Your wedding venue is one of the most important wedding decisions you will make. It provides the backdrop for photos, shelter and comfort for your guests, and ambiance and mood for your ceremony. Before settling on a venue, consider the size of your ceremony, season of the year, and your and your fiancé’s religious beliefs. You don’t want your ceremony to feel dwarfed by a huge church, nor do you want to deal with a severe thunderstorm in the middle of your vows. Once you’ve chosen the general venue type, go on and visit a few locations to gauge what feels right.
Blue Creek Weddings provides a log cabin style chapel for indoor weddings and a an area next to Blue Creek for outdoor weddings. Package prices range from $550 to $1,900.
Blue Creek Weddings
PO Box 501
Helen, GA 30545
706-969-9292
Bluecreekweddings.com
The Helendorf Conference Center has two conference rooms, the Riverside Room and the Fireside Room. The Riverside has room for 200 people, has a sound system and catering available (or a do-it-yourself kitchen). The Fireside Room seats up to 35 people and has hardwood floors, a fireplace, cathedral ceilings, and choice of catering or kitchen for self-service.
Helendorf River Inn and Conference Center
33 Munichstrasse
Helen, GA 30545
800-445-2271
www.helendorf.com
At Unicoi State Park you can choose between a picnic shelters, group shelter, or lodge rooms for your wedding. The Group Shelter seats 100 people and is available for $305. Each of the picnic shelters is $45, and it is $1,300 to have a wedding at the Unicoi lodge.
Unicoi State Park and Lodge
1788 Highway 356
Helen , GA 30545
800-864-7275
Gastateparks.org/Unicoi
Magnolia Terrace is an outdoor gazebo, fully-decorated and overlooking the Blue Ridge Mountains. It provides seating for up to 60 guests, and the packages include dressing rooms, candelabras, music, a minister, a wedding coordinator and flowers. Packages start at $495.
Magnolia Terrace
50 Blue Star Way
Helen, GA 30545
706-878-3588
Magnoliaterrace.com
The Alpine Wedding Chapel has a Little Chapel, Garden Room, and main Chapel, which seat 12, 25 and 40 guests, respectively. All three venues are pre-decorated with silk flowers and candelabra. Wedding Packages range in price from $295 to $1,295, and all packages include a DVD of the ceremony, music, dressing rooms, and photos.
Alpine Wedding Chapel
91 Munich Strasse
Helen, GA 30545
706-878-5683
Alpineweddingchapel.com
Amicalola Falls State Park is just thirty miles from Helen, Georgia and has picnic shelters and group shelters for outdoor weddings which seat 50 to 250 people. The park also offers enclosed shelters with air conditioning, parking, kitchens and restrooms.
Amicalola Falls State Park
418 Amicalola Falls State Park Rd.
Dawsonville , GA 30534
(706) 265-4703
gastateparks.org/Amicalola
