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.

For your sophisticated wedding Verona offers the opportunity to celebrate your civil ceremony and an elegant reception within the walls of one of its noble palaces, between frescoed halls and hidden gardens.
These palaces are real hidden gems. Behind elegant facades and majestic doors, they enclose ancient marble staircases, frescoes ceilings and small winderful gardens. They are the ideal places for an intimate and fine wedding reception.

Night is magic too in Verona.
There are many possibilities for a special dinner, followed by a stroll, hand in hand, along the river between the two most romantic historic places: the bridge named Ponte Pietra and Castelvecchio bridge.

Castelvecchio is a great historic fort crossed by river Adige, with a breathtaking view.

The outdoor part of the castle and its bridge on the river and large courtyard are a charming setting for memorable wedding photos.
 En lit by night lights in the evening it becomes even more magical!

The entrance from the bridge on the river is more than impressive.
Here you can enjoy a beautiful view over the city and main monuments.
 Together with Arena it is one of the most beautiful symbols of Verona. 
Being here is just a trip back in the past.

In order to really experience Verona we suggest then to stay out late drinking in a wine bar hidden in one of the alleys of the centre or in a stylish bar in Piazza dei Signori, the most elegant square, surrounded by buildings of different ages.


Away from the centre of Verona there are many treasures to discover: wide vineyards and the medieval village of Soave with its beautiful castle, famous wine cellars, Lake Garda shores, precious villages on placid river Mincio, beautiful villages on the lake as Sirmione with its lovely Scaliger Castle and the Roman baths of Catullo.

Last but certainly not least, here you could taste some of the world’s finest wines.
Valpolicella area, on the hills around Verona, attracts celebrities from all over the world! But let’s not forget about its relaxing landscape.
Elegant villas in the vineyards, with their ancient cellars, can offer the most evocative location for your wedding reception!

Come and discover all the opportunities that this wonderful city offers for an incomparable wedding!


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 in Verona please contact Angela and Katiuscia.

All Images © Italian Lakes Wedding and Flavio Sartori photographer, www.efmatrimoni.com
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.efmatrimoni.com.

Langhe and Monferrato lands are famous for wonderful landscapes, ancient villages above the hills and stunning medieval castles.
Wide vines hill produce great red wines such as Barolo, Nebbiolo and Barbaresco.

If you love a country style wedding, something different from Tuscany… Piemonte is the right place!
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In latest post on our Italian Country Wedding site Red Valentino shoes and Tuxedos in Langhe we are telling about Tracy and Kelly’s wedding in Alba just in the heart of Langhe. Great wines, truffles, wonderful cuisine.

Tracy and Kelly knew already this wonderful place but decided to make it even more special planning here their wedding.
They both come from Texas and they really wanted to share beauty of Piemonte, wines and delicious cuisine with their guests planning a simple yet very elegant event on top of vines hills. Here different elements: elegance, simplicity, a touch of classic and a little more of modern to create a perfect mix.

Do not miss our post on Italian Country Wedding blog we are sure you will love it!:
Red Valentino shoes and Tuxedos in Langhe.

Civil Ceremony was held in one of the lovely rooms of Torri del Benaco Castle while for their reception they opted for Bardolino town.
Bardolino is one of the most quaint villages on Lake Garda. It is famous for their vines yards and of course Bardolino wine a precious red wine.

Ceremony was planned to be on the tower of Torri del Benaco castle but it was held in one of the room because of a little shower.
Right after the ceremony gray clouds went away to let a wonderful sun coming out, like in a fairy tale the sky was simply amazing.

Joanne and Justin had the possibility to have stunning pictures on lakeside promenade and in the ancient little road old Torri del Benaco village.

Estella and Diego of Photo27 Studio in Milan were the photographers for Italian Lakes Wedding Team.
Let’s read what Joanne and Justin said about their wedding and their photography service made by Photo27:

We carried out a lot of research to find a photographer for our wedding and Photo 27 immediately impressed with their prompt reply and competitive prices. 
We initially felt a little apprehensive about choosing photojournalism, but we knew we wanted natural photos instead of traditional, posed photos.  There was no need for our apprehension.  Estella and Diego are really lovely, friendly people who put us at ease straight away. 
They captured our day perfectly, from getting ready right up to our reception, taking photos constantly, each capturing different perspectives, yet remaining unobtrusive, they just seemed to fade into the background. 
Our photos are amazing and when we look through them we relive our special day over again. 

We highly recommend Photo 27, their service was impeccable.
Joanne Rees and Justin Phelps

Photo27 Studio is a well known reality as far as wedding photography is concerned.
This thanks to their high level professionalism, innovative approach and creative photography.

Photo27 will let you live and love your most important day being discrete but always by your side. Photo27 magic is their deep symbiosis with couple and all the party.
They are able to catch the very detailed moment to lead to wonderful pictures that will be also fragments of a real piece of art.

You could meet pure photojournalism Milano, new office in Brera area.

A little courtyard in Via Mercato 16 where free minds create and start from there to create.

Enjoy pure photography!

For more information about weddings in Torri del Benaco and Bardolino – Lake Garda – please contact us.

Villa L’Antica Colonia is located in Crabbia, a small village on the hills of the Lake Orta, a few minutes from Pettenasco. The structure is surrounded by a large green area and is an excellent starting point for interesting trips into nature and culture.
But the strongest point of the Villa L’Antica Colonia is the magnificent panorama that sweeps over much of the lake and the surrounding green mountains, reaching up to Orta and the Island of San Giulio, a real spectacular scenary!

Try to imagine your wedding party on the large terrace of the villa with fantastic view on the lake: an unforgettable event for you and your guests!

Built in the eighteenth century, the villa was for long time a church property. The large ground around the building, that in the beginning extended until the lake, was planted with vineyards and fruit trees and cultivated by the women of the village that were working for the clergyman. At the beginning of ’900 the villa was sold to a textile industry, which changed the property into a summer residence for the children of its employees, using part of the house for the breeding of the silk-worm in the winter season. It was later purchased by its actual owners, the family Manini-Maulini, who started the renovation of the property turning it into the beautiful villa we know today.

Villa L’Antica Colonia offers a unique and exclusive setting for your wedding: its prestigious balconies and arcades, between rustic and old, will give your wedding a scenario of the ancient times and a real magical atmosphere.

The old wine cellar of the villa is definitely worth a visit: excavated into the rock and kept unchanged for more than 3 centuries, offers a unique exposition of old wines from the most famous wine areas of Piedmont, from the Novara hills to the Monferrato and the Langhe .

If requested, Villa L’Antica Colonia offers also the opportunity to stay in the residence: the building is structured on 4 floors with 5 lovely apartments, all fully equipped and renovated with special care of details in different styles, that can accommodate up to 14 people.

Away from the crowded and noisy tourist centers, the villa offers peace and quietness to its guests: that’s why it is frequently rented by guests from abroad, who are looking for a pleasant holiday of total relax, granted also by the familiar management.

Villa L’Antica Colonia … much more than a “wedding with lake view”! 


Less known, this wonderful water mirror and its surroundings, is a special place just like the other bigger Lakes. The scenery is very romantic and it is a perfect spot for an unusual and traditional Italian style wedding during any season.

The surrounding area, called Franciacorta, is well known by wine “connaisseurs”, as it is one of the most important wine region of North-Italy. The charming vineyards, with rustic buildings and old mansion houses renovated with the most modern comforts, recalls countryside feeling.
Here you can arrange for your guests, genuine wine tasting programs and actively participate in wine producing process making at the end the actual bottle really yours!If your wish is a vineyard wedding mixed up with a lovely boat excursion on the lake, this is the perfect choice!

Lake Iseo is a wonderful spot on every season and not only during summer. Since there is an inhabited island in the lake, there are passengers ferries operating all-year.
You will taste here great local lake fish skillfully prepared by restaurants all around the shores. You will surely enjoy a gourmand stay!

The area offers also a lovely mountain landscape and woods of chestnuts and olives.
One of the main attraction of the Lake Iseo is Monte Isola island. You will find here many restaurants with great views. Monte Isola has a breathtaking lake view Church where you could celebrate your unforgettable wedding. There are also 2 smaller islands on the lake, both private.
The main town of the Lake is called Iseo and it’s located on southern part of the lake;
Iseo is very charming: ancient, pedestrian and with a lovely lakeside promenade full of shops, restaurants and bars.
The Town Hall of Iseo is located in the city center and it is really pretty. Here you can celebrate your elegant civil ceremony.

After a romantic ceremony, there could be different options for your wedding reception. The lake offers charming private villas and little lakeside restaurants. I’m very pleased to introduce you a fabulous hotel where continuing the day with a special wedding reception: Rivalago.

This hidden beauty is located North, just 5 minutes from Iseo, in Sulzano which is a smaller and pretty village.
From Monte Isola Church, or from Iseo Town Hall, newlyweds and their guests can reach the Hotel directly by boat and arrive to its private pier.
Stunning symbolic ceremonies and blessings can be celebrated outdoor overlooking the lake.

The food is exquisite as the service is.
The Hotel offers 28 rooms and 4 junior suites and a lovely swimming pool.
Iseo and its surroundings worth a holiday! Long excursions on the mountains close by, lovely boat trips, windsurf and kitesurf spots offers entertainment programs for your stay.

If you wish additional informations about Iseo and Rivalago, please contact us and we’ll be more than happy to help you.

Virag Lochinger is the Italian Lakes Wedding’s coordinator for lake Iseo area: having numerous years of experience in marketing and event management, she is a very accurate and trustful person to organize your very special wedding in the beautiful lakeshores of Garda.

For more information about weddings on Lake Iseo, please contact us.

On Italian Country Wedding web site you will discover a multitude of choices for unique ceremony and reception, an intimate elopement, sites, small town hospitality, and a variety of activities for you and your guests in the Italian countryside
Surfing on Italian Country Wedding you will undiscovered and unspoiled places to create the perfect setting for a special and real country wedding: gardens, vineyards, country villas, traditional Italian restaurants, agriturismos or farm houses, or even in a wonderful castle!

Italian Country Wedding is specialized in weddings across Piedmont region and Langhe and Monferrato country side areas….just have a look at it we are sure you will be amazed by the charm of countryside!

Langhe hills were the exceptional scenario for the wedding I would like to talk you about: a real Country Wedding. All begun in 2007 when Patricia and Richard, from Philadelphia PA USA, decided to come over Italy to celebrate their wedding.

Both of them are of Italian heritage, Richard’s grandparents origins are from a little village of Piedmont on vineyards hills. Starting from this point Patricia and Richard re-created the same atmosphere for their special day. The planning process lasted over 1 year.
On September 24th 2008 Patricia and Richard got married, such a wonderful event!

Langhe and Roero are two close areas South of Torino city and North of Italian Riviera. This wonderful district is right between mountains and seaside. its hills are the perfect place to grow vines to product the best Italian wines such as Barolo, Nebbiolo, Barbaresco and Dolcetto.
This are is also well known for truffles and delicious food. It is right between Bra and Alba, the most famous towns of the area, that Slow Food Association was born. Its task is protecting and preserving food and wine excellences of the area. Thanks to Slow Food, Pollenzo site was restored. It was an ancient Roman settlement, then Finance Agency during 1700 for King Albert of Savoy and now home of first Enogastronomic science University, a wonderful 4 stars hotel and Bank of Wine, where best and precious Italian wins are preserved.

Patricia and Richard choose this special place to celebrate their wedding together with their family and friends that came from all over US. Ceremony was held in the lovely garden of the hotel in the heart of Langhe where there are also Romans ruins of more than 2000 years ago. Aperitif then was served under the hotel wooden porch and dinner in the brick ceiling room with lovely round ivory tables.

Every single detail, including floral arrangements and bridal bouquet enriched with scented spices was linked to country style idea.

Invitations and stationery were provided by a well known American Wedding stationery, Bella Figura of Syracuse NY. They created a simple elegant old fashion design inspired on Italian colors and landscape of the beginning of Autumn, where light is smooth and warm and vines still green.

Wedding cake was prepared by famous Torino Matre Chocolatier Costantino Guardia that also prepared chocolate tasting and sweets for foreign delegations that came over Italy during 2006 Olympic Games. After that guest also tasted typical Piemonte nuts and Gianduja chocolate.

Swing and boogie for the dances after dinner together with grappas and cigars tasting. Skillful American Photographer Sora De Vore documented all the event with her wonderful images. She came from US to be part of this special event.
As far as the events before the wedding are concerned Patricia and Richard decided to offer to their guests a local atmosphere too. They welcome their guest to magic city of Torino to let them know the beauty of its architecture, museums and arts.

Patricia and Richard then choose for their rehearsal a Cascina on one of the higher point of Langhe . The venue is a perfect match between country style and contemporary trendy one with a breathtaking view over the vines and mountains.
The day after the wedding newly weds and guests spent some time on the hills and cellars and most of all Wine Bank to taste delicious wines and enjoy the atmosphere.

A Country Wedding could be very special you choose an perfect venue such a lovely spot as Langhe in Piedmont. There is enough here to fall in love at first sight, isn’t it?

Valentina Lombardi is the Italian Lakes Wedding coordinator for Lake Orta and Lake Maggiore area. She follows Italian and foreign bridegrooms who wish to celebrate their wedding in Piemonte and Italian Lakes area.
Valentina is Italian; she has worked in event organization business for years before becoming a wedding planner.

For more information about country weddings in Langhe Region, please contact us.