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.

Malcesine small port is definitely one of the most lovely glimpses with its colourful boats waiting to take off the placid waters of the lake. From here you can embark on an ancient and elegant sailing ship called “the lady of the lake” , for an exciting tour of the lake sipping good Italian wines.

For just the two of you or your dearest guests a unique experience could be a dinner on the deck to enjoy the unforgettable sunset over the lake from a very privileged position.
Just south of Malcesine you find another small village set on the shore of the lake.
Torri del Benaco unfolds around a small port overlooked by a wonderful castle.

Lake Garda has an ancient tradition of lemon trees growing. Its mild climate all year  allowed the spread of this fragrant and delicate plants. You can see by the lake many lemon green houses. They are built with large pillars and wooden frames between high stone walls which served to protect plants in winter.

Torri del Benaco Castle is one of the oldest and largest lemon houses of the lake. Inside the building, between fragrant cedar, lemon and tangerine trees, you will find one of the most beautiful frames that may exist for your civil wedding, with the sky as roof.

Continuing down the coast you will meet the crenellated walls of Lazise. It is oldest municipality in Italy. It is a small village rich in history that in a short walk encloses a tiny port, a beautiful Romanesque church and the peculiar building of ancient custom (Dogana).

Century ago it represented the  border between Lombardy and the Venetian Republic.

Today the bride can get on foot under its massive arches, while the groom will wait for her for their Civil Ceremony on the lake.
It also allows you to arrive also by boat thanks to its great position.

After your ceremony your welcome drink will be offered just by the lake.
Lake’s romantic lights of the evening will be the backdrop to your fine dinner with fine Italian wines.

In the Southern part of Lake Garda, on a small peninsula that stretches towards the vastness of the lake there is maybe the most beautiful pearl: Sirmione.

It is known since the days of Catullo for its precious thermal waters. It is enclosed within the ancient walls of the Scaliger fortress. As in ancient times, you still reach it across the drawbridge, walking along the narrow streets, going from the castle to the beautiful Romanesque church. 
Church of Sirmione is certainly the most beautiful church on the lake, with its colonnade and courtyard overlooking the lake.

For your civil ceremony you have at your disposal the colourful Palazzo Callas in the small main square. For symbolic blessing you can choose the charming garden of an elegant neoclassical villa, with ancient statues and century-old trees.

What makes Sirmione unique is that here in anyway you will choose to celebrate your special day, day before and day after, it will be always a special event thanks to the many activities and possibilities that this location offers to enjoy your Italian days.

You can find excellent restaurants where you will taste real Italian cuisine and great wines, fun boat trips to discover the most beautiful places, relaxing hours to spend to the spa to pamper yourself gazing at the lake.

Last but not least among the castles of Lake Garda, impressive fortress of Lonato offers a truly unique setting to celebrate your wedding.
This evocative venue offers a unique setting for your wedding within its ancient walls.
You can celebrate your legal civil ceremony in it and then entertain your guests with an elegant wedding reception, all in one place.

Lake Garda is very close and it can be seen between crenellations on a clear day. The most beautiful moment to admire this venue is right after sunset when a thousand candles light up.

After the civil ceremony you can walk among olive trees for an Italian aperitif and just after your party can follow to the upper quarter of the castle to dine in a spacious lawn under the stars.
The atmosphere created by these ancient walls lit by torches can not be described, it should be lived!

And to end the evening, music and dancing will delight you and your guests under an elegant tent.

A full day within the ancient walls for a wedding to remember.



So, which is your castle?

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Angela and Katiuscia both work on Veneto region and Lake Garda. They will take you to discover traditions, savors and colors of Veneto region, not only on Lake Garda!

They can help and support you for a dream wedding on other wonderful locations such as Venice, Verona and Veneto gorgeous countryside where you could taste some of best wines of Italy.

For any information about wedding on Lake Garda please contact Angela and Katiuscia.

The Palace of the Town Hall – to celebrate your civil wedding – is in the heart of the old city center, just next to the lovely small port, giving a special frame to your forever love promise to each other. Or do you prefer a catholic ceremony? The little roman church of San Nicolò with frescos from the 3rd century is just on the other side of the port, in direct closeness of the central square. The majestic Castle dominating the town is a perfect location to shoot some very special wedding photos, while your guests will enjoy a refreshing aperitif on the terrace of one of the lakeside restaurants.

Then to complete the picture of the enchanting environment, the Town Hall just put at the disposal the historical building of the Venetian Customs, only few steps from the Town Hall, that now can be used also for wedding receptions. From here that Venice controlled for long centuries the commerce on the Lake Garda, but now the medieval building hides a brand new interior design, offering a really special set for a very exclusive reception for your guests. The structure includes two large modular areas, which can host 350 people overall, and is characterized by a typical Venetian construction, with a larch truss roof of ancient origins, and two arches facing the lake forming a usable open space for an open-air aperitif before the wedding dinner, to enjoy the great view of the lake with the small romantic port in front. The excellent fusion of this fantastic monumental setting with cutting-edge technologies has made this renewed multifunctional centre one of the most elegant, exclusive events venues in the province of Verona.

Otherwise, if your wish is to continue the wedding day in a more traditional, elegant villa instead of the Customs building, there is a splendid XIXth century villa part of fantastic Thermal Park, where you can enjoy fully the relax also the days after the wedding with some snuggling massages and beauty treatments, or simply just taking sun around the swimming pool. Large italian garden, and historic residence buildings complete the offer of the Villa.

40 different hotels are at the disposal of your guests to find the best rooms answering to their needs in terms of taste and budget, and many many restaurants and bars are offering great opportunity to discover the town center the night before with a rehearsal dinner, or the days after the big day.
Historic charm, a gorgeous environment with a mix of modern cutting edge structures and romantic villas….all this with delicious local cuisine….the success of your dream wedding is guaranteed in Lazise, the medieval pearl of Lake Garda.

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 Lazise Lake Garda please CONTACT US.

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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 .