Have a Cinderella Wedding in Italy

Since you were a little girl, you dreamed about a fairy tale wedding, You pictured yourself with a princess bridal wedding, arriving on a carriage drawn by white horses in a beautiful castle. Now you are all grown up and your lover proposed you and your dream to have a Cinderella style wedding is not vanished! By the way having a castle or a fortress for your wedding it can be very expensive and there’s a lot of work to transform your dream into reality. But in Italy it’s not impossible and you can have your Fairy Tale Wedding, also staying within your budget.
Here they are some suggestions and ideas to arrange a Cinderella style wedding.

Wedding Theme Colour and Wedding StationeryFirst of all you need to decide about a wedding theme colour, it can be Disney style, in this case the colour is white and pink or white and light blue, if you decide about Enchanted Forest style , so the colour will be copper orange or chocolate or Medieval style with r
 ed or burgundy and gold .

Personal Wedding Website online, in this case you can choose a Tale templates with pastel colours , where you will announce your wedding in Italy.Send Fairy Tale Invitations to the guests, you can find different on-line vendors on the web or decide about a

Wedding invitation from http://www.invitationsbydawn.com

The Venue

This is the most important aspect of your planning. The most appropriate Location will be a Castle, a mansion, a ballroom that over looks a garden or a garden setting. In Italy you can decide about a Castle on the Lake, a Fortress on the Country or a Castle on the Sea. There’re more than 4000 castles in Italy, so you have a big choice. We’ve selected 3 different venues for your wedding:

Magic Castle on the Enchanting Lake Orta. Lake Orta is a atiny and intimate Lake on the Northern Italy . It is a minor star in the costellation of the subalpine lakes, but all the fascination and the history of the larger lakes seem to be concentrated in this short space. Nestled among the wild places of the Piedmont hills, locade at 568 m above sea level, the 19th century castle offer a spectacular view on Lake Orta and on the Alps. The castle offers wide rooms featured by panelled ceiling and splendid wooden floor. The surrounding park is particular for its english grass secular trees and wonderful azaleas. You can have an outdoor wedding ceremony on the terrace lake view or inside in the wood ceiling room. Aperitif on the gardens, elegant room for candlelight dinner and a ballroom for the magical first dance.



Fairytale Castle in Tuscany

If you’re searching a fairytale venue that can also accommodate family and guests in the quiet Tuscan country, this 1400 fortress is the ideal venue for your fantasy tale style wedding. Your Wedding reception can be organised at the Castle: the entire Piano Nobile (a series of furnished and frescoed rooms) can be put at Guests' disposal together with the garden, a splendid terrace overlooking the unspoilt panorama of the Chianti hills, and the Stables, where you can relax or let yourself go in dancing. You and any of your guests can stay in the B&B rooms situated on the first floor of the Castle, in the Priest's House next to the Castle, and in the farm apartments. For religious symbolic weddings there is a small private chapel overlooking the square opposite the Castle and for civil weddings there’re different historic town halls in the Chianti. For your guests it can arranged a guided tour of the Castle Old Cellar underground; a tasting of our products ( wines and olive oil) ; a fine barbecue to welcome guests who are staying at the Castle; a Mediaeval evening, with live music and singing in a soft, evocative atmosphere lit only by torches, naked flames, oil lamps and candles.Medieval Fortress on the SeaIn a nice little village of the Italian Riviera, this beautiful medieval castle lies direct on the Sea. It is located in the Golfo dei Poeti (Gulf of the poets) ,near the city and port of La Spezia. This name comes from the many poets and authors that were attracted to this part of Italy including Mary Shelly (Frankenstein), D.H.Lawrence and Byron (Don Juan). On the top tower you can have a civil ceremony , exchanging your vows , overlooking the ocean. After a wedding cocktail can be arranged on the castle terrace, followed by a dinner and dance under the stars. In this case the princess bride can arrive at the castle , not on the horse carriage, but on a romantic boat !


Details for a Cinderella Style Wedding
Here they’re some ideas and spotlights to follow:

Wedding gown and accessories: Wear a beautiful Fairy Tale type gown, a Crown Tiara and a pearls necklace . Ivory or azure satin shoes can be appropriate, but if you’ll find “glass” transparent shoes , they will be perfect!

Princess gowns by Le Spose di Giò e Proniovas

Wedding cake: If your budget allows, you can ask the chef to create a beautiful Carriage cake, or a Fairy Tale book cake or a Black and White Chocolate Castle wedding cake.

Decorations: Decorate the entrance of the castle with a white or red carpet with rose petals, if the wedding is in the evening, add torches and candles on the entrance, on the stairs and on the garden. The reception has to followed your theme colour and don’t forget ivory seat cover on the chairs.

Transport: if your budget and the area of the castle allows, you can arrive at the venue on a white horse carriage.

First dance: The bride and groom's first dance should be a waltz.

Favors: on the web you can find different fairytale wedding favors: a Cinderella slipper, the Frog Prince favor, an enchanted Carriage or the little crowns tea lights.

Farytale favor from Favor Ideas

AN ORIGINAL OPTION IS TO HAVE A MEDIEVAL THEME WEDDING, YOU AND YOUR GUESTS CAN RENT MEDIEVAL VINTAGE DRESSES, HAVE A GREAT BANQUET WITH TRADITIONAL : ROAST QUAIL, TURTLEDOVES AND PARTRIDGE, GOOSE, ROASTED BOAR, CALVES' HEADS, FISH, ROASTED PEACOCK, CHEESES, WALNUTS, FRESH FRUITS, BREAD, TARTS AND CUSTARDS, FRUIT PRESERVES AND MULLED WINE. TRADITIONAL ENTERTAINMENT INCLUDED JUGGLERS, MINSTRELS AND OTHER ENTERTAINERS.