Your wedding is at its core a celebration of the bonding of two people and your two families. The kind of event that you plan should fit with who you are. Keep that in mind while you look for that perfect place and the result will be that your planning easier, and your event flow more naturally. The variety of wedding venues available in Ulster County is as different as the personalities of bridal couples. Here, you can find a location to suit every style and taste. Ulster County has played host to visitors for many years, but did you know that the County is also an amazing place to hold a wedding? With its magnificent vistas, verdant country settings, majestic mountains, dense forests and glittering streams, Ulster County and natural beauty are synonymous. There is a wide variety of eye-appealing locations available in very special settings.
The Valley offers a potpourri of locations, ranges from intimate settings for no more than fifty guests to expansive sites that can serve guests in the hundreds. Some venues offer indoor weddings, some outdoors and some a combination of both. Local rental companies can provide tents to bring guests out into the open and still keep them sheltered.
If you are looking for a setting for your ceremony and will hold your reception elsewhere, The Garden behind St. Gregory's A-Frame church in Woodstock, offers a secluded outdoor setting in a surrounding of flowerbeds, cascading fountains, a walk lined with elegant star magnolia trees, seasonal flowers, and shrubs and vines.
You may decide to select a traditional location, such as a hotel reception room for a large, formal wedding. A venue like the Hudson Valley Resort & Spa in Kerhonkson boasts a banquet facility that will accommodate up to 700 people and still allow for a large dance floor. The Hudson Valley Resort falls under the designation of "Destination Weddings." These are wedding locations that, in addition to being a venue for the wedding party, have rooms (up to 220 depending on availability) and other facilities available.
Looking for the mirrors, chandeliers and the elegance of a catering banquet hall, Saugerties has a brand new amazing venue, Diamond Mills. This luxury boutique hotel in is nestled between the mighty Hudson River and the majestic Catskill Mountains and is poised above the falls of the Esopus Creek. It offers excellent cuisine, luxury accommodations and one-of-a-kind special events. Mount Tremper shows off with the Emerson Resort & Spa, Their pavilion is surrounded by the pastoral splendor of the majestic Catskill Mountains and the famed Esopus creek. The gleaming-white pavilion provides an airy, inspired setting for your ceremony and can be transformed on into the reception hall of your dreams filled with fun, food and dancing, all with the fresh mountain air to invigorate your spirit.
The Steel House is another unusual gem in Ulster County. Located on the waterfront at Rondout Landing, its contemporary architectural style combines yesterday and today in the unique setting of a completely renovated factory building.
If bucolic elegance is what tempts you, at Twin Lakes in Hurley, you can breathe the crisp, clear air. Walk on 60 country acres. Feast your eyes on two clear lakes. Hold your wedding in an outdoors banquet rooms that accommodates 180-250 guests. For accommodations, there are fourteen rooms for a total of thirty-one guests. In the woods, but never isolated. Just three and one-half miles from Kingston.
There are bed & breakfasts and inns that will host your wedding, or you can choose an unusual, or alternative reception facility such as Hera's Farm in Bearsville/Woodstock. On 16 acres with breathtaking mountain views, pastures, orchard, swimming ponds, streams and waterfalls, you can have your wedding by the pond or in the circle of the orchard. The large Barn and a hayloft are great for dancing and the small barn is perfect for your caterer. The Tralee Farm in Stone Ridge is both historically significant and country romantic. This Ulster County private equestrian estate features a stone colonial manor and an historic Gambrel Barn built in 1890, on 15 acres. It too features spectacular views of the Catskill Mountains and the Lower Esopus Valley and can accommodate from 50 to 200 guests for seated dinners.
You may choose a winery like West Park Winery that has a magnificent spot for your ceremony overlooking the Hudson River. They have ample room for up to 150 guests inside the winery, or 250 in the exquisite, air-conditioned white tent set amidst the winery's gardens. And, there are even more options . . . parks, gardens, a beach, the zoo at Forsythe Park in Kingston, or, consider Opus 40 in Saugerties, called one of the largest and most beguiling works of art on the entire continent, it's home to an extraordinary piece of sculpture, spread out over more than six acres.
The gifts of nature are not, however, Ulster County's only attribute, for it also has an interesting, rich history reflected in everything from architecture to antiques. When you choose Ulster County for your wedding, not only will you and your guests become enthralled with its magnificent landscape, but you will also become involved in a sense of the past which is so much a part of the character of the County. If you are impressed with surroundings that tell the story of times gone by, then you have found the right place. Ulster County offers an incredible array of locations that echo our yesteryears . . . villas, estates, seasoned barns, manors, period homesteads, mansions, chateaus and historic sites. These venues and many others like them will allow you to celebrate your wedding day in surroundings which resonate a sense of yesterday that you can carry into many tomorrow's.
From casual country to formal lawn setting and everything in between is how The Inn at Stone Ridge/Hasbrouck House is best described. If setting is important to you, then Hasbrouck House is a must see. Driving up to this location is reminiscent of something out of a novel you once read. The imposing, large white estate home is right out of a bride=s fantasy. The venue will accommodate anywhere from as few as eleven guests, for an intimate party, and up to as many as two hundred guests, comfortably and gracefully. It is the combination of fine food, excellent service, and the especially beautiful backdrop that makes The Inn at Stone Ridge/Hasbrouck House as successful and outstanding a location as it is. The Inn at Stone Ridge/Hasbrouck House is also a "Destination Wedding" site, albeit on a smaller scale. There are several rooms available for guests to stay and many fine B&Bs in the area.
To further assist you with planning your Ulster County wedding, the County is home to many excellent wedding professionals who offer a variety of services and products so you can do all your shopping and booking locally. The County has long been famous for inspiring and attracting artists, so it is no surprise that it is home to photographers and videographers with styles from formal to candid, to photojournalistic and to a long list of music and entertainment services, which include bands, orchestras, DJ's, vocalists, groups/duos, and entertainers. It's easy to see why those who have discovered Ulster County as a "Wedding Place," cannot say enough about its attributes. It's no surprise that the number of Ulster County brides is increasing exponentially, as bridal couples share their wonderful wedding experiences. Wedding-related businesses in the area are responding to this demand by continuing to strive for excellence and by providing even more products and services to suit every taste.
We apologize for all the wonderful venues and services that we have omitted. You will not be disappointed when you look and book in Ulster County.
We strenuously suggest that you start planning well in advance of the wedding date you have in mind. For as many wedding resources as Ulster County has,
they get booked up quickly. This "18-month Planning Calendar" will help you organize your time and keep you on schedule.
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