(MENAFN- The Peninsula) George Clooney and Amal Alamuddin delighted crowds of onlookers as they took to the waters of Venice yesterday to show off their wedding rings for their first day as a married couple.
The Hollywood heartthrob and his bride cut an elegant pair at the prow of a vintage water taxi as they led a flotilla of boats down the Grand Canal, after dancing nearly till dawn during a star-studded overnight ceremony and party.
Lebanese-British lawyer Alamuddin looked effortlessly graceful in a long-sleeved white lace dress covered with pink and red flowers in her first appearance as Mrs Clooney, while the US actor was suave as ever in a finely cut grey suit.
The 53-year-old was begged by the crowd to show off his ring, a wide band in white gold, but jokingly looked at his right hand in surprise - after so many years as a bachelor, you could forgive him for taking a while to get used to being married.
Alamuddin's ring was more delicate and looked like it featured a band of small diamonds. They are expected to spend their honeymoon in Morocco's former imperial city of Marrakech, according to a source.
The pair said "I do" late on Saturday at a private ceremony in Venice's palatial Aman Canal Grande hotel, before celebrating with a star-strewn guestlist in one of the eagerly awaited celebrity weddings in years.
There were wolf-whistles and cheers as the actor scooped his new wife into his arms for a nuptial kiss, and his hands were shaking so much that he did a botched job cutting the wedding cake, a source close to the hotel said.
Attendees including Matt Damon, Bill Murray, Cindy Crawford and her husband Rande Gerber - rumoured to be Clooney's best man - reportedly boogied well into the early hours to hit tracks by Blondie, Jackson 5 and Daft Punk.
On Saturday at sunset, a euphoric-looking Clooney made his wedding evening entree by sweeping up Venice's Grand Canal, accompanied by some 20 boatloads of paparazzi and the screams of adoring fans.
Singing gondoliers, who had spent the day showing off the romantic candle-lit resort to snap-happy tourists, were swept aside in their wake as the world's most famous waterway erupted with excitement. The silver-haired actor and director, looking dashing in an Armani tux, grinned and rubbed his hands in glee as he entered the fresco-adorned Aman.
Alamuddin, 36, who stayed out of sight inside the hotel, reportedly wore a gown by red-carpet maestro Oscar de la Renta. Clooney was thought even to have invited his Venetian taxi driver Alessandro Greco along, after he was pictured in a tux hopping out of his boat and entering the Aman with other guests.
Clooney, who has owned a home in northern Italy for years, was married once before, to "Mad Men" actress Talia Balsam, but the pair split in 1993.
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