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a wedding. What’s more, it’s only four

hours by plane from London.

OAll-inclusive packages (which

include ceremony and reception

costs, flowers, photos, transport, and

drinks and food for 50 guests) cost

from £14,000, ionianweddings.co.uk

THE HÔTEL DE

GLACE, CANADA

For a truly unique winter wedding, look

no further than e Hôtel de Glace, located

in the Laurentian Mountains, ten minutes

from Quebec City. Here there’s no fear

other friends will choose the same venue:

the hotel runs only from January to March,

before being rebuilt for the next year.

Marry in the ice chapel, its pews slung with

animal skins for your guests to sit on, then

head to the bar to admire the ice sculptures.

OPackages cost from £1,575,

hoteldeglace-canada.com

GRAND CANYON

NATIONAL PARK, US

You don’t get a more spectacular setting

than the Grand Canyon; it’s not a natural

wonder of the world for nothing. Fly by

helicopter over the sun-scorched Arizona

landscape before alighting for your

ceremony in a private spot overlooking the

Colorado River. en soar into the sunset

towards Las Vegas for the ultimate party.

O All-inclusive packages, POA,

sedonaluxuryweddings.com

FOUR SEASONS SAFARI

LODGE SERENGETI,

EAST AFRICA

Begin your life’s biggest adventure together

in the Serengeti wilderness. Pick out your

groom among the giraes and zebras as

you arrive by hot air balloon, before

exchanging vows on those endless plains.

Aerwards, gather for a poolside dinner by

torchlight or a traditional African boma

celebration – which includes traditional

songs and food – with Maasai dancing.

OWedding packages cost from

£1,668, fourseasons.com/serengeti

ANANTARA KIHAVAH

VILLAS, MALDIVES

Not just for honeymoons, the Maldives

oers a postcard-perfect destination with

a dierence: an underwater wedding. What

better way to exchange rings – in a shell, of

course – than in your own sub-surface

world, surrounded by marine life? en

gather your guests for your reception in

the restaurant, where only a glass wall

separates you from sea turtles, lionsh and

visiting dolphins. You can even take part in

a coral adoption programme – the perfect

excuse to return for future anniversaries.

OPackages cost from £3,900,

kihavah-maldives.anantara.com

SALT PANS, MALTA

Looking for something completely

dierent? Try the Salt Pans in Gozo, Malta.

is rock-cut chequerboard leading down

to the sea recalls 350 years of Gozitan salt

production – in summer you can still see

locals gathering it – and makes an

extraordinarily beautiful moonscape for

They wed away

And how

about an

ice chapel?

Five ‘wow where’s

that?’ destinations you

won’t have considered

After flying in by hot

air balloon, enjoy an

African reception

under the stars

The Hôtel de Glace

chapel is made

entirely of – you

guessed it – ice

WORDS: SOPHIE CULLEN. PHOTOGRAPH: RENAUD PHILIPPE (THE HÔTEL DE GLACE), CARL BENGTSSON, JARED PLATT PHOTOGRAPHY

Spot lionfish and

even dolphins at

your underwater

Maldives dinner

Always wanted to go

to the moon? Gozo’s

Salt Pans offer the

perfect alternative

The Grand Canyon’s

breathtaking

views = the ultimate

wedding snaps

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