Destination weddings provide opportunities for you and your wedding party to spend time together, enjoy various activities, and create amazing memories of your wedding day. While multiple destinations always make the list, Tuscany brings so many unique aspects that it puts other destinations to shame.
Let’s dive into what makes a Tuscan wedding so incredible and what Italian wedding traditions you can incorporate into your wedding planning.
Special Locations and Amazing Venues
With a Tuscan wedding, you can incorporate different venues and locations into all aspects of your wedding. In the days leading up to your actual wedding day, you can take trips to wineries, local castles, and more. Your wedding party will have plenty to do in the days leading up to your special day.
Your wedding venue can include incredible views, allowing you to dance under the stars while enjoying a glass of wine. The dry and mild weather makes it the perfect location for a summer wedding. There are breathtaking views, including valleys, gentle hills, and plenty of world heritage sites. The wedding pictures can incorporate these views in multiple ways. Truly, this destination can provide amazing memories as you look back on your special day.
Tuscan Wedding Traditions
Are you looking to incorporate a few Italian wedding traditions from Tuscany? Your groom could purchase your bridal bouquet and leave it at the church entrance for you as the bride. String a ribbon across the church doorway to signal that a wedding is taking place. As a groom, carrying a piece of rusted iron can ward off evil spirits.
During your wedding reception, guests can shout good luck wishes and clink their wine glasses with silverware until the couple kisses. You can also have a grand wedding cake with multiple tiers. Your wedding cake table should also have candies of different flavors, providing several sweet treats.
Confetti and Bomboniere: A Wedding Favor
While colored confetti might be thrown onto the bride and groom when they exit the church, Italy’s confetti is white sugar-coated almonds that are boxed and given to the guests as wedding favors. These almonds represent health, wealth, happiness, fertility, and long life. Those who opt to incorporate these items give their guests a bit of Tuscany to take home.
The beauty of a summer Tuscan wedding is not just the views but the combination of food, music, and culture. The cookie dance, for example, is a line dance where the bride and groom lead guests dancing around the reception, then over to the cookie cake table, where everyone takes a cookie. Even non-dancers can take cookies. It makes for a fun and sweet treat!
If you are ready to plan a summer destination wedding, consider all the benefits of choosing Tuscany for your special day.
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