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We organise elegant weddings, expertly planned, which will delight the wedding couple and exceed their expectations.

Barbara Gourdain and her team want to make your dream wedding come true. Let us spoil you and whatever fits your idea of the perfect wedding, we are here to make it happen for you! We want your wedding to have the most special place in your heart for the rest of your life.

Imagine walking into one place that has every person, every detail that you need to bring that special day together. We are a professional team of friendly and helpful people, we approach each wedding as a combined effort with our couples and we love working with our clients and share their enthusiasm and emotions during all the preparations till the Big Day.

Barbara Gourdain, the founder and the director, has an extraordinary background with years of marketing and events experience in private and corporate sector. She says "I love my job and the chance to deliver a couple the day of their dreams, to create it together with them it's a wonderful experience, every time unique and rewarding".

Realizing the day of your dreams

We at Extraordinary Weddings are specialized in the organisation of boutique wedding and events in Piedmont, in North Western Italy. We help couples discover and enjoy the amazing treasures of the Langhe region (famous for its food and wine excellences) and realize the day of their dreams, turning individual tastes, personality, needs and ideas into a memorable event.

Our full-event planning is a highly personalized service coordinating advice, ideas and overall responsibility for the organisation and smooth-running of the wedding ceremony and the reception.

Together with our attentive presence at all times, every time, a stress-free, beautiful, distinctive and amazing experience will be the outcome for you and your families.

Being situated in Italy, we can help you organize the celebrations in a stress-free way by selecting for you the best locations and venues, the optimum catering, quality photographers and media specialists, flower arrangements and unique ideas, combining great taste with the finest of wedding details.

What we offer are options for weddings small and large, from civil-only to full church weddings and pre or post-wedding celebrations. Every wedding is unique and it can be as simple or as elaborate as you want.

Paradise for Wine lovers

This amazing UNESCO World Heritage site candidate called LANGHE offers charming venues set amongst rolling hills covered with vineyards.

It nestles in a plain surrounded by alpine mountains close to Turin, Milan and Montecarlo and features word-famous wine, exceptional food amid stunning and unique landscapes.

The Langa region is home to the world-famous great reds such as Barolo, Barbaresco, Barbera and these hills are scattered with small producers who will be happy to open the magical world of their top produce... A true paradise for any wine lovers!

This is a part of Italy that has the greatest concentration of Michelin-starred restaurants, along with many traditional and innovative restaurants, trattorias and wine bars, so we can guarantee you high quality cuisine and superb food.

Rustic elegance or luxurious charm

Piedmont offers many different settings for a wedding: country houses, small villages, medieval towers, castles, monasteries, farmhouses, villas, historic hotels and residences and marvellous ancient palaces. We can give your wedding a rustic atmosphere or the most elegant and luxurious charm. This is a corner of Italy with a strong identity, for relaxing days out of time.

Wonderful in every season

Langhe are wonderful in every season. The vintage-time with its poetical colours and perfumes and especially October with the famous truffle fest is very requested!

Spring and Summer are the most popular months to have a destination wedding in Langhe to enjoy the outdoor ceremony the most and have a marvellous reception under the 'stars'.

Piedmont is the only region in Italy where it is possible to organize beautiful weddings and events also during Winter. Extraordinary Weddings can help you finding the most romantic chalet in the mountains or an enchanted Alpine village where celebrating the perfect 'snow-wedding'. There's a variety of charming mountain towns and villages in the area nearby Cuneo and Langhe where the snow capped mountains will embrace your event. Family and friends will enjoy the opportunity to participate in some of the wonderful skiing and remember a very unique wedding in the Italian Alps, a truly one of the highlights of Italy.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the starting price for day-of wedding coordination?

$600

What is the starting price for partial wedding planning?

$1,200

What is the starting price for full wedding planning?

2,000.00

Do you offer an hourly rate?

No

What wedding events do you provide services for?

Ceremony
Reception
Rehearsal Dinner

What wedding planning services do you offer?

Day-of Coordination
Full Planning
Partial Planning

What weddings do you have experience planning?

Civil
Destination
Eco-Friendly
Non-Religious
Religious

How many planners are on your team?

2
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Linn Sent on 03/13/2017
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Barbara Gourdain at Extraordinary Weddings did a wonderful job in making our wedding a perfect day and weekend. From our very first Skype call she was interested and invested in getting to know us, our style, our taste, and our vision for the wedding. We love the food, wine, landscape, and rustic feeling of Piemonte. She found various options for venues in the Langhe area, including our final choice, Villa Tibodi - which was the perfect place for us. Villa Tiboldi has the perfect combination of an elegant and rustic atmosphere. We would never have found this venue - or the photographer, stylists, florist, etc. - by ourselves. Barbara’s local expertise made our wedding feel authentic Italian, yet still like “us”. Barbara had various tips and suggestions during the planning stage - and she has a keen eye for the small details. She always followed up and made us feel very comfortable and assured that the wedding was going to be a great day and weekend. Furthermore, Barbara was incredibly thorough in finding the best solutions and suppliers based on our budget. We had a busy work schedule prior to the wedding, but with Barbara’s help, the planning went smoothly and stress free. Yet, the guests commented that the wedding felt so tailored to who we are as a couple, that they thought we had done it all ourselves. We owe our dream wedding to Barbara - and we made a good friend - she’s such a wonderful, funny, and warm person :* We recommend Extraordinary Weddings for everyone that loves Piemonte and the Langhe area.
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Clare Sent on 11/01/2015
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Barbara made our wedding a dream come true. Her attention to detail, fastidious organisation, connections to all the very best suppliers & her caring-friendly approach make her an outstanding wedding planner. Living in the UK but planning our wedding in Italy, we could never have done what she helped us to do make our day do perfect.
Barbara, we can't thank you enough...
Clare & Matt, UK
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Brendan Sent on 12/30/2014
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We used Extraordinary Weddings Italy to help put together our beautiful wedding in La Morra, Piemonte. It was a special place for us - having visited there previously - we always knew we wanted to be married there. It was a difficult time of year, and because we were Australians, there was a lot of procedures and paperwork to be mindful of. Working with Barbara made this so incredibly painless and simple. It was almost as if most of the wedding was taken care of. Someone was always within Skype, phone or text. She's incredibly pro-active and professional. She can work to any budget and can really help make the most memorable day. To anyone who is looking for some help in organising their wedding in Italy - we do highly encourage you to whip a quick email to Barbara...you'll understand what we mean!
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