George Clooney and his fiancée Amal Alamuddin made a grand entrance into Venice on Friday for their highly anticipated nuptials.

George Clooney, Amal Alamuddin In Venice

Clooney and Alamuddin arrived at the Italian city in high style, taking a boat ride down the Grand Canal. Clooney looked crisp in a dark gray suit, while Alamuddin stunned in a black and white striped Dolce & Gabana dress.

“They didn’t shy away,” an onlooker told Us Weekly. “They seemed really happy.”

The soon-to-be-married pair were joined on the ride by Clooney’s close friend Rande Gerber and his wife, supermodel Cindy Crawford.

The group was riding over to the Cipriani Hotel, where the couple is hosting their rehearsal dinner Friday night. On Saturday, guests of the Clooney-Alamuddin wedding will be taken by boat onto the Aman Canal Grande for the ceremony, where the former mayor of Rome, Walter Veltroni, will preside. For the reception, the group will return to the Cipriani Hotel. Cooking up the five-course meal is Italian chef Riccardo de Pra.

On Monday, Clooney and Alamuddin will have a civil ceremony at the Palazzo Ca’ Farsetti.