Even if you and your fiance have been together for years, this night is a marker in your relationship and deserves to be prepared for as carefully as the wedding ceremony and reception. Take the time to make it memorable for both of you. Wherever it is that you will spend the night, tradition says that the groom must carry the bride over the threshold. Superstition says this is to prevent bad luck from happening if the bride stumbles, but no one ever says what happens if she should fall (should the groom collapse from the unaccustomed weight). In ancient times, this may also have been to prevent the reluctant bride from escaping her new spouse. Fortunately, there have been very few of those cases in modern times! “Your wedding night is the first night of your life together and there is nothing more enjoyable than staying in a truly exceptional and tasteful hotel which has a rare calm and quality. Our hotel will give you the special treatment, we will offer you a flower filled suite with chilled bubbly and delicious chocolates and fruit baskets as well as other amenities, ready in your room awaiting your arrival,” says a Mercure Bahrain spokesman. “You will have flower petals strewn on the bed, as well as pink balloons and the flower trail will lead to your romantic en-suite bathroom. Our suites are spacious, uncluttered and filled with those extra sought after romantic touches, the finest linens, best down duvets and down pillows, fluffy towels and bathrobes, TV and DVD, telephone and the usual amenities associated with luxury living. “Both of you may be excited but a little tired from your reception so it’s always a great idea to unwind before anything else. Why not have a soak in the tub, alone or together as you prefer, have the ultimate pleasure to loll back and let the magic of the rose petal water work on your tired bones, this may just do the trick, the rest is up to you.” If you are looking for a perfect ending to a perfect day, the Mercure Bahrain is the place to stay, it is a unique hotel with style and grace. It is the cream of the crop and a joyful experience to stay, a tough one to depart.