Luxury Vacations: Litchfield Beach & Golf Resort and Brookgreen Gardens are collaborating this holiday season to create a very special vacation package for 2008. Brookgreen Gardens, founded in 1931 to preserve South Carolina's native flora and fauna is a National Historic Landmark. The Gardens also feature sculptures and art in a natural setting. Brookgreen now displays the most significant collection of figurative sculpture, in an outdoor setting, by American artists, in the world. Brookgreen's special yearly event, Nights of A Thousand Candles celebrates its 10th anniversary this season and guests taking advantage of this unique holiday getaway will enjoy an exciting lineup of nightly performances.
Nights of A Thousand Candles features thousands of lights and candles strewn along the garden paths complemented by carolers and musicians who complete the holiday atmosphere and provide entertainment throughout the Garden Grounds. The event will take place during the weekends of December 5 and 6, December 12 and 13 and December 18, 19 and 20 from 3:00 - 10:00 p.m.
The relaxing weekend vacation features:
Three nights in select luxury accommodations
Daily Breakfast Buffet
Dinner Certificates valued at $25 per person at Webster's Lowcountry Grill & Tavern
Two tickets to the botanical gardens of Brookgreen Gardens
Free admission to Nights of A Thousand Candles
Unlimited bike rental
Unlimited tennis on the Resort's 17 Har-Tru clay courts at the Litchfield Racquet Club
Available accommodations at Litchfield Beach & Golf Resort include everything from suites to villas or fairway cottages, with views of the ocean, pool or golf course. The resort is located less than 20 miles from both Myrtle Beach and Georgetown, S.C..
Championship golf courses, tennis courts, swimming pools, bike trails, award-winning restaurants and excellent meeting facilities are available to guests. Offering top notch golf accommodations, Litchfield Beach & Golf Resort was voted as one of the "World's 50 Best Golf Resorts" by Conde Nast Traveler Magazine. Preferred tee-time privileges are available to all guests, at three championship courses: the River Club, Willbrook Plantation Golf Club, and Litchfield Country Club. With 17 Har-Tru surface courts, three lighted courts, a stadium court and one of the top tennis schools in the Carolinas, the Resort's Racquet Club was rated the fifth greatest tennis resort in America by Tennis Magazine.
"Nights of A Thousand Candles has grown tremendously over the last six years," said Ray Crabb, general manager of Litchfield Beach and Golf Resort. "We are thrilled to welcome back families and couples again this year for an event that has become an annual favorite here in Pawleys Island."
