them when booking your stay! Have a Merry Christmas!

The city of Florence is especially renowned for its arts, history and architecture. The city is the capital of the province Florence of Italy located within the region of Tuscany. River Arno is the actual and exact location of Florence. Florence also was named as the capital city of Italy in 1865 but it only acted as the capital for 5 years. Florence was declared as the UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1982. As the reason for being included in the list is the number of people visiting Florence throughout the year. According to a survey conducted among tourists, they say that the city attracts the people towards itself. Florence is recognized as one of the most beautiful cities of world.



Florence experiences highest temperatures in the months of June, July and August. It mostly reaches up to 40 degrees. So the summer season lasts mainly from May to October. Winters are from November till the middle of March. Near the end of March the temperature starts to rise again. Florence mostly receives the rainfall season in its winter. Winter nights are very cold and beautiful inside Florence as the city has a very attractive nightlife. The city comes in the category of the cities which have Mediterranean climate.



Florence is normally known for its churches, buildings, architectures and monuments. The most commonly known structure in Florence is the “Santa Maria del Fiore” which is famous by the name of “The Duomo”. The doom has an international reputation and is considered as one of the landmarks of manmade buildings. It has been 600 years since the doom was built but still it is regarded as the largest doom in the world made by bricks. Also the museums of Florence are considered world class as these represent a lot related to history of the city.



Florence mostly generates its revenue from the tourism sector as the city continuously receives millions of tourists from all around the world throughout the year. So Florence is a strong city economically which contributes heavily in the total GDP of the country as a whole.



According to statistics of 2008 Florence city has a population of about 365,744 people and the percentage of males were 47 % while females were 53% according to 2007 statistics. The population mostly is Italian.



Florence has an excellent reputation in arts and music, as many of notable personalities in these fields were from Florence. Painting is another field in which the city has excelled as compared to other cities of the country. The famous painter and also a famous name in literature “Leonardo Da Vinci” is one of those personalities.



In the field of sports, just like all of Italy, football is the most popular game in the city. The club which represents Florence is ACF Fiorentina which competes in the local Italian football league named as “The Italian Serie A”. The name of the home ground is “Stadio Artemio Franchi”. The stadium is located in the heart of the city.