Italian Lakes Wedding Planner

Our best musicians discovering for a wedding on Italian Lakes reaches Lake Orta shores. Here we meet guitarist Ezio Lucchini in occasion of his new cd titled La Mia Isola – My Island.

For your wedding ceremony, aperitif or dinner Ezio Lucchini is the perfect choice for an elegant and classy entertainment.

Ezio Lucchini is a polintrumentic musician from Lake Orta with many years of experience. He played in several jazz, swing and easy listening bands.
Ezio Lucchini is a real professional, he is very famous across Lakes District and he arranged many guitar workshops on classical and electric guitar teaching.
Thanks to his long experience Ezio Lucchini and his guitar are able to play any kind of music from classical to rock!

To let you know and enjoy Ezio Lucchini’s sound Italian Lakes Wedding is happy to give you the opportunity to listen in exclusive demos for all songs on La Mia Isola – My Island guitarist’s new cd.

Title track is the first song: La Mia Isola – My Island. The song has been composed by Ezio Lucchini himself. It is a funky instrumental song inspirited by George Benson with sophisticated electric guitar solos. You could surely understand how good is the musician. My Island he is talking about is St. Julius Island. Ezio wanted to dedicate a special song to his beloved island so in the background you can hear lake waters sound.
Following you will listen to Air on a G String a guitair version of famous Johann Sebastian Bach music. A classical music that could be perfect for a charming wedding ceremony full of phatos.
You will listen to Beatles’ Michelle, a Brazilian Music Medley, Harry Lime Theme from famous movie The Third Man and Torna a Surriento a traditional Naples song.

To listen Ezio Lucchini’s magic guitar click on mini-iPod button …you will find out that Ezio Lucchini’s songs suit all tastes and seasons.

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We’ve told you many times about wonderful medieval Orta village and how cosy and intimate it is.
Now let’s imagine a more intimate, cozier and more romantic place just mystic and legendary:
here you are San Giulio Island.

St. Julius reached this land for first around 1600 sailing on his mantel. He arrived here and found it haunted by dragoons and snakes.
He sent them all away and built a little church that after become the nowadays cathedral.
This is what the legend tells….

After that a castle, Bishop Palance and villas for priests.
About half of 1800 a convent was built and it cancelled the last symbol of a powerful past let the island becoming more religious.
Today a small group of nuns live in the convent. They are Benedectines and they are totally dedicated to manual works and spiritual hospitality.

St. Julius Island is a silent an mystic place rich in history and traditions.
If you take a look to the island from the hills high tower bell, gardens and ancient roads look like a fairly tale castle born from ancient ruins of a castle.

On this very Italian corner of paradise we would like to suggest a unique opportunity to arrange your wedding reception: a little cosy restaurant with terrace on the lake inside one of the most ancient villas of the island.

We love to imagine a romantic civil ceremony to Villa Bossi or a lovely religious ceremony in one of Orta churches (Maria Assunta or Sacro Monte) with a pleasant trip on the boat to follow.

You and your guests will have the opportunity to completely know and savor the beauty of the lake.
Cruise from Orta to St. Julius Island is a show you can not miss.
From the waters could admire ancient villas on the shores and their aristocratic and alter appeal.

After this lovely trip you will arrive directly on the pier of a little restaurant just on San Giulio Island or you could get there from the little road that goes across the Island.

Ristorante San Giulio (St. Julius Restaurant) is located inside Villa Tallone date back to 1700.
It is well know to host a rich summer concert season in which you could listen to great concerts in such a wonderful frame. Continue Reading »

Little details can often make a wedding really unforgettable. Some original and pretty details can give a special touch to the event to make it really unique. This what happened for Kerry, the pretty girl in Yellow I would like to tell you about.

First of all pretty Kerry opted for a trendy wedding dress for sure.

Her designer made it for her and she did such a wonderful job.

It was an ivory prom dress with little details in yellow, just like the sun: a little embroidery on the bustier, a big ribbon at the back and lovely details for the under-skirt.

Kerry also wore a tiara with veil and pretty rounded pointed shoes.

For her bouquet Kerry decided for a round classic shape which has always appeal. Monika Andenmatten floral designer created for her a perfect match between white and yellow roses to go with the same colors of the dress.

The groom too, Alistair, was really handsome in his light grey kilt as Scottish tradition wants.

For their religious ceremony Kerry and Alistair chose Sacro Monte church on the top of the hill just up Orta village. Continue Reading »

If you are dreaming of a special place for a symbolic ceremony on the lakeshore, St. Julius Island on Lake Orta could be the right place you are looking for.

St. Julius Island is a tiny place right in the center of the intimate lake. Some nuns live here, right in the pretty convent close to the abbey dedicated to St. Julius who was the first to land on the island. On the island there are also some villas which used to be owned by the church. Now they are all holidays home of rich families coming from all over the world. There is also a tiny little restaurant here, the only one on the island.

It is easy to understand why St. Julius Island is a place where silence and meditation play the main role. You can just breath a mystic atmosphere here. It is the amazing scenery Mark and Rachel choose for their wedding. The two guys are a lovely couple coming from Dallas TX, who planned their wedding with Italian Lakes Wedding Team.

We already mentioned Mark Followill in another post. He is the official speaker of Mavs TV, Dallas Mavericks TV channel, one of the most famous NBA basket ball team of USA. Mark and Rachel choose Lake Orta and St. Julius Island after visiting our web site and reading our posts. A very good result for our Team which main task is promoting lakes territory, one of the most romantic for a wedding in Italy.

After taking in consideration many photographers of the area, Mark and Rachel opted for Raffaello Mazzoleni. They were impressed by his skills, perfect shots and quickness in delivery. Images you can see here give you a perfect idea! You can have a look to his sites to know more about his work: www.artefoto-omegna.it and www.italianweddingphotojournalist.com.

Rachel picked up for her bridal bouquet one of Monika’s creations. Monika is the famous floral designer of La Piccola Selva. She created for beautiful Rachel a Hand-Tied Lilium Longiflorum bouquet.

After a short trip on private motorboat, ceremony has been celebrated on the lakeshore just by the small pier. An idyllic scenery: the abbey and villas on one side and lake and Orta village on the other.
A little farer there was Buccione Tower. Medieval tower that has been over viewing on Lake Orta for more than 1000 years. Continue Reading »

It is not the first time that Lake Orta has been chosen as wedding destination by an international media personality. Some time ago Kerry Katona chose the same lake for her wedding. She is a famous British actress, book writer and former member of Atomic Kitten band. Then Bevin Tucker landed here. She has been main character in American movie Girl in 3D, directed by Louis Aira. Thanks to the thriller movie Bevin won first prize as Best Actress to New York Film and Video Festival in 2004. You could read more about Bevin’s wedding in posts that Valentina, Diane and Monika wrote.
Today we would like to tell you about Mark Followill. He is the voice of Dallas Maveriks the famous NBA basket ball team. Forbes Magazine describer It is one of the most important basket ball team in US from the economical point of view.

Mark Followill is official speaker of Mavs TV. Dallas Maveriks tv channel. Mark chose for his wedding with Rachel romantic and magic Lake Orta and its St. Julius Island.

Valentina Lombardi of Italian Lakes Wedding planned the wedding for them and Raffaello Mazzoleni was their skillful photographer. You can see some wonderful pictures here as anticipation.

An intimate symbolic ceremony on the lakeshore that Valentina will describe soon thanks to Raffaello Mazzoleni images. Stay tuned to know more from Valentina’s words and Raffaello’s reportage images.

We love Italy: we love its people, its language, its food, its culture, its nature, etc. Therefore, getting married in Italy was the obvious choice.
But where? After thorough research and multiple research weekends in Italy (oh, the sacrifices one has to make…) we came to the conclusion that it would have to be in the picturesque Orta San Giulio. This lovely town even has its town hall on the lake (Lago d’Orta), allowing the bride and groom (or in our case: bride and bridesmaid) to arrive in a (rowing) boat!

We (bride, groom and guests) all stayed at hotel Leon d’Oro, that is situated right in the heart of the town (Piazza Motta) on the lake. Our rooms were immaculate and the friendly assistance we received from the staff really made us feel very welcome! We had welcome drinks for our guests on one of the terraces of the hotel overlooking the lake and the Isola San Giulio. Just perfect!

When the flowers arrived on our wedding day, we knew for sure that La Piccola Selva had been the right choice for the floral arrangements. We had had quite specific ideas about what the bouquet and corsages would have to look like and were very happy to see that La Piccola Selva had been able to bring it all together so beautifully. As per our request, it had also provided us with a special flower decoration for the stroller of our little niece. Great Paola, thank you! Continue Reading »