Pete Horton
Beautiful Destination Wedding at Eze, France
A wedding ceremony at the Jardin exotique d'Èze on the French Riviera
We were very lucky to take these images during some incredibly hazy autumn light at Eze's stunning exotic garden. Eze is a medieval hilltop town perched 430 meters above the sea, which itself is only 500 meters or so away. Cars cannot get anywhere near the centre of the medieval village, and so to get there you'll have to ditch anything mechanical and travel up by foot - but it's worth it, not only for the views but also its charming cobbled streets which are as immaculate and immersive as a sprawling film set.
If you're thinking of having a wedding ceremony at Eze, you can hire the Hôtel Château de La Chèvre d’Or or Château Eza - both of which mean you get access to amazing terraces perfect for wedding ceremonies and modest celebrations and which overlook the bay (well, several bays, actually - I could see well beyond Cannes to the west). Weddings at La Chèvre d’Or are beautiful, but if I was just photographing a happy couple and nothing else, I'd probably prefer to take the photos at the exotic gardens (as shown on this page), as there is more variety for photography, even if the session will be interrupted by tourists.
If you do want to use the village and it's exotic gardens for a photoshoot, be sure to bring flat shoes for the climb, bring water and a fan, and leave plenty of time for the photoshoot, as even at this time of year (November) it was very busy and you'll likely have to share some photographic locations with tourists. This selection of images, taken over the course of one hour, were taken before and after a brief, intimate destination wedding ceremony in the back streets of Eze.
