All Destinations

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom collection begins in London, from the ballrooms of Mayfair and Park Lane to the livery halls of the City of London. Every venue has been checked against its own official sources.

Italy

Villas, castle estates, palazzi and grand hotels, from the lakes of the north to Sicily. Every venue has been checked against its own official sources.

Spain

Spain begins with Torre Sever, a private wedding estate in Catalonia. It has been checked against its own official sources.

France

France runs from Paris to Provence and the Riviera. France has wedding film-makers in Paris and Provence and a destination planner who works across France, Portugal and Italy. Each has been checked against its own official sources.

United States

Wedding planners in New York and California.

Greece

A private beach wedding venue in Halkidiki, on the northern Aegean coast.

United Arab Emirates

The United Arab Emirates is seven emirates along the Arabian Gulf. For a foreign couple the legal marriage and the celebration are two separate decisions: the civil ceremony takes place at the Civil Family Court in Abu Dhabi, which marries visiting couples with no residency requirement, and the celebration can follow in Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Ras Al Khaimah or the desert. The winter months are warm and dry; the summer heat is severe.

Thailand

Wedding venues and planners on Koh Samui and in Phuket.

Switzerland

Switzerland is lakes and mountains within an hour or two of Zurich and Geneva. Switzerland has resorts above Lake Lucerne and at Engelberg and Melchsee-Frutt, a hotel in Davos, and planners on Lake Geneva and in the Bernese Oberland. Each has been checked against its own official sources.

Turkey

Turkey takes a wedding to the water: the Ottoman palaces and waterfront mansions of the Bosphorus in Istanbul, the marinas and beachfront resorts of the Bodrum peninsula, the Mediterranean beaches below Antalya, the yachting harbours of Fethiye and Göcek, the vineyards and olive groves of Urla behind Çeşme, and inland, the cave hotels and balloons of Cappadocia. Only a civil ceremony before the registrar is legally binding; a religious or symbolic ceremony is held beside it.

Indonesia

Indonesia begins with six resorts and villas in Bali, from Manggis and Uluwatu to Ubud. Each has been checked against its own official sources.

Portugal

Portugal begins with Luz Houses in Fátima, Craveiral Farmhouse in the Alentejo, a Lisbon photographer and an Algarve planner, with more to follow. Each has been checked against its own official sources.

Austria

Austria is Salzburg and its lakes, Vienna, and the mountains of the Tyrol and the Arlberg. Austria has a palace hotel in Kitzbühel, a hotel at St. Christoph am Arlberg, and planners in Salzburg and Vienna. Each has been checked against its own official sources.

Morocco

Wedding venues and planners in Marrakech and on the northern coast.

Mexico

Mexico begins with Siari, a Ritz-Carlton Reserve on the Riviera Nayarit coast, and two wedding planners in Quintana Roo. Each has been checked against its own official sources.

Ireland

Ireland begins with Luttrellstown Castle Resort near Dublin and Adare Manor in County Limerick. Each has been checked against its own official sources.

Cyprus

Cyprus is the easternmost island of the Mediterranean and the one with the longest summer: dry, sunny and warm from early April to late October, with no rain to speak of between May and October. Weddings are held on the beaches and in the resort hotels of Paphos, Limassol, Larnaca, Ayia Napa and Protaras, in the sea caves and at the rock of Aphrodite on the west coast, and in the small Byzantine chapels of the Troodos mountains. Civil marriage is performed by the municipality's marriage officer, at the town hall or at an approved venue, after fifteen days' notice or sooner on a special licence.

Germany

Germany begins with Stella Rheni, a villa wedding venue in Bonn, alongside a Berlin wedding planner and a bilingual celebrant. Each has been checked against its own official sources.

Hungary

Hungary begins with Al Habtoor Palace Budapest, Four Seasons Hotel Gresham Palace, Kempinski Hotel Corvinus Budapest and Kimpton BEM Budapest. Each has been checked against its own official sources.

South Africa

A wedding estate near Cape Town.

Croatia

Croatia begins with a wedding planner in Istria and Kvarner and a wedding photographer working across the country. Each has been checked against its own official sources.

Malta

Malta is three islands of limestone in the middle of the Mediterranean, an hour or so south of Sicily: Valletta's baroque churches and the palaces of its knights, the walled citadel of Mdina, the Grand Harbour and its gardens, and Gozo, the quieter sister island. A civil marriage may take place at the Marriage Registry or at any public place the Registrar has approved beforehand, which is why terraces, gardens and palazzi marry couples here. Apply at least three months ahead; there is no residency requirement.

Maldives

Maldives begins with Six Senses Laamu, The Ritz-Carlton Maldives, Fari Islands and Reethi Beach Maldives. Each has been checked against its own official sources.

Australia

Australia begins with a wedding photographer and a live music duo in Melbourne and a stationery studio in Perth. Each has been checked against its own official sources.

Montenegro

Montenegro begins with The Chedi Luštica Bay in the Bay of Kotor, with more to follow. Each venue has been checked against its own official sources.

Czech Republic

Czech Republic begins with Chateau Mcely, a castle hotel in central Bohemia, alongside wedding photographers. Each has been checked against its own official sources.

Romania

Romania is the castle country: Bran and Peleș in the Carpathians, the fortified Saxon towns of Brașov, Sibiu and Sighișoara, the forests and alpine villages of Transylvania, and a capital, Bucharest, of boulevards and belle-époque palaces. Only a civil marriage at the town hall is legally valid, concluded eleven to fourteen days after the declaration of marriage; a religious or symbolic ceremony at the castle or in the garden follows it. April to June and September to October are the months to marry here.

Qatar

Wedding venues in Qatar

Jamaica

Bahamas

Slovenia

Slovenia begins with Bled Rose Hotel and Vila Bled at Bled and Strmol Castle near Brdo. Each venue has been checked against its own official sources.

Denmark

Denmark begins with Sif Jakobs Jewellery, a Copenhagen jewellery house for engagement rings, wedding bands and bridal jewellery. It has been checked against its own official sources.

Canada

Canada begins with Maple Leaf Weddings, a wedding planner based in Ontario. It has been checked against its own official sources.

Jordan

Two Mövenpick resorts are the first in Jordan: one on the northern shore of the Dead Sea, one beside the entrance to Petra. Each has been checked against its own official sources.

Antigua and Barbuda

Costa Rica

Costa Rica begins with Villa Punto de Vista, a ten-bedroom villa at Manuel Antonio near Quepos on the Pacific coast. It has been checked against its own official sources.

Belize

Belize begins with Umaya Resort & Adventures, a beachfront resort on the Placencia peninsula that hosts elopements and micro-weddings. It has been checked against its own official sources.

Malaysia

Malaysia is a wedding destination that works all year, provided the coast is chosen for the month: Langkawi and the west from November to April, the east-coast islands and Sabah's Borneo from March to October, and Kuala Lumpur's hotels whenever. A civil marriage for a non-Muslim couple is registered with the National Registration Department after a twenty-one-day notice; the beach or garden ceremony follows it.

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka pairs its coast with tea country and ancient cities inland. Sri Lanka begins with a wedding creative based in Colombo, with venues to follow. Each has been checked against its own official sources.

Saudi Arabia

Wedding venues in Saudi Arabia

Belgium

Wedding venues in Belgium

Cambodia

Wedding venues in Cambodia

Tanzania

A beach resort on Zanzibar.

Kenya

A beach resort on the coast near Mombasa.

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

A hotel with garden suites and cottages on the private island of Mustique.

British Virgin Islands

Barbados

Saint Lucia

The Netherlands

Netherlands begins with Santé Weddings & Events, an Amsterdam wedding planning and styling studio. It has been checked against its own official sources.

Poland

Poland begins with Manowce Palace, a wedding venue at Nowe Warpno in north-west Poland. It has been checked against its own official sources.

Iceland

Iceland begins with Luxwedding Iceland, a wedding planner in Kópavogur that arranges weddings and elopements across the country. It has been checked against its own official sources.

Gibraltar

Gibraltar is a British territory at the southern tip of Spain, a short drive from the Costa del Sol. Gibraltar begins with a suite at the top of the Rock. Each venue has been checked against its own official sources.