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six of the best 43<br />
quirky destination<br />
Weddings<br />
Sasha Wood finds somemore unusual ideas agents can<br />
suggest for couples looking to tie the knot abroad<br />
Back to nature,<br />
Costa Rica<br />
Couples seeking to<br />
get hitched with<br />
nature as their<br />
witness can channel<br />
Costa Rican Pura Vida<br />
(Pure Life) with a<br />
tailor-made rainforest wedding at Tabacon Thermal<br />
Resort and Spa, where the hot springs are fed by<br />
Arenal volcano. Wedding venues include a floral<br />
marquee in the heart of the jungle, a sweetheart<br />
bridge over the cascades and tropical gardens.<br />
tabacon.com<br />
Eastern<br />
promise, Bali<br />
Bursting with exotic<br />
flora, the lush ‘Land of<br />
1000 temples’, or Bali,<br />
is a heavenly place to<br />
say ‘I do’. Set at the<br />
heart of the<br />
Indonesian island, between the rice terraces and<br />
palms of Ubud, The Chedi Club Tanah Gajah offers<br />
traditional Balinese marriage blessings in one of five<br />
locations, including the water garden or the flowerfestooned<br />
amphitheatre flanked by Hindi ganeshas.<br />
ghmhotels.com/en/tanah-gajah<br />
Beach bubble,<br />
the Maldives<br />
Many tropical island<br />
resorts have wedding<br />
chapels, but luxe<br />
resort Finolhu in the<br />
Maldives’ idyllic Baa<br />
Atoll recently<br />
launched its Bubble Starlight package offering beach<br />
destination weddings with a difference. Following a<br />
boho-barefoot ceremony at sunset, newly-weds can<br />
retreat to a glass Beach Bubble for a starry night<br />
cocooned on a secluded stretch of palm-tufted sand.<br />
finolhu.com<br />
Underwater<br />
love, Australia<br />
Fans of the<br />
underwater world will<br />
be hard pressed to<br />
find a more<br />
spectacular wedding<br />
location than a subaquatic<br />
chapel on the Great Barrier Reef. Daydream<br />
Island Resort in the Whitsunday Islands has an<br />
underwater observatory where couples can seal the<br />
deal in the presence of stingrays and lobsters,<br />
followed by a photo call at a heart-shaped reef.<br />
daydreamisland.com<br />
Snow castle,<br />
Lapland<br />
For a truly white<br />
wedding in a<br />
magical setting of<br />
snow-dusted firs,<br />
frozen sculptures<br />
and aurora-lit skies,<br />
couples can head to the Lavattumaa snow castle<br />
in Finnish Lapland between December and April<br />
for a fairytale come true. The snow chapel is the<br />
perfect place to exchange vows before hopping on<br />
a reindeer sleigh and overnighting in a glass igloo.<br />
luvattumaa.fi/en<br />
Shamanic<br />
ritual, Peru<br />
Adventurous<br />
travellers can<br />
combine bucket-list<br />
Machu Picchu and<br />
one of the biggest<br />
days of their lives<br />
with a marriage ceremony at the Sumaq Hotel at<br />
the foot of the Inca Trail. The Peruvian hotel<br />
offers traditional Incan weddings conducted by an<br />
Andean Shaman who calls upon the ancient Incan<br />
gods to witness, bless and guide the relationship.<br />
machupicchuhotels-sumaq.com<br />
sellingtravel.co.uk
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