Italian Lakes Wedding Planner

You’ve already decided for every detail of your special day, but you are looking for something more to make your wedding a fun day…



Do you want a pure Italian touch of originality? What about a special entry and exit?

You can choose a lovely APE-calessino to move through the narrow cobblestone streets of small villages on Lake Garda!
Calessino was born in Italy in 1948 as a three-wheeled transformation of the famous Vespa. Word “calessino” comes from its look. As a matter of fact it is very similar to a horse carriage, a sort of sofa on wheels finished in wood and covered with a semi-circular bellows awning.
The model was an breaking success: its small size made it the ideal vehicle to move in the ancient villages and seaside localities all over Italy, often characterized by narrow and steep alleys.

In the following years it became a great character of the Dolce Vita years, carrying the Hollywood stars around the islands and the most beautiful places on Mediterranean coast.
From Italy it reached Asian countries becoming a real bestseller. Perhaps because of its similarity to the exotic rickshaw, it spread across the south-east Asia as a means of public transportation and it is now known as tuk-tuk, a name deriving from onomatopoeic characteristic noise generated by its motor.

With its sixties design, it relive today the unforgettable charm of La Dolce Vita and it offers you a great opportunity to give a vintage and characteristic touch to your special day, like in Hayley and Chis’ wedding in Malcesine.

I love when also cars fit right in with the theme of the wedding!
Italian design offers many other solutions…of course Fiat 500 is a real Italian style icon.

So tiny and fun, it can be a great bridal car to take you from the church to your wedding reception… maybe dragging tin cans as tradition!

What’s your style? A sports car for a romantic getaway for just the two of you around the lake, a vintage car to reach one of the many castles on Lake Garda, or even a fun Buggy to surprise your guests?

….oh, and if you have no car, maybe you can hitch a ride on a Vespa, as suggested by these funny wedding photos! Continue Reading »

A Wedding day is a special day. Everyone wish to make it unique and unforgettable.
Lake Garda enchanted poets and painters for centuries with its beautiful and different landscapes- It offers fascinating solutions for the ceremony of your dreams.

Lake Garda East coast is embellished by many castles and crenellated cities.
This obviously is explained by the ancient history of this side of the lake and has its origins in the proximity to the elegant Verona.

Scala dynasty ruled the city for 125 years and extended its dominions to Lake Garda, leaving many historical testimonies.

One of the most famous is the castle of Malcesine.
Your Wedding in Malcesine will be certainly wonderful. You will enjoy this small village on the northern shore of the lake that seems suspended in time. It is a small village with cobbled streets that climb up a gentle slope until reaching the fortress overlooking the lake.

The castle hosts legal civil ceremonies in the incomparable setting of the tower: deep hues of the sky merging with blue of the lake will be the perfect background to your exchange of promises.
Malcesine can be visited by foot or by a funny “Ape Calessino” (tuk-tuk). You get lost in the labyrinth of alleyways between colourful houses and ancient palaces and to discover beautiful backgrounds for your wedding pictures. Continue Reading »

Verona is the synonym of the romantic idyll, of Romeo and Juliet.
The heart of this romantic city recounted by Shakespeare is a just a jewel.

You can tell looking at its infinite facets, wonderful cafes and historical monuments, winding cobblestone streets, churches, squares, castle and slow river that flows through it.
Elegance of the past that you breathe in this city is making it a perfect frame for a charming wedding!

Everywhere you walk, you will find a path that will take you to one of the oldest theatre in the world: the Arena, still beautifully preserved.

In cool summer evenings the Arena hosts many concerts and opera of the most famous opera festivals in the world. In warm lights of Autumn or in twinkling Christmas lights it can be a truly magical frame for your wedding.

In the heart of Verona, we suggest to follow the gentle curves of the river between old neighbourhoods, forgotten crafts, historic churches up to the famous balcony of Juliet.

You can choose to pronounce your wedding vows just in Juliet’s house, where for centuries lovers from all over the world swear their love writing their names on these walls.
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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.
Marta Guenzi shoots the most important moments of the day always choosing a wonderful and true and perspective. 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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Verona is an very ancient city full of charm and elegance just steps from Lake Garda.

Verona is the synonym of Romeo and Juliet’s romantic idyll.

The heart of Verona is a jewel with infinite faces, with its wonderful cafes and historical monuments, winding cobblestone roads,churches, squares, castle and slow river that flows through it.

Everywhere you walk you will find a path that will take you to one of the oldest theatre in the world: the Arena, still beautifully preserved.

Elegance of the past that you breathe in this city is a perfect frame for a charming wedding!

To Matteo and Martina it all seemed natural choosing the elegance of this noble city for their ceremony and the relaxed and joyful frame of Lake Garda for the reception.

This is to combine two different souls and we are sure you will love both of them.

Martina’s grace illuminated everything, as well as her wonderful smile!

Her long white dress, her hair softly gathered by impalpable white flowers and only a pretty bow on shoes… Final preparations for the bride and everything is ready.

Every detail in Matteo and Martiana’s Wedding reveals elegance and simplicity, expertly captured by our photographer Beatrice Mancini. The ceremony was held in Duomo Baptistery in Verona, a setting of rare elegance and sobriety, white candles down the aisle and a delicate bouquet of Gypsophila. Continue Reading »

Every wedding is unique and it is always a pleasure seeing bride and groom with beaming eyes in their very special day, but nothing can be truer in the case of Cesar and Cristina!
This couple travelled from Spain, bringing with them the warmth and laid down of their country. They decided that since collecting their friends and family from all over Spain would be a great challenge, they took the chance to transform their wedding into a romantic elope!

We appreciated their modern look and the fact that even if they had been together for a while and are already a family; they looked as if they had met yesterday and fell in love instantly!

So in love that the ring tradition was nearly overlooked in their wedding. They found a couple of colourful rings in Cristina’s jewel box and decided they were good enough for the ceremony. They stated firmly that they were marring the heart, not the finger! Continue Reading »

Today we would like to invite you to Francesca and Nicola’s wedding: Big Day really comes true when the bride starts heading her steps towards the wedding ceremony.
But there are places in the world where there are more charming options than just walking to reach the chosen wedding venue, this place is Venice!

Just few minutes drive from Lake Garda there is Venice.
Here boat is the only way to get around, especially on a wedding day. Francesca and Nicola’s wedding was celebrated in a secluded and exclusive island of the lagoon!

You can imagine bride’s excitement and happiness, when she got onto the water taxi to get to the wedding ceremony!

Francesca and Nicola choose to celebrate their union in the beautiful Church of Santa Fosca. It was built around the IX century with a Venetian-Byzantine style on the Torcello island which is situated between the worldwide famous Murano and Burano villages.

They were looking for a very special, important and cosy venue, were they could be away from tourists of Venice but where they could still enjoy its timeless beauty and secret. This venue has a special aura of majesty and enabled couples and their guests to share something very intimate and beautiful.
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Congratulations to Cristina and César!
On 26th august 2011 they got married on Lake Garda: this was their first time in a charming village like Sirmione and they will never forget this extraordinary experience!

Late in the evening they had a lovely and intimate civil ceremony and then took photos in some of the characteristic corners of Sirmione. Since it was very hot, the couple enjoyed the playing with the lake’s fresh water! Continue Reading »

Have you ever had the feeling of knowing someone from the infinite past?
Definitely these are feelings arising when lovers look into each others eyes, lost in rapture, hypnotized by its vastness.
Steve and Sarah flew all the way from UK to find a location that could match their antique and noble acquaintance!

What could be a better place than Italy? A country full of story, sharing with its lovers hidden niches of infinite beauty.
During their visit around the Lake Garda, after visiting many characteristic villages and famous locations,Steve and Sarah came across a tiny well kept village in the North of the Lake called Malcesine. In this location filled with colorful little artisan shops, family run restaurants and the superb surrounding nature, they finally found what they were looking for!
The venue to tie the knot was Scaligero Castle, stately rising from the village promontory! The Castle has a very long and rich history. It had many owners who kept it polished and magnificent through the centuries. It was built in the first millennium by the Lombards and then destroyed and rebuilt by the Franks. From there on, it has been a jewel in the hands either of Republic of Venice, of Austrian-Hungarian Empire, of France and of many Italian lineages. Then it was declared National Monument in 1206.
In this rare pearl set in a fairy tale landscape, Steve and Sarah decided to celebrate their most important event as a couple: their wedding!

When the day finally arrived, everything was ready for their wonderful ceremony, young page boys and flower girls, cheerful guests were waiting for this very important day. Cascades of flowers were awaiting the couple for their vows exchange!

Our skillful photographers from Photo 27 Studio were able to capture unique shots, so delicate and important but so qucik to vanish in a heartbeat. We love especially the following photo, Sarah’s farewell to her previous life and Steve’s waiting, longing to start his new life with Sarah… and finally they exchanged vows and rings! Continue Reading »

This time I will tell you about a wedding that took place in the beginning of June at Lake Garda. Not in one of the well known villages, but at Padenghe, a small place on the Brescia-part of the Lake Garda. It has its castle like almost all towns around the lakes do have former fortezze that were build by the famous Scaliger people.

The castle was a nice scene for wedding photos. Maurizio and Judith did enjoy their day very much. It was sunny, 120 good humor friends and family were around them, as well as the team of wedding planners consisted by Britta, Romana and Romy from Italian Lakes Wedding – Creative Wedding team.

It started with the catholic wedding in the church of Padenghe, then followed by a easy aperitivo in front of the Agriturismo Pratello. This agriturismo has next to his farmhouse an elegant villa, so this is used for the wedding reception.
A wonderful wedding dinner was served, an typical Italian duo with Francesca and Davide did bring atmosphere into the evening and after the delicious plates there was much time for dancing. Continue Reading »

In a region full of treasures like Veneto within easy reach from the varied shores of Lake Garda you can discover the magic of a unique city: glamorous Venice.

Luxury! Passion! Perfection!

…These are all words that come into our mind looking at these beautiful pictures taken from Emma and Mark‘s wedding album.
Wonderful Venetian just filled the air with more pathos, enhancing the dramatic atmosphere of the city: a perfect scenario for a special wedding!
Our very great photographer Beatrice Mancini had absolute perfect timing to capture these unique moments of tenderness and joy between our newly weds!!

As you can see from these pictures, style is part of their everyday life: they work and live in one of the most interesting parts of London.

They run a vintage fashion shop in Camden Town and with full pride and limpid self confidence; they adopted such style for their absolutely perfect wedding in Venice.

Venice, the city on water where… sometimes water rises, leaving estimators walking literally into water!

This is what happened to Emma! And she appreciateed the charming and timeless Venice in all its shades. She grasped the playful side of the acqua alta and with joyful nonchalance took off her shoes and decided to add a creative edge to her wedding, ending up to actually having fun!

This is the spirit to really enjoy the uniqueness of Venice!

Their sophisticated but informal style perfectly matched the retro’ Venetian atmosphere and our skilled photographer magnificently managed to catch the delicate beauty of this event. Continue Reading »