If you are dreaming of an unforgettable wedding, what better destination than Santorini with its picturesque villages, sunsets, spectacular landscapes, charming traditions, and traditional food and wines?

Santorini means also beautiful beaches on a magical volcanic island, where you can enjoy your wedding party in front of an unforgettable sunset over the sea, attraction for people of all ages, and last but not least, breathtaking cooking with local ingredients.

A wedding in Santorini offers every possibility: catholic weddings from a small church in the heart of the island to a wonderful church; civil weddings in some of the greatest wedding halls; symbolic weddings and renewal of vows in spectacular view immersed in the volcanic landscape.

Santorini Civil Weddings

The Wedding Ceremony can be held at a hotel, on a beach, in a restaurant even on the caldera overlooking the volcano.

Free from any religious, orthodox or catholic, restrictions, civil marriages are more liberal allowing you any kind of celebration you wish. It’s up to you how glamorous, extreme, traditional, stylish, simple, or elegant your unforgettable wedding in Santorini is going to be.

Do not forget to check all the marriage requirements, a passport or other traveling document, along with birth certificate copies, single status forms, and marriage license applications are required. Notice of your Greek wedding must also be published in one local newspaper eight days prior to the ceremony. Divorce and death decrees are also required if applicable.

Winery Wedding Venues in Santorini

Traditional wineries in Santorini are a fascinating world. If you choose a winery to host your wedding venue, you will receive impeccable personalized service and a dreamy location with the greatest view of the vineyards in the background. Wineries are one of the most popular wedding ceremony venues in Santorini. The whole experience, for you and your guests, is amazing and without stress as the winery organized everything to perfection.

A winery wedding venue in Santorini may be the ideal destination for those who want to discover the heart of Santorini’s local wines!

Beach Wedding Ceremony & Reception in Santorini

Imagine a beach wedding and reception under the full moon of Santorini sky. Wonderful beach bars surrounded by crystal clear waters and volcanic rocks offer a perfect beach wedding ceremony & reception in Santorini. Usually, beach bars are the most beautiful locations for small weddings (legal, religious, and symbolic weddings in Santorini), famous for their parties! They sit beside the sea and hundreds of stars over the night sky create unforgettable moments for your unforgettable wedding in Santorini!

Religious Wedding in Santorini

Santorini is the perfect place to celebrate a religious wedding ceremony. You can celebrate Orthodox or Catholic ceremonies held in the most beautiful settings in Santorini. As such if you are planning a Church wedding in Santorini likely envision a picturesque backdrop and actually, you can find many evocative and suggestive traditional churches surrounded by the unspoiled Santorini nature.

There are approximately five hundred churches in Santorini, but only some are available for church / religious weddings. The Greek Orthodox wedding consists of two parts, the engagement and the Stefana (Greek wedding crowns). It is performed by an Orthodox priest. The groom, the bride, and the koumparos (the Greek best man) are the three people involved. The koumparos exchanges the rings at the beginning of the sacrament and further on crowns the couple.

Santorini loves weddings and offers flexibility when it comes to the ceremony destination and type. Weddings of all types (orthodox, catholic, same-sex, vows renewals) can be performed in Santorini.

Wedding in Santorini

Advice, Useful Tips and Information for Wedding in Santorini

  • Have Wedding Abroad Insurance when planning a wedding like this, especially if you’re not a Greek citizen. I hope no one ever has to use it, but it is insurance that gives you that extra peace of mind knowing you are fully covered if any unforeseen mishaps occur.
  • No matter which country you come from, you have to gather a bunch of papers, before and after the wedding, which they will need special stamps called Apostille and then translate your papers in the Greek language by the Greek Embassy of your area or via a Santorini wedding planner in Santorini’s Hall legal department.
  • Setting the wedding date and time as soon as it is possible. Don’t leave this for later, as most weddings in Santorini take place during the summer which is the island’s high season as the weather is at its best at the time. So, if you do not set the date early do not be surprised if you can not find an open date! Also, familiarize yourself with all the flight information for traveling to Santorini available from your area.
  • To have a wedding ceremony under the Greek marriage laws, you need to prepare all necessary documents. A wedding planner can help you with the paperwork, especially for the translations in the Greek language. It will save your time and you won’t have to worry about it.
  • If you feel that simply you don’t have the time or the skills required to organize all the details, find a wedding planner or find a resort or venue that provides this service. A third-party planner is an additional service that can help a couple that feels overwhelmed but before signing, the contract ask questions. Don’t forget that you put your trust in the wedding planner to organize one of the most important days of your life. If you decide to use one of the many hotels that offer wedding packages and plans, you may not need a separate wedding planner. Brides, ask your wedding planner to be flexible and give you options with brilliant hair and make-up professionals in Santorini. You do not want to leave this for the latest time!
  • Wedding photographers and wedding videographers are the only areas that maybe you need to spend extra money on to get the best results. Doing extensive research into finding a photographer and a videographer that suits your individual needs and ask all the necessary questions: how long they are with you, how many shots you get, what you will receive afterwards disc or album etc.

 

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