Many among the images posted come from the wedding of a lovely couple coming from Milan: Laura and Andrea.
Today we would love see some more details of Laura and Andrea’s wedding on Lake Orta.

First of all we need to explain the title for this post!
It was a bet because Laura and Andrea booked Orta Beach Club before its inauguration with all the risks you could imagine.
It was a winning bet because it turned out in a great choice from every point of view!
Let’s go step by step!

Laura and Andrea come from Peschiera Borromeo a small village close to Milan. It is famous for its WWF natural park.
Many years ago it was the hunting reserve of Borromeo Counts, the same noble family of Borromeo Islands and Stresa.

For their civil ceremony Laura and Andrea had a look to many venues around Milan and lakes but nothing was more beautiful than Villa Bossi!
They fell in love with it!

Bride arriving by boat, the garden on the shores and St. Julius Island as background was surely the perfect frame and Laura and Andrea decided very quickly to book.

Laura and Andrea looked around for their reception venue, they were looking for something elegant but informal and they really did not want something too elegant such a villa or a restaurant in the village.

By chance they drove side of one of the beaches close to Orta San Giulio and they discovered that the beach club was going to open soon!
After meeting very professional Samuele and Luca, venue managers, Laura and Andrea decided that Orta Beach Club was the one!

Laura and Andrea’s bid day was planned for 6 August 2011 a wonderful sunny day!
After the ceremony bride and groom took a walk in the lovely and romantic little roads of Orta. Enrico Mocci one of our great photographers on Lake Orta took the photos of this special events and you can see them here.

Some more photos on the motorboat to reach Orta Beach Club where family and friends were waiting for them with a delicious aperitif by the shores!

After the sunset on the lake, the dinner prepared with all local and fusion and multiethnic food on the terrace has been served on the terrace with the lovely music of a jazz band as background.

A special night at Orta Beach Club for…. Laura and Andrea’s winning bet!

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 please CONTACT US.

It is name is Orta Beach Club.
If you are looking for a different young, informal but elegant venue, this is the right place!

Why choosing Orta Beach Club for your wedding?
First of all for its great position just on the shores facing romantic Bagnera Gulf.
Thanks to its special position Orta Beach Club is the only place where you can admire a magic sunset on the lake.

Orta Beach Club is a real alternative to other wedding venues.
The arabian and marine atmosphere, ethnic furniture recalling Morocco and Indonesia.

Restaurant is another main feather of Orta Beach Club.
Cuisine is really innovative: traditional and innovative at the same time with some multiethnic and fusion elements without forgetting about classical Italian cuisine.

Orta Beach Club offers menus for all budget and the possibility to arrange a music entreatments for all tastes.

Orta Beach Club has a lovely beach with umbrellas, pedalo, sunbeds, beachchairs and motorboats.
A wide parking area and private pier where you can arrive after a lovely ceremony to Villa Bossi or one of the churches in Orta and a lovely tour on the lake and its island.

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All images in this post have been taken by Enrico Mocci,photographer of ArteFotoArona with a long and wide experience in wedding photography on Lake Orta and Lake Maggiore.
For further information on his works visit his websites www.artefotoarona.com or www.ortaweddingphotographer.com

Rick and Lucy got married on a summer-like day with a warm sun.
Ceremony was held in the wonderful church of Ascensione in Cadenabbia the same church Kristi and Ben chose. Do you remember about our post An Unforgettable Wedding at Villa del Balbianello?

During the protestant ceremony Koinè String Quartet played some classical tunes as per bride and groom’s requests, like Marriage of Fiagaro by Mozart, Music for the Royal Fireworks by Handel and Air on a G String by Bach.

Lucy had a pretty bouquet made up with white callas and Vendela roses. Decorations in the church was arranged with only white lilies on the pews leading the bride to the altar.

Amy was really good catching the best moments of the boat ride but she was shocked by the speed of the motorway itself!
Italians drive boats like they drive cars!

Lake Como Beach Club was mentioned in Alessandra’s post Sooo Stilish! in occasion of Antonin and Louise’s wedding.
Amy was taken by this special venue on Lake Como:

If you’re looking for an intimate reception venue – seriously consider this place.

It’s stunning – and a little bit different.

 

During the party Koinè String Quartet played a wide selection of movie soundtracks, pop music and standard jazz. The best moment was when musicians played a long Beatles Medley specially asked by bride and groom.
While string quartet entertained guests with their lovely music, Amy took some great pictures on the Beach Club on Lake Como.

When we have the opportunity, we love to do something different with the wedding party. Before everyone asks us to do this, consider that we need the right balance of guys/girls, a decent location with space and great light and a little bit of time. Finally, everyone has to be willing! We love how this one turned out.

Ricky and Lucy’s party ended late at night with dances music and lot of fun!

Bellagio will be our next destination on our trip on Lake Como together with Koinè String Quartet and Amy Turner. Stay tuned!

If you would like to know more about Amy Turner’s work please visit www.imag1ne.com

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The studio of Alessandro Zingone is directly in Bracciano, just below the Odescalchi castle walls, famous for hosting the wedding of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes.

The photographic style of Alessandro Zingone, based on the most absolute spontaneity goes well beyond the usual concepts of wedding photography: thanks to a clever post production, its images are transformed into works of art, full of colors and shades, full of intensity and pathos.

The recent post by Stefania A romantic church on Lake Bracciano, dedicated to the marriage of Francesca and Pigi on Lake Bracciano, is a perfect demonstration of the style and technique of Alessandro Zingone.

Lake Bracciano is a short distance from Rome, where Alessandro Zingone often works as a wedding photographer.
Have a look at these images taken at the Circo Massimo Rome, Villa d’Este in Tivoli and Ostia Lido beach near Rome.

And yet, look at the beautiful photographs of Alessandro Zingone made at the Odescalchi Castle of Santa Marinella in Lazio Maremma north of Rome.

But the area of action of Alessandro Zingone goes beyond Rome and Lake Bracciano, going to Tuscany and, upon request, to the Ligurian coast and the lakes of northern Italy. Look, for example to these fantastic images, in country wedding style, taken during the wedding of Patrizia and Maurizio in a farmhouse in the countryside of Siena, in Tuscany.

Let’s remain in Tuscany to see the photos of Alessandro Zingone taken at the Elba island in the prestigious Hermitage Hotel, overlooking the sea.

Alessandro Zingone doesn’t work only in wedding photography but also as a still photographer in movies: he worked as a photographer in several films shot at Cinecittà. Here we show an image taken from Ispettore Manara 2, a television series very followed in Italy.

If you want to learn more about the style of photography of Alessandro Zingone, please visit www.zingonereportage.it
Here you will find a wide selection of his best pictures, divided into areas (Lake Bracciano, Rome, Tuscany, Lazio Maremma and Elba).
The site is in Italian, but soon it will be joined by a new site in English: we will not fail to report, as it becomes available online!

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For furher information have a look to Wedding in Baveno, lake Maggiore post published on www.lakemaggiorewedding.com

A special thanks to Valentina photographer of VAST Photography for the great image she provided us picturing bride and groom on the beach overlooking the sunset in Baveno.

For any information about wedding on Lake Maggiore please CONTACT the Lake Maggiore Wedding planners team.

Lake Maggiore Wedding team is made up of several professional wedding planners and floral designers with a long experience on Lake Maggiore locations.
The Team knows the territory in every single detail and will be able to follow you on every important choice you will take.

LMW planners team is dedicated to providing the very best to our couples. Weddings are an emotional time. Let a wedding coordinator help relieve the stress of the planning and allow you to enjoy the day.

First comes love… then comes planning!

Since their first visit on Lake Como, Antonin & Louise fell in love with the idea of a wonderful party at a Beach Club the night before the Big Day.
The dream came finally true.

The Beach Club is easily reachable by boat and Antonin & Louis arrived at the venue directly from the Lake with Antonin as boat captain.
Louise looked gorgeous in her trendy short white dress!

The first part of the evening was arranged on the beach side with some background music, champagne to drink and finger foods.

Moroccan furniture and elegant marquees were a perfect frame for a lounge party.

The whole group moved to the restaurant for the dinner where exquisite food was served under the charming white marquee embellished with chandeliers and trendy white chairs.
After the dinner, toasts and speeches Antonin & Louise and their guests were ready for dancing!

This venue is really charming and Antonin & Louise’s group were really stylish! They all danced until late at night and the weekend had just begun.
And for the following day…. the Big Day… stay tuned for this!

All images © Morlotti Studio – Lake Como. All rights reserved.

Alessandra Fabi is the Italian Lakes Wedding’s coordinator for Lake Garda and lake Como area. If your idea of wedding is refined, sophisticated and with a special attention to details, she’s your perfect wedding planner!
She makes each client feel unique and she treats each wedding as if it were her own.

For any information about the Club Beach – Lake Como – please CONTACT US.

Balbianello Villa – Official Rental Fees 2011

Many of you write us to ask further information on Villa del Balbianello rental.
For this reason we would love to give you more information on our blog that we hope could be useful.
As mentioned Villa del Balbianello is a very exclusive and unique venue, for this reason rental fee is related to the luxury and exclusivity of the location itself.
Click here to find official rental fee that Villa del Balbianello property gave us for 2011

Nadia and Michel: the Big Day has arrived!
First of all let us introduce you our bride and groom: Nadia and Michel both come from Germany. The groom has Italian heritage. His relatives came from Puglia Region in Southern Italy which is famous for its splendid sea.
Nadia and Michel always loved Lake Como. They visited it many times and they chose it as their wedding destination.
In order make their love dream come true they chosed a special romantic and exclusive venue. Choosing Villa del Balbianello has been more than natural, considering also how famous it is!

At their arrival Nadia and Micheal had a beautiful sunny day and they enjoyed a relaxing boat trip on Lake Como.
The day of their wedding started with a cloudy and rainy sky. Luckily, clouds left the space to the sun, creating a landscape even more evocative and unreal.
Micheal and guests’ arrival by motorboat to Villa del Balbianello, stood out in all its splendor, with the 2 gracious bell towers of the ancient Saint John Convent which stretched skywards in a myriad of clouds and shades.

Isn’t it stunning? Just look to images of the Villa seen from the Lake! The authors are again Estella & Diego of Photo27 who followed the 3 days event: boat trip on the Lake the first day, wedding to Villa del Balbianello and last but not least a beach party in Lenno on the third day, right after the wedding.

And here arrives Nadia, on board of a luxurious white motorboat. The clouds went away in the meanwhile, leaving the space to a clear sunny day…
It almost seemed that the planners arranged the sun coming too!

During the weddings, access to Villa del Balbianello, is exclusively allowed from the Lake. You are welcome by the motto “Fay ce que voudras” (do what you want) which the Cardinal Durini wanted to be engraved on the small pier.
When at the end of the of the eighteenth Century he took care of the renewal of the Villa to transforming it in the ‘place of the delights’.
From the little pier, a steep stair leads to the gardens and then to the Villa, which is located a little higher.

What a fantastic scenery! Not by chance this Villa was chosen in the past as cinematographic set for famous movies such as 007 Casino Royale and Star Wars II – Attack of the Clones.

Have a look at the video taken from Star Wars, with the romantic scene of the first kiss between Padme and Anakin filmed Villa del Balbianello Terrace.

Going back to Nadia and Michel wedding…we need remark how much bride and groom wanted to give an original touch, choosing as event dress code total white.
Majority of guests wore white both women and men.

Nadia was given away by his brother Matthew, waiting for her at the beautiful Loggia of the Villa, to lead her the Map Room, where a religious blessing took place.

Villa del Balbianello gardens have a sober and refined elegance. Indoor spaces are richly furnished with French and English furniture, oriental rugs, tapestries and big chandeliers. The Map Room has a complete collection of maps together with more than 4000 books telling experiences of travels made all around the world.
After the ceremony all guests went to the cocktail arranged on the big Loggia.
They all enjoyed a spectacular view on the Lake Como, just think about sipping a drink in such a special location!

Dinner was served in the elegant Pavillion of the villa on the Lake.

At night, atmosphere at Villa del Balbianello became even more romantic and evocative!

Reception party ended with a grand fireworks show, with a unique final: an enormous sparkling heart. What a show!

A wedding such as Nadia and Michel’s one needs a long preparation and a detailed care on any details.

Newlyweds lived their planning in total relax thanks to their wedding planners’ team who assisted and supported them in each decision. The result was a magic and perfect event, a real stress-free wedding at Villa del Balbianello!

For any information about wedding to Villa del Balbianello, contact us or leave a post in the proper field below.
In alternative you can write at the following address: info@villabalbianello.com.

Balbianello Villa – Official Rental Fees 2012

Many of you write us to ask further information on Villa del Balbianello rental.
For this reason we would love to give you more information on our blog that we hope could be useful.
As mentioned Villa del Balbianello is a very exclusive and unique venue, for this reason rental fee is related to the luxury and exclusivity of the location itself.
Click here to find official rental fee that Villa del Balbianello property gave us for 2012

When the wedding day is close, bride and groom sometimes can be nervous and excited. Many times the day before the wedding is the most overwhelmed day! Here the wedding planner role is important. She or he takes care of all the arrangements, in order to let the bride and groom live and enjoy their big day!
They can be sure that each aspect of the wedding is firmly under control.
This what happened to Nadia and Michel.

Their event was totally stress-free thank to the excellent job done by the planners who coordinated any details for the wedding day to Villa del Balbianello.
Bride and groom this way could enjoy their day before!
In our next post we’ll talk of the wedding day but today we’d like to focus on the stunning boat trip that the bride and groom to be decided to enjoy the day before the wedding.
This took place while planners were working for them.

Boat trip on Lake Como started early in the morning, under a beautiful sunny weather. Nadia and Michel went on Hotel Victoria pier in Menaggio. A luxury motorboat was waiting for them together with by Estella and Diego, the photographers of Photo27 who were in charge to follow the whole event. Nadia and Michel chose Estella and Diego for the style fresh and dynamism of their photo sessions, both bride and groom fell in love with their wonderful style.

Leaving Menaggio, motorboat toured the waters of the lake to reach first Bellagio tip and then Varenna, another famous wedding destination on Lake Como. Varenna was built on a rock vertically on the lake.
It is an ancient and picturesque fishermen village with beautiful villas facing the lake which are destination of many events organized by Italian Lakes Wedding Team.

Later, motorboat sailed to Como to reach the Lenno Bay. It is famous beach overlooking Venus Gulf and it is the ideal location for couples who desire a beach wedding in a dreamy frame.

Not far from here, there is Villa La Gaeta, whose shapes recall a medieval castle with Liberty style elements.

In its gardens on the lake shore, final scene of the movie 007 Casino Royale, with the British actor Daniel Craig for the first time interpreter of James Bond has been shot. Have a look at the final scene of the movie shooted at Villa La Gaeta.

And now Nadia and Micheal’s boat trip real destination: Villa del Balbianello! Between lake deep blue of the Lake and sky light blue, the Villa stands out clearly on Lavedo tip. It is surrounded by a choreography of rare beauty, between Tuscan Cypresses and amazing green.

For Nadia and Michel this has been the most exciting moment of their boat trip on the Lake Como! Villa del Balbianello is going to be the venue which is going to host them the day after: the day of a fantastic and unforgettable event.

We will talk about the wedding tomorrow. For now the we leave Nadia and Michel go in to raptures in front of the stunning vision of Villa del Balbianello!

For any information about wedding to Villa del Balbianello, contact us or leave a post in the proper field below.
In alternative you can write at the following address: info@villabalbianello.com.

The area is very interesting from different points of view, here you can enjoy all kinds of sports connected to water, you can do naturalistic tours in the Bracciano and Martignano natural reserve, you can visit the etruscan area of Tuscania and least but not last, you can easily reach Rome with all its beauties with a fast train in about 20 minutes.
This makes Bracciano the perfect place in case you wish to match the desire to organize your special wedding in the romantic environment of a beautiful lake and the opportunity to visit one of the most beautiful cities of the world.

During your visit in Rome – the eternal city – you may admire the majesty of the Colosseo, the huge Pantheon, the Campidoglio at sunset, the Roman Forum in the flattening afternoon light ….timeless wonders that over the past centuries have make this city a destination for anyone who loves history and admires the artistic capacities of man….this from a cultural point of view.

At the same time, it is a place where you can choose among a large variety of restaurants of any kind, from the most popular Osterie romane to the elegant terraces with gorgeous views.

Another option you have is to get married in the caput mundi city in one of its wonderful churches, maybe choosing an elegant villa as a place for your reception and then to reside in the relaxing atmosphere of the lake.

Otherwise…why not thinking about getting married along the roman coast?
Santa Marinella, with its romantic castle with views onto the sea, or maybe an informal beach wedding in Fregene with lounge music and candle lights…

Anyway this is an area where it seems as if it is part of a different world, set in a different time.
The feeling that settles over you as you walk the narrow cobbled streets of ancient Rome and its surrounding villages is one of permanence and continuity.
These are truly magical places.

All Images © Alessandro Zingone photographer www.zingonereportage.it – All right reserved.
Alessandro Zingone wedding photographer in Rome.

My name is Stefania and I work as wedding coordinator on Lake Bracciano and Rome area. I was born close to Northern Italian Lakes District in Piemonte region so I’ve always been enchanted by lakes atmosphere and I know the real appeal of it. I’ve been traveling a lot before becoming a wedding planner, all over the world I was a flight attendant. I developed a deep interest in people, customs and different country habits. This knowledge is helping me a lot in my actual job. When I moved to Rome years ago I decided to become a Wedding Planner and now I’m happy to be part of this wonderful Team.
I will be happy to guide you across Southern Lakes such as romantic Bracciano and rustic Bolsena which are both very close to eternal city of Rome. I will be pleased to help you find the best venues, charming solutions, lovely decorations, for your unique wedding on Lake Bracciano.
I will let you know the charm of this great spot of Italy being your guide and help throughout all your wedding planning.

For more information about weddings in Rome and Lake Bracciano please contact us.

To give you the feeling of an island, but still remaining on the mainland – which can be an important factor when you organize the logistics of your wedding (!) – the Lake offers you 2 very special peninsulas.

The first one, and most known of them is the ancient town of Sirmione, located on the very south of the lake. This really popular touristic target is an incredible mix of the past and future with all the contrasts one can imagine. The rests of the roman Villa called “Catullo’s Cave” is just one of the signs the rich past left to us. Walking around the historical center, one can feel a growing curiosity inside to discover the tenacious past, that is hidden and present at the same time in the architecture, the decoration of the buildings, the small details of every little street….

But in Sirmione all this can be in a perfect harmony with modern shops, designed bars, inviting restaurants and a complex spa center to pamper your body and relax your mind. To complete the picture and make Sirmione a perfect place for a dream wedding, there is the splendid Palace Hotel Villa Cortine just on the lakeshore with its centenarian park full of rare essences and lively colored flowers.
The old Villa completely renovated with its precious marbles and symbolic frescos gives the opportunity to celebrate a very special wedding with the splendor of the past and the pleasure of the art, with the breathtaking lake view as background. In this way, you can be really close to the dynamic life of Sirmione center, but still have your privacy and intimacy of the wedding reception within the walls of this splendid hotel.

The second peninsula is less known, and offers a completely different style, far from busy turistic centers. At the extremity of Garda’s Golf, at the last south-western point of the Baldo Mountain, you can find Punta San Vigilio, one of the most celebrated, but also the most romantic places of the Lake Garda. We know very little about the origins of this location, although it is sure that was inhabitated already in the roman’s time.

The Point of San Vigilio is a wonderful little treat of sophisticated beauty, enclosed between the mountain and the lake. The splendid lake panorama, and the mountain just behind creates a unique mix of rich colored scenes, so that you can feel yourself as being in a painting.
The ancient villa built by a solitary man, was the residence of numerous important guests such Maria Luisa from Austria, the zar Alessandro II, Winston Churchill, Laurence Olivier the artist, and Carlo of England. Countless of artists and poets visited San Vigilio to get inspiration from this spectacular landscape. Thanks to the large gardens of the Locanda and the small restaurant in the port, San Vigilio offers itself also as a very romantic scene for a really intimate love celebration, where you can have inspiration for the poem of your future life together.

Having the blue water all round, with the mountains just behind, with great traditional cuisine of the Garda area…intimacy and romance, beauty and nature, closeness of busy centers with full of life, but still have the event “just for you”….this is the great mix of the peninsulas of Garda, offering themselves as one of the most romantic locations for your wedding in Italy.

Italian Lakes Wedding Team is made up of several professional wedding planners and floral designers with a long experience on Italian Lakes locations.
The Team knows the territory in every single detail and will be able to follow you on every important choice you will take.
Our coordinators are based locally in the areas we serve so whether you decide for a wedding in Rome or Bracciano, a wedding in Como or Stresa, or a Wedding on lake Garda or Lake Orta, we will grant the same level of service.
Our Team will be able to provide you every kind of supplier, florist, photographers, musicians, designers celebrants, witnesses and help as far as your documents are concerned, and anything you may think of.
Italian Lakes Wedding Team will literally pamper you!

For any information about wedding in Sirmione and Punta San Vigilio, lake Garda please CONTACT US.

All Images © Italian Lakes Wedding and Flavio Sartori photographer, www.extraordinario.it
Started to work on wedding photographs in 1989, so a good 20 years ago, Flavio Sartori arrived to develop it’s unique style of the colours’ usage mixing the art of painting with photo shooting. He likes strong colours and their contrasts to use in order to underline the key meassage of the pictures. Always looking for new creative stimuli in his free style photograph, without poses, he reaches real feelings on his spontaneous images. His strong point next to the spontaneity is the care and responsibility with which he follows his weddings: he is there until the end to make sure that all is fine with the client. This is because he has 1 thing very important in this profession: the true passion to capture the moments forever. To learn more about him and his work visit www.extraordinario.it .