The romantic setting of Crete, standing outside a Turkish fort with panoramic views over Souda Bay ... this could be the wedding with a difference that you are looking for ...
Six years ago we organized our first wedding in Western Crete... starting with the booking of the church, the arrangements for the service, flowers, a decorated car, the reception meal ... and ending with a display of Cretan dancing and live Cretan music in the village square of Megala Horafia. Sixty guests flew out to witness the wedding of Jim and Mary Davies, and all had a wonderful time ... not just on the wedding night, but for the whole two weeks, including the Stag and Hen nights around Chania town ...
How the wedding of your dreams can come true in a quiet corner of Crete.
WHY get married in Crete?
- It's fun! - from the traditions to the dancing to the great food!
- It's different!
- The Climate in Crete!
- What you spend on a wedding in Britain you spend on a whole holiday in Crete!
- A honeymoon for you and a holiday for your guests all-in-one!
- No conveyor belt weddings as in smaller islands in Greece
- The island of Crete still enables a very personal, unique and individual wedding
- A wedding experience you and your guests will never forget!
A Special Wedding in Crete
Getting married in Crete can be a wonderful solution to your wedding planning problems. Near enough to be an affordable destination for your wedding guests, the island offers all kinds of entertainment for a two week holiday for all ages and a special honeymoon for you. Many travel companies offer you a two week holiday with your marriage. A package wedding is like a package holiday - the same product designed to be sold over and over to many different people. Your wedding will be ‘planned’ by a holiday rep.
If you are looking for something a little more exclusive than a package wedding, Weddings in Crete offer you something different.
There is no fixed formula to a marriage organized by Weddings in Crete. Each wedding is different - the venue, the location and type of reception, the decorations and flowers to suit your colour choices... and a honeymoon somewhere you yourself have chosen; like a few days in the volcanic island of Santorini; or a cruise around the North Western tip of Crete; or a converted old Venetian hotel in the heart of Chania ... or of course your own holiday villa.
We can plan Greek Orthodox weddings in Church (where one of the couple is Orthodox). We also plan Civil ceremonies, Blessings and Marriage Renewal vows. We arrange weddings for people from many countries ... UK, Ireland, Denmark, Sweden, USA, Romania, Russia, Greece and many more.
With Weddings in Crete, you can choose your own accommodation, helped by us if you like.
You tell us your wedding dreams ... and we do the rest ...
Here are some of our recent couples who chose Weddings in Crete to plan their perfect day. Click on the photos to open a new tab and see their gallery.
Wayne and Karen from the UK married in Rethymnon on 18 August 2010
Per Erik and Kristin from Norway, blessing in Kalives on 16 July 2010
Brian and Laura from the UK, married in Aptera on 14 July 2010
Sylvain and Nashmil from France and Canada, married in Kalives on 9 July 2010
John and Karen from the UK, married in Malame on 2 July 2010
Kares and Inger-Lise from Norway, wedding blessing on 17 June 2010
Our Special Day in Crete
Dear Elizabeth and Rose,
We have been meaning to write to thank you for the exceptional job you did
on our wedding day. The whole day went perfect; we are still getting tons of
complements on how beautiful the whole wedding was.
We cannot even imagine how we ever would have made it through our wedding
without the help of you and your team. From all the complicated administrative
arrangements months before our wedding to setup of the ceremony and taking care
of every single details of decoration, flower arrangements, wedding favours,
music, photograph, and dealing with vendors at our wedding day - everything was
arranged with such a great care and professionalism so that the only thing we
had to worry about was to enjoy the best day of our life to the fullest!
Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for your dedication and care.
Nashmil and Sylvain who were married in Crete on July 9, 2010
Traditional Cretan weddings used to last for three or more days ... after all, relatives had to journey from surrounding villages, sometimes from across the White Mountains, on donkeys. At this time the Cretan diet was mostly vegetarian, as poverty made meat a luxury. Thus the wedding feast was always huge, with plenty of meat: boiled lamb and rice pilaffi, roast lamb and many other accompaniments.
Let us arrange your wedding in Crete
elizabeth@weddingsincrete.co.uk
Wayne and Karen (from the UK) 18 August
Tom and Jo (from the UK) 13 August
Lesley and Phil (from the UK) 5 August
Per Erik and Kristin (from Norway) 16 July
Brian and Laura (from the UK) 14 July
Sylvain and Nashmil (from France and Canada) 9 July
John and Karen (from the UK) 2 July
Elisabeth and Nils (from Norway) 29 June
Tores and Ingrid (from Norway) 21 June
Kris and Alex (from the UK) 18 June
Kares and Inger-Lise (from Norway) 17 June
Jon and Galina (from the UK & Greece) 11 June
James and Nicola (from Ireland) 1 June
John and Andrea (from the UK) 28 May
Julian and Sarah (from the UK) 26 May
John and Caroline (from the UK) 24 May
Danny and Bella (from the UK) 9 April
Donavan and Adelia (from South Africa) 16 Feb. 2010
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