Villa Claudia dei Marchesi dal Pozzo is a unique wedding venue on Lake Maggiore.
Its main features are the following:

• Breathtaking view on Lake Maggiore.
• The possibility to celebrate a legal civil ceremony in its garden overlooking the lake, side the pool or in one of the rooms of the villa itself.
• A wide park with swimming-pool. It is ideal for a lovely aperitif, dances or a relaxing after dinner.
• A elegant reception area inside the wonderful rooms of the villa or in the wonderful outdoor space lake view.
• Three amazing suites inside the villa with wide terraces for your accommodation.

In Villa Claudia dei Marchesi dal Pozzo you can really enjoy the wonderful rooms having your reception inside them in a great atmosphere but you can also opt for the garden lake view.

Villa Claudia dei Marchesi dal Pozzo is located in Belgirate a lovely little town facing Lake Maggiore few kilometers from Stresa and motor-way exit of Arona.
Thanks to its private pier you can reach the villa with a private motorboat right after a lovely boat tour for wedding pictures on the Borromeo Island and Gulf or a moving ceremony in one of the churches on the lake such as Chiesa Vecchia of Belgirate overlooking the lake or San Grato Church or San Donato curch in Brovello Carpugnino.

Since 1827, the year it was built, this wonderful ancient mansion has been related to weddings somehow.
The villa was itself a wedding gift to Princess Luisa dal Pozzo della Cisterna by her groom. They choose it as summer home and now the villa still owns to Dal Pozzo D’Annone Marquis.

Charm and romanticism are surely great features of Villa Claudia.
Ancient furniture, precious 1500 pictures make it an authentic and unique destination perfectly keeping the Victorian style.

Another great feature of Villa Claudia dei Marchesi Dal Pozzo is its breathtaking panorama on Lake Maggiore. You could enjoy it from the garden terrace. A wonderful spot for a romantic open air civil ceremony or for a garden outdoor reception in the shades of big white umbrellas.

We cannot forget the secular park with its lovely path, huge conifers, waterfalls, rich flowered bushes such as azaleas, rhododendrons, hydrangeas, magnolias and camelias.
In all this green you will find Villa Claudia swimming pool. It is the perfect spot for a civil ceremony too or a elegant aperitif, dances or relaxing after dinner time.

For your wedding reception you could get for wonderful rooms overlooking the terrace and Lake Maggiore. They can fit in total 160 guests.

There is also a wide parking area with a bright illumination at night at complete disposal of your guests.
To complete the picture Villa Claudia and its owner Marquis Dal Pozzo d’Annone give the possibility to stay overnight in one of the wonderful suite: Camelia, Azalea and Rododendro. They are all located on the first noble floor of the villa and they all have an evocative terraces overlooking the lake.

Villa Claudia dei Marchesi Dal Pozzo is a timeless, relaxing venue. It is an ideal venue for your wedding day. You will appreciate the magnificent park, the breathtaking view on the lake and the elegance of its rooms fine and romantic.
Your amazing dream on Lake Maggiore!

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A wonderful ceremony was prepared, but the most emotional moment were the trumpet music interludes from Cindy’s father and at the end an Italian song presented by one of their best friends being an opera singer.

There is enough outdoor-space to organize a toast afterwards and so we had special champagne from Lussemburg as Cindy parents are coming from there.

After enjoying a while the scenic views one has all over the lake we drove back to Villa Margherita and had the Italian aperitivo in their terraced gardens followed by a seated dinner.

Let me mention our deco-concept: it was all white and a smooth purple. Purple colored Hortensies matched with white Roses and white and lilac Lysianthus.

Very light colors of this were used for the church, whereas at the dinner tables we played with all tonalities, even the dark ones for the compositions matched by candlelight that created a very intimate atmosphere. Thanks to our florist La Piccola Selva.

Next to the dinner tables Villa Margherita installed a wooden dancefloor, so our DJ Alex get everybody on it to dance until late hours.

A very nice idea was, to get the whole group of guests on a boats-tour in the morning, enjoying the breeze of the water and visit the jewel of Lake Maggiore with a guided tour in german language through the famous Palazzo Borromeo on the island Isola Bella. The bride obviously not joined the excursion as she had to prepare with hairdresser and cosmetic preparations as well get dressed.

So this was not just a wedding, but – having joined the very rustic get together the evening before and a sunny brunch the morning after – a very nicely organized 3-day-event to enjoy the guests with local curiosities.

All images © Luca Rajna di Ajn – Luca Rajna Progetti Fotografici © All rights reserved.
CLICK HERE: Cindy & Christian’s wedding photogallery – Luca Rajna AJN Progetti Fotografici

Britta Hartmann-De Marchi is german and therefore the specialist for German, Austrian and Swiss couples coming to the lake Region for getting married.

She herself got married 10 years ago and choose an Italian husband. Enjoying to live here in Bella Italia and coming from 14-years-experience in international advertising and marketing, she liked to change her job into becoming organizer of weddings for german-(and english-) speaking people coming to Italy for their marriage.

Coming from Germany and knowing what to expect in Italy, she is the perfect organizer between bride and groom and the Italian service partners. Correctness, flexibility and a easy hand to plan all details around a wedding make her work very appreciated.

The most emotional part is, when I become almost the best friend of the bride during all the planning time you share with each other. So we both do enjoy the wedding day in its best form and this is important for my work.

When they came over for their visit to choose the right venue for their wedding Lucy fell in love with the wonderful spot of Villa Bossi in Orta, an ideal venue for an outdoor civil ceremony.
For their reception Lucy and Mike wanted something different and for this reason they opted for Lake Maggiore and its wonderful clear waters.

Let’s start from the beginning!
Lucy and Mike’s guests were not many they decided to stay in Stresa the gem of Lake Maggiore overlooking Borromeo Islands.
It is just there where Lucy got ready.
At the right time all were ready to reach Lake Orta for a wonderful ceremony at Villa Bossi.
Lucy arrived a little later to get on the boat and reach Mike and guests waiting for her.

Flower decorations were studied by La Piccola Selva and as usual they were just perfect!
Lucy wanted a simple yet elegant scheme based mainly on white and green and
her favorite flowers: Lysianthis and Orchids.
The bouquet had a touch of purple that made the bride even more special.

After a moving ceremony and some pictures in the charming and very Italian setting of Lake Orta the whole group left Orta to reach Lake Maggiore.

Here’s the surprise!
A boat in Stresa was waiting for them to take the group to Isola Bella for stunning pictures in the park and by the palace!
A wonderful and unique setting for wedding pictures.
Photos were taken by Enrico Mocci by ArtefotoArona and his staff and they are all beautiful and romantic!
But the surprises are not finished.

After the tour on Isola Bella a bigger boat took the group for a wonderful tour on Lake Maggiore with a rich and delicious aperitif on board.

The tour ended to the lovely Restaurant Verbano on Pescatori Island where a private royal table was waiting for Lucy and Mike’s reception.

A small group, a sweet couple for a wedding on two lakes….we ensure that this dream can come true on our Lakes!

Valentina Lombardi is the Italian Lakes Wedding coordinator for Lake Orta and Lake Maggiore area.

She follows Italian and foreign bridegrooms who wish to celebrate their wedding in Piemonte and Italian Lakes area.
Valentina is Italian; she has worked in event organization business for years before becoming a wedding planner.

For any information about wedding on Lake Orta and Lake Maggiore please CONTACT US.

These features make Villa Rocchetta a unique venue for your wedding on Lake Maggiore and Lake Orta areas. It is also close to one of most evocative Italian churches: Eremo (Hermitage) of St. Caterina del Sasso.

Villa Rocchetta is located between Ispra and Ranco on Lombardy side of Lake Maggiore. It is easily reachable from Milan and Varese (from Autostrada dei Laghi – Sesto Calende Exit) and just few minutes drive from Malpensa International Airport.

Villa Rocchetta is on Quassa Gulf and it is part of a country property along Lake Maggiore shores between Ranco and Ispra little towns.

Secular park of Villa Roccheeta is 30 hectares wide and it is part of Natural Park of Quassa Gulf, a real natural oasis with groves of reeds, erratic rocks, herons and rare Osmunda Regalis a special lake fern. The park has also is very important from the historical point of view. In 1276 the area was the setting of Guazzera Battle between Visconti and Torriani. This was one of the most heinous battle to dominate Milan and its territories at that time.

Villa Rocchetta has been built during 1930s to enhance the amazing natural contexts where its is located. It has been built between a big erratic rock and the lake. The villa was studied to bring out the view on the lake and Piemonte Alps behind it. Just in front of the villa you could admire Piemonte Lake coast with Lesa, Belgirate, further Pallanza, Intra and the mountain peaks of Zeda and Laurasca. On the right you will see Lombardy lake coast with its Santa Caterina del Sasso church rock.

Inside Villa Rocchetta the atmosphere is embellished by wonderful pictures, carpets, antiques and its rooms can host up to 120 guests.

The bright main room of the villa has a rich walnut boiserie of 1700 and faces the lake and the amazing park.

Red room is smaller and more intimate and it has a lovely marble fireplace.

The Portico can be closed during winter time with big windows to create a pretty winter-garden veranda.

During summer you could arrange an amazing party outdoor in park letting your guests enjoy the stunning atmosphere of the park and Lake Maggiore.

If you want Villa Rocchetta could arrange for your a dreamy horse-carriage for a romantic bride’s arrival!

And what about reaching the church for your ceremony with the same carriage?
Just few meters from the villa there is the pretty church of Ispra, while a little further you could find little church of Barza and romanic church of Brebbia (National Monument of 1100).

For sure we cannot forget to mention how close the villa is to St Caterina del Sasso. In this retreat Dominican monks used to live. It was built during 1200 on a high overhanging rock. The church become soon National Monument. Its great position makes it one of the most beautiful Italian churches.

Let’s imagine: a ceremony in a church on the rocks overlooking the lake and then a horse-carriage trip to Villa Rocchetta where you and your guests could enjoy a wonderful reception by the lake shores.
This is just few minutes from International Milano Malpensa airport.

Could you ask for anything more on Lake Maggiore?

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Today we will discover in details this wonderful venue for your wedding on Lake Maggiore. Grand Hotel Dino is located in Baveno and it is part of one of the most important Hotel Chain that works on Lake Maggiore: Zacchera Hotels.

Side of Grand Hotel Dino there are four more luxury venues on Lake Maggiore of Zacchera Hotel Chain. We mention here in particular Grand Hotel Bristol on Stresa Lake shore with a great Winter Garden.

Since 1873 every day of the year at least a person of Zacchera family is inside each of the five luxury hotels of their Chain.
This is surely very important to understand the passion of this family for their work. Carlo Zacchera was the pioneer of Hotel business on Lake Maggiore and now his nephews are following his inspiration.

Grand Hotel Dino strength points are many. First of all the position just on the shores with a stunning view on Isola Bella and Borromeo Gulf.
Secular park, flowers, wonderful lawns and lake view could be the perfect scenario for a romantic outdoor ceremony.

Same scenario will be the perfect frame for a delightful outdoor aperitif with cocktails, prosecco and finger food that your guests will simply love!
Staff is always at guest’s disposal for every need, a great service that will let you ejnoy your staying to Grand Hotel Dino.

Another important feature of Grand Hotel Dino is the wonderful function room facing Lake Maggiore and Borromeo Gulf. You can host your guest for a an elegant and fine reception!

A romantic ceremony in the garden, a lovely cocktail with a great scenario, a reception in an elegant room overlooking the lake and a honeymoon in a luxury hotel!
Could it a perfect dream coming true?

Leanne and Darren loved it and you can just follow their example to Grand Hotel Dino!

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Valentina Lombardi is the Italian Lakes Wedding coordinator for Lake Orta and Lake Maggiore area.

She follows Italian and foreign bridegrooms who wish to celebrate their wedding in Piemonte and Italian Lakes area.
Valentina is Italian; she has worked in event organization business for years before becoming a wedding planner.

For any information about wedding on Lake Maggiore please CONTACT US.

Among all villas on Lake Maggiore no doubt Villa Margherita has surely the best view and not only!
Villa Margherita was built in the beginning of 1900 and it has been recently renewed.
It has a wonderful park with swimming pool, an elegant pavilion for wedding receptions: the perfect venue for an unforgettable outdoor wedding.

If you would like to know more about Villa Margherita have a look to our older post Get wed at Villa Margherita: charme, nature and a fantastic view on Lake Maggiore.
Here above you will find the form to ask information and availability for the villa.

Helen and Matthew are an English couple who work and live in Zurich, Switzerland.
For their Italian wedding they looked for a quiet and natural venue with a great view and the possibility to host all their guests overnight.
After visiting some venues on Lake Maggiore they opted for Villa Margherita in Oggebbio: the perfect choice!

For their photoservice Helen and Matthew choose Alessandro Balossi and his spontaneous style.
If you like his style HERE you will find the form to fill to ask for his availability and rates.

Helen and Matthew were blessed by a wonderful sunny day.
The symbolic blessing was held in the garden on one of the terraces facing the lake.
A perfect setting that few other villas have on lake Maggiore.

While all guest enjoyed a wonderful aperitif with canapes and Italian Prosecco, Helen and Matthew took the chance to take wonderful pictures in the garden of the villa full of jasmines and roses.

Villa Margherita is located in the historical center of Oggebbio.
It is just here that the famous novel La Stanza del Vescovo (Bishop’s bedroom) by Piero Chiara took place. Famous movie inspired by the novel with Ugo Tognazzi e Ornella Muti was shot here too.

Have a look to Helen’s bridal bouquet. It was created with Vendela cream roses and thin Bear Grass with little precious pearls.

As usual to Villa Margherita the dinner was arranged under the lovely pavilion overlooking the lake. It is an elegant marquee embellished with lemons and tangerine trees and lovely stones walls.

Helen and Matthew: a wedding on open air just in the nature with Lake Maggiore as background? Who could ask for anything more?

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Valentina Lombardi is the Italian Lakes Wedding coordinator for Lake Orta and Lake Maggiore area.

She follows Italian and foreign bridegrooms who wish to celebrate their wedding in Piemonte and Italian Lakes area.
Valentina is Italian; she has worked in event organization business for years before becoming a wedding planner.

For any information about wedding on Lake Maggiore please CONTACT US.

Fiona and Marco are a wonderful couple who chose our wonderful Lake Maggiore to tie the knot!
Marco is Italian, his family lives close to Milan but he lives in UK since many years. It just there where he met beautiful Fiona!
She is Scottish and surely a beautiful girl!
Marrying an Italian guy she also speak a little of Italian and she wanted to incorporate some of Italian traditions in her wedding matching them perfectly with Scottish ones!

Marco and Fiona opted for a religious ceremony to the amazing church of Sacro Monte of Ghiffa.
All guests stayed in Pallanza and arrived here with a short transfer we planned for them. Fiona arrival was more than beautiful! She arrived on wonderful Bentley owned by her father who is a car lover since ever!

She was just stunning in her elegant dress.
It was all made with laces with some gray drawings that added a touch of charm!
It matched somehow bridesmaids dresses.
Fiona didn’t opt for classical bridesmaids dresses but she piked lovely short dresses with a vintage roses pattern.
The four pretty bridesmaids were very elegant!

Together with Fiona we studied the way to match all floral decoration and stationary around this pattern.
La Piccola Selva Team made up by Monika and Paola did a wonderful job with Fiona and bridesmaids’ bouquets and with small but elegant centerpieces to Villa Rusconi.

Stationary was customized and created on Fiona’s wishes reproducing exactly the pattern on bridesmaids dresses on order of services, names cards, table names and table chart.

After the ceremony the group reached Villa Rusconi for a wonderful cocktail in the wide lawn of the villa and a dinner to follow under the pavilion.

One of the most touching part of the day was when Marco and Fiona did their entrance in the pavilion for the dinner.
They were followed by a bagpiper as Scottish tradition wants.
He was not a simple bagpiper! He was Fiona’s father who is a professional player!
A great moment for everyone!

Fiona and Marco really wanted a special illumination for the night and for this reason a light designer was able to re create with artificial lights a romantic atmosphere similar to the one of candle lights
Have a look to the final effect isn’t it great?

Dances and party followed the gourmand dinner with a lot of fun for both Scottish, English and Italian guests!
Just a great party!

Official photographers of the event were Photo27.
Diego Taroni and his team did an absolutely fantastic job, just have a look to their amazing shots. Thanks a lot Photo27!

Valentina Lombardi is the Italian Lakes Wedding coordinator for Lake Orta and Lake Maggiore area.

She follows Italian and foreign bridegrooms who wish to celebrate their wedding in Piemonte and Italian Lakes area.
Valentina is Italian; she has worked in event organization business for years before becoming a wedding planner.

For any information about wedding on Lake Maggiore please CONTACT US.

We are not often able to tell you about a wedding with all set of beautiful pictures few days after the event. We usually post a Just Married post following a real post telling about the full event.

This time we wanted to do something different, thanks to the great job of Enrico Mocci by ArteFotoArona that in only few days was able to give us the entire photo set.

In this post we selected for you the most beautiful shots.
Candid images full of emotions as always in Enrico Mocci works (like famous Daniel and Tessa Miss Holland for Miss Universe reportage).

Laura and Lionel chose Lake Maggiore for their wedding in Italy. They opted for lake shores in Pallanza.
The catholic ceremony was held in Church of San Leonardo and the reception to follow in elegant Grand Hotel Majestic.

Laura and Lionel come from Luxembourg, they are in love, sweet and very friendly. It was a pleasure working with them!

As floral designer, I’ve been contacted by Lionel more than one year ago.
Since the very beginning bride and groom had very clear ideas on their wedding.
They opted for white as main color for floral decorations and wonderful Avalanche Roses acting as main characters!

Laura and Lionel’s Big Day was on 20th of August.
With the bride and groom there were three sweet flower girls….have a look at them…aren’t they lovely?
Their little bouquets matched perfectly bride’s one with but with some little leaves of Cineraria Marittima in light gray to match their dresses too.

In San Leonardo church we opted for four big composition at the entrance and on the sides of the altar.
To enhance the scenic effect there were some other decorations on the pews all along the aisle, from the church entrance to the bride and groom’s chairs.
All with white roses.

Outside the church there was a very chic Bentley car of 1968 (rented by Laura Gioielli Autodepoca). It was waiting for bride and groom to drive them to Grand Hotel Majestic, Lionel and Laura’s reception venue.

Wonderful gardens of Grand Hotel Majestic just on the shores were the perfece frame for Enrico Mocci’s shots. You can see in them the atmosphere and emotions of this wonderful day for Laura and Lionel.

After the aperitif in the garden the dinner was held in Toscanini Room.
This is one of the most precious room for a reception on Lake Maggiore with antique furniture, rich curtains and crystal chandeliers.

The choice was great considering the very hot day – we had about 38 degrees Celsius.
Toscanini room had a air conditioning system which helped to refresh the ambient without tents or fans.
This is something to consider too!

As far as the floral centerpieces are concerned we decided to go for round shaped compositions on a base of glass cones.
This choice was used also in occasion of Jennifer and Oliver wedding to Grand Hotel Majestic too.
This time the touch of color to accompany white roses were little dark red daisies matching the furniture in Toscanini Room.

The final result was very classy as it was all Laura and Lionel’s wedding.
As floral designer it was a pleasure for me working with this sweet couple!

All our best wishes to Laura and Lionel for endless happiness from all Italian Lakes Wedding Team!

Together with Monika, Paola is La Piccola Selva floral designer. She is part of La Piccola Selva team who are specialized in floral arrangements and lovely bridal bouquets on Lake Orta and Lake Maggiore.

After her graduation in English language her passion for nature and flowers brought her to a long and successful career in floral design.
Thanks to her long experience and creativity Paola will be able and happy to suggest you best flowers, color, details, shapes and styles that could match your tastes and ideas.
She will be able to add a final touch that could turn your wedding in an even more special day!

Ristorante Settimo Cielo is located in Campino a little village above Stresa and Baveno.
Its panoramic position is simply unique. Here you would have an enchanting view on Lake Maggiore overlooking Stresa, Baveno, Borromeo Gulf, Isola Bella, Pescatori Island, Isola Madre, Feriolo, Fondotoce, Suna, Pallanza, Laveno, Alps up to Switzerland border.

The amazing position of the restaurant makes it one of the most spectacular venue for weddings on lake Maggiore. Your guests will be just amazed!

At Ristorante Settimo Cielo you will find a wonderful scenario. A timeless venue where you will really feel the scent of the Lake, a real party for your soul!

Translation for Settimo Cielo is Heaven on Earth and you will really feel like you are there.
Heaven on Earth not only for the view on Lake Maggiore but even for the famous cuisine. No creativity or innovation only traditions, ancient tastes and perfumes of traditional Italian cuisine.
Ristorante Settimo Cielo in Stresa was one of the 4 restaurant on Lake Maggiore who received from Ministero delle Politiche Agricole (a governmental agency) the award for Ristorante DOP (Denomination of Protected Origin).

As Pino Greco – chef and manager of the restaurant – says At Settimo Cielo we cook the history of cuisine. Here you won’t fine elaborated courses or nouvelle cuisine dishes. At Settimo Cielo you will find great specialities of Italian cuisine history.

Side of wedding reception here you can plan other personal events like rehearsal dinners, day after events or even company events etc. Chefs will suggest yiu regional specialities inspired to four seasons caring about original ingredients and receipts.
The final result will be delicious dishes from mountain to lake traditions, to important cities and regions receipt and even to seaside specialities.
The great menu choice, great wine cellar, interesting vegetarian and celiac menus make Ristorante Settimo Cielo a must in recent Italian cuisine and gastronomic history.

Ristorante Settimo Cielo has a wide terrace with a lovely garden overlooking the lake, just perfect for welcome aperitif and cocktails. Elegant rooms inside with bar and wide parking area complete the venue.

Planning your event to Settimo Cielo will be like going back in time, far from trends of the moment to re discover a traditional but still elegant environment together with a rich and antique cuisine that will make your wedding really different!

Let’s not forget about the fantastic view….it will leave you speechless!

If you are looking for a special and unique venue come and see this special restaurant on Lake Maggiore!
Chef Pino Greco and his staff will be pleased to let you appreciate Ristorante Settimo Cielo and its many menu suggestions tailored on bride and groom’s need.

To receive further information, availability or proposals please fill the form below and see you soon at Ristorante Settimo Cielo in Stresa!

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For their wedding reception bride and groom chose enchanting Restaurant Hotel Belvedere with stunning view over the terrace on the lake and skillful staff all at their disposal!

Sometimes it rains on Lake Maggiore just like on Alice and Massimiliano’s big day but bride and groom’s vitality and happiness made a sunny day to Ristorante Belvedere!

If you would like to receive further information for a wedding on Ristorante Hotel Belvedere please fill the form below telling us the date and the number of guests and….see you soon on Isola dei Pescatori!

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