Valentine's Day on Long Island

One or two romantic nights in one of Glen Cove Mansion’s newly renovated, spacious guestrooms
Sweet & tempting chocolate-covered strawberries
Chilled champagne upon arrival to the Mansion
A $50 gift certificate towards The Pub 1910 restaurant on the Mansion’s 3rd floor with views to Long Island Sound
Breakfast in the beautiful Garden Room Restaurant
From $199 per couple per night

Packages for one night from $199 per couple per night (based on availability.)

For more information or to make reservations, please call (516) 674-2990 or visit www.glencovemansion.com. Packages based on availability.

The Ward Melville Heritage Organization, located in Stony Brook Village Center, Main Street on the Harbor, presents All You Need Is Love...The Best of the Beatles at 7 p.m., a romantic evening of dinner and dancing with singer, songwriter and musician Ed Ryan. From "Love Me Do" to "The Long and Winding Road" and everything in between, enjoy all of your Beatles favorites.

Buffet dinner and wine courtesy of Three Village Inn. Advance reservations required. $75 per person. Please call (631) 689-5888 to save your spot. For more info on this and other WMHO events, please visit Stony Brook Village Center.

What could be more romantic than spending Valentine’s Day in a castle? Oheka Castle Hotel & Estate will host its Valentine’s Day Dinner & Dance, with cocktails from 6-7 p.m., and four course dinner + dancing from 7-11 p.m. to complete the romantic setting. $225 per person (2-12 guests per table), advance reservations required. Email reservations@oheka.com or call (631) 659-1400. If you're attending the Oheka Valentine's Dinner & Dance, you'll receive 50 percent off standard room rates if you want to stay over in a room or suite.

This famous castle was featured in the opening scenes of the film classic, Citizen Kane, and it is frequently the backdrop for wedding receptions. Oheka Castle Hotel & Estate is located at 135 West Gate Drive, Huntington. (631) 659-1400.

The Love and Dreams couple’s retreat, $299 plus tax, is a romantic overnighter with breakfast. In the hotel’s signature restaurant REIN, a full breakfast for two is served after an evening with luxurious overnight accommodations and in-room chilled champagne, chocolate-covered strawberries and Cupid’s pink rose petal turndown service. Availability is Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday from February 10-14.

Valentine’s Day Dinner, a three-course prix fixe dinner, is $110 per person plus tax and gratuity. In the private dining room of the hotel’s signature restaurant REIN, Chef Steven De Bruyn’s Valentine’s dinner includes a bottle of Paul Goerg champagne in Garden City Hotel keepsake champagne flutes, a box of house-made chocolate truffles, a rose for the ladies, and a strolling violinist for romantic serenades. Availability is Saturday, February 11 and Tuesday, February 14. Reservations are necessary.

Valentine’s Day Afternoon Tea is presented on Saturday from 2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. for a Valentine’s afternoon celebration in the private dining room of the hotel’s signature restaurant REIN Chef De Bruyn creates three themed menus with a selection of teas, herbal infusions, port and champagne. The Traditional Tea ($34) is an assortment of sandwiches – smoked salmon on pumpernickel with horseradish cream and pickled red onion; cucumber-mint on whole wheat bread; roast beef on rye bread with horseradish mayo and watercress; and egg salad on white bread with chives – followed by oven-fresh scones with Devonshire cream and house-made seasonal preserves; assorted tea breads and miniature pastries. The Royal Tea ($44) incorporates the traditional tea menu plus a glass of Paul Goerg Blanc de Blancs Champagne and fresh strawberries with crème chantilly. The Chocolate Tea ($39) features Callebaut hot chocolate presented with an assortment of tea sandwiches; oven-fresh scones; marble pound cake; Belgian chocolate brioche; and assorted chocolates and truffles. Reservations are necessary.

Valentine’s Day Sunday Brunch, $69 per person plus tax and gratuity. The brunch menu includes specialties from Chef Steven De Bruyn in a myriad of hot and cold entrées. Among the selections are a seafood extravaganza with whole lobster, snow crab claws and jumbo shrimp and a display of smoked salmon and whitefish. There are artisanal cheeses and carving stations featuring Chateaubriand with chimichurri sauce. Prepared to order selections include pastas and sauces plus breakfast favorites including made-to-order omelets and French toast. Especially for Valentine’s Day, chocolate desserts and the hotel’s chocolate fountain will be on display alongside cakes, pies, pastries, sweets, plus assorted whole fruit and fruit salads. To compliment the brunch experience are unlimited brunch-cocktail favorites including Bloody Marys, Screwdrivers and Mimosas. Reservations are required. Call (516) 747-3000.

Valentine's Day is for lovers, and for those who dream about their undying devotion to wine, there's an all-day, guided Wine Lovers Tour for $159 per person or $209 with custom wine blending. This includes round-trip transportation in a luxury motor coach from various points on Long Island (Queens and Manhattan pick-up points as well), and an expert tour guide and a Wine 101 course. The event will take you and your significant other to tours and tastings at three North Fork wineries. You'll savor a gourmet restaurant lunch plus artisanal cheese tasting prior to departure.

Reservations required at LongIslandWineCountry.com.

Lighthouses Are For Lovers. On Saturday, February 11, 2012 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., enjoy a romantic sunset with your Valentine. Climb the tower of the Fire Island Lighthouse, 4640 Captree Island, (631) 661-4876. Enjoy “Light” refreshments served at sunset on the terrace. Reservations suggested. A free flower and chocolates will be given out to couples with reservations. Meet in the new Lens Building. $40 per couple.

Are you and your spouse hopelessly romantic? Why not join other happily married couples for Gurney's Inn's 13th Annual Renew Your Vows event? VIP Judge Jim Ketchum will officiate. You and your spouse will say "I do" once more at Gurney's on Saturday, February 11 at 4:30 p.m., or Tuesday, February 14, also at 4:30 p.m., overlooking the Atlantic ocean and stunning stretch of beach in Montauk. Wedding cake and champagne will be served and each couple will receive a commemorative certificate. $10 suggested donation to benefit local charities.

You must reserve in advance --asap-- by calling (631) 668-1737.

After renewing your vows, consider spending the night at Gurney's as well.

Or $50 per person + tax (Senior $45 pp + tax): Guided Mansion tour with coffee/tea and selection of Valentine's Day Sweets prepared in Oheka's pastry kitchen plus Champagne and chocolate covered strawberries served to your own reserved table in the refreshment room.

Tour times: 10 a.m., 12 noon, 2 p.m. and 4 p.m.

Reservations: 631-659-1400 or reservations@oheka.com.Please note the date and the tour type when making your reservation.

Gurney's Inn Resort, Spa and Conference Center, 290 Old Montauk Highway, Montauk, NY is offering a Valentine's Day package for $563 plus applicable service charges and tax. This includes an ocean view accommodation (oceanfront available; surcharge applies), four-course Valentine's dinner + champagne for two, Valentine Lovers in-room amenities, one-hour couple's Swedish massage, and oceanfront breakfast for two the following morning.

For more inforatmion and to makes reservations, please go to Gurney's Inn or call (631) 668-2345.