Places to Get Married in California
Our researech yielded great places for you to get married in California State.

Congratulations on your upcoming wedding. Now is the time to think and plan carefully about your wedding in California. The state offers an abundance of opportunities for the perfect, hassle free wedding. California’s Central Coast is natural coastline and its breathtaking beaches contributed much to the growth of Californian tourism, and many of its great wedding places are very naturally based on the coast.

Wonderful weddings on the beach are available located just 6 miles off Georgia's coast, midway between Savannah, Georgia and Jacksonville, Florida, at Jekyll Island. Jekyll Island has 10 miles of unspoiled coastline, perfect for sunbathing, getting away from the crowds, or saying "I Do" to the one you love.

Recently quite a few couples have been planning contemporary but classic weddings, where the decor and atmosphere are casual. Patios, dining areas and the wedding gazebo overlooking the ocean are not ostentatious but blend with grace and comfort into the natural environment.

Just such a wedding can be found at Ragged Point. Ragged Point comprises a privately owned property where travelers are welcomed with gourmet dining, a gas station, hotel, wedding facility, hiking trail and outdoor cafe with an espresso bar. This venue is high above the Pacific on a promontory with 400 foot sheer cliffs, offering one of the finest ocean vistas in the world. They call it the "Million Dollar View". One of the few places on this coast with a trail down the face of a cliff, it also boasts the largest waterfall on the Big Sur coast. Imagine that as your own fabulous wedding location. More details are available at http://www.beachcalifornia.com/ragged.html

That is just one wedding place, and California offers an abundance of opportunities for the perfect, hassle free wedding. Another can be found at Comfort Inn Irvine Spectrum in Laguna Hills, CA.

Located on the water in Long Beach, California, the historic ocean liner RMS Queen Mary offers unique settings for unforgettable events. Lovers of the paranormal can, for example, indulge their guest in mysterious activities with Peter James, the renowned paranormal researcher. He presents an exciting dinner and tour experience, where guests will follow James on a real Ghost Tour to paranormal hot spots. Visit http://www.staylaguna.com/orangecounty_attractions.html for more ideas.

Another very unusual wedding can be had for guests at the Best Western Scotts Valley hotel located on the border of Scotts Valley in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Here, the park features a one-mile redwood loop so you can enjoy a day in the trees. http://www.staylaguna.com/orangecounty_attractions.html

The San Lorenzo River runs through the middle of this park, offering a variety of terrain and wildlife to explore. http://www.bestwesternscottsvalley.com/html/northern-california-coast-tourist-attractions.asp

Located on the Silverado Trail, there is another resort which is picturesque, has plenty to do, and make a great California wedding location. The Spa at Silverado offers a full menu of spa services and a fitness center to enjoy during your Napa Valley resort getaway or business retreat. Your wedding guests would enjoy Silverado's natural beauty and could even get in a few rounds of golf on one of their two 18 hole championship golf courses extending over 360 acres featuring lush vegetation, ponds, lakes, three sweetwater creeks, trees arching over the fairways and creatively placed traps and greens. You can visit www.silveradoresort.com for more information.


Santa Paula's charm and hospitality remains one of the best-kept secrets in Southern California, making it a wonderful wedding location. The southern California retreat, although just an hour from Los Angeles, retains a small-town, rural character. It is also known as “The Citrus Capital of the World,” and the town is embraced by the orchards carpeting the floor of the Santa Clara Valley. Famous for its hospitable climate, the town is situated near the western mouth of the Valley where it enjoys direct ocean breezes without ocean fog, and balmy smog-free air that feels continents away from the heat that often prevails just a few miles deeper inland. Visit http://www.glentavern.com/html/ventura-county-things-to-do.asp

San Diego features some of the world's best restaurants. There are many excellent restaurants that also offer private dining rooms for personal celebrations and business events, and these make a good choice for many wedding groups.

We hope that we have given you some ideas about great places to get married in California.

If you are still having difficulty finding and deciding on your best wedding place can we suggest that you engage a California wedding planner. They can not only help you choose your wedding venue but should also make sure that you have a justice of the peace or wedding officiant. They can also make sure that your wedding and party is decorated with the finest party supplies, party favors and wedding decorations in California.

There are many wedding planners which operate in the state, and they certainly do help to provide the elegance and sophistication in every wedding that all brides dream of. A good wedding planner will also make weddings more fun because couples can now focus on bonding with their families and friends instead of worrying about the details of their wedding.

by Steve Evans - 4 September 2008

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