Spring it’s a specific and by myself the best season. We can feel it’s subtle air as well as outside in the hotel Bella Donna. A good mood is the one what live in the hearts of hotel Bella Donna staff’s and clients. Hotel Bella Donna is situated in the city center(Chisinau) and we have the pleasure to provide you: accommodation, wine tours, dental tours, airport transfer. This holiday is celebrating in different manner and size, but you will never discover a better celebration that in Eastern Europe. In the period of "Martisor" holiday, hotel Bella Donna is cover by rhapsody of refinement and elegancy, harmony and comfort, in a combination with good quality services and Hi- technologies. Hotel Bella Donna provides for it’s guests an intimate, comfortable and at the same time casual, family atmosphere.

"Martisor" legend it’s a miracle one, and it’s known from centuries in 2 variants.

Once upon a time, the sun comes down in a village, looking like a simple human for a celebrating of a holiday. A dragon stolen the sun and take him in prison. All the world that surround us became very sad and in a grey color. Nobody had the courage to fight with the dragon and to save the sun and the hall nature. One day, a young husky man decided to escape the sun from the prison. His way taken 3 seasons, summer, spring, and autumn, but finally he found the dragon’s castle. They fought days and months, till the dragon was shot down. Finally the nature and people have seen the sunrise, the hall nature become alive, everybody have been happy, only the young man that save the sun, weakened by wounds felt down on the earth. The blood pouring from his wounds on the white snow, and where a blood drop felt rise a flower.

So from that times people make trinkets (white and red) white – to symbolize the purity of the snowdrop that rise heated by the man’s blood, red- to symbolize love for all the beautiful things. Since our time on the first of mars people offer a "Martisor" in a gift to his/her lovely person.

According to the second legend, on the first of mars Spring went for a walk in the forest. She saw there between the shrubs a small white flower. It was so cold outside and Spring covered with her warm hand the flower. Angry, Winter sent the fierce snowstorm and the frost to destroy the flower. In that moment Spring covered the flower and cut her finger of a root. A warm drop of blood felt on the flower and hit it, remaining a stain of red blood on the white snow. So the "Martisor" symbolize red Spring’s blood and white snow.

"Martisor" it’s celebrated in Eastern Europe countries, but in each of them the small trinket that we give to lovely persons looks different according to it’s own specific and tradition.

"Martisor" holiday in different countries.

Bulgaria

" Martenita" according to the legend, Huba and his brother Boian were in the prison. King Asparuh, sent them a falcon with a white slaw on it’s foot, as a sign of freedom. The brothers escaped from prison and were running on the way home, but near to the Dunare river, Boian was killed. Huba sent the falcon with a red slaw( Boians blood) to the king, to tel him about the tragedy that happens with his brother. The king ordered to all men in a country to wear a white and red slaws, just God to take care of Huba. On the first of mars all Bulgarian wear white-red trinkets, men on the the wright foot sock, young girl on the left part of her dress, women- small thinger of their left hand. Even the animals wear the trinkets, as a protection from " Marta"- a angry old woman that always brimgs the cold winter to the place where is she going, usually she comes on the 28-29 of February. The Bulgarians believe that she visits only the unclear houses, so they prepare their house for the spring coming. "Martenita" it’s called different in different region of country, but it has the same importance and it’s celebrated at the same scale.

Russia

" Maslenita" – 8 february, it’s a holiday that Russian people love a lot. In this days they make pancakes, that are yellow and hot as the sun. According to the tradition they burn scarecrows, as the spring burn winter. The last day of "maslenita" is considered as the day of forgiveness.

Romania

"Martisorul"- is a Romanian tradition already 8000 years. They celebrate it on the first of mars and offer as a gift for their lovely person an white-red trinket, looks like human AND. White symbolize the God power and red-the love. The trinket is a sign of revival of the nature and life.

Specially for "Martisor" holiday hotel Bella Donna propose you:

1. Rome rate 5% discount

2. We take a photo of you as gift

3. Airport transfer

4. In your room you will find a present

Hotel Bella Donna contacts: 9 Bucuresti Street, Chisinau, Moldova

• 373 22 548207

• 373 22 548514

• 373 790 62985

info@hotelbelladona.md

www.hotelbelladonna.md

Congratulations from Hotel Bella Donna, with spring and " Martisor". Wish you to enjoy the butterflies fly, the scent of flowers and blue sky light.

We send to you a butterfly

To take you in a spring flight

To come to Moldova, to see "Martisor"