Marry in Greece
Say your vows on a terrace above the Santorini caldera. Tell us your date, and we check every venue for it.
It comes off your final price, and is refunded in full if you don't go ahead.
Every venue we hold offers for in Greece is in Santorini. See them all in Santorini.
A restaurant in hilltop Pyrgos since 1988, with its own chapel, 5 event halls and a garden looking across the island towards the caldera.
A 42-room Cycladic hotel on the Imerovigli caldera edge with 3 wedding settings, from a glass kiosk on the cliff to a marble-lined infinity pool.
The winery of the Union of Santorini Cooperatives, set high on the caldera above Pyrgos, where vows happen on open terraces facing the volcano.
A private caldera-edge estate near Pyrgos that pairs an exclusive-hire wedding terrace and pool with a 5-bedroom villa for the couple.
A purpose-built garden wedding venue on the hills of Pyrgos, inside an adults-only 10-suite hotel with 270-degree views over Santorini.
Santorini
Take your vows in a small chapel in hilltop Pyrgos, then dine in a garden facing the caldera. Share your date and your advisor plans the rest.
Santorini
Say your vows on a deck built out over the caldera cliffs at Imerovigli. Share your date and your advisor plans the rest.
Santorini
Say your vows on a terrace above the caldera in the hour before sunset, facing the volcano. Share your date and your advisor plans the rest.
Santorini
Exchange vows on a private caldera terrace facing the volcano, with a villa to yourselves. Share your date and your advisor plans the rest.
Santorini
Walk through a whitewashed Cycladic gate to marry in a garden on the hills of Pyrgos. Share your date and your advisor plans the rest.
What draws couples to Greece, place by place.
Cliff-top terraces at Imerovigli and Fira look straight across the flooded volcanic caldera.
Time the vows for the moment the sun drops into the sea beyond Oia's western cliffs.
Toast with bone-dry Assyrtiko and sweet Vinsanto, the island's own wines, as the caldera turns gold.
Sail into the caldera to Nea Kameni and walk across the young volcanic island formed in 1707.
Spend the morning after on Kamari's dark volcanic sand, beneath the ridge of Ancient Thera.
Wander the lanes of Pyrgos, an inland hilltop village with views over the whole island.
Yes: visitors can marry legally in Greece in a civil ceremony led by the mayor or municipality, or in a religious ceremony, with no residency requirement.
The steps, in order:
1. Choose your ceremony type: choose a civil ceremony through the Municipality of Thira or a religious ceremony, and ask the officiant or your planner for their exact document list. 2. Get a no impediment certificate: australians apply through DFAT or the Australian Embassy in Athens, British nationals through the British Embassy in Athens, and US citizens swear an affidavit before a US consular officer in Greece. 3. Apostille and translate your documents: have your birth certificates, and any divorce or death certificates, apostilled in your home country. Arrange official Greek translations through the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs Translation Section or a Greek embassy or consulate abroad. 4. Publish your intention to marry: publish it in a local Greek-language newspaper, or have the local town hall post it, before you apply for the licence. 5. Lodge documents for the licence: lodge your documents with the municipality to obtain the marriage licence and confirm the ceremony date. 6. Marry and register your certificate: hold the ceremony with 2 witnesses present. Then register the marriage at the local civil registry (Lixiarcheio) and order certified copies and an apostille for use at home.
Choose a month that suits the region you marry in.
Wettest month, cool and windy, fewer international flights.
Cool, frequent rain, limited flights and quiet villages.
Warming slowly, showers still likely, island starts reopening.
Mild days, less rain, seasonal flights begin returning.
Warm, dry and greener, before peak summer crowds arrive.
Long dry days, warm sea, sunsets after 8.30 pm.
Hot and rain-free but busiest month, plan around crowds.
Hottest month and peak crowds, choose evening ceremonies.
Still dry, sea at its warmest, crowds start easing.
Mild and mostly dry, first autumn showers, flights reduce late.
Rain returns, many seasonal businesses close for winter.
Cool and wet, limited flights, few venues open.
Flight times guests can plan around, city by city.
Places your guests will want to see before or after the celebration.
See the Parthenon above Athens at golden hour from Filopappou Hill, then walk down through Plaka.
Drive the coast road south of Athens to the marble temple on Cape Sounion for sunset.
The white windmills of Kato Mili stand on a ridge above Mykonos Town and Little Venice.
Cruise along the white volcanic cliffs of Milos and swim beneath caves over clear turquoise water.
Walk the causeway to the marble doorway of an unfinished Temple of Apollo beside Naxos harbour.
Walk the steps down from Oia to waterfront tavernas serving fresh fish by the small harbour.
Tell us your date, roughly how many guests and where in Greece you are drawn to. Your advisor replies in writing.
