Making a Glamorous Entrance in Venice, a Famous Reality TV Family Captivates Onlookers With Their Elegant Fashion Choices as They Arrive to Celebrate the Lavish Wedding of a Renowned Tech Billionaire and His Fiancée, Marking a Star-Studded Beginning to the Festivities—
Kim and Khloé Kardashian and Kris Jenner for Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez

‘The Kardashians’ stars were seen walking on a gangway in the Italian city ahead of the nuptials of the Amazon founder and journalist

The Kardashians have touched down in Venice ahead of the wedding of Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez!

On Thursday, June 26, Kim Kardashian, Khloé Kardashian and Kris Jenner were spotted arriving in the Italian city ahead of the star-studded nuptials of the Amazon founder, 61, and the journalist, 55, this week.

The reality TV stars were seen walking on a gangway in a series of stylish outfits, with Kim, 44, and Jenner, 69, opting for all-black outfits, while Khloé, who turns 41 tomorrow, stood out in a leopard print catsuit and black heels.

Kim teamed her black Balenciaga skirt with a bandeau top, snake print heeled boots and gray sunglasses, while Jenner opted for a ruffled black dress with long sleeves and a cross necklace.

Jenner’s boyfriend, Corey Gamble, was pictured arriving in Venice on Wednesday, June 25, with the 44-year-old flashing a peace sign to onlookers as he boarded a water taxi.

The family are close friends of Sánchez, and both Kim and Kris were among those in attendance at her bachelorette party on May 15 at Lafayette’s in Paris.

Several other celebrity guests, including Ivanka Trump, her husband Jared Kushner and Diane von Furstenberg, have also arrived in Venice for Bezos and Sánchez’s nuptials, which is being planned by event planners Lanza & Baucina Limited.

Bezos and Sánchez themselves were pictured stepping off a boat together in Venice and arriving at the Aman Hotel on June 25.

PEOPLE confirmed that the billionaire Amazon founder and his fiancée had touched down in the Italian city via helicopter earlier that day.

A helicopter left Venice on Wednesday at aroudd 12 p.m. local time, landing on Bezos’ yacht’s support ship, named the Abeona, next to Bezos’ yacht, Koru, which was parked just off the coast of Croatia. The chopper then returned to Venice with the couple aboard. The helicopter landed in the Venice Lido, where the city’s annual Venice Film Festival is held.

A source tells PEOPLE the couple has made some last-minute changes ahead of their wedding, in light of ongoing protests that have cropped up across Venice, with posters, stickers and signs around the canal city’s historic center reading “No Space for Bezos.”

The source adds that the wedding party originally planned on June 28 at Scuola Grande della Misericordia, a medieval former religious school in Cannaregio, has now been moved to a new location due to protests and safety concerns.

The expected 200+ guests — many of whom are A-list celebrities — will instead celebrate in a hall at the Arsenale, a large 14th-century complex in the eastern Castello district, which is surrounded by water and unreachable by land when connecting bridges are raised.