The Best Place for Gatlinburg/Pigeon Forge Weddings - Golden Valley

A friend of mine (I'll call her Celia) surprised me one Monday morning with pictures from her Gatlinburg wedding. We knew she had a serious boyfriend, but the last thing we expected was marriage. She is older. He is older. They are both reasonable, responsible, and not subject to doing things on a whim.

But that weekend, they went to Pigeon Forge, found a quaint wedding chapel, and tied the knot.

I was astounded by their spur of the moment wedding, but I was equally surprised by the company that provided the wedding service. The wedding was absolutely beautiful, and the service provider had taken well over 80 photographs of the simple two-party wedding. That is just the beginning of the perks offered by Golden Valley Weddings.

Golden Valley has a small, cedar log wedding chapel, complete with stained glass windows, in the mountains outside of the Gatlinburg, Pigeon Forge area of Tennessee. You can't find a more picturesque place to have your mountain wedding. They offer a full wedding package with lots of options, including photography, flowers, videos, limos or horse drawn carriages.

With the number of private wedding chapels in Gatlinburg/Pigeon Forge area, I found several things that set Golden Valley Weddings apart. Rather than a roadside chapel, which are found all over the place, Golden Valley offers privacy and serenity on their private 46 acres. This allows you to have a private event without gawkers passing by spoiling your special moment.

It also affords you the opportunity, weather permitting to have an elegant outdoor wedding. As far as that goes, Golden Valley is all about choices. Celia said that upon arrival they met with a very friendly wedding coordinator. She shared the options available to them, but didn't push them to select more expensive options. Celia appreciated their candor and low pressure presentation, as she was nervous with the pre-wedding jitters.