Fallen Angel Hotel offers 2009's ultimate wedding experience

British brides seeking an intimate, friends and family-focused wedding, will be queuing up to say ‘I do’ thanks to a new bridal experience package launched by much talked-about boutique hotel, the Fallen Angel, in Durham. Britain’s most opulently themed hotel, which opened its doors in October 2008, is enticing couples with an offer of an exquisite bridal penthouse suite as accommodation and a fabulously indulgent suite of wedding services.

Together these are a marriage made in heaven. The bride and groom’s bridal suite is a Dr Zhivago inspired, stunning cream and bamboo paradise, with fur accents, totally luxurious furnishings and all the romance of revolutionary Russia.

The happy couple can lounge on a huge sofa, relax in a glass-fronted sauna, or wallow in a wonderfully roomy bath, as well as enjoying views across the city of Durham to the World Heritage Site, comprising Cathedral and Castle.

This penthouse suite can be hired at a cost of £300 per night, for couples wanting to indulge in luxury once they have tied the knot.

The package backing this is a not-to-be-missed opportunity to hire The Fallen Angel Hotel for the exclusive use of the wedding party. All ten rooms, including the bridal suite, can be booked for £2300, with a complimentary half bottle of champagne in each room.

A three-course meal for forty, in the beach café themed restaurant with terrace overlooking the River Wear, can be enjoyed for £25 per head. Flowers, cake and photography can also be arranged.

Classic cars can be hired individually, or as a fleet of three. The immaculate vehicles on offer are valued at over £125,000 as a trio and are a 1930 Rolls Royce, a Rolls Royce Corniche convertible and a 1957 Chevy Belair.

All three can be hired for £1200, or one for £400, if the couple wish to have a classic, traditional or rock and roll feel to their big day. The cars can be hired solely for use in photography, at a cost of £58 each.

An evening bar and buffet can also be arranged, with entertainment options including table magic, a piper under the magically-lit tree, piano music, a wedding themed quiz, party games or a murder mystery night for smaller groups. Fireworks, fire juggling and trapeze can be staged in the garden.

A highly memorably, truly quirky or simply exquisite evening event can be accessed for £2000. A package can also be tailored to suit lower budgets.

Exclusive hire of this unique, exquisite and theatrical hotel, cake, cars, flowers and photography and both daytime and evening events can cost less than £9000, if the hotel is booked on a Sunday or mid-week.

Friday and Saturday weddings would increase the cost by £3000, for two nights in the bridal suite and hire of the restaurant, or by £5000 to include this plus all rooms for two nights.

Having exclusive use of the Fallen Angel Hotel would be a dream come true for many brides and grooms and an irresistible treat for guests.

As well as making decisions on menus and table plans, brides could also have added fun allocating rooms. Determining who is best suited to Cruella, who could go off the rails in the Edwardian Express room, or who should sauna in a garden shed in Le Jardin, could only be outdone by assessing who should ride the 3-speed rodeo saddle in New York, or enter the Tardis, in Sci-Fi.

Possibilities are endless at the Fallen Angel and couples arriving in the Jules Verne themed reception will most certainly have the journey of a lifetime ahead of them.

For more details on the Fallen Angel Hotel and its wedding packages, visit fallenangelhotel.com.