Yesterday Second Edition of Shot of the Year closed. It is our contest to choose the best picture among the ones posted on Italian Lakes Wedding blog during 2010 and it had a great success! We had many more votes compared to last year edition. Six times more than last year. It was a great …
A late 1700 villa, on the shores of Lake Maggiore, in the splendid setting of the gulf of Colmegna. An idyllic place, still uncontaminated by mass tourism, immersed in a century-old park with luxuriant nature, lakeside promenades, romantic paths, an original vintage greenhouse, a turret on the lake and a picturesque marina. This is Hotel …
Today is an important day for our Team: it is Italian Lakes Wedding blog’s third birthday! On 18 March 2008 a great project was born. It developed year by year, growing up and getting better. Since the first posts, very simple and with few images up to the most recent which are very elaborated and …
Just few days ago we awarded the best bouquet of the year with the on line contest. A lot of you joined it and voted. Are you ready for a new contest? This time we ask you to choose the best wedding picture taken on the lakes during our 2010 wedding season. To do that …
Among all the 33 bouquets in the contest this one was the only created with peonies alone. It was the first to be on top of the list at the beginning of the contest and always kept the first positions. It is a lovely bouquet all made with pink peonies created by Monika Andenmatten for …
We introduced Villa Pestalozza on Lake Orta a couple of days ago. This is one of the best venues on Lake Orta for sure. It has a wide park and grand rooms with frescoes and paintings. Villa – managed by owner Donna Giulia – has also a lovely and intimate atmosphere and a stunning view …
It has been two years since we introduced you Villa Ortea. Since then this amazing villa become one of the most wanted venues on Lake Orta. Today we come back here to tell you about Claudia and Simone’s wedding. Thanks to great shots made by Leandro Biasco we are able to show the event in …
Wedding color schemes are often based on trends or bride and groom’s tastes and wishes. But not always! Sometimes brides and grooms decides about their theme basing on something they are very close to such as colors of their region or home country. Do you remember about Cristina and Derek and more recent wedding of …
A spell of days gone by, among ancient furniture, painted in fresco walls and adventures’ memories. A refined, intimate and cosy atmosphere, due to Donna Giulia’s homely management, Villa Pestalozza’s owner. A breathtaking view on the Orta Lake. A wide park, perfect for an open air wedding party. In a few words….this is Villa Pestalozza, …