Getting Married in Medellin. Suggestions for repsetions

Neonovo says on Aug 25, 2005, 12:54:

My budget is only about $10,000 Dang!! You must be poorbutVERYhappy....

Paz,
Neonovo

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calif en la selva says on Aug 25, 2005, 13:38:

Fizebad We got married in May and she arranged for everthing. There's a Hacienda outside Rio Negro going to El Retiro called "Fizebad" I would recommend this over any 5 star hotel. We had about 50 people and you and your wife will go there about a week before the wedding and choose what will be served for dinner...they have like 3 options and you sample each one and choose the best of # 1 and a part of # 2 and something off of # 3, that way it's tailored to your taste. They have a horse and carriage that she arrives in for the wedding, and after the wedding the Choffer (Top Hat, white gloves and tails) takes you and your new wife out for a ride, then return for pictures, then reception then dinner and dancing. We had a band. She arranged all the flowers (including flowers on the carriage) it went from 4pm until 1am. It included the luna de meil and first aniversary night back there. This was very elegant, it's in a outdoor setting by the lake (pond with ducks)and dinner / rcpetion is on a covered patio. There is a Muesuem for the guests to go into. This is a very old historic place ( I think the govenor of Antioquia from the 1800'S)
All in all it was like a cinderella wedding...NOTHING like you would ever see in the states...and the best part was that the total cost for EVERYTHING was like $2500.00...very hard to believe with band and the service by the staff was 5 star, very attendive to everyones needs. You buy the liquor (save and show the reciept to the Hacienda)we bought Wiskey, Rum , Aguardiente and Champane.
Take a drive there it's a beautiful 45 min drive from Medellin , even if you decide to do it some place else it's worth it just to see the Arkitecgure? and horses and their private stables. The people from the states will be blown away and leave Colombia with some fonder memories than some old hotel.

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jaramillo says on Aug 25, 2005, 17:55:

Fizebad Calif is absolutely right! I did not know Fizebad did weddings, but the place is beautiful. Fizebad was owned by Everfit, a suit company (they had the sheep in Fizebad). This would be a wonderful place for a wedding. The Intercontinental Hotel is another but far less romantic option.

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ColombiaBoard says on Aug 25, 2005, 19:10:

Wedding Yeah, Fizebad is a really romantic place to get married. It´s an old "Hacienda" with chapel and everything and now it´s a club.
10K is a very good budget for a wedding party, don´t worry.
In Medellin there are several good "Casa de Banquetes", Banquet Houses where you can have your wedding party. I remember one good one in El Poblado called "Cana de Galilea" it´s just a block from the Intercontinental Hotel so your friends can stay there.

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Brians says on Aug 26, 2005, 07:21:

Thanks I looked around on the internet and actually found their site. It looks beautiful. My mother in law is going to call today. I find it hard to believe the price mentioned by calif for something this nice. I sure hope so.

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jaramillo says on Aug 26, 2005, 09:11:

Las Lomas If the wedding goes into the night you might not want to have to drive back to Medellín. A good, close by option to spend the night would be the Hotel Las Lomas, near the José María Córdova airport.

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agucho says on Aug 26, 2005, 09:55:

Casas de banquetes is a very good option Yes, a ""case de banquetes" will arrange everything, will be inside the city and still willl be not expensive.

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jenocampo says on Jan 27, 2008, 14:11:

I can't find the website for Casa de Banquetes or Fizebad....anyone get me the website please?

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