Get married in a reconstruction of a Palace of Ancient Greece!

Posted on janvier 28, 2009 by ELSA

It’s a real unusual venue that we advise you today: indeed, do you know someone who gets married in a reconstruction of a Palace of Ancient Greece? And yet, it’s possible, without spending a lot of money for the flight ticket: you can have a wonderful wedding in a Greek Palace without leaving the French Riviera!
Result of the both imaginations of the archaeologist Theodore Reinach and the architect Emmanuel Pontremoli, this villa is the perfect copy of a luxurious residence in Ancient Greece. A real tribute to the Ancient Hellenic way of life, with all the magnificence of this period: the subtle refinement of the decoration, the richness of the materials and the perfection of the settings transports you in an other world. Each room is an enchantment for the eyes: the elegant furniture is made of the most precious exotic woods, the walls are covered by frescoes and mosaics inspired by ancient document, made of the rarest materials in the world…

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A stately winery in the Lubéron welcomes your wedding

Posted on janvier 27, 2009 by ELSA

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Built on the foundations of an old Roman Villa, this imposing winery in the Lubéron crossed the successive revolution to offer you the perfect wedding. Entirely re-established in 1979, he regained all the splendour of its day. Even if several wine guides consecrate its vineyard, we take an interest in its sumptuous gardens above all. Indeed, those gardens have a great part in the magic romanticism that comes out this winery in the Lubéron, and makes of this place a perfect venue to marry.
Voted “Jardins de l’année 2008” and classified « Jardins Remarquables » by the French Culture Ministry, those gardens were pictured by the French landscape gardener Tobbie Loup de Viane, who had the ambition to recreate a 19th century garden: ornamental as well as practical. That’s why the gardens produce many good fruits and vegetables but in the same time, are delights for our eyes.

They dwell on three terraces, each more beautiful than the others. First of all, the vegetable garden, mixing flowers to vegetables. The tomatoes and potatoes are facing the mahonias, surrounded by the lavender stems, those border the rows, for a kitchen-garden in the traditional style! The second terrace welcomes roses and iris, for a subtle gradation of blue.

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A cute wedding cortege

Posted on janvier 23, 2009 by ELSA

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There is a charming tradition in French weddings where a little number of children takes part of the cortege, for a cute wedding cortege. Usually, a children cortege includes two maids of honour or best men, who enter just before the bride and her father. These two children carry bunch of flowers, or act like wedding ring bearers. The rest of the cortege enters after the bride to help her with the train of her wedding dress, or walk behind her. And the entire cute wedding cortege exits before the newlyweds to throw rose petals or paper hearts when the couple passes the door.

You should not exceed eight kids in your cortege: otherwise your wedding could look like a school playground! For a matter of harmony, try to respect the equity between boys and girls, and above all, to have an even number of children. And if you want to keep the control on your cute wedding cortege, choose preferably children over five.
Of course, your children have to be coordinated with the cortege look. Usually, the boys wear linen tailored shorts and shirts, and girls mild-calf linen dresses, with accessories matching the bride’s colour theme (a big bow around the waste, or in the hair, a little hat…) , but those basic outfits can be declined according to your urge or to the wedding style.

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A registered abbey in the Lubéron for an exceptional wedding

Posted on janvier 20, 2009 by ELSA

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If you’re searching a characteristic venue for your wedding, we suggest you to take a look on this incredible place: an authentic registered abbey in the Lubéron!
In the heart of a little valley, right in the middle of lavender fields, the abbey is waiting for you to unveil all its handsomeness.
As soon as you arrive, you’re surrounded by subtle scents, and you can only be exhilarated by the typical atmosphere of the Provence.
Now enter the abbey and let you captivate by the old charm of its vaulted rooms, its stone walls that assure you an intimate and close atmosphere.

You can feel the family ambience that reigns in the air; it is natural, because this registered abbey in the Lubéron is handed down from generation to generation. And the current owner has a great part in the warm atmosphere that comes out this place: he’s absolutely kind.
He makes available for your wedding the two more beautiful rooms of the abbey: they have the typical architecture of the time, with a gorgeous vaulted ceiling, and thick wall of stone.

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Plan your green wedding in France !

Posted on janvier 10, 2009 by ELSA

Because a traditional wedding is often synonymous of environment damages, think ecological and envisage a green wedding in France! Indeed, many couples are not aware of the impact that a wedding can have on the ecosystem: a waste of paper for the announcement cards, a waste of food with the buffet leftovers those are often thrown in the garbage, a waste of fabric for a dress that will be worn only one time, a waste of petrol because of the number of the guests’ cars…
Not surprising that the green wedding in France is a concept that actually grows by leaps and bounds. It offers you to reduce, by some simple initiatives, the damages of your wedding on the nature and so preserve our planet. And this action will not spoil your wedding, on the contrary: you will have not to compromise on your big day, simply make some adjustments . And more and more wedding planners are specializing in green weddings in France, and can organize you a marriage worthy of a fairy tale, treating the environment with respect.

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