The wedding fairies in Manarola have declared a new wedding location for destination weddings in the Cinque Terre, Italy. Well it’s not new, the clifftop terrace has been here for thousands of years – pretty magical, but it’s being used for the first time for official civil weddings.

What’s more, it is one of the few locations in the Cinque Terre where civil weddings can be held outdoors in mother nature’s beauty – bliss! The new wedding terrace, nestled into the vine-covered cliffs and overlooking the Mediterranean sea, is a new wedding ceremony spot experienced by few but guaranteed to wow all – especially those who choose it to say “I do!”

After 14 years in business here, we are so excited to be able to offer this dreamy site to our brides and grooms and can’t wait to celebrate – we have Prosecco bubbles at the ready!

To be one of the first to marry in this destination wedding location in the Cinque Terre, Italy, contact us.

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Hayley doesn’t believe in love at first sight. For humans that is. Quite rightly. We figured, there were a possible 450 sightings, between Hayley and Evan over the years, at university, fraternity parties and even actual private dates. But it wasn’t until years later, after they had parted ways and changed cities, that true love hit – a chance meeting in a Karaoke Bar, where Hayley was singing the Spice Girl’s “Wannabe” – zigazig ah!

Aside from 90s pop, this beautiful loved up couple, also share a grand passion for world travel. Together they had visited London, Paris, Amsterdam, Berlin, Rome, Florence, Barcelona, Paris and the Cinque Terre. Out of all these places, in all the world, it was on seeing the Cinque Terre for the very first time that Hayley and Evan experienced “love at first sight.” So we were thrilled that they decided to return to the Cinque Terre with their families, for a wedding surrounded by love and kindness, to become husband and wife.

In the spirit of the five lands of the Cinque Terre, get your goggles ready for a deep dive into Hayley and Evan’s top five tips on planning their destination wedding in Italy and their most beautiful and intimate moments snapped by Pure Wedding Photography.

Why a destination wedding?

Evan and I never imaged a big wedding for ourselves. It seemed that a big church wedding with 100+ people was something that was socially “expected” versus something we really wanted. There were many benefits to having a destination wedding. It is cost effective, it is more intimate, the location is unbeatable, and we both knew that we wanted to share our love of traveling with the people that are the most special to us, our families.

Some may say that a destination wedding does not fall under the category of a “traditional wedding”, I disagree. I believe that this experience was more traditional as it focused on our marriage and the blending of families together. This destination wedding was a trip of a lifetime for both families and the opportunity for our families to connect on a much deeper level.

Why the Cinque Terre in Italy?

In 2016, Evan and I took a day trip from Florence to visit all 5 villages of the Cinque Terre, and it was love at first sight. Each village has its own distinct beauty and charm that left a lasting impression on us both. When we got back to the US, we continued to rave about the location to family and friends. Once we got engaged in 2017, within a couple hours we decided the Cinque Terre would be the place where we would become man and wife.

How was the planning process?

I could not have asked for a better planning experience. I have been a bridesmaid 7 times over the course of the past 10 years and I saw my friends stress and obsess about every detail of their wedding to the point of exhaustion, frustration, and tears. As someone very “A-type” and prone to stress, I knew that I could not plan a wedding that way. We searched online for wedding planners and found Cinque Terre Weddings. After speaking with Melina and Sarah, I knew that I had a great team of ladies working to plan our dream day. I developed a very solid and trusting relationship with these ladies 4,900 miles away, across the Atlantic Ocean, and with a 7 hour time difference. I knew that I could email them at any time and they were very quick to respond to any emails/concerns/etc. It was the highlight of my mornings to wake up and see emails from Sarah on next steps in the planning process.

The wedding packages offered by Cinque Terre Weddings are flawless and come with everything needed for the big day. There is no need to fly over extravagant decor, as the scenery of the village is more than enough to make your day perfect. Cinque Terre Wedding listened to my wishes and hopes and incorporated these details into our wedding. In addition, I want to note that the vendors that Cinque Terre Weddings works with are all professional, talented, and easy to work with. It is obvious that Cinque Terre works exclusively with these partners and that a strong platform has been established.

Best part of your day?

As the bride, I loved being able to enjoy the day of my wedding. Cinque Terre Wedding set up a cute lunch for the ladies and kept the schedule of events while I was able to sit back and enjoy the time with my mother, mother-in-law, and matron of honor. There was no need to worry about the time of appointments, where to be, needing to pay vendors, etc. The day was so much fun and full of laughter.

Once it was time for the wedding, Evan and I were able to take in each and every moment. Having a destination wedding meant that we were relieved of pressure to entertain guests. The families could all sit together and enjoy the special day without “feeling like we had to” do anything. It was the most special day for us and we will carry these memories with us forever.

Top Tip for future Cinque Terre Wedding Brides and Grooms?

For those considering a destination wedding, always know there is a level of uncertainty and there is not room to control every single detail, but Cinque Terre Wedding takes the time to develop a relationship with you and coordinate the most highly anticipated day of your life. The uncertainty will quickly transpire into astonishment the day of your wedding.

For more information on what your Cinque Terre Wedding contact us.

Wedding Planner Sarah Pozzi from Cinque Terre Wedding.

Written by Melina Nicholson.

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Founded by Chrissy Arpie Ott in 2008, the Perfect Palette now has over 550,000 followers. As editor, Chrissy brings together two of her favorite things: a love for colour and a love for helping couples visualise the wedding or party of their dreams. Today the Perfect Palette is known as the international go-to colour resource for couples who dream of a unique, creative, and meaningful wedding day.

And unique, creative and meaningful, capture exactly the essence of Susie and Andrew’s wedding day. It started with a Roman Catholic ceremony in the oldest Marian Sanctuary in Liguria, Italy, followed by a reception in a medieval Hermitage, all overlooking the sparkling Mediterranean Sea. Ow, si, si, si, their wedding does belong in the pages of a fairy tale.

As for colour, well, the couple’s soft blush palette paired with the Cinque Terre’s signature rustic details, created an old-world romance that was ever so dreamy.

Dreamy indeedy! From the meticulously styled florals of Fior Deco and the crafty calligraphy of Cinque Terre Wedding Stylist Sarah to the: how does she do it? hair and beauty of Malino Beauty, the result is a pretty perfect palette.

You can get an eyeful of all the pretty things that make up Susie and Andrew’s destination wedding by the sea in the Cinque Terre, through the lens of Pure Wedding Photography in the Perfect Palette article here.

Written by wedding planner Melina Nicholson

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For a couple who never dreamed of getting married, Cassidy and Michelle found themselves tying the knot in a setting found only in dreams: a colourful Italian medieval fishing village, on top of cliffs covered in luscious grapevines and in front of the sparkling Mediterranean Sea. Dreamy indeedy, right?

Well, for these two fast-paced professionals, Police Officer, Michelle, and Paediatric Intensive Care Nurse, Cassidy, from Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA, Vernazza was the perfect destination. An ancient wonderland where they could slow down, take time out and celebrate their marriage with their most loved ones – their parents.

For Cassidy and Michelle the journey to their wedding began with an extraordinary meeting in the most ordinary of places – a cross fit gym. A sweet reminder that in the split of an everyday, very ordinary, second your life may change forever.

And the proposal? Well, not so ordinary: lying in a hammock on a beach in the Turks and Caicos Islands. At the time Cassidy had been joking about how much her parents wanted her to marry – so much so, they’d probably even pay for the ring. To which, Michelle had responded “Like this one?”, presenting Cassidy with an engagement ring and asking her to marry her. Confused, Cassidy’s initial response was to berate Michelle for joking about marriage until she realised that Michelle was serious. At that point shock, tears and trembling kicked in and the only word Cassidy was able to muster was a quivering “Okkkaaayyyy”.

A quivering “Okkkaaayyy” that’s became a bit of a mantra in their relationship and we imagine one that was used when they decided to celebrate their marriage in a same-sex wedding in Italy.

And we were rather chuffed when this beautiful, ultra thoughtful and super loved up couple agreed to share their wedding journey and some of their favourite photos with us. So prepare your peepers to enjoy their real same-sex wedding in Italy captured by the snazzy lens of Pure Wedding Photography.

Why a destination wedding?

We actually never planned to get married, so it was a huge surprise when Michelle proposed. We are both very private people so we knew from the beginning we wanted a very small, intimate, destination wedding with family only.

Why the Cinque Terre in Italy?

First off, we LOVE to travel. So the two week trip had already been planned before the proposal as a graduation trip for myself. My parents had previously been to Cinque Terre and after I saw their pictures, I knew I had to go one day. So we decided to get married in the trip in Vernazza and invited Michelle’s parents along and of course they agreed. We had thought our destination wedding would have been on a beach somewhere, but who can say they got married at a castle in Italy?? WE CAN! And we wouldn’t have chosen to do it any other way.

How was the wedding planning process?

The most stress free wedding planning I think anyone could imagine. Sarah immediately had our Pinterest board set up and we didn’t hesitate to use it. The communication via email was easy and she always responded within a day. We enjoyed the Skype conversations just to be able to put a face to the extremely talented people behind the scenes. The most difficult choice we had to make was which bouquets we wanted 🙂

Best part your wedding in Italy?

The actually ceremony for sure. The weather was perfect, the views were breathtaking and the photos turned out stunning. Matteo was phenomenal and the wine ceremony was very special and unique to Cinque Terre.

Top tip for future Cinque Terre Wedding brides and grooms?

Let Cinque Terre Wedding take the reigns. Do not be nervous about the destination planning process and having to be there or involved in every single decision. They are professionals and are the best at what they do. They know when to ask your opinion or when to involve you. We trusted them with everything and it turned out better than we could have ever imagined. It was exceptional.

For more information on having a destination wedding in the Cinque Terre contact us here.

Written by Melina Nicholson.

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No strangers to life changing adventures overseas, Yvonne and Christoph first met in Norway during an international exchange programme at University. Kindred spirits and minds, they both studied Electrical and Mechatronics Engineering – a pair of smarty pants, indeed. And so before long, this clever duo were squaring personal algorithms, connecting friendship modules and building a lasting love that would span the world!

For this strikingly beautiful, kind natured and fun-loving couple, their wedding in Italy was a celebration of the strong bonds they share with their cultures, their friends and their families, including their dog, Mocha. Enjoy a sneak peek at their real wedding exclusive and hear about their journey planning a wedding in Italy.

Why a destination wedding?

First of all, we love traveling and love to give an excuse for our guest to travel. We also have family and friends between Europe, Asia and USA, so Italy is a perfect middle point for everyone to gather.

Why the Cinque Terre in Italy?

Needless to say, Cinque Terre is a very unique village. It is cosy and has lots of great Italian food! Every corner is postcard-pretty.  Born in Hong Kong, I wanted to get married somewhere near the ocean. Growing up in the alps, Christoph has special feelings for mountains. Cinque Terre happens to offer both the hilly and ocean scenery. Another main reason is the location, it is just a few hours drive away from Austria which is convenient for Christoph’s side of the guests. As for oversee guests, Cinque Terre is located right in the middle of many major cities in Italy such as Florence and Pisa. It is a perfect stopover town for the guests’ trip around Europe.

How was the planning process?

The planning process was super easy. Most of the planning is done via email. And if we need any immediate response, Justina was always ready to take our questions. Justina and Melina are also very organized with all the wedding event organization so we never had to worry about forgetting some details. The process starts with all the big decision such as venue and meals, followed by music and photography and finishing with pre/post wedding activities.

Best part of your wedding in Italy?

If we have to pick, definitely the aperitivo right after the ceremony. The food and the atmosphere with the band was just amazing. Every guest praised the wedding like it was a wedding from the movies. We also had a great wrap of the day by going to the beach with all the guests who survived the party!

Top Tip for future Cinque Terre Wedding Brides and Grooms?

Just sit back and relax on your day. Don’t get too excited in Cinque Terre and party too hard the day before the wedding, so that you can still enjoy your wedding without being hangover. If the wedding will take place in summer, make sure the guests reserve rooms with air conditioning.

Photos by Pure Wedding Photography.

To find out more about your wedding in Italy, contact the Cinque Terre Wedding team here.

Written by Melina Nicholson.

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As we enter our eighth year in destination wedding planning here in the Cinque Terre, Italy, helping almost 100 couples tie the knot, by golly this award: Bespoke Wedding Company of the Year for Italy, is sure to make our day, month, year!

You see the Luxury Travel Guide Wedding Awards program recognises consistent performance in the wedding industry. Nominees are put forward by industry experts, readers and satisfied customers. Then the in-house professionals and celebrity guest judges pick those most deserving of recognition.

Throughout the past 12 months, Luxury Travel Guide Wedding Awards received a whopping 9,456 nominations from 16 countries and winners were chosen for specialism, creativity, reliability and most importantly, service excellence.

What’s more – now this part makes us rather giddy – along with the in-house team at Luxury Travel Guide, the judges of our work included TV beauties Claire Newell (Travel Expert) who reaches 5.5 million viewers weekly and regularly appears on the Today Show, the Travel Channel’s Marianela Pereyra (Resident Beach Expert) who speaks Spanish, French and our language of love, Italian, while visiting the best beaches in the world – horrid job, that one – and creator of photos that make you want to go “ooh ahh”, luxury hospitality photographer Antonio Cuellar.

So what did the Luxury Travel Guide judges say about our win, you wonder? Why, we can tell you exactly what they said,

“Cinque Terre Wedding has shown a great passion for wedding services in Italy. They work with local suppliers and provide couples with an authentic Italian wedding experience.”

Now that’s pretty ace, if we do say so ourselves.

So big shout out to all the “I’m so lucky to work with you” Cinque Terre Wedding Team and all our local suppliers who help make the magic happen. And a kiss on both cheeks to all who voted for us.

Be sure to watch out for news of Cinque Terre Wedding’s win in the Luxury Travel Guide Wedding publication found in airport lounges around the world. Or simply keep your eyes peeled for news from us as we are sure to keep harping on about the awesomeness of this award for some time to come.

Eg: if you would like to have your destination wedding planned by the Travel Luxury Guide Bespoke Wedding Company of the Year for Italy contact us here at Cinque Terre Wedding – see what we did there? – awesomeness!

Written by Melina Nicholson

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As the home of top luxury brands like Gucci, Dolce Gabana, Versace, Valentino, Fendi, Armani, Prada and… um… no need to say more, you get the picture, if there’s one place to find a top wedding stylist it’s in Italy.

Channelling all this uber styling greatness, here’s our 5 hottest tips on finding a top wedding stylist in Italy.

1. Find a wedding planner who also provides a styling service

A wedding planner is not a wedding stylist. In fact they are two very different professions that involve different areas of expertise and even use different parts of the brain. Did you know stylists tap into the creative right side of their brain in order to make your day look and feel beautiful while planners tap into the anaylitical left side of the brain to make sure all the important details move in a sequential order?

For instance, a wedding stylist will create a table for you that will evoke emotions perhaps making you feel happy using bright colours and relaxed by using the textures you love best while a planner will look at the same table and start counting candles, tables, chairs, adding up costs and thinking how the heck will we transport those decorations onto the site?

So when looking for a wedding planner and stylist in Italy best be mindful that despite Jennifer Lopez’s version of the Wedding Planner, a wedding planner is not always a stylist and a wedding stylist is not always a planner.

This is even more important when considering a destination wedding as the role of planner becomes even more vital than a traditional domestic wedding planner at home – who else is going to help with all the international legal documents, translations, accommodation, travel, group holiday activities and booking and managing all the non-english speaking suppliers – lifesavers we know.

So the key is to find a destination wedding planning service that also provides a styling service – a two for one offer – now would be the poignant moment to bring your attention back to our newest certification – Certificate of Event Design – yes, siree, we are both wedding planners and stylists!

2. Ask for qualifications

In the past anyone could be a wedding planner and stylist, but today, due to the growth in educational qualifications in event and wedding planning and styling, led by groups like the International Academy of Wedding and Event Planning, there is a growing expectation for industry professionals to hold certified qualifications and demonstrate the continuous upskilling of their tool box of tricks.

So when looking for a wedding planner or wedding stylist be sure to ask for qualifications, whether in the form of education, accreditations, awards, reviews or examples of relevant experience. See all our qualifications here.

As an A-team focused agency at Cinque Terre Wedding we also look for these qualifications when sourcing new suppliers. We bashfully pride ourselves on only working with qualified, licensed and insured suppliers.

3. Scan real wedding photos

The best way to judge if a wedding stylist in Italy is the best fit for you is by looking at their past work through real wedding features and photos. You may find that the wedding stylist has a constant aesthetic design that you love and works perfectly with your desired style or you may find that they have a great eclectic style which often means they will be able to adapt to your style whatever it is.

The key is to focus on real wedding photos not styled shoots. Styled shoots should be used for inspiration only as often set up time, equipment used, flower compositions, decoration placement and photo editing can create an unrealistic and unachievable style for a real wedding scenario. The use of fake flowers to combine summer and winter flowers together, taper candles outdoors in front of the sea, floral compositions that will block your guests’ line of view when eating at the table, are just a few examples of unworkable designs featured in styled shoots. Don’t get us wrong, we love styled shoots, we would eat them for breakfast everyday if we could as they do give us our daily dose of dreamy inspiration. But a styled shoot is more about what a stylist would like to achieve, if all reality and logistics was placed to the side. In comparison the best way to find examples of the stylists work is through their real wedding photos as they are just that – real – a real demonstration of the stylist’s work and key to finding a top wedding stylist in Italy.

4. Go local

When looking for a wedding stylist in Italy the best place to look is right next to your venue for a local stylist. Who better to know what flowers are available at each time of year (too hot for peonies in August in the Cinque Terre), what time the sun will fall (early sunset means longer lasting candles needed), what way the wind will blow (no origami rice paper name cards flying all over your reception).

The local stylist will also have their own collection of decorative pieces like vases, candle holders, linens and light installations that can be brought in and used with minimal delivery and hire fees. Better still they will be able to speak Italian to be able to source and supply any additional or custom pieces you require.

And need we say, “When in Rome…” as there’s nothing like soaking up the local style of the area in your wedding design and a local stylist will be the master at this. In the case of the Cinque Terre, with a backdrop like the Italian Riviera why would you want to do anything else?

5. Budget

On average anglo-saxon couples will spend 8- 10% of their wedding budget on wedding styling. While this figure can increase or decrease depending on the couple’s desires, this is a fair average number to plan for when you are breaking down your budget at the beginning of your wedding planning process. It is also a good benchmark to follow when looking for a wedding stylist in Italy.

A standard style package could include: bridal bouquet, groom boutonniere, bridesmaids bouquets, groomsmen boutonniere, floral decoration for ceremony and buffet, cake table and dinner table decorations for reception.

A super wedding planner and top wedding stylist in Italy will give you an idea of styling costs upfront with your first quotation so there are no unexpected costs for dream pieces when you get to part of planning which looks at styling.

For an idea on wedding planning and wedding stylist costs at Cinque Terre Wedding contact us here.

And for our 5 tips for finding a top wedding stylist in Italy here’s five top table top designs created by Cinque Terre Wedding stylist service.

Real Wedding of Maggie and Ben. Photos by Facibeni Fotografia.

Real Wedding of Wylie and David. Photo by Julian Kanz.

Real Wedding of Dominique and Rick. Photos by Ed Peers.

Real Wedding of Gillian and Paul. Photo by Cinque Terre Wedding.

Real Wedding of Irina and Artur. Photo by Roman Ivanov.

Written by Melina Nicholson.

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When rushing around in the big city of Milano, to do list in one hand, new vases for the Cinque Terre Wedding Style Salon in the other, Gucci’s window display in Rinascente, Milano’s major department store, stopped us in our pavement pounding tracks and transported us into another world.

The overall effect is ever so ethereal, playful and colourful! We see a move from the white and pale pastel palette to one that is bursting with colour in an ever so delicate and intricate manner. It makes us want to don a long floral print cotton dress, hike it up at the knees and run through the wild meadow that seems to have been touched by the very own light strokes of Monet. Yep, that’s the ticket.

Speaking of Monet and his brush strokes, let’s talk colours and the Gucci colour inspiration for wedding flower design in 2018. We see light colours like white lead, cadmium yellow, vermilion, madder, viola, chrome green and patrician purple. So many colours doing their own thing but coming together to create an intense explosion of beauty – a setting that would be magical for any destination wedding in Italy.

And as destination wedding planners in Italy, we couldn’t stop there. Our brains were racing as we ran through the inventory of flower types (all faux flowers for the display of course) but in our minds they were real and we were smelling the blooms. There were 11 types in total that had us thinking about bridal and bridesmaids bouquets, boutonnieres and table centerpieces while saying, “I do”, “I do”, “I do”:  Japanese Cherry Blossoms, Muscari, Stock Harmony,  Feather Reed Grass, Arctic Daisies, Wisteria, Iris and lots of long grass are all the prominent flowers in this wanderlust land.

And while it’s a wild setting don’t miss the fact that it is also all very linear, lots of vertical flowers in parallel lines, up and down, tall, narrow and delicate.

While the tall vertical flowers are front and center in the window decoration the Gucci bloom campaign has not forgotten the full bodied beauty blooms. You’ll find the dahlias among the long grass and then there is the floral fabric designs: the tulip dress, the ranunculus dress and the peony dress.

You can probably tell we are in wedding flower design heaven with Gucci’s Bloom campaign – a feast for the wedding planner’s eyes. So we couldn’t resist pulling together 2 inspiration boards of 2018 wedding flowers based on the Gucci trend.

Inspiration Board for Gucci Bloom Campaign

Photo credit: Gucci, Cinque Terre Wedding, Monet

Inspiration Board for 2018 Wedding Flowers inspired by Gucci

Photo credit (clockwise): Style Me Pretty, Erich McVey Photography , Katie Kett Photography,  Levi Stolove Photography,  Ether and Smith Photography,  Style Me Pretty, Melani Lust Photography, Style Me Pretty,   Cat Hepple Photography

As for the smell of the fragrance… we spent so much time window gawking outside the shop we forgot to enter and test the perfume. Ow well, another excuse to head back down and get lost in the Gucci Bloom garden of 2018 wedding flowers tomorrow!

You’ll find many of these 2018 wedding flowers and more in the Cinque Terre Wedding Style Salon for destination weddings in the Cinque Terre. To find out more contact us here.

Written by Melina Nicholson

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And why wouldn’t they? Wylie and David are absolutely gorgeous and their wedding wooed all involved so we are thrilled that it continues to inspire through the pages of international wedding blogs.

La Bride is an Australia-based multi-lingual wedding blog that showcases the latest bridal inspiration and imaging around the world in English, Chinese, Korean, Japanese and Vietnamese. That means you can read about the Italian Riviera wedding of Wylie and David in English here or in Vietnamese here – rather clever little wedding pros in the land Down Under, we think.

La Bride wedding blog is a great wedding resource to tap into for inspiration on your up and coming Italian Riviera wedding. Created in 2013, the wedding blog La Bride focuses on building a strong bridge to connect people across a variety of ethnicities in the wedding world – something we know all about here at Cinque Terre Wedding with our couples coming from all over the globe to marry here in Italy.

And if you are interested in having the best of the wedding word at your fingertips they also feature a nifty “Best of…” feature where they hold online voting polls to discover things like: the best wedding dress of the year – where you’ll find the likes of wedding giants including Vera Wang and Mon Cheri taking out the titles.

And with over 20,000 facebook followers, Aussie couple, Wylie and David are now inspiring couples all over the Asia Pacific region and beyond.

So enjoy reading through the moment to moment commentary of the couple’s destination wedding in Monterosso, written by their photographer, the talented Julian Kanz.

And stay tuned for our real wedding feature on the Cinque Terre Wedding blog when the couple share their 5 tips and 5 and a bit pics to reveal what it was like for two Aussies to plan a wedding in Italy while living in London – international romance at its best!

Written by Melina Nicholson

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As one of Pantone’s colours of the year for 2017 we couldn’t stop squeezing the juice out of this awesome colour that makes us think about so many things for a Cinque Terre wedding.

Think the lovely lemons trees that line the vineyards and cliffs of the Cinque Terre once written about by Nobel Prize winning Poet, Eugenio Montale, who lived in Monterosso in the Cinque Terre.

He wrote:
“…among the green luxuriance of a yard,
the yellow lemons fire
and the heart melts,
and golden songs pour into the breast from the raised cornets of the sun.”

And how can you not fall in love under the shade of a luscious Cinque Terre lemon tree after reading that?

And if that doesn’t work what about sipping the chilled zesty local liqueur made from these very same lemons – Limoncino. You’ll be singing “no oranges; just lemons, say the bells of St. Clements”, who just happens to be the patron saint of sailors here in the Cinque Terre and throughout the world.

And if you have your destination wedding in Italy in late spring be sure to watch out for Cinque Terre locals dressed in yellow too. It’s part of the traditional Lemon Party held in the village of Monterosso where everything lemon is on display to be worn, squeezed, drunk and eaten. Yes, it includes eating the zingy lemons fresh off the tree – they are so sweet here that the fruit of the poor lemon is not impossibile to eat!

So we’ve got the Primrose Yellow wedding inspiration set with our lemons. But we also have that golden sunshine all summer long that basks weddings in a warm yellowness that makes everything glow.

And what about the Primrose Yellow tower houses that stand between the other sherbet shades of pink, purple and green? Which coloured house will you stay in during your stay?

We’ve also got the golden honey straight from the bees that live in hives in the vineyards. Us wedding planners go to the busy worker bees and they deliver the honey wedding favours with our tags: meant to bee!

Then down on the beach it’s a sea of striped yellow beach umbrellas lining the shore and bigger umbrellas over coffee tables in the piazza.

And look out for the traditional Ligurian boats known as gozzos and our sought after kayaks that come in a range of colours including… you guessed it… Primrose Yellow.

So with all our zesty juices flowing we’ve created this Cinque Terre Primrose Yellow Wedding Inspiration board to… well… inspire. Hope you like it.

Created by Cinque Terre Wedding.

Cinque Terre Wedding

Invitedbylamaworks

Joanna Marriott

Cinque Terre Wedding Lauren Michelle Photography

Aliexpress

The Every Last Detail

Vera Wang

Wedding Chicks

Wedding Chicks

Pinterest

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Written by Melina Nicholson

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