New Year’s Eve on the island of Giglio: 3 ways to celebrate the arrival of the new year

For the New Year’s Eve, you plan to treat yourself to a little trip on Giglio Island. For the last day of the year, we give you three different ideas to celebrate, all together, the arrival of the new year between traditions, the inevitable toast and all the beauty of the sea that surrounds this place.

The New Year’s Eve at Giglio is celebrated with:

• The New Year’s Day chant. On December 31st, at 18:00, we begin with a old tradition of the island of Giglio: we are talking about the New Year’s Day chant. In This particular day, groups of young people find themselves in the streets and squares of Giglio Castello and, going door to door, sing and play, often accompanied by other inhabitants of the island. Finally, these groups perform in a waltz composed by local musicians. New Year’s Day chant is handed down only orally.
• The Big dinner. There are many things to eat during your holiday at Giglio Island. The New Year’s Eve dinner is the better occasion to taste the many exquisite culinary specialties that the island can offer you. The restaurants of Giglio Castello and Giglio Porto ready to make you taste are certainly not lacking.
• The toast. And midnight, as the tradition dictates, everyone in the square, better still if on the seaside, we find ourselves for the inevitable countdown until midnight with a consequent spectacle of fireworks.

Discos and dance

Usually, on the occasion of the New Year on the island of Giglio should never miss an opportunity to dance, all together, until dawn. For more information on any appointments, please refer to the official website of the municipality of Isola del Giglio, Comune.isoladelgiglio.gr.it.

Offers

The New Year’s Eve on the island of Giglio also does not exclude the possibility to save money, both on travel and overnight. In fact, there is many offers for this period: Just inform you on the official sites of the main hotels of the island.

Booking

These are the three ways to spend New Year’s Day on the island of Giglio. And now there is only one thing to do: book in time your trip by ferry.