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Prestonfield House, Edinburgh

Dolce Sposa — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 12:37:14 +0000

Get married in Scotland’s most romantic wedding venue!!

At a Glance:

Baroque Architecture
17^th century historic house
Licensed for Civil Ceremony and Civil Partnership
Accommodation – 23 rooms in total
Facilities – 20 acres of parkland, restaurants, bars, helicopter landing, golf course
Large weddings up to 500 guests
Exclusive Use £25,000 + VAT *(all inclusive package)

*Please note that price mentioned is a rough and basic wedding budget guideline. It can go up depending on how much you want to personalize your wedding celebration (menu, drinks, flowers, etc)

Prestonfield House is perfect for all style savvy bride and groom who want to wed in style. This is certainly the most opulent wedding venue in Scotland that is unrivalled. After you visit this place, you will understand why it has received such great accolades from some of the world’s most popular people to hotel, restaurant and travel critiques. Here are just some of the things you will often hear and read about Prestonfield:

Winner of The Most Romantic Hotel of the Year Award
Top 200 Hotels by AA
Best 101 Hotels in the World by Tatler
Europe’s 22 sexiest Hotels by Mr & Mrs Smith

All the rooms in the house including the stable are stunning and are all so different. Each room can cater to any wedding requirements – from an intimate wedding of 10 guests to a big grand affair of 500 guests. Prestonfield can definitely offer you and your guest different captivating styles and experience that will be talked about for years.

Exclusive Hire of the venue is a very popular choice. You get to enjoy the whole wedding venue for one night and celebrate the most magical day of your life in a truly unforgettable place. As Condenast nicely puts it, a visit to Prestonfield is like walking to an extravagant, flamboyant and dramatic theatre set. And if this is how you imagined your wedding to be like then you surely have to check this venue out!!!

Wedding Venue – Prestonfield

Priestfield Road
Edinburgh, EH16 5DU
Tel: +44 (0) 131 662 2310

Skibo Castle, Scotland

Dolce Sposa — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 16:16:15 +0000

Skibo Castle is known all over the world as one of Scotland’s finest castle and one of the most exclusive place in the world that has played host to some of the most extravagant weddings of celebrities and royalties alike.

DS cannot imagine anything that can beat this wedding venue for its exclusivity, outstanding beauty, grandeur and impeccable five star services. But with anything luxe and exclusive, Skibo Castle comes with an oozing tag price! Apart from being considered to be one of the most expensive wedding venues in the world, you can only dream about getting married here if you are a member of the club.

At a Glance:

Accommodation – 21 castle rooms
Architecture – 19^th and 20^th century architecture
Capacity – maximum 90 guests
Celebrity wedding –Madonna & Guy Ritchie and Ashley Judd & Dario Franchitti.
Ceremony – Licensed for Civil Ceremony (Dornoch Church 4miles away)
Children – Very welcome
Cost – £60,000.00 *
Exclusive Use – available
Facilities – garden, lake, helicopter landing, golf course, indoor pool, spa, tennis courts and more
Location – Dornoch, Scotland
Marquee wedding – available
Style – Caste wedding venue
Transportation – 1 hour away from Inverness’s Dalcross Airport (INV)
Transportation – 1.45 hours direct flight from London Gatwick (British Airways)

*Please note that price mentioned is a rough calculation based on the total membership fee plus the average UK wedding costs which includes menus, drinks, venue hire.

To maintain exclusivity, membership is by invitation only or applicants may be sponsored by a current member. And if accepted by the committee, here are the fees you have to pay:-

membership joining fee £20,000 + VAT
annual membership £7,500 inclusive of VAT

Beautifully set in the Scottish Highlands…there is no other place that can beat this.

Wedding Venue – The Carnegie Club at Skibo Castle

Dornoch
Sutherland Scotland IV25 3RQ
Tel: +44 (0) 1862 894 600

Photos courtesy of Skibo Castle

Inverlochy Castle, Scotland

Dolce Sposa — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 13:52:03 +0000

Inverlochy Castle is set in one of the world’s most beautiful highlands with stunning scenery, lochs, mountains, wateralls and places of historical interests that can be perfect on your special day whether it be an intimate affair or a slightly larger one. This will be a wedding venue that will guarantee you a wedding of a lifetime and one to take your breath away.

The Great Hall or The Drawing Room in the Castle are licensed for both civil ceremony and religious ceremony. All the rooms charmingly embraces genuine Scottish heritgage and gracefully shows some original architectural features that dates back from 1863. The maximum number of guests they can accomodate here will be 80 both for the wedding ceremony and wedding breakfast. Unfortunately, this place is not suitable for brides-to-be and grooms-to-be who wish to have an outdoor wedding ceremony. They do not offer this for a reason but i can guarantee you that like Queen Victoria, you will certainly fall inlove with the castle, all the rooms, views from all the rooms and you will understand why she wrote in her diaries “I never saw a lovelier and more romantic spot” when she came to stay at Inverlochy Castle. Having the wedding in the castle will certainly give you the best of both worlds – beautiful scenery and the grandeur of a castle.

Inverlochy Castle can be hired exclusively for £9000 on high season which can accomodate up to 34 of your family and friends based on a minimum of two night stay. There are plenty of other nearby hotels and cottages that can be recommended to accomodate your other guests. Choosing this venue for your wedding will surely make you and your guests enjoy every part of the wedding. Being situated in Lochaber, the ‘outdoor capital of the UK’, you and your guests can indulge youself with its panoramic views and exciting activities like golf, fishining, climbing, horse riding, hiking, white-water rafting and many more.

The breathtaking scenery, the beautiful setting, history, architecture, world-class services, Michelin-star restaurant to fun-filled activities will surely spoil you and all your senses before, on your wedding day and after…..

Dolce Sposa Tip: For all types of ceremony you must complete the legal preliminaries by lodging notice with the Fort William Registrar. You should get in touch with them as soon as you decide you want to say your vows in Scotland.

Inverlochy Castle: Torlundy, Fort William, Inverness-shire, Scotland PH33 6SN

Telephone +44 (0) 1397 702177 www.inverlochycastlehotel.com

Fort William Registrar: Mrs Isobel McKellaig, Lochaber Collegge, An Aird, Fort Williams, PH33 6AN

Telephone + 44 (0) 1397 704583