The most romantic backdrop Italy can offer, running from the canals and palazzos of Venice through Verona's balconies to the villa gardens of Lake Garda and the Prosecco hills behind them. A Veneto wedding trades the rustic for the Renaissance, with grand interiors, water arrivals, and a glass of something sparkling never far away.
Italy recognises civil unions, not same-sex marriage, so a same-sex wedding in the Veneto is a symbolic ceremony, and couples make the legal marriage at home or in a marriage-equality country (nearby Spain or Portugal are common). Opposite-sex couples can hold a legally binding civil marriage here. Either way, the celebration is yours; only the paperwork has a postcode.
It is the grandest and most varied backdrop in northern Italy, and the region pulls in three directions. In Venice it means palazzo interiors and an arrival by boat. Around Verona and Lake Garda it means villa gardens, cypress, and water views, the softest and most classic setting. Up in the Prosecco hills it turns green and rural, with sparkling-wine estates and a lighter feel. What ties them together is a sense of occasion, since this is Renaissance Italy and the settings carry it.
Three corners of the region pull in slightly different directions. None is more correct than another; they are simply moods. The three below are the ones worth knowing first.
We are mapping the Veneto sub-area by sub-area, from Venice to Lake Garda to the Prosecco hills. Be first as each one opens, with the honest legal notes that come with it.
The quiz reads your taste and points you to the regions, and the kind of ceremony, that fit you.