Lake Como is famous all over the world for its beauty, elegance and refinement. In the last few years Lake Como became one of the favorite wedding destination venue especially for couples dreaming a wedding abroad. On our real weddings blog you can find the best stories and pictures of our lake Como weddings...
As Wedding Planners on Lake Garda, we always try to suggest our couples the best solution for a dreamy wedding! Every couple has their own tastes and expectations but we think that Lake Garda could really meet different needs. Lake Garda is only 20 minutes drive from Verona airport. It is also only 1.30 hours drive from Milan.
Roland and I are both from Dublin. We started searching for planners online and Valentina kept coming up. The Italian Lake Weddings site instilled us with confidence that these planners were the real deal, so we started emailing Valentina and arranged to view some possible wedding venues on the Italian Lakes...
I met Elena and Luis Miguel last winter in Mantua. She is from Mantua and he is from Salmanca. In that period they ran after Agriturismo Corte Grande a beautiful wedding venue not far from the city centre that belongs to Elena’s family. They decided to get married in the beautiful city of the bride.
As wedding planner on Lake Maggiore I was pleased and honored to be part of these events planning their wedding in a special Italian corner that I really love and I keep in my heart. I’ve been working as wedding planner on Lake Maggiore for many years and I thought that a little virtual tour on this area could be a good idea...
From Lake Bracciano shores, Odescalchi castle appears in all its majestic greatness. Few kilometers from Rome, set on a hilltop, Odescalchi Castle is a fabulous place suspended in time. This special place with has often been chosen by famous VIP's for their stunning weddings, just think about Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes’ one!
Malcesine is a small village reflecting on blue waters of Lake Garda. With its magnificent castle and small colourful houses overlooking the port is the ideal place for those who are looking for a fairytale atmosphere. Steve and Sarah fell in love with that and they chose this magical frame for their fun and colourful wedding.
Jenny comes from Singapore and Giles comes from England... After a thrilling ceremony under the stunning Loggia of Villa Balbianello, overlooking Lake Como, cocktail, organized on one of the wonderful terrace of this unique Villa, waited for the newlyweds and their guests...
would like to tell you about Leigh and Alex wedding today! It took place last June on Lake Orta on a wonderful day. Leigh wanted to add a touch of charm to a venue that is very pretty by itself: the restaurant on St. Julius Island!
Lisa and Darren visited Lake Maggiore last year with our wedding planner Valentina and they fell in love with Villa Rusconi at first sight! They thought it could be the perfect place for their Italian wedding on the Lake and from the very first moment they had some great ideas to make it even more perfect.
If someone asks me to find a couple of adjectives to describe a wedding on Lake Orta, I would certainly say: intimate and romantic! Where you can find another lake with such an intimate and romantic atmosphere like the one you find on Lake Orta? As wedding planner on Lake Orta I’ve been planning wedding for many years...
Leanne and Darren come from Ireland and the choose Baveno on Lake Maggiore for their destination wedding. We explored several venues but as soon as they reached Hotel Dino they simply fell in love with the venue and pleasant atmosphere you breath inside...
I’m Stefania and I’m the wedding planner on lake Bracciano. More and more the soon-to-wed couples are choosing its woods, its beaches, its lush wildlife, that adds a naturalistic touch to the nicety of the venues. Lake Bracciano is the ultimate volcano lake of all, a stunning place for your destination wedding!
Your Wedding in Malcesine on Lake Garda will be certainly wonderful. You will enjoy this small village on the northern shore of the lake that seems suspended in time. It is a small village with cobbled streets that climb up a gentle slope until reaching the castle overlooking the lake.
2011 wedding season has been a great success for Villa del Balbianello! We planned several stunning events, especially during the month of September. Today I’m pleased to introduce another lovely couple who chose Villa del Balbianello for their wedding: Corri & Joel who fell in love with Lake Como at first sight!
Kate and Richard came from New Zealand to celebrate their Italian wedding on Lake Como. It was a real pleasure getting back to all their questions before they booked and meet them on their wedding to helping them for all. They had been on Lake Como before so they knew the area a little. They wanted to get married on Lake Como because they fell in love with the landscape scenery, old villas, cobbled streets on this wonderful area area…
We are back to Lake Maggiore! While wedding season has really started I would like to tell you about a wonderful wedding we planner last September in Baveno at stunning Grand Hotel Dino. A wonderful couple, wonderful weather and stunning photos! Debbie and Rowan come from Australia but they are not Australian….but they are Scottish and you will see some little touches of it in their wedding…
As you can imagine we are really into the season so we thought that a good weekly summary of our weddings could be something nice to post! We hope you all love them! Week end started with a wonderful German couple: Christin and Gerd. They love Italian Lakes and they were so undecided about which one to choose. Last year they had 15 days holidays on our lakes to tour them all and they finally choose Lake Orta!
We had some lovely weddings in the last few days and more to come in June! But just to do a little summary here you can find some great shots and some lovely stories. Valentina planned a couple of lovely weddings on Lake Orta. First one was for Saoirse and Declan’s wedding. They had a lovely pink themed wedding with catholic ceremony in Maria Assunta Church with reception to follow at Ustaria Ca dal Rat. An intimate group but they had a lot of fun… a wonderful group coming from Northern Ireland!
Carlo Guido Conti is a photographer based in Milan. We met him a couple of years ago in occasion of unforgettable Nicky and Chris’ wedding in Pallanza. Since then RPS Wedding Photography, Carlo Giudo Conti’s studio, grew up and become one of the best wedding photography studio on Lake District. Have a look to wedding reportage he did at Villa d’Este for Cat and Reza’s wedding. Or you can also see the shots he took for Kiki and Goerg at Locarno…
Purple is made by red and blue and so it is the synthesis of both! It is the color of the opposites. Passion of red and calmness of blue make the intemperance of purple. A perfect symbol for a wedding. As floral designer I won’t suggest to go for a total purple themed wedding. It could be too much but simply add accents of purple in all its shades, from deep purple to lilac, wisteria lilac, mauve, prune and also reaching delicate pink. A touch of white or ivory could be also a good idea to blend the touches of colors and show the mysterious elegance of purple. For a purple themed wedding…
From Tropic of Capricorn to Alps… from Brazil to Pescatori Island on Lake Maggiore! Today we would like to tell you about Giovanna and Daniel’s wedding. A wonderful and romantic wedding. It was planned all at Hotel Ristorante Belvedere on Isola Pescatori. Let’ s see all in details! Giovanna and Daniel come from São Paulo- Brazil…
Today I go back to Villa Pestalozza to tell you about a wonderful wedding: Joy and Rory’s. Bride and groom come from Ireland and they choose Lake Orta for their special day that was planned for September 2012. Joy is a nurse and Rory a photographer, they all fell in love with Lake Orta and most of all Villa Pestalozza at first sight!
As floral designer Ilenia and Stuard’s wedding was a very good occasion to do something new. For the first time I worked for a vintage birdcage themed wedding, bride and groom used as centerpieces. And for the first time I worked in wonderful St. Vittore Church on isola Bella, one of the three stunning islands …
We are back after a long and full week end! For this reason our Just Married post is coming a little late, we hope you do not mind! On Saturday our planner Valentina was on Lake Orta for Saoirse and Declan’s wedding. They came for Northern Ireland for a wonderful small event on Lake Orta. …
Lake Iseo is one of those undiscovered Italian jewel. The better-known lakes: Como, Maggiore and Garda draw hugh crowds every summer. On the contrary, Iseo (located in the province of Brescia) is one of Italy’s most relaxing and unspoiled Italian lake and it is the ideal place for an intimate wedding. The quaint villages on the lake …
If you are looking for a religious ceremony – or a symbolic blessing or a civil ceremony – no doubt fresh flowers are very important! Flowers add charm, light, light to the ceremony. Without flowers all could be anonymous and it could seem that something is missing. It can be on the day of your …
Some days ago we open the season with an Italian wedding, today we would like to officially open Spring Season for our destination weddings too! Courtney and Chris got married Friday on Lake Orta. A romantic spring wedding for this beginning of Spring and Wedding season. Bride and Groom come from California and they literally fell in Love with Orta at first sight.
A carriage with white horses, groom in a tail-coat, top hat and cane, bride in a romantic Belle Epoque style dress, a veil with a very long train, a vintage hairstyle with feathers and beads…just look at the pictures… for a day, Orta San Giulio got back in time. A wedding as it could be …
With this new post we would like to let you discover a little gem which is unknown to the most. Nestled in rolling Venetian hills, time here seems stop. We are in Arquà Petrarca, an evocative medieval village not far from all major airports of North-East Italy (about 1 hour from Venice, Verona and Bologna …
ESTELLE is a photographer in Milan with a long experience of overseas weddings: Santorini, Ibiza and Japan. In Italy she works as a wedding photographer in Sicily, Apulia, Amalfi Coast, Rome, Tuscany, Umbria, Portofino, Venice and especially in the area of our lakes. A consolidated professional experience for Estelle and her photographic studio Visual Nathaniel …