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Lake Como - Lake Maggiore - Lake Orta

Walking out onto the lake on the hotel jetty, the bride is assisted into a beautiful, wooden Riva motorboat. Riding over the lake waters the rainbows chase the boat’s wake. The bride arrives at the palatial villa and upon entering the string quartet begin. The music dances through the columns and over the intricately designed stone balcony, twisting and flowing like the ivy which decorates the loggia. The groom, waiting under an arch of flowers and silk smiles expectantly. During the ceremony the views out onto the lake create a unique backdrop. Sparkling blues of the water, multihued greens of the vegetation of the opposing shoreline, the pastel yellow and creams of the balcony, soft and romantic shades, generate a dreamy and exceptional accompaniment to the ceremony.

Aperitifs are served on the lawn overlooking the lake. Guests walk on the paths bordered by marble statues and shading trees while nibbling on canapés and sipping Italian champagne. Dinner is served in a stylish marquee. Upon entering the marquee, the sweet fragrance of the roses, which twist up the stem of the candelabras, is greeted with the scents of herbs from the gardens. An elaborate 5 course dinner takes the wedding party on a gastronomic journey. In the evening after dancing, the wedding party take the lantern-lined path to the jetty where a boat awaits. During the journey back to the hotel, the boat chases the moon’s reflection in the waters as the stars bounce and tumble in the ripples.

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Lake Como weddings

This beautiful lake has been the home of many aristocrats, politicians and more recently, celebrities. People who have or have had homes along these beautiful shore lines are George Clooney, Madonna, Gianni Versace and Richard Branson.

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Palace weddings – Lake Como

This lake is particularly special due to its artistic and cultural jewels. The shore line is dotted with beautiful outstanding pieces of art, once the homes to some of the most important families in Italy and the Lombardy area. Palaces with magnificent gardens offer beautiful terraces and spectacular loggias as points from which to admire Lake Como’s outstanding beauty. Soft delicate flowers with bright colours juxtapose the harsh strong stone of balconies and impressive palaces. The gardens enveloped in sweet floral and pine scents. A mixture of sophistication and elegance, nature tamed by wild architecture.

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Weddings at Bellagio – Lake Como

What is so distinctive about Bellagio is its position. This picturesque town is right on the peninsula where the 3 branches of the lake meet, offering amazing views of all 3 stems The borders of the lake boast beautiful exotic plants encouraged to grow by the micro-climate created by the lake’s waters. The impressive villas boast gardens of immense beauty bordered by pristine hedgerows and elegant stone balconies. The winding narrow roads balance on the rock edges as they sweep and twist chasing the lake edge. The flower of the lake, the rhododendron, can be found dotted in clusters in some beautiful and unexpected places, of course the villa gardens house this plant but they also sprout from the road side creating a colourful companion along the winding roads.

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Lake Maggiore weddings

What strikes any person when they first see Lake Maggiore is its outstanding vegetation and botanical gardens and overall landscape. At the northern most part of the lake, in Switzerland, the Alps tower above the lake creating shadows on the water as the sun sets. In the middle, rolling hills give a more gentler landscape more inviting and less obtrusive. At the southern most part of the lake the plains of Lombardy begin.

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Palace wedding venues

This lake is dotted with islands which house some of the most important and splendid palaces that Italy has to offer. In fact Caroline Brunswick the Princess of Wales is said to have tried, unsuccessfully, to persuade the Borromeo family to sell Isola Bella and its palace to her.

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Outdoor weddings

Many estates line the water’s edge displaying beautifully kept botanical gardens revealing some of nature’s treasures. A great variety of plant species, greenhouses with exotic plants and flowers and even a herbarium are some of the treats nature lovers can enjoy. Terraced gardens, immaculately trimmed hedges, perfumed flowers, winding stone paths bordered by marble statues dedicated to Roman gods, water fountains which play tricks with the sunlight creating rainbows, the backdrop of the Alps (in Spring snow-capped), cypresses as strong and solid as the columns which stand intermittently, birds which sing from hidden branches and petals which appear to fly are in fact butterflies, each element takes the emotions and senses on a journey where the beauty of nature and the creativity of man create a delightful chemistry.

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Art and music for your wedding

In fact it is at this prestigious lake where the ‘Settimane Musicali di Stresa’ festival is held. Fans and internationally renowned artists of classical music meet here every year for Europe’s largest classical music festival. The event combines the beauty of classical music with the sensation of art in evocative backdrops of some of the most prestigious and important villas and palaces that Italy has to offer. These villas have hosted some important figures past and present such as Napolean and his wife Joséphine de Beauharnais, Ernest Hemingway and Edward Gibbon. Their position on the lake front mean that almost all are best reached by boat making the journey and arrival that more spectacular. What is more, many are available for a beautiful Italian lake wedding!

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Lake Orta weddings

On Lake Orta, listed as one of the most beautiful hamlets in Italy, is the charming lakeside village of Orta San Giulio. Small piazzas with frescoes lovingly painted in pastel shades on the buildings, arches supported by columns and their elegantly detailed capitals and wrought iron balconies with gracefully twisted shapes, are all elements that make this fairytale village a captivating wedding location. As this lake is not inundated by tourism, a visit to this village and its island is intimate, peaceful and romantic. Palaces and buildings almost seem to grow out from the lake. Instead of the more common motor boat found on the other Italian lakes, it is possible to hire a rowing boat. A local will take charge of the rowing while you sit back, relax and watch the world go by as the rhythmic lapping of the water takes you into a hypnotic admiration of the world which surrounds you.

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