George Clooney and Amal Alamuddin's wedding weekend in full swing

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George Clooney and Amal Alamuddin leave Venice’s city hall after a civil service to make their Saturday-night marriage legal. (Andrew Medichini / Associated Press)

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Amal Alamuddin and George Clooney arrive Monday at the Ca’ Farsetti palace in Venice, Italy, where a civil service would make them legally husband and wife. (Luca Bruno / Associated Press)

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“I’ve got to go in,” George Clooney seems to be saying as he and wife Amal Alamuddin arrive at Ca’Farsetti palace in Venice, Italy, for the civil ceremony part of their wedding weekend. (Pierre Teyssot / AFP / Getty Image)

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The newlyweds leave Venice’s city hall on Monday after their civil ceremony. (Luigi Costantini / Associated Press)

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Amal Alamuddin, who wore an Oscar de la Renta gown on Saturday night, sported a cream pantsuit with black accents and a matching hat on Monday. (Andrea Merola / EPA)

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The newlyweds wave from the Amore, the water taxi that’s been ferrying them through the canals of Venice during their wedding weekend. (Luigi Costantini / Associated Press)

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And they’re off -- George Clooney and Amal Alamuddin headed for the airport Monday shortly after making their marriage legal at Venice’s city hall. (Luigi Costantini / Associated Press)

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George Clooney and Amal Alamuddin step out in Venice the day after their wedding celebration. (Pierre Teyssot / AFP / Getty Image)

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George Clooney and Amal Alamuddin out in Venice on Sunday. (Andreas Solaro / AFP / Getty Images)

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Amal Alamuddin and George Clooney leave the Aman Canal Grande the day after their wedding festivities were held there. (Andreas Solaro / AFP / Getty Images)

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Media and security boats surround the vaporetto carrying George Clooney and Amal Alamuddin on Sunday in Venice. (Luigi Costantini / Associated Press)

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George Clooney waves to fans from the water taxi taking him from the Hotel Cipriani to the venue where he’ll marry Amal Alamuddin on Saturday night. (Andreas Solaro / AFP / Getty Images)

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George Clooney, right, caught a ride to his wedding with father Nick Clooney, top left, now father-in-law Ramzi Alamuddin and sister Adelia Zeidler on Saturday. (Luigi Costantini / Associated Press)

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There was quite a traffic jam Saturday on Venice’s Grand Canal as George Clooney and guests headed to his wedding to Amal Alamuddin. (Luigi Costantini / Associated Press)

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Boats full of photographers surround George Clooney’s vaporetto as he travels down Venice’s Grand Canal on Saturday afternoon. (Andrew Medichini / Associated Press)

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Fans crowd the Academia Bridge on Venice’s Grand Canal to catch a glimpse of a tuxedo-clad George Clooney in the Amore on his way to marry Amal Alamuddin. (Luca Bruno / Associated Press)

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A pack of boats kicks up some chop on Venice’s Grand Canal around George Clooney’s water taxi Saturday afternoon. (Luca Bruno / Associated Press)

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George Clooney and his dad Nick Clooney, left, arrive at the hotel where the Oscar winner’s wedding to Amal Alamuddin will be held. (Pierre Teyssot / AFP / Getty Image)

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This looks like one happy groom. George Clooney and Amal Alamuddin will have a wedding ceremony and reception Saturday night, followed by a legal civil wedding on Monday. (Andrew Medichini / Associated Press)

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The Venice scenery just doesn’t quit. Plus there’s that tower in the background. (Luca Bruno / Associated Press)

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Bill Murray boats toward the Aman Canal Grande hotel Saturday for the Clooney-Alamuddin wedding. (Luca Bruno / Associated Press)

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Cindy Crawford, whose husband Rande Gerber is expected to be the best man, heads toward the wedding. (Pierre Teyssot / AFP / Getty Image)

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Matt Damon hops a ride to his friend’s wedding in Venice. (Andrew Medichini / Associated Press)

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Matt Damon and his wife Luciana Barroso board a water taxi in Venice on their way to the Clooney-Alamuddin nuptials (Andrew Medichini / Associated Press)

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Vogue editor Anna Wintour, whose magazine has the exclusive on Clooney-Alamuddin wedding pictures, heads toward the party. (Pierre Teyssot / AFP / Getty Image)

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Anna Wintour leaving the Hotel Cipriani on Saturday. (Andrew Medichini / Associated Press)

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George Clooney and his sister Adelia Zeidler travel by water taxi to the Aman Canal Grande in Venice, Italy, on his wedding day. (Andrew Medichini / Associated Press)

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George Clooney arrives Saturday at Venice’s Aman Canal Grande hotel, where he and Amal Alamuddin will celebrate their marriage. (Luca Bruno / Associated Press)

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Clooney, who once said he’d never marry again, goofs a bit on his way into the seven-star hotel where he’ll host a five-course banquet after saying “I do.” (Andrew Medichini / Associated Press)

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Groom George Clooney dines with supermodel pal Cindy Crawford and business partner Rande Gerber, her husband, at the Cipriani Hotel in Venice on Saturday before his wedding to Amal Alamuddin. (Andreas Solaro / AFP / Getty Images)

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George Clooney plays to the photographers as he leaves with Cindy Crawford and Rande Gerber. (Andreas Solare / AFP / Getty Images)

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Bono and wife Alison Hewson arrive at Venice’s Marco Polo Airport ahead of George Clooney’s wedding. (Luca Bruno / Associated Press)

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Bono waves outside of the Cipriani Hotel in Venice on Saturday. (Andreas Solaro / AFP / Getty Images)

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U2’s Bono gets a hand off the water taxi at the Cipriani Hotel. (Andreas Solaro / AFP / Getty Images)

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Walter Veltroni, the former mayor of Rome, arrives with his wife Flavia at Palazzo Papadoli at the Aman Grand Canal hotel, where he’ll officiate over George Clooney and Amal Alamuddin’s Saturday wedding ceremony. The couple will be legally married Monday in a civil ceremony. (Pierre Teyssot / AFP / Getty Image)

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Wedding guests Richard Kind, left, and Miguel Ferrer grab a bite -- and maybe a picture -- in the Cipriani Hotel garden the morning of the wedding of George Clooney, their friend and former roommate (Kind) and cousin (Ferrer). (Andrew Medichini / Associated Press)

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Photographers stand on boats Saturday in the canal in front of the Cipriani Hotel, where George Clooney and a number of wedding guests were staying. (Andreas Solaro / AFP / Getty Images)

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Workers carry equipment into the seven-star Aman Canal Grande in Venice, where George Clooney and Amal Alamuddin’s wedding ceremony and reception will be held. (Andreas Solaro / AFP / Getty Images)

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Workers prep for the Clooney-Alamuddin wedding and reception at the Aman Canal Grande hotel in Venice. (Andreas Solaro / AFP / Getty Images)

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A tent is set up at the main entrance to the Palazzo Papadopoli at the Aman Canal Grande in Venice ahead of the Clooney-Alamuddin wedding Saturday. (Pierre Teyssot / AFP / Getty Image)

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People and photographers wait near the Aman Canal Grande hotel, where London lawyer Amal Alamuddin was staying before her Saturday wedding to George Clooney. (Andreas Solaro / AFP / Getty Images)

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George Clooney leaves Da Ivo restaurant in Venice during his men-only outing the night before his wedding to Amal Alamuddin. (Pierre Teyssot / AFP / Getty Image)

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George Clooney and the guys hop back into a water taxi after Friday night dinner in Venice. (Pierre Teyssot / AFP / Getty Image)

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George Clooney’s father Nick Clooney -- not pictured here -- was reportedly among the guys out for dinner with him Friday in Venice. The women had a separate outing. (Pierre Teyssot / AFP / Getty Image)

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George Clooney, 53, and Amal Alamuddin, 36, are getting married this weekend in Venice, Italy. (Luca Bruno / Associated Press)

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George Clooney and Amal Alamuddin arrive in Venice. (Luca Bruno / Associated Press)

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Amal Alamuddin, bride-to-be, boards a water taxi on Friday in Venice, Italy. (Andreas Solaro / AFP / Getty Images)

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George Clooney boards a water taxi in Venice to start his wedding weekend. (Alessandro Di Meo / EPA)

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Rande Gerber, left, with friend and business partner George Clooney in Venice. (Luca Bruno / Associated Press)

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Rande Gerber, left, wife Cindy Crawford, Amal Alamuddin and fiance George Clooney pose for a picture on a water taxi in Venice. (Andrea Merola / EPA)

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A photograph of a photograph as the bride and groom and friends head for their hotel in Venice. (Luigi Costantini / Associated Press)

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George Clooney and Amal Alamuddin look like they’re in the mood to get married. (Alessandro Di Meo / EPA)

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Model Cindy Crawford and husband Rande Gerber enjoy the ride along a Venetian canal. (Luigi Costantini / Associated Press)

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It’s Venice -- there has to be a gondola somewhere. (Luca Bruno / Associated Press)

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A moment on the water taxi between the stars of the weekend’s show. (Andreas Solaro / AFP / Getty Images)

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Lucky passengers on a tourist boat get a glimpse of George Clooney and company headed for their hotel. (Alessandro Di Meo / EPA)

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Gawkers on Venice’s Rialto Bridge watch as George Clooney, Amal Alamuddin, Cindy Crawford and Rande Gerber pass under them. (Andreas Solaro / AFP / Getty Images)

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Amal Alamuddin and George Clooney deserve an “awww” for this one. (Luca Bruno / Associated Press)

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Amal Alamuddin disembarks from the water taxi upon arrival at the Hotel Cipriani in Venice. (Alessandro Di Meo / EPA)

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Ellen Barkin and an unidentified guest arrive at Marco Polo Airport in Venice. Barkin was in “Ocean’s Thirteen” with George Clooney. (Pierre Teyssot / AFP / Getty Image)

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Matt Damon hits a Venice dock ahead of pal George Clooney’s wedding. (Luigi Costantini / Associated Press)

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Luciana Barroso and husband Matt Damon board a boat at Venice Lido. (Luigi Costantini / Associated Press)

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Matt Damon, with wife Luciana Barroso, wasn’t avoiding the photographers as they arrived for George Clooney and Amal Alamuddin’s wedding weekend. (Luigi Costantini / Associated Press)

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Actor Miguel Ferrer and his producer wife, Lori Weintraub, arrive at Venice’s Marco Polo Airport. (Andrew Medichini / Associated Press)

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Miguel Ferrer, whose mom is the late Rosemary Clooney, is George Clooney’s cousin. (Pierre Teyssot / AFP / Getty Image)

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Of course Vogue editor Anna Wintour would be a guest at George Clooney’s wedding. (Pierre Teyssot / AFP / Getty Image)

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And here’s Vogue editor Anna Wintour’s entire traveling outfit as she arrives at Venice’s Marco Polo Airport ahead of the Clooney-Alamuddin nuptials. (Pierre Teyssot / AFP / Getty Image)

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Clooney pal Steve Lukather, a musician and songwriter who played with the band Toto, arrives in Venice. (Andrew Medichini / Associated Press)

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Actor Richard Kind, who had George Clooney as best man at his 1999 wedding to Dana Stanley and was the groom-to-be’s roomie for a while, arrives at Marco Polo Airport. (Pierre Teyssot / AFP / Getty Image)

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The exterior of the seven-star Aman Canal Grande hotel in Venice, Italy. The George Clooney-Amal Alamuddin wedding is expected to happen hre Saturday night. (Alessandro Di Meo / EPA)

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The entrance to the Hotel Cipriani at Giudecca Island in Venice, Italy. Amal Alamuddin is reportedly spending the night before the wedding at this hotel. (Barbara Zanon / Getty Images)

By Christie D’Zurilla

Sept. 26, 2014 1:25 PM PT

George Clooney and Amal Alamuddin arrived in Venice on Friday with wedding guests trickling in around them as rumors that they would marry on Saturday appeared to be coming true.

But here’s the trick: The weekend wedding will likely be symbolic, with a civil ceremony making it official on Monday.

Clooney and his betrothed boarded a water taxi dubbed “Amore” with friends Cindy Crawford and Rande Gerber for a trip down Venice’s Grand Canal to the Hotel Cipriani on Venice’s Giudecca Island.

Alamuddin wore a sharp black-and-white-striped Dolce & Gabbana dress and doffed her shoes at some point during the boat ride, if only to make it easier to disembark upon arrival at their destination.

Clooney’s “Monuments Men” and “Ocean’s” franchise costar Matt Damon and wife Luciana Barroso hopped a ride on a different vessel, with a friendly Damon waving to those who were watching them on the dock.

Also spotted en route to the festivities were Clooney cousin Miguel Ferrer and his producer wife Lori Weintraub, “Ocean’s Thirteen” actress Ellen Barkin, musician pal Steve Lukather of Toto fame and Vogue editor Anna Wintour, because, of course. John Krasinski and Emily Blunt evaded photographers but were reportedly spotted by New York Daily News spies.

Alamuddin will be heading to the Aman Canal Grande hotel on Friday night to connect with eight of her closest longtime friends -- some from her university days at Oxford -- for a girls-only get-together, a source told E! News.

At the same time, Clooney reportedly will be hanging with his guy friends at the Hotel Cipriani, where the “Amore” had delivered him, Alamuddin and their pals at the end of their Grand Canal journey.

Then there’s the wedding Saturday -- expected to be held at the seven-star Canal Grande -- after which the couple will spend the night together, followed by a Sunday lunch with their guests before yet another party, E! said.

Former Rome Mayor Walter Veltroni, a Clooney pal since 2007, will officiate at the symbolic Saturday ceremony, Vogue reported. A five-course banquet by Italian chef Riccardo de Pra, a specialist in European and Asian cuisines, will cap the big night.

On Monday, the city will close pedestrian access to walkways on the Grand Canal accessing the 16th-century Cavalli Palace for at least two hours, with the city order citing “the George Clooney wedding.” Cavalli Palace is next door to Ca’ Farsetti Palace, Venice’s city hall.

The palace is regularly used for civil ceremonies, according to the Associated Press. A city official told the AP that such a closure has been done before and is aimed at preventing crowds from gathering and creating a safety risk.

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