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		<title>Fairly tale wedding to Hotel Conca Azzurra</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:35:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After the wedding to Villa San Martino we come back to Lombardy side of Lake Maggiore. This time we are going South. Here you will find sweet hills going smoothly towards the lake. This are is very well known from nature and water sports lovers. There are also artistic and cultural places to visit such [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>After the wedding to <a href="http://www.italianlakeswedding.com/blog/wedding-ceremonies/the-romance-of-a-pregnant-bride-on-lake-varese/">Villa San Martino</a> we come back to Lombardy side of <a href="http://www.italianlakeswedding.com/lakemaggiore/lake-maggiore-weddings.html">Lake Maggiore</a>. This time we are going South. Here you will find sweet hills going smoothly towards the lake. This are is very well known from nature and water sports lovers. There are also artistic and cultural places to visit such as historic residence of <strong>Villa della Porta Bozzolo</strong> with its grand Italian gardens or Rocca di Angera, great Borromeo family castle or even <strong>Santa Caterina del Sasso</strong>, a monastery on rocks peak.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.italianlakeswedding.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Santa-Caterina-del-Sasso-Wedding.jpg" alt="Santa-Caterina-del-Sasso-Wedding" width="575" height="371" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1539" /></p>
<p>Right in this green area you will find a lovely venue for your wedding on the lake: <a href="http://www.italianlakeswedding.com/bridalservices/italian-restaurant-for-weddings.php?ORDERID=78">Hotel Conca Azzurra</a> in Ranco close to Varese.<br />
A wonderful view, a wonderful garden with many flowers and delicious cuisine will welcome you.<br />
These are the main features of <strong>Hotel Conca Azzurra</strong>, a pretty venue for your wedding if you are thinking of getting married on Lake Maggiore.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.italianlakeswedding.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/lakeview-restaurant-Lago-Maggiore.jpg" alt="lakeview-restaurant-Lago-Maggiore" width="575" height="394" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1540" /></p>
<p>Let&#8217; s see together all the pearls of the hotel.<br />
The <strong>great view on the lake</strong>: from here you could see the center of the Lake and great chain of Mt. Zeda. You could enjoy this perfect panorama in every month of the year from <strong>Restaurant La Veranda</strong>. During summer season it opens completely becoming a open air terrace for romantic dinners under the stars.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.italianlakeswedding.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/lakefront-wedding-reception.jpg" alt="lakefront-wedding-reception" width="575" height="382" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1541" /></p>
<p><strong>La Veranda restaurant</strong> offer a high level cuisine with local and traditional dishes of the Lake Maggiore and surrounding countryside. It has a very good service and wide cellar with selected wines for every request.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.italianlakeswedding.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/restaurant-lakeview-garden.jpg" alt="restaurant-lakeview-garden" width="575" height="439" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1542" /></p>
<p>You could sip your <strong>aperitif</strong> or arrange an informal <strong>buffet reception</strong> in the wide garden with lovely view on the lake. You will be surrounded by palms and flowers and you will taste delicious lake fish and Piedmont wines. <span id="more-1538"></span></p>
<p><img src="http://www.italianlakeswedding.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Buffet-aperitif-on-Lago-Maggiore.jpg" alt="Buffet-aperitif-on-Lago-Maggiore" width="575" height="449" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1543" /></p>
<p><a href="http://www.italianlakeswedding.com/bridalservices/italian-restaurant-for-weddings.php?ORDERID=78">Hotel Restaurant Conca Azzurra</a> can host reception up to 200 guests.<br />
The area is available for just one wedding per day with the possibility to have the venue on complete disposal during the wedding day.<br />
Hotel Conca Azzurra has also a wonderful <strong>Wellness and Beauty Center</strong> named Il Canneto, a wide parking area and an independent entrance for bridegroom and their guests to park and terrace.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.italianlakeswedding.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Hotel-Conca-Azzurra-Weddings.jpg" alt="Hotel-Conca-Azzurra-Weddings" width="498" height="660" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1544" /></p>
<p>If you will choose <a href="http://www.italianlakeswedding.com/bridalservices/italian-restaurant-for-weddings.php?ORDERID=78">Hotel Restaurant Conca Azzurra</a> for your wedding you will surely have a lovely party in a peaceful and green place. You will enjoy a perfect wedding day with the great view on <a href="http://www.italianlakeswedding.com/lakemaggiore/lake-maggiore-weddings.html">Lake Maggiore</a> and some relaxing moments on the  garden that goes towards the swimming pool and <strong>private beach</strong> on the lake.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.italianlakeswedding.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Wedding-Hotel-Conca-Azzurra-Lago-Maggiore.jpg" alt="Wedding-Hotel-Conca-Azzurra-Lago-Maggiore" width="575" height="431" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1545" /></p>
<p>As <strong>special gift</strong> for our bridegrooms: first night and breakfast on the terrace of the room in one of the superior rooms of the hotel.<br />
A fairy tale wedding to <a href="http://www.italianlakeswedding.com/bridalservices/italian-restaurant-for-weddings.php?ORDERID=78">Hotel Conca Azzurra</a> &#8230;<strong>a night like a princess and a breakfast like a queen</strong>.</p>
<blockquote class="wp"><p><img src="http://www.italianlakeswedding.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Vale_nov2009.jpg" alt="Italian-Lakes-Wedding-Planner" title="Italian-Lakes-Wedding-Planner" width="200" height="304" class="left"/><a href="http://www.italianlakeswedding.com/blog/wedding-planning/what-about-weddings-an-interview-with-valentina-lombardi/">Valentina Lombardi</a> is the <strong>Italian Lakes Wedding</strong> coordinator for <a href="http://www.italianlakeswedding.com/lakeorta/lake-orta-weddings.html">Lake Orta</a> and <a href="http://www.italianlakeswedding.com/lakemaggiore/lake-maggiore-weddings.html">Lake Maggiore</a> area. </p>
<p>She follows Italian and foreign bridegrooms who wish to celebrate their wedding in Piemonte and Italian Lakes area. </p>
<p>Valentina is Italian; she has worked in event organization business for years before becoming a wedding planner.</p>
<p>For more information about weddings on Lake Maggiore, please <a href="http://www.italianlakeswedding.com/italian-lakes-wedding-form.php">contact us</a>.</p></blockquote>
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		<title>A Dream From The Beginning Of The 1900’s</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:18:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s the most voluptuous place in the world that I’ve ever seen. The surrounding nature enchants with thousands of hidden seductions which give the sensation of being immersed in the rarest sensuality and refinement. This is how Gustave Flaubert described this part of the Piedmont coast where the Lake Maggiore opens up into the Borromean [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>It’s the most voluptuous place in the world that I’ve ever seen. The surrounding nature enchants with thousands of hidden seductions which give the sensation of being immersed in the rarest sensuality and refinement</em>.<br />
This is how <strong>Gustave Flaubert</strong>  described this part of the Piedmont coast where the <a href="http://www.italianlakeswedding.com/lakemaggiore/lake-maggiore-weddings.html">Lake Maggiore</a> opens up into the <a href="http://www.italianlakeswedding.com/blog/lake-maggiore-weddings/destination-weddings-in-borromean-islands/">Borromean Gulf</a>, a green bay between the centers of <strong>Stresa</strong> and <strong>Pallanza</strong>,  the two most brilliant gems of the Verbano. </p>
<p><img src="http://www.italianlakeswedding.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Lake-shore-Hotel-Lake-Maggiore.jpg" alt="Lake-shore-Hotel-Lake-Maggiore" title="Lake-shore-Hotel-Lake-Maggiore" width="500" height="403" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1482" /></p>
<p>The <a href="http://www.italianlakeswedding.com/bridalservices/italian-restaurant-for-weddings.php?ORDERID=75">Grand Hotel Majestic</a> is located in <strong>Pallanza</strong>, which faces the Island of St. Giovanni, the thirty-year summer residence of <strong>Arturo Toscanini</strong>. It is a fascinatingly beautiful Belle Epoque  hotel distinguished by its incomparable architectural dignity, grand frescoed rooms and extensive lakeside English garden. Its construction became the impetus for the city’s booming tourism in 1870. </p>
<p><img src="http://www.italianlakeswedding.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Weddings-in-Verbania.jpg" alt="Weddings-in-Verbania" title="Weddings-in-Verbania" width="600" height="454" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1483" /></p>
<p>The optimal motivating attraction for nobles and the elite to choose to construct their <a href="http://www.italianlakeswedding.com/blog/lake-maggiore-weddings/discovering-villas-on-piemonte%E2%80%99s-side-of-lake-maggiore/">luxurious villas</a> in this region was primarily the agreeable situation amongst the exceptional panoramic peacefulness of the cape complete with surrounding mountains and mild climate. </p>
<p><img src="http://www.italianlakeswedding.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Wedding-Hotel-with-Lakeview-Terrace.jpg" alt="Wedding-Hotel-with-Lakeview-Terrace" title="Wedding-Hotel-with-Lakeview-Terrace" width="500" height="621" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1484" /></p>
<p>From many of the hotel’s 99 rooms and 4 suites the dreamlike view of the lake’s serenity, surrounded by the mountains and the captivating beauty of the Borromean Island’s architectural and botanic artistry, can be marveled at. On the <a href="http://www.italianlakeswedding.com/blog/lake-maggiore-weddings/luxuriant-isola-madre/">Isola Madre</a> and the <a href="http://www.italianlakeswedding.com/blog/lake-maggiore-weddings/beautiful-isola-bella/">Isola Bella</a>, just a few minutes away from the hotel by boat, the Borromeo Dynasty buit two luxurious domiciles in the 600’s surrounded by some of the most beautiful gardens of the Lake Maggiore. Of all the gardens in the world, these gardens are surpassed in the beauty only by the magnificent botanical gardens  of <strong>Villa Taranto</strong> housing 20.000 plants species, 1.000 of which had never been cultivated in Italy before. The garden is within walking distance from the Grand Hotel. </p>
<p><img src="http://www.italianlakeswedding.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Lakeshore-Wedding-Hotel-Lake-Maggiore.jpg" alt="Lakeshore-Wedding-Hotel-Lake-Maggiore" title="Lakeshore-Wedding-Hotel-Lake-Maggiore" width="500" height="628" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1486" /></p>
<p>Enchanted by the aquamarine panorama of the lake, as seen from the terrace of Majestic, <strong>Eleonora Duse</strong> had her tailor fashion a dress “…in the same color as the lake”. Among an array of illustrious artists who have been accommodated in the ambience of the Grand Hotel are <strong>Grazia Deledda</strong> and the composer <strong>Claude Debussy</strong>. To name a few, the boats of the Stuarts, the Queen of Romania, the monarchs of Italy, the noble families of Germany, Indian Princes and Maharaja were docked here…In short, the personalities symbolizing “bon vivre” of the 800’s have enjoyed the splendor of the hotel. </p>
<p><img src="http://www.italianlakeswedding.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Grand-Hotel-Majestic-Pallanza.jpg" alt="Grand-Hotel-Majestic-Pallanza" title="Grand-Hotel-Majestic-Pallanza" width="500" height="260" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1487" /></p>
<p>After some decades of decline, the <strong>Grand Hotel Majestic</strong> underwent a long restoration period and was returned the dignity of its past. Its rejuvenation brings the true value of its classical style to life and gives the impression of being immersed in an atmosphere of times gone by, all the while offering its guests adequate services with attention focused on today’s comforts. <span id="more-1481"></span></p>
<p><img src="http://www.italianlakeswedding.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Weddings-at-Grand-Hotel-Majestic-Verbania.jpg" alt="Weddings-at-Grand-Hotel-Majestic-Verbania" title="Weddings-at-Grand-Hotel-Majestic-Verbania" width="500" height="505" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1488" /></p>
<p>Upon entering the <a href="http://www.italianlakeswedding.com/bridalservices/italian-restaurant-for-weddings.php?ORDERID=75">Grand Hotel Majestic</a>, you are enthralled by the class and elegance of it’s reception hall, clad with original wooden floors, bronze chandeliers and art deco’ lamps designed by Florentine craftsmen. </p>
<p><img src="http://www.italianlakeswedding.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Wedding-reception-in-Verbania-Pallanza.jpg" alt="Wedding-reception-in-Verbania-Pallanza" title="Wedding-reception-in-Verbania-Pallanza" width="500" height="621" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1489" /></p>
<p>From here you can take a look up at the rooms on four floors, visible from the interior court with white marble columns. Just a few steps ahead you can take in the panoramic view from the terrace tables in one of the lounge bars. </p>
<p><img src="http://www.italianlakeswedding.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Grand-Hotel-Majestic-Rooms.jpg" alt="Grand-Hotel-Majestic-Rooms" title="Grand-Hotel-Majestic-Rooms" width="575" height="581" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1490" /></p>
<p>A succession of elegant and comfortable sitting rooms unwind along the entire façade, giving guests views through the picture windows of the terrace and porches overlooking the lake. At each of the two ends of the building are two large drawing rooms that re-evoke the fabulous ballrooms of the palaces of the past. </p>
<p><img src="http://www.italianlakeswedding.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Wedding-Restaurant-Lake-Maggiore.jpg" alt="Wedding-Restaurant-Lake-Maggiore" title="Wedding-Restaurant-Lake-Maggiore" width="500" height="629" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1491" /></p>
<p>The marvelous view can be taken while dining at one of our two restaurants: “Il Rossini” chic and appetizing, and “La Beola” serving local a la carte specialties from the Verbano.<br />
The Hotel has two main function rooms, <strong>The Toscanini</strong> and <strong>The Intra</strong>, which are perfect for holding meetings and banquets in a truly unique atmosphere: decorated in period style, the rooms are elegant, stylish and bright, thanks to the wide windows that overlook the porch and the lake and afford a spectacular view. </p>
<p><img src="http://www.italianlakeswedding.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Grand-Hotel-Majestic-Porch.jpg" alt="Grand-Hotel-Majestic-Porch" title="Grand-Hotel-Majestic-Porch" width="500" height="503" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1492" /></p>
<p>Come nice weather, one can enjoy sitting on the porch under the arcades in the garden. The recreational program of the <a href="http://www.italianlakeswedding.com/bridalservices/italian-restaurant-for-weddings.php?ORDERID=75">Grand Hotel Majestic</a> offers excursions by boat or limousine to enjoy the sun at private beaches or to practice various sports in the vicinity like sailing, golf and horseback riding. </p>
<p><img src="http://www.italianlakeswedding.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Grand-Hotel-Majestic-Beauty-Farm.jpg" alt="Grand-Hotel-Majestic-Beauty-Farm" title="Grand-Hotel-Majestic-Beauty-Farm" width="500" height="501" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1493" /></p>
<p><strong>Beauty Farm</strong> is available to the hotel guests who would like to take an invigorating and toning swim in the pool, utilize the fitness center, or benefit from a relaxing massage. </p>
<p><img src="http://www.italianlakeswedding.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Hotel-ovelooking-Lake-Maggiore.jpg" alt="Hotel-ovelooking-Lake-Maggiore" title="Hotel-ovelooking-Lake-Maggiore" width="500" height="506" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1494" /></p>
<p>The guests at the <a href="http://www.italianlakeswedding.com/bridalservices/italian-restaurant-for-weddings.php?ORDERID=75">Grand Hotel Majestic</a> can count on high quality accommodations and facilities, thanks to the recent meticulously carried out renovations and additions, which return an air of a poetic era: the magical beauty and splendor of this elite hotel renders it refined and in harmony with the magnificent <strong>Lago Maggiore</strong>, and a place where its guests can enjoy the most relaxing and revitalizing vacations.</p>
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