A resort laid out between the Mediterranean and a 27-hole Nick Faldo course. Greens at sunset make a soft, unusual backdrop for pheras, and the resort’s size handles a large guest list.
14 yearsLeading every bridal look since 20121000+ bridesAcross India and destination weddingsIndia-basedStudio in Baner, PuneTravel & visaPaid by the client, quoted separately
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We are an India-based team. We fly to Cornelia Diamond Golf Resort for your wedding.
Tejaswini is an Indian bridal artist living in Pune who accepts selected destination bookings around the world. She travels worldwide for weddings and pre-wedding shoots, arriving ahead of the first booking and staying until the last.
The client covers the team’s airfare, visa fees and hotel rooms; these are quoted at cost, apart from the artist fee.
Based inPune, India
TravelsTo any destination
Flights & visasFamily covers
Stay & transfersOn the client
The resort
Cornelia Diamond in brief.
Opened
October 2008
Rooms
575, from deluxe rooms to garden suites
Golf
27 holes designed by Nick Faldo
Pools
Eight
Setting
Between the beach and the course
Airport
About 35 km from Antalya
Golden hour on the greens
A fairway-pheras afternoon, step by step.
10:00
Family makeup
Mothers and sisters first, in a family suite.
12:30
Bride starts
Prep and base designed for open, unshaded light.
15:00
Jewellery and draping
Outfit on, dupatta pinned at more points for open-air wind.
16:30
Buggy to the course
A few extra minutes to settle the lehenga on arrival.
17:30
Pheras as the sun drops
Soft light, long shadows; one artist at the mandap.
20:00
Reception indoors
A fresher, glowing evening look.
Grass and heels: if the mandap is on a lawn or green, tell your planner about flat shoes for the walk; we will make sure the hem is not caught when the bride sits.
Around the resort
Pools, gardens and the Belek shore.
Cornelia’s pools and gardens.Photo: edykbo · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia CommonsThe beach at Kadriye, Belek.Photo: Sharon Hahn Darlin · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Golf-resort questions
Common assumptions about a golf-resort wedding.
What people assumeA golf course wedding is only for small groups.
What actually happensLarge resorts like this one also have ballrooms and lawns for big functions; the course is just one backdrop.
What people assumeOpen greens are flattering in any light.
What actually happensUnshaded midday light is harsh. We plan the course portraits for the last two hours of daylight.
What people assumeMakeup will not matter outdoors.
What actually happensOutdoor photos show texture clearly; a thin, well-set base matters more, not less.
Space for everyone
A big resort that still feels walkable.
Cornelia Diamond opened in 2008 and was laid out with golfers in mind: the course is a walk or buggy ride from the rooms, and the beach is on the other side. For a wedding, that layout means the three main settings, beach, gardens and greens, are all close together.
With 575 rooms and eight pools, the resort can house a large Indian wedding. Rooms with garden terraces or pool access suit the bride and close family; we ask for the family makeup room to be in the same block as the bride.
Sunset over the greens is soft and golden, a different mood from the sea. If you plan two looks for the main day, a course portrait before the evening change works beautifully.
Family plan
How we organise family makeup here.
One family room
Mothers, aunts and sisters in a single room close to the bride, with staggered start times.
A runner on the day
One artist stays free once the first function begins, for touch-ups across the resort.
Tejaswini
Meet Tejaswini
Tejaswini is the artist who will do your bridal looks at Cornelia Diamond. She has worked as an Indian bridal makeup artist since 2012, teaches at her own academy in Pune, and plans every wedding function against the next so that a fairway pheras and an indoor reception look like the same bride, at her best in both.