Venice is set to be the stage for the highly anticipated nuptials between multi-billionaire Jeff Bezos and his bride-to-be Lauren Sanchez, but even one of the world’s richest people may face a struggle to access the best views in town.
The three-day celebrations will span June 24 to 26, according to according to Luca Zuin, spokesperson for the mayor of Venice, and will reportedly take place on Bezos’ $500-million superyacht, Koru, which will be anchored in the Venice lagoon.
While that may sound like a dream wedding location, restrictions on large ships getting too close to Venice’s historic St. Mark’s square may impede the view.
Bezos’ yacht, at 3,493 gross tons, is far below the 25,000 gross ton maximum for vessels entering the Venice lagoon, but it’s too large to be allowed anywhere near the Grand Canal, the Italian city’s most scenic waterway.
While no details of the ceremony have been confirmed by Bezos or his fiancée, the city confirmed the event in a statement, adding that the event would be manageable with only 200 guests invited.
Several luxury accommodation venues appear poised for an influx of guests over the purported wedding dates. The city’s five major luxury hotels along the Grand Canal, including the Belmond Hotel Cipriani, the St. Regis Venis, the Gritti Palace, the Hotel Danieli and the luxurious Grand Aman Hotel, where George Clooney and Amal Alamuddin celebrated their wedding in 2014, are all almost entirely booked for the last weekend of June, according to calls to the hotels made by CNN.
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