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.
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
James and Nicola from Ireland married in Aptera on 1 June 2010
John and Andrea from the UK married on 28 May 2010
Julian and Sarah from the UK married in Platanias on 26 May 2010
John and Caroline from the UK married in Gouves on 24 May 2010
Danny and Bella from the UK married in Rethymnon on 9 April 2010
Donavan and Adelia from South Africa married in Rethymnon on 16 February 2010
Our Special Day in Crete
Elizabeth and Rosemary are fabulous ladies who made our wedding fun from Day One. Always there to answer
questions and keep us reassured. We loved where they suggested for our wedding ceremony and they did a
fab job decorating it. People are taken aback when they see our photos and our photographer George was
great - so happy they recommended him. Our Special Day in Crete was better than we imagined and I
honestly highly recommend Elizabeth and Rosemary for planning any wedding, they gave us what we wanted and
nothing was a hassle for them!
You did a great job and made us laugh which is so important as you can get so stressed with friends and
family around as you know! Ha ha! I'm sure we will be over for our anniversary so we will give you a bell!
Thanks Girls!
Testimonial from Elaine and Liam, from Ireland, married in Herssonisos on June 9th 2009.
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
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 UK) 18 June
Kares and Inger-Lise (from Norway) 17 June
Jon and Galina (from UK & Greece) 11 June
James and Nicola (from Ireland) 1 June
John and Andrea (from UK) 28 May
Julian and Sarah (from UK) 26 May
John and Caroline (from UK) 24 May
Danny and Bella (from UK) 9 April
Donavan and Adelia (from SA) 16 Feb. 2010
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