Sposa Mediterranea By A&C

Ravello stands on a shelf of rock about 350 metres above the sea, with the Amalfi coastline below and two roads in. Sposa Mediterranea has worked from the town since 1995, when Suita Carrano Bonadies began designing destination weddings, among the first in southern Italy to do so. She has now worked for more than thirty years, first across Italy and later in Europe, India, Macao, Sri Lanka and the Caribbean.

Suita is an ordained wedding celebrant, so a symbolic ceremony can be written and conducted by her directly. She is also a certified wedding planner mentor, the founder and International President of the IWPA, the International Wedding Planners and Travel Agents Association, and co-owner of the historic Hotel Bonadies in Ravello. Owning a hotel in the town gives her first-hand knowledge of terraces, deliveries, timings and the single road up.

The practice states that its pricing is fair and honest, with no hidden commissions and no unjustified markups on supplier services, and it treats budget management as a named service. It accepts a limited number of weddings each year.

Work centres on Ravello and the Amalfi Coast, then reaches the Sorrento and Cilento coasts, Tuscany, Venice, Verona, Rome, the Italian Lakes, Puglia, Calabria, Sicily and Sardinia. Beyond Italy it plans in Greece, Croatia, Malta and the Caribbean. Ceremonies range from Catholic masses and civil services to symbolic ceremonies in ruined basilicas, on hotel terraces and on the beach.

The team includes Sharon Ridley-Smith, who is British and lives on the Amalfi Coast, Rob McKeen, who handles business development from the United States, and Gunjan Bansal, who works from India. Couples have come from the United Kingdom, the United States, Hong Kong, China, India, Brazil and Lithuania.