Italian Lakes Wedding Planner

A wedding on the Lake Orta can be romantic, like Rachel and Mark’s wedding, celebrated at sunset, on the lake shore…
Or it can be intimate like Silvia and Giorgio’s wedding for 3 celebrated in the garden at Villa Bossi…
But a wedding on the Lake Orta can also be fun and festive…. Just like the one celebrated by Mariana and Matteo, the fantastic couple I will tell you about today.

Matteo and Mariana are an Italian-Armenian couple who live and work in London. Matteo is originally from Torino and he is just like every good boy coming from Piemonte, he is in love with his own homeland. Over time, Mariana was infected with this love as well, and thus their decision to choose one of the most charming places in Piedmont for their wedding: the Lake Orta.

Fun and joy are two words which perfectly describe Mariana and Matteo’s wedding. You will certainly see that in the photos accompanying this post: pictures that tell of their friend’s feast and fun, the first pranks of marriage, the couple’s happiness after the ceremony… emotions and feelings captured by Maren Ollmann’s lens from the Photography Studio Ollmann/Ottaviano in Torino. In the PHOTO GALLERY you will find 27 exceptional shots filled with the passion and magic which bring together the most wonderful emotions of Mariana and Matteo’s Big Day.

Mariana and Matteo’s wedding on the Lake Orta took place in 3 venues: Hotel Villa Crespi, where the bride and groom and their relatives stayed, the Church, Sacro Monte di Orta, where the religious ceremony took place, and finally Villa Ortea, where the wedding reception continued till the early lights of dawn.

For their stay in Orta and their first wedding night, Mariana e Matteo chose the Executive Suite in Hotel Villa Crespi. It was a fantastic room overlooking the lake with XVIII century furniture, a refined marble bathroom with a hydromassage and a magnificent four poster bed.
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I really can say that the wedding planner job is never boring.
One of the things I really adore the most is discovering the best locations where organizing our beloved special and unique events.
Lake Garda is very vast and plenty of Hotels and reception venues, but this Lake is always interesting and ‘in ferment’.

One of the most famous area is Gardone Riviera where tourists come from all over the world to visit Il Vittoriale (ancient complex of houses, museums, gardens and theaters built from Gabriele D’Annunzio, who lived there, together with the architect Maroni) and the fascinating surroundings.
Gardone Riviera is located on the west side of Garda Lake and close to the well-known Salo’ Town. This small lovely village is one of the few where both civil and religious ceremonies can be celebrated.
In fact, the general rule of Lake Garda Churches is that non – resident couples aren’t allowed to get married here.
So this place has a huge privilege. Its Church is romantic and lake view and its Town Hall located in the center is also charming and classy: can hosts up to 70 guests.

In case your desire is having a personalized and symbolic ceremony, I’m happy to tell you that this can be celebrated directly in the wonderful gardens of the fabulous location I’m going to introduce you today: Grand Hotel Fasano.

This luxurious hotel is immersed in a romantic scenery of water and hills.
Originally, this building was one of the hunting lodges of the Austrian imperial family: the “faisanderie”.
The hotel beauty and lake view is astonishing and completed by a 12.000 sq. meters private park all around. A perfect set for an extremely chic wedding. Continue Reading »

Italian Lakes Wedding Team is getting bigger!
Starting from now our offer will be wider. Flipping through our pages you will discover new lakes and wonderful destinations for your wedding. This our special gift for 2010 season!
Discover Southern italian Lakes and wonderful Lake Bracciano.

It is a stunning location few kilometers from eternal city of Rome where history and nature get together to create a perfect frame for your dream wedding.
Italian Lakes Wedding team is happy to introduce Stefania Zen, our wedding coordinator for Southern Lakes area that will include famous Lake Bracciano and rustic Lake Bolsena.

Stefania was born close to Italian Northern Lakes in Piemonte region so she perfectly know the charm and appeal of the lakes and often come back to visit these special place and work with us over here.

Before becoming a wedding planner in Rome some years ago, she worked as flight assistant on intercontinental flights. She travelled all over the world. Her interest for people customs and habits and language skills helps her to be a perfect planner.
When she settled in Rome, she decided to become a wedding planner in this wonderful charming and amazing city discovering also wonderful lakes close by.

She will be happy to guide you to find the best venues, charming solutions, lovely decorations for your unique wedding on Lake Bracciano. She will let you know the charm of this great spot of Italy helping and supporting throughout all your wedding planning!

Join us to welcome on board Stefania!

Lazise, this small town on the eastern-southern part of the lake has all the rights to be proud of its rich past. From the medieval splendid times although still remains a lot to see also for the nowadays people: the magnificent Castle, with the walls that are containing the historic center with the tiny little streets, a lot of shops and bars. Once you come to Lazise, its feeling takes you…and if your wish is a special romantic wedding in a historical environment, you have just found the right place.

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. Continue Reading »

If you are thinking about getting married on Italian Lakes, Lake Maggiore could offer many special corners to arrange your wonderful day.
We’ve already talked about wonderful villas and soon we will also tell you about luxury hotels on lake shores and Borromean Islands.

Keeping on exploring most beautiful venues on Lake Maggiore we would like to talk you about two interesting venues to arrange a unique and special event on lake shores: a beach wedding!
On Piemonte side of Lake Maggiore there are two beach resorts that are just perfect to arrange a fantastic beach wedding: Lido di Baveno and Lido di Stresa. Both venues are casual but also elegant and fine.

But what is really special on this venues is the possibility to organize a legal catholic ceremony or a legal civil ceremony on the open air just on the beach.
Isn’t it just wonderful?

Ceremony in this case will have breathtaking feel that you and your guest will remember forever!
Without any transfer you and your guests will taste your aperitif on the beach and a lovely dinner menu – with fish and typical courses on the region – will be served in the rooms inside or under the wonderful marquee on the beach with lake view.
With right details these two venues will add a touch of exotic to your party.

We imagine for you a flower arch for the ceremony and many rose petals e and lanterns on the bride’s path to altar. Then beautiful centerpieces with water, candles and flowers such as roses or orchids that recall lake theme.
Another detail to think of is that, giving the right time notification, your party can be enlarged up to very late at night with dances and open bar. Continue Reading »

Lake Como is famous all over the world for its particular beauty and charm.
This splendid Lake is the deepest in Italy, 410 meters, and one of the deepest in Europe.
Every year thousand of tourists are attired from the fame of this lovely place, also due to the good climate, very similar to the Liguria Coast region one.
This helps Lake Como to be the perfect location for a wedding from the beginning of April till late October.
The vegetation is also very particular: laurels and olive trees grow well, and it’s also plenty of numerous gardens with palms and tropical trees!
Although this Lake is mainly famous for the ancient Villas, unique in the world both for their architectural and landscape, these venues are not the only opportunity for an event on this gorgeous water mirror!
If you’re looking for something different and funny characterizing your wedding day, Lake Como offers the chance to have a really special reception venue.
Really close to Tremezzo and near Villa del Balbianello, there’s a hidden jewel.
A trendy although elegant beach club where arranging a dinner party is absolutely….easy!
In fact, this club it’s a perfect mix between a classical and a party style.
The rich and fresh aperitif can be served directly on the beach sitting under nice tents and lying on sun chairs.

While the dinner is served on the other side of the club where a refined white marquise on the perfect green grass will welcome you and your guests in a perfect wedding style situation overlooking the Lake and the stunning Villas in front of you.
After the excellent Italian dinner the party will continue on the beach or inside with music and cocktails in a suggestive candle lit atmosphere… Continue Reading »

Laglio is a small fascinating town located on Lake Como.
It counts only 930 residents and it’s only 6 square kilometers but in the last few years became one of the most touristic place around the lake.
The beauty of this venue attired famous people as the actor George Clooney who bought here four houses! George Clooney’s most famous property is Villa Oleandra: an ancient villa of the XVIII Century facing the lake with splendid Italian gardens.

But this part of lake reserves incredible surprises, a romantic boat trip will give you the real perspective of this place: there are so many ancient and stunning villas lying on the water that you would have never imagined…and some of this are the perfect and unique wedding venue…
Between this quantity of ancient splendid Villas emerges another famous one: Villa Regina Teodolinda.

This ancient Villa has a typical deep Italian lacustrian character marqued by its pink salmon color and the blue lilac windows that really gives it a special touch.
Regina Teodolinda has recently been transformed in an elegant relais and is available for exclusive wedding reception.
Villa Regina Teodolinda has spectacular gardens and terraces and a private access from the lake, so that the bride can romantically reach his groom and guests by boat after a breathtaking trip between the beauties of the lake and the other marvellous villas surrounding all this area.

All the wedding reception can be organized outdoor, the aperitif can be served on the large terrace facing the lake while for the dinner there’s a unique room, very fascinating overlooking the terrace and the gardens.
After the open air cut of the cake and toasts, your special event can be followed by magnificent fireworks that really match perfectly with this landscape.
This relais also offers 6 luxurious suites to accommodate the bride and the groom with their families the day before and after the wedding.
What a magical way to start the honeymoon…
The scenery is completed by a swimming pool in the gardens, directly on the lake, to relax after the emotions of the most beautiful day of your life.
If you’re idea of wedding is something really intimate and exclusive, Villa Regina Teodolinda is one of the best location to celebrate it.

But having a wedding in Laglio is not only a dream for few, there are many stunning venues at affordable prices. Continue Reading »

Going up on the Lake Maggiore, towards Switzerland, in ten minutes drive you will reach Villa Volpi in Ghiffa which is very close to famous church of the Sacred Mountain of Ghiffa.

Villa Volpi is an elegant neoclassical villa in Liberty style that can host wedding receptions up to 120 people in its charming rooms after a nice aperitif in the garden with charming lake view.

Its ancient parquet and stuccoed cellings are wonderful. The venues has also a cellar, the ideal place for after dinner dances without time limits in case you will rent the entire villa that has also about 30 sleeps.

Our journey on Lake Maggiore to discover the most beautiful venues for your wedding finally arrive to Oggebbio, just few kilometers from Switzerland border. Villa Margherita is a cozy villa built in the beginning of 1900. A relaxing oasis in a stunning garden with swimming pool with a fantastic view on the Lake. Villa Margherita could be the ideal venue for a cozy intimate wedding enjoying the natural beauty of Lake Maggiore.

Wedding receptions are arranged in the garden of the villa with a nice aperitif in the open air and a gourmand seated dinner in a lovely pavilion that can host up to 60 people. For bridegroom and their guests there are on disposal 18 exclusive and nice rooms. Continue Reading »

Going up on the Lake Maggiore you will reach Verbania Pallanza a noble little town just like Stresa. In Belle Époque period it was one of the preferred destination for people coming from all over Europe. You will just feel it looking at Grand Hotels and Villas on the Lake.

The most famous villa in the area is Villa Rusconi Clerici. It is just on the lake shore. Villa Rusconi Clerici was built during 1800, finely preserved, with its stunning view on Borromean islands and gulf.

Villa Rusconi Clerici has an amazing garden where you could also celebrate your open air symbolic ceremony, just on the lake shore with a simply magic atmosphere! Reception can be held side of the garden in the big pavilion built in liberty style.

Pallanza host Villa San Remigio, too, one of the most beautiful historical villas of Lake Maggiore.
It is now maybe the best venue for legal civil ceremonies on Lake Maggiore.

Side of the Villa San Remigio there is a wide terrace to enjoy a stunning view on the lake. The balcony has a rock gallery underneath that is often used as winter garden. This is one of the most scenographic spot for your wedding pictures! Continue Reading »

Lake Maggiore is one of the most famous touristy destination in Northern Italy. It hosts rich and scenographic villas. On Piemonte’s side of the Lake, starting from lake shore up to the hills before Mt Mottarone you will have the occasion to admire wonderful parks and amazing villas with their porches, balconies, terraces, galleries, staircases, towers and belvederes. Some of those are now open and transformed in luxury venues for weddings, meetings, congresses, fashion and company events… It is not by chance! Continue Reading »