Lake Natoma Inn

Venue 10:
Hotel overlooking a lake


There are two ceremony sites at venue 10.
First Ceremony Site:

Photo I found of a ceremony... not great but at least you can kind of imagine

Second Ceremony Site:

Pictures by the fountain in the garden. There is also a fountain in the gazebo.

Us at the arch

Photo I found of a ceremony at the garden:


pros and cons
The Gazebo location is next to the ballroom I like - Directly next to it. So it would be more private instead of walking across the hotel.
The Gazebo is quieter than the Garden (the Garden is next to the pool and closer to the road (so you can hear it).
If we do the Garden there would be a wedding taking place a half hour after ours - so there would be a wedding right outside our reception room.
We can still take pictures at the Garden before the wedding because the next wedding won't be there or start until after ours is over.. but we probably won't be able to take pictures after the ceremony.. Unless we wait awhile until the other party clears out..

The reception room I love:
Notice the chandaliers and the draped ceiling

With just the chandaliers glowing:

Included in the price is basically the centerpiece - a mirror tile with votive candles.. so basically you just need to add a bigger candle, or a bowl with a flower or something.

The other smaller ballroom...
Advantages: Bathroom inside the ballroom and an extra hour for the reception. Because there are not hotel rooms around this room - it can go til midnight instead of 11.

It has tulle with lights on the celing:

and around the pillars:


I love this place. The ceremony sites might not be that great... but I LOVE the reception room. The celing and the chandaliers are soo pretty. Plus you get a lot included in the price, like the centerpieces, the colored linens, a suite for aaron and I...etc.