VALENTINE’S DAY. This Monday, February 14, 2022, are you out of inspiration to celebrate Valentine’s Day? Here is a whole selection of unusual ideas, outings, gifts, recipes for a surprise meal, for your lover or lover.
[Mis à jour le 7 février 2022 à 12h45] Valentine’s Day takes place on Monday, February 14, 2022. Tired of endless appointments at the local restaurant and classic bouquets, you would opt for a little originality. Lovers looking for gifts or original ideas will find the right deal for them in our file. Prefer to host a dinner party at home? No problem, we deliver the best recipes, from appetizer to dessert, for an original Valentine’s Day meal.
And since February 14 this year 2022 falls on a Monday, why not offer a trip for two? Certainly, it will not be a public holiday and it will therefore take a little organization to prepare the evening well or organize your departure. We have compiled the best outings to spend a good Valentine’s Day 2022 in Paris or elsewhere.
A very old tradition that has now far exceeded religion, Valentine’s Day 2022 falls on Monday, February 14. Certainly, it will not be a public holiday and it will therefore take a little organization to prepare the evening well or organize your departure, but why not take the opportunity to treat yourself to a long romantic weekend? Rome, Venice, Prague or Vienna are obviously all destinations for couples, but they always have their little effect. Here are all the ideas we have compiled to have a great Valentine’s Day 2022 in Paris or elsewhere.
The capital of Love is full of many addresses with an intimate atmosphere to celebrate Valentine’s Day on Monday February 14, 2022. On the exhibition side, the Rodin museum offers a love party for lovers of sculpture and poetry, with a love journey whose centerpiece is Rodin’s mythical Baiser. “You will take a loving look at the works, an ode to the body and to the senses which recalls the great love story that Auguste Rodin and Camille Claudel lived”. On the program: mood lighting with lanterns, musical accompaniment by flute, guitar and harp in the rooms of the museum, actors who will read the correspondence between Camille Claudel and Rodin, a LOVE tree on which the public can hang their wishes of love, a visit to the Gates of Hell by flashlight and a champagne bar. 4 visit slots are offered: 6 p.m., 7 p.m., 8 p.m. and 9 p.m. Reservation exclusively online. Full price: €27 / reduced price: €12 for 18-25 year olds (included).
L’Paris Aquarium offers a romantic ballad, glass of champagne in hand, with two guides present to discover the secrets of love in the ocean as well as the distribution of a love book to know everything about “sentimental” life. fish Price: €30/person night visit. Romantic dinners under the ocean or Swiss dinners on the Aquarium terrace are also offered, as well as a magical show by Claire the Mermaid at 7:45 p.m. and 8:45 p.m. Reservations on the site.
If you are looking for total relaxation for two, theHammam of the Hundred Skies in Boulogne-Billancourt opens its arms to you for a special package for two (Hammam, sauna, swimming pool | 25-minute massage | Mint tea for 170 euros). Finally, in intramural Paris, know that the rooms of the hotel Secret design are equipped with a jacuzzi in their bathroom, to accommodate two people. Each of them is decorated with a theme about Paris: Musée d’Orsay, Trocadero, Eiffel Tower, Moulin Rouge, Artist’s studio or Opéra Garnier.
Finally, for a romantic stroll through the capital, go to Mur des I love you. Work 40 m² mural reproducing 311 “I love you” in 250 different languages, the Wall of I love you can be discovered for two in Les Abesses, in the Square Jean Rictus. Produced by Frédéric Baron and Claire Kito in 2000, it will introduce you to both familiar languages (Italian, Spanish, German) and rare dialects (Kurdish, Occitan, Yiddish, Innuktitut). Ptake a walk on Île Saint-Louis, along the quays of the Seine to discover the magnificent facades, porches and storefronts of the island, and take the main street to admire the mansions of the 17th and 18th centuries. Take a quiet stroll through the Parisian covered passages : from the Passage du Bourg-l’Abbé to the Galerie Vivienne via the Passage du Grand Cerf or the Galerie de la Madeleine, walk hand in hand through the Paris of the early 19th century. All the addresses of the Parisian passages.
This year more than ever with a Valentine’s Day placed on Monday February 14, nothing prevents you from going on a long weekend. We cannot recommend a romantic getaway to our villages in France, from Castelnau-de-Montmiral in Occitanie to Veules-les-Roses in Normandy via Riquewihr in Alsace:
To live a beautiful romance for two over an extended weekend, follow the trail of poets, writers and novelists such as Apollinaire, Victor Hugo, Aragon, Ronsard, George Sand, Simone de Beauvoir or even sovereigns such as Henri II or Napoleon Bonaparte… Dig into our ideas for outings below, meeting places of the most famous lovers in history:
Are you ready to create a 100% homemade menu? Cyril Lignac will only have to put away his apron! We give you our advice, from the starter to the dessert, including the decoration and the drinks, for an original Valentine’s Day meal. The trick is to make very simple things but with a lot of originality (for example a salad of mango and fresh goat cheese), in order to surprise him or her and avoid burning the hood (all our recipes below) .
An unusual element can be to include in your dish aphrodisiac ingredients such as Oystersthe ginger and the chocolate. As for drinks, take out the Champagne bottle which will add even more sparkle to your date. Do you prefer cocktails with or without alcohol? As an aperitif, take out the mint syrup and the fruity or cocoa creams.
Side deco, make way for flowers and candles on the table, great classics of course, but essential to create a bewitching atmosphere, complemented by subdued lighting and soft music. On the table, opt for your most beautiful crockery. We cannot advise you too much to take care of the decoration of your table with a little touch of originality, using a napkin fold that is out of the ordinary:
Among the most successful Valentine’s Day recipes, many give pride of place to seafood and light textures:
In addition to the classic bouquet of flowers, women will particularly appreciate a bottle of their favorite perfume, but also a pendant, a ring or a bracelet engraved with your names or the date of your meeting, a frame with a pretty romantic photo of your couple, a bookmark with a sweet little message, and, of course, a romantic dinner!
As for men, they like to be surprised. In addition to the classic engraved whiskey glasses, video games, sommelier box, if he likes humor, find him a funny gift: mini golf for the toilet, scratch map of the world… The avant-garde. These gift ideas are not lacking on the web! Finally, if your man is a stressed person, take him for a massage! And if he likes to move, take him to one of our selected destinations below.
Other, pick from our selection of the best gift ideas for men or women below :
La La Land, On the road to Madison, 4 Weddings & 1 Funeral, Love at first sight in Notting Hill, Love Actually, The secret of Brokeback Mountain, When Harry met Sally, Ghost, Call Me By Your Name… Notice to couples film lovers, for this February 14, we have concocted a selection of the most beautiful love stories immortalized in cinema, from the great classics to romantic comedies and romances that will make you shed tears:
What are the best Valentine’s Day poems?
Whether you are touched in the heart by Cupid’s arrow, in love in secret or just a poet in your spare time, Valentine’s Day is the time or never to declare your love! And why not say it with verses? If you are moderately inspired, you can for example declaim these words of Carol Arnauld, ex-singer, author and French composer in her “Chanson d’amour” (1988) with universal accents:
“I find it hard to find the words
Who would be for you the most beautiful,
who look a bit like you
Would have the color of your eyes.
Yes, I find it hard to find the words,
The words of love, the words you need,
To tell you that I don’t know
I can’t live without you.”
If you definitely do not feel the soul of Rimbaud, you can also copy one of the works of a poet in love. One of those that Louis Aragon wrote for Elsa, for example, became his muse for life (you can notably draw from the collection “Les Yeux d’Elsa”, 1942). “The letter”by Georges Sand, is also at the top of the list of perfect poems to bring out for the occasion.
To stay in the fashionable erotic spirit this Valentine’s Day 2019, why not recite to your love these few verses by Victor Hugo – a quatrain naughty written by the author for a famous actress of her time, Alice Ozy:
Plato said, at the hour when the setting sun pales:
-Gods of heaven, show me Venus coming out of the wave!
I say, my heart full of deep ardour:
-Madam, show me Venus getting into bed!
AND ALSO: Send a Valentine’s Day card to your loved one!
On the occasion of your Valentine’s dinner, we invite you to make this moment even more perfect thanks to our playlist of the best love songs among the most significant of the last 70 years, in French, in English, taken from mostly movies. Still Loving You of Scorpios, Do not leave me by Jacques Brel or even Hallelujah by Jeff Buckley, we let you discover them in music, with the lyrics and the story behind:
Also, to shine with your half, you can always tell him the origin of Valentine’s Day below:
But who was this Valentine’s Day of Terni that we celebrate every February 14? We have to go back several centuries, to the 3rd century of our era, to discover the highly romanticized journey of this man, of whom it is still difficult to know whether he was a priest or a monk. In the early days of Christianity, in an ancient Rome that persecuted Christians, Valentin de Terni was known to marry believers. Unions that did not please Emperor Claudius II the Gothic, who preferred that men turn to his wars rather than women and building a home. According to the legend, it is the sovereign himself who will order the arrest of Valentin.
According to legend, Valentin will befriend Julia, the daughter of his jailer or a magistrate in charge of his supervision depending on the version. Blind from birth, she will fall in love with the prisoner, who told her about the beauty of the world while she brought him food. In contact with Valentin, Julia will finally find the use of her eyes one evening when a light springs from the cell. By this miracle and by his words, Valentin would have succeeded in converting the young Roman to Christianity, as well as his whole family. Angered by the publicity of these events, Claude II will order the execution of Valentin. As a martyr, he will be beaten and beheaded on the Flaminia way, on February 14, 269