Not every Antalya wedding wants 600 guests. The Dome is a smaller, calmer Belek resort with Seljuk-inspired architecture, a Thalasso spa and a beach pier, for families who prefer elegance to spectacle.
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From Pune to Kempinski Hotel The Dome Belek: how we work for your wedding.
Bookings in Kempinski Hotel The Dome Belek are handled by Tejaswini’s own Pune-based team, the same people who plan the looks with you. For overseas dates the team travels light but complete, with every product and tool packed within airline rules.
Return flights, Turkish visas and accommodation for the team are paid by the client and appear on separate lines of the quote.
Based inPune, Maharashtra
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The resort
Domes, arches and a quieter pace.
The Dome’s design draws on Seljuk architecture: domed ceilings, arches and courtyards that feel more like a palace hotel than a mega-resort. With around 175 rooms, including 18 suites and 18 villas, a mid-sized wedding can take over much of it.
Two 18-hole championship courses, the Sultan and the Pasha, are within walking distance, and the beach has a pier with its own bar. Indoors, the Thalasso spa has a Turkish bath, saunas and several pools.
For makeup, the architecture is a gift: arches and courtyards give shade and soft, bounced light that flatter a natural bridal look.
The Belek coastline, a short walk from the resort.Photo: Sharon Hahn Darlin · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
The Dome’s Seljuk-inspired architecture gives the photographer more framing options than a typical beach resort. Domed lobbies, arcaded walkways and courtyards create natural frames for the bride and soft, bounced light at almost any time of day.
The beach pier, with its bar at the end, is the place for sunset portraits. It is open to the breeze, so we keep the hairstyle structured and secure the dupatta before walking out.
Because the resort is smaller than its neighbours, distances are short. The bride can get ready in her villa or suite and be at the ceremony in a few minutes, which keeps the look fresh for the first photographs.
Tejaswini
A calm artist for a calm resort
Tejaswini’s bridal mornings are known for being quiet and organised: kit laid out early, a written order of people, no last-minute decisions. Fourteen years and a thousand brides have taught her that a relaxed bride photographs best, which suits a smaller resort like The Dome.