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With the spring and summer months quickly approaching, happiness and love will be in the air. Spring and summer are the months of weddings and proposals. Every time the weather gets warmer and it stays lighter later into the night, there seems to be that certain magic in the air that just gets people to want to enjoy themselves.
Wedding crazes will be going on soon and what better place to have a wedding than in the beautiful state of California. California is perhaps one of the only states that is so diverse in they type of setting one can choose for a wedding. Coastal beach whimsy, bustling cities, or peaceful rural places are all just some of the options people have when choosing a wedding destination in California. Here is a list of the top ten places to have a wedding in California, just in time for spring and summer.
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10. Madrona Manor
Nestled in the beautiful Wine Country city of Healdsburg lies a 17 bedroom Victorian-Era mansion. The Madrona Manor was built in 1879 and the building is overflowing with a historical and vintage feeling. Right in the heart of Sonoma County’s famous Wine Country, the manor is a perfect spot for any couple who wants the slow country life with surrounding views of vineyards, green hillsides and local plant and wildlife.
For generally smaller weddings, since the manor can only hold up to 150 people, the mansion is a perfect spot for a romantic daytime ceremony and fun evening reception. The Madrona Manor also offers elopement packages.
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9. The Queen Mary
Permanently docked in the Port of Long Beach, the RMS Queen Mary is one of the most historic landmarks in all of California. Having her maiden voyage in 1936, the Queen Mary perfectly encapsulates the time period in which she was built. The second you walk onto the ship it feels as if you are transported back into that time period. If you have ever wanted to feel what it was like on the infamous RMS Titanic, the RMS Queen Mary will be the closest you will get to reliving what it would be like on a ship of that grand of a scale.
The Queen Mary offers several different wedding venues aboard the ship including a traditional wedding chapel to the warm sun-deck gazebo. Having a wedding on the Queen Mary is a perfect option for people who have large families because the ship is in fact a (historic) hotel as well. A warning of caution however, the RMS Queen Mary is widely known to be one of the most haunted spots in all of California, if not all of the nation.
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8. Yacht clubs
Any coastal town you go to in California is sure to have a high-class and scenic yacht clubs. Whether it be the Southern California cities of Newport, Ventura or Coronado, yacht clubs are some of the most sought after spots to get married. The ambience of having sail boats and yachts surrounding you as you get married is calming and classy and it would be even more romantic to climb board one of the yachts after your ceremony and go on a little wedding sail before the reception.
Yacht clubs tend to be smaller in space however, so this option is really perfect for more intimate ceremonies and receptions.
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7. Catalina Island
If you have ever dreamed of having your wedding on an island, look no further than the famous Catalina Island, just 22 miles south-west of Los Angels. Close enough to the mainland yet far enough away to be exclusive, Catalina is the perfect paradise destination for a wedding. Catalina features a number of beautiful venues for weddings including a grand and ornate Casino, a high-end beach club or a more intimate country club venue.
Whatever the guest size or extravagance of a wedding, Catalina has something to accommodate any wedding party.
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6. Rooftop weddings
California has some of the most stunning city skylines of any state. Whether it be in San Francisco, Los Angles, Hollywood or San Diego, each city has something unique and beautiful to look at. What better way to take in the whole city than to have a rooftop wedding. Overlooking the whole city, especially at sunset, can be a beautiful chance for a couple to feel as if they are on top of the world. The Andaz hotel, in both West Hollywood and downtown San Diego, has rooftop venues which overlook the historical cities. Whether it be for a ceremony, reception or both, having a wedding on the top of a roof is magical and original.
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5. Millennium Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles
Built in 1923, The Millennium Biltmore Hotel in downtown Los Angeles, is one of the most luxurious and historic hotels in California. The grand hotel features exquisite design such as fresco styled art, tapestries, crystal chandeliers and ornate rugs. With several ballrooms, fancy tea-parties and that classic old Hollywood feel, the Biltmore is without a doubt one of the best places to get married in California. The hotel is able to hold a variety of sized weddings, whether you have 50 or 500, the Biltmore is the place to go to wed.
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4. Malibu beaches
Beaches are always a classic spot to get married for many couples, however no beach in the whole country can match the quality of the beaches along the Pacific Coast Highway in Southern California. Malibu is one of the most well known spots in all of the world for high-class surroundings and sandy beaches. Surrounding the vast number of beaches in Malibu are beautiful hotels, bed and breakfasts and beautiful resorts, making it perfect for anyone to have a wedding and use the surrounding hotels to accommodate their guests.The great thing about beaches as well, is that there is an unlimited number to how many people can be seated.
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3. Sonoma County wineries
Sonoma County, in Northern California, is the home of world famous wineries. Just an hour north of San Francisco, Sonoma County is a peaceful and rural getaway that is an all over gorgeous place. All of the towns and wineries are special and many of them historic, and any winery would be a magical spot to have a classy wedding. Surrounded by sprawling hills of
grape vines and the smell of fresh air, wineries are some of the top destinations for wedding venues. Many know the famous town of Napa, that houses some of the best wineries if not in the United States, the whole world.
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2. Disneyland
What better place to get married than the Happiest Place on Earth. For decades Disneyland has been the site of some of the most magical and fairytale weddings and a place where wedding dreams come true. There are three amazing Disney resort hotels available for weddings as well as the actual park itself where one can get married in front of Sleeping Beauty’s Castle.
For many little girls it is always their dream to grow up and have a princess wedding and Disneyland is the most magical place to do it at. Just be warned that having a wedding at Disneyland costs a pretty penny, so be prepared to spend a lot of money on this fairytale venue.
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1. Hotel Del Coronado
Laying across the bay from San Diego on the beautiful peninsula of Coronado lies one of the most famous resorts. The nation’s first largest beach resort, The Hotel Del, is one of the most beautiful and historic landmarks in California to have a dream wedding. Built in 1888, the Hotel Del looks exactly the same as it did back when it was first built and is also the site of where movie star Marilyn Monroe’s Some Like It Hot movie was filmed.
With options of having either a beachfront wedding on the white sands of Coronado beach or having your wedding inside one of the several exquisite rooms inside the Hotel Del, the venue is suitable for any size wedding. With a historic and vintage feel the Hotel Del transports you to a different time. Also be warned about this venue, it is a haunted hotspot as well and many ghostly sightings have been reported here.