Le Belvédère

There are wedding views, and then there is standing at the edge of a cliff above the Gatineau Hills with everyone you love waiting behind you.

Le Belvédère is built around that moment.

Set in Wakefield, only about thirty minutes from Ottawa, the venue looks out across the hills from a dramatic cliffside setting that makes the city feel much farther away than it really is.

The property was designed specifically for weddings and can welcome up to 200 guests for a formal seated dinner. Couples can celebrate indoors or make the outdoor landscape the heart of the day, with the view staying close through photographs, cocktails and the changing light of evening.

And what a view it is.

The hills fall away beneath the property. The sky feels enormous. In summer everything is green, while autumn brings the colours this part of Quebec is famous for.

Then evening arrives.

The horizon darkens. Lights come on inside. Dinner turns into speeches, speeches turn into music and the elegant cliffside venue becomes a room full of people dancing above the hills.

For couples who want the setting to create a genuine moment of awe when guests first arrive, Le Belvédère does not need much explanation.

You simply walk to the edge and look out.

The rest of the wedding gets to unfold above one of the most romantic views near Ottawa.

• Gardens and grounds
• A coordinator to guide the day
• Every couple welcome