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Lucia is a typical row boat once used at Lake Como for transporting goods to the markets. It got famous in the well known romance written by Alessandro Manzoni I Promessi sposi, a story about spouses that had to outrun lots of hindrances in the 18th century before getting married at Lecco.
Today some gentlemen do collect those old boats, restore them and rent them out for special occasions like marriages or row-competitions.

For Axel and Melanie we organized one of these old boats, got it decorated and had 2 strong men to row them 600 metres to Ossuccio with its really cute townhall. All guests were waiting and applauded at the arrival. As well the major awaited them under the historic arcades to start with the civil wedding ceremony.
Sure that all majors in Italy have to read out the legal articles, but they do it with much pleasure. And often there are situations to laugh as it is not always very easy for the celebrant to pronounce all those foreign names and cities. So with this, all wedding ceremonies get a very soft and smiling touch, although they are legally accepted.

After the ceremony we arranged a toast in the garden below the arcades, just to have some sips of Prosecco and some light fingerfood, nicely prepared right next to the lake.

Then we proceeded by boat to the famous Villa Balbianello for some beautiful photos of bride and groom in the elegant garden of this villa. Nice to walk here where already successful films have been registered, like Ocean Eleven, Star Wars, James Bond etc.

Our photographer Julian Kanz had much fun to shoot Melanie and Axel in all parts of the pittoresque property. And the best is, that even all guests do enjoy this one-hour-stop as they can stroll through the gardens and relax at each corner with wonderful views over Lake Como.
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There is nothing more romantic and emotional than a ceremony by the lake shores… this is many couples’ dream!
Imagine an elegant villa facing the lake with a wonderful green lawn surrounded by a spectacular nature.
If this is your dream too the good news is that there will be two new posts on their way that you cannot miss!

We will keep the secret for now… without telling venue’s name.
We can only say that the first of the first ceremony has been held in Moltrasio on Lake Como and second one on Lake Maggiore in Stresa.

Photographer of both services is Riccardo Bestetti based in Lecco on Lake Como. Riccardo Bestetti has a long experience on wedding photography on all Northern Italy.
His photography has a unique style with deep colors and a very candid feeling.
Do you want some examples?
We recently showed you one of Riccardo Bestetti’s service in Venice in occasion of Francesca and Nicola’s wedding.

You can have a look to this picture taken in Palazzo Barbieri in Verona during Giorgia and Massimo’s wedding.
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As Lake Como planner I’m very excited to tell you the fairy tale of this fabulous couple coming from far away to celebrate their wedding on our elegant Lake Como.
Groom, Sigfrid, was born in Valtellina, Italy – not far at all from Lake Como – while pretty bride Wei-Ting and her family come all from Taiwan where the couple actually lives and work.
They met each other in US about 8 years ago and since then, they have always been together. Isn’t it very romantic?
Wei-Ting is absolutely in love with Italy and after having had a ceremony and party in Taiwan as well, they decided that definitely wanted an Italian wedding dream too.
I as delighted to help them!

When Wei-Ting and Sigfrid first saw Balbianello Villa, they had no doubt: this would have been their Italian wedding venue!
And here we started the whole wedding planning. Groom was very active and enthusiast: it has been a real pleasure working together with them to built the perfect wedding day.
We went through every single detail trying to make a mix of the 2 strong cultures: Italian one and Taiwan one.

Hand-painted parasol, gifts for the guests (Chinese gift for the Italians and Italian gift for the Taiwanese) and all the atmosphere was a perfect combination of different customs for this unforgettable Lake Como wedding.

Sigfrid and Wei-Ting Lake Como fairy tale began with a ‘cinematographic’ setting: the beautiful lake view ceremony, performed in the terrace of the Star Wars movie!
The guests arrived by boat. They picked-up the beautiful parasols and they and attended the ceremony handling the beautiful lace ceremony booklet with the red stamp reporting the names of the couple and the wedding date. This is another Chinese interesting custom!
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Today we are posting a lovely work our planners Valentina & Alessandra did for us.
As you probably know Valentina is our planner for Lake Orta and Lake Maggiore and Alessandra works on wonderful Lake Como. Today they take the opportunity of showing stunning landscapes of Lakes Como and Orta from a different perspective: wedding theme and decoration.
Isn’t it a great idea?
We are sure we will do it again with other post and themes so stay tuned for our Four-handed posts!

Two lovely couples got married on our Italian Lakes over 2011 weddings season, among different proposals they both choose a light and chic wedding theme: butterflies!

The result we obtained was really impressive: charming, soft and matches perfectly Lakes atmosphere.

Our Lake Como butterflies theme wedding was really natural and soft. Every single detail was studied in the style.
My bride chose wonderful orchids for corsages and bridesmaid bouquets… this was the first touch the best has to come!

During the meeting with the florist I thought about something different for the ceremony table and after having excluded several options, our final decision is exactly what you can see in these pictures: a giant and colorful butterfly created with many different type of precious flowers. My lovely bride, Christine, just loved the final effect of the decoration for her unforgettable wedding on Lake Como!

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Italian Lakes Wedding is pleased to introduce you Marta Guenzi works.
She lives in Arona and she has just joined Italian Lakes Wedding professional team that operate on Lake Orta and Lake Maggiore.

Marta Guenzi is a experienced wedding photographer. She has a very romantic and evocative style. She loves her job. She is a real up to date artist!

For the ones who are looking for a photographer that is able to tell the wedding day in a spontaneous way without any pose Marta is the right one.
She is discrete and she is not an interference in the natural flow of the events.
Her story telling is candid bride and groom won’t need to pose in front of her but just being natural!

For the bride and groom who would like to have some posed pictures Marta Guenzi will invite them for a short relaxing walk. These moments are perfect for some wedding photographs. She knows very well the area and if she does not know it she always do detailed inspection visit before the wedding day to be sure to know all about the area.
All this allow her to work in the right way, shooting very personal pictures but even creating a emotive feeling between her and her couples.

Marta Guenzi studied at the famous Photography Academy of Scala Theater in Milano.
Have a look to her gallery, you will notice how she perfectly mix photojournalism, fine art and portrait photography.
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…Jennifer and Theodore gifted themselves a romantic wedding day on Como lake, in a wonderful private villa in Cernobbio.

They both came from United States and chose to celebrate their special day on Lake Como a real dream!
They enjoyed the whole day, from ceremony to final dancing party, in this gorgeous villa, a wonderful setting to make this day even more special.
The villa has a wide terraced garden that allow you the possibility to personalize it as you prefer on a special day like your wedding could be.

Jennifer and Theodore exchanged their marriage vows on a big terrace. Mountains sprang from the waters offering a perfect and romantic background for the ceremony.
Jennifer reached her moved groom walking on a soft aisle covered with petals and then, under a gorgeous arch full of red coral flowers, they promised each other eternal love. Continue Reading »

Estella and Diego are a lovely couple from Milan. We know them since many years!
Side of being Photo27 main photographers they have been some of the very first fellow passengers of our adventure with Italian Lakes Wedding.
It has been thanks to their wonderful pictures that our blog grew up to be one most important Italian wedding blog in English.
Thank you Diego and Estella!

For this reason it is a real pleasure for us posting the brand new Diego and Estella Photo27 PHOTOGALLERY.
You will find there more than 60 pictures divided in 4 sections and 4 weddings: one each lake.
A Wedding portfolio where you will appreciate Estella and Diego’s Photo27 photography technique, experience and innovation…but most of all a real passion!

First section is Fiona and Marco’s wedding. Our planner Valentina spoke about this in An Italian – Scottish wedding on Lake Maggiore post.

Here following you con see some of Lake Orta  Edel and Kieran’s best wedding photos. You can read more about it in post A magic venue for a wedding on Lake Orta shores. It was written by Valentina, Edel and Kieran’s wedding planner.

Lake Como is represented by Marcia and Andrew’s wedding. A wonderful couple who decided to get married in Varenna with a religious ceremony by the shores of the lake. A real must you cannot miss them!

We close with Lake Garda and Sarah and Steve’s wedding in the tower of Castello di Malcesine a fairy tale.
You will find out all details about Sarah’s and Steve wedding in our Lake Garda wedding planners Angela and Katiuscia’s post From the infinite past… to Malcesine!

Thanks once again to Diego and Estella for their wonderful pictures and for their great contrubute to Italian Lakes Wedding.

Take some minutes to visit Photo27 PHOTOGALLERY…
you will be amazed!

CLICK HERE: Diego and Estella Photo27 PHOTOGALLERY.

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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.

Dear Couples,
Many of you write us asking further information about Villa del Balbianello rental. For this reason we would love to give you more information on our blog that we hope could be useful.

Italian Lakes Wedding Team now is happy to provide you the official rates of Balbianello Villa.
We tried to be the most exhaustive we could but please feel free to contact us if you find something not clear or if you may need additional details.

Balbianello is one of the most beautiful and unspoiled Villas of the area reachable by boat thus giving your guests the opportunity of living a “different” experience.
FAI (Fondo Ambiente Italiano – Italian Environment Fund) preserves the most important Italian monumental Villas and gardens and it manages Villa del Balbianello too. It has agreed us the permission to use the Villa for our events.

We hope you will appreciate the uniqueness of this amazing setting and stunning view as much as we do!
The breath-taking ceremony can be celebrated outdoor overlooking the lake. At Villa del Balbianello can be performed civil legally blessing ceremonies from Monday to Saturday (never on Sunday) Villa del Balbianello offers the opportunity of using the venue for:

• Only the ceremony (max 2 hours staying).
• Ceremony + aperitif / cocktail (max 3 hours staying).
• Ceremony + complete reception (max 6 hours staying) with option of extending the time till 2am at an extra fee charge.

Depending on the guests number, ceremony can be celebrated on the Terrace (small groups) or under the Loggia (bigger groups).
For groups smaller than 50 guests, the ceremony can be celebrated also while the Villa is still open to tourists (this option is cheaper than having the Villa in exclusive). This means in the afternoon, earlier than 6pm.
For groups of 50 persons and over, ceremonies are only allowed when the Villa is closed to public visitors (this has a higher cost) and therefore with the Villa in exclusive. Continue Reading »

Cat and Reza… Just like Janet and Ian!
Do you remember about Janet and Ian? It was the first of a long series of weddings planned by Italian Lakes Wedding team at VILLA D’ESTE, the amazing and vip location in Cernobbio, on Lake Como.
On the footsteps of Janet and Ian, today we would love to show you another dream wedding set in this impressive jet set’s favourite destination on Como Lake.

Cat is Russian and Reza is Persian and they live together in London.
Some time ago, visiting Italian Lakes Wedding pages, they were so fascinated by Janet and Ian’s wedding, planned by our team, that they decided that they would love to have a similar incredibly fascinating event.

Talented photographer Carlo Guido Conti was there for them to shoot Cat and Reza’s big day. You surely appreciated his wonderful photo session for Nick and Chris at Villa Rusconi on Lake Maggiore. With regard to this, we anticipate you that we will soon come back on Lake Maggiore together with Carlo Conti, this time going till Locarno, in Switzerland, for another amazing wedding, Georg and Kiki’s one.

Cat and Reza got married in a wonderful day of mid September. Bride’s arrival was really fabulous: on a carriage towed by white horses!

As for Janet and Ian, Cat and Reza’s ceremony took place on Villa’s meadow between the lake and the wonderful mosaic staircase that leads to the location’s upper area: a dream setting, made even more romantic by a string quartet playing sweet melodies on the background.

For their ceremony, bride and groom chose an elegant floral arrangement: roses and white lisianthus. For bride’s and bridesmaids’ bouquet, Cat opted for bright colours, with pretty eye-catching little Callas and yellow Cymbidium orchids. Continue Reading »

Today I would like to tell you about a lovely couple coming from England: Joss and Nick.
They got married on July 9th, a bright and warm summer day that they will not forget for the rest of their lives!

They surely had a certain taste for lovely and good things and places so they opted for a wonderful wedding on Lake Como.

Everything was planned to be perfect!
We start from bride’s getting ready at Villa d’Este, the wonderful hotel famous all over the world with stunning view on the lake shores.
And we will end with the party in an amazing private villa near Cernobbio.
But let’s go step by step.

Nick and Joss decided to celebrate their special ceremony in lovely church in Cadenabbia just on the Como Lake’s shores. Here they soaked in a magical and romantic atmosphere created by wonderful floral decorations, white candles and the bright and warm colours of walls, together with a stunning red lacunar ceiling. Continue Reading »

An incredible and original way for your special and moments on the fascinating Lake Como.
The occasion to spend a fabulous time with your Guests, families and friends and only with them, surrounded by the fabulous Lake Como landscape.

Jacqueline and Jonathan have chosen to share the beauty of the Lake for their wedding, just by the waters with a constant new landscape to admire.
A classic old steamboat can be yours in exclusivity for enjoying your wedding party on Lake Como!

This magnificent restored steamboat offers the opportunity to enjoy its outdoors spaces as well as its elegant interiors which can be used for cocktails, dinners and dancing.
It’s a perfect way to give life to your original wedding party.
There are many ways you can use this floating venue. You can use it for the whole wedding party, including a symbolic ceremony celebrated on board, as well as for open bar and dances till late at night after having spent the reception dinner in a Villa on the lakeshores!

A special atmosphere on Lake Como that you and your guests will remember forever. The water perspective offers the chance to see the beauties of the lake Como shores with its villas, its luxurious hotels, its medieval and picturesque villages such as Bellagio, Varenna, Torno, Laglio (with, George Clooney’s Villa!), Tremezzo Blevio, Nesso, Moltrasio, Cernobbio and many many other lovely towns and fishermen villages.

Don’t hesitate to contact our Team for your dream wedding on Lake Como waters!
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Under the strange and special light of a cloudy sky with gorgeous reflections on Como Lake’s waters, Jenny and Giles’ wedding took place. They made a very long trip to make this dream come true. Jenny comes from Singapore and Giles comes from England, but they both live in Singapore.

The bride chose as accommodation a luxury hotel in Bellagio, with a stunning sight on Lake Como. Here, between ancient rooms full of history and precious furniture, bride got ready with gorgeous make up and wearing her wonderful Vera Wang dress.

Three different groups left Bellagio by boat leading ceremony venue: Villa del Balbianello.

The first group was made up by groom and his best men and ushers, who had the important task to verify that everything were perfect… a great help for the wedding planner, thank you very much guys!
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