Top 10 places for an unusual wedding

Many girls dream of wearing a luxurious wedding dress, picking up a delicate bouquet of flowers and saying yes to their loved one. But where to say the cherished words, if the walls of the city registry office peeled off, and everything around seems boring and gray? We present the top 10 most interesting, beautiful, exciting places for wedding ceremonies.

1. The noise of the sea, the wind, the majestic mountains. Penguin. Another penguin. Sea of penguins. It's an Antarctic wedding. To the end of the world with a loved one. Why not? The couple will be able to get married in the southernmost Orthodox Church – the Church of the Holy Trinity.

The bride and groom sail on an expedition ship, observing interesting natural phenomena, which are told by lecturers from the expedition team. Admire the views of glaciers, Antarctic icebergs, picturesque nature, seals, and if you are lucky, you can see whales.

Such a pleasure will cost a couple from 7 400 euros. Wedding arrangements are additionally paid.

2. For the most passionate lovers who are afraid to freeze in Antarctica, there is always a volcano where you can order a wedding ceremony. The choice is large: the Hawaiian Volcanoes National Park, Costa Rica volcanoes, the Tenerife Islands and many others. It is necessary to approach the choice of such a place very carefully and seriously. Understand what you really want. All volcanoes are very different. Different in availability, price and beauty of species. For example, a wedding in Hawaiian Volcanic National Park requires a special permit. A list of 12 items that are required to obtain this paper is available on the site of the park. But for a wedding in Costa Rica on the Arenal volcano, no permits are required.

3. It is believed that if you receive the blessing of Buddhist monks, there will always be harmony and luck in the life of a loving couple. This is why people go to Thailand. Here, in one of the Buddhist temples, a wedding ceremony takes place. The monks read blessing prayers for the couple. The head, arms, shoulders of the bride and groom are tied with white garlands that connect the couple and monks. Thus, God and the spirits are given the opportunity to bless the union. Then, the senior monk draws sacred signs on the face of the bride and groom. At the end of the ceremony, the lama joins the hands of the young couple and pours sacred water on them, connecting their destinies.

After the blessing, the couple can wait: an elephant ride, a photo shoot, a festive lunch or dinner by the sea, a fire show, dancers and live music.

3. For those who are in love with London as much as with their soul mate, it is possible to hold a wedding ceremony in the personal cabin of the London Eye. The standard plan for the Ferris Wheel ceremony includes two rotations of the London Eye (1 hour). During the first round the marriage takes place. During the second round, free time is provided, which can be used to communicate with guests and memorable photos. The capsule, where the solemn part will take place, is decorated with flowers, champagne is served to guests and the married person. The gray sky of London is diluted by the whiteness of the bride’s dress, the groom’s burning eyes and the sincere joy of guests. For an hour of exploring London from a transparent cabin and romantic registration of marriage will have to fork out in the amount of 270 000 rubles.

5. Remember the terrible fun of Anna Ioanovna, who ordered to build an ice house for the buffoon wedding of Prince Golitsin and Avdotya Buzheninova? Few people wanted to be in the place of these unfortunate people. Now couples from all over the world go to Norway to celebrate their wedding in a chapel built of ice blocks. Here, a white limousine will replace a dog sled, and men, instead of a stormy bachelor party in one of the nightclubs, can go fishing and try to catch the Kamchatka crab, which settled off the Norwegian coast and forgot its historical homeland.

6. If the bride believes that she is a real princess, does not remove the tiara from her head and asks to call her “Your Majesty”, then urgently go to the Czech Republic. Here, in the castle Gluboka above Vltava, wedding ceremonies are held for convinced romantics. The castle is located 150 kilometers from Prague. Nearby is a rich botanical garden, hunting reserves and mirror ponds. The standard ceremony here will cost 1,800 euros. And in the summer, for a small surcharge, it is possible to hold a wedding ceremony in the park of the castle.

7. They say marriages are made in heaven. A hot air balloon wedding over the Australian highlands and pristine rainforests is a beautiful illustration of this eternal truth. Such a ceremony will certainly leave pleasant memories for a lifetime. To do this, you can get up early to enjoy the sunrise and feel the happiness of the upcoming moment of the conclusion of the sacred union. Such memories will cost a couple from 1,100 euros.

8. Good news for those who dream of having a wedding on a lavender field, but flying to Provence is too expensive – Crimea is ours! From late June to August, lavender fields bloom on the Crimean peninsula. An incredible smell fills the gentle purple fields, and butterflies flutter around the flowers. During the day, the flowers change their shade - at dawn they are blue, around noon they are lilac, and by the evening they become pink. A symbolic wedding ceremony in a lavender field is offered for the amount of 100,000 rubles.

9. The episode in the novel by Leo Tolstoy, where Andrei Bolkonsky meets an oak tree, is considered one of the turning points of the novel: the transition to a new stage of life, a complete change in the worldview of the hero. Wedding is also a new stage in the life of any person and in Cyprus, in the reserve of Kavo Greco, offer to hold an official ceremony at the lonely tree. This tree is certainly not that old oak tree, but judging by its size, it has been standing on top of the hill for a long time.

This place is not recommended for large lush weddings, but it is ideal for a private ceremony. The cost of the official wedding ceremony from 2 000 euros.

10. Traditional weddings in Japan are beautiful. The couple dresses up in a wedding kimono, the bride does a traditional Japanese hairstyle. The ceremony takes place in one of the oldest Shinto temples Kamigamo Shrine. Despite the fact that the temple was founded in 678, it is a very secluded place where there are no tourist crowds and wedding celebrations take place in a calm and happy atmosphere. It's worth a lot of atmosphere. Prices start at $8,000.

And this is only a small part of everything that the tourism industry offers to the bride and groom. Your celebration will take place under the clouds in a balloon or at a depth of several meters under water depends only on the preferences and finances that you have. Do not be afraid to experiment, because the wedding is a pleasant occasion for new discoveries and sensations.

Text by Anna Bochkareva

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