Really get married in Sicily
Say sì in a historic setting the comune (the local council) keeps for weddings, then step out married, with as much of the day around it as you like.
We take care of everything the comune needs, so your marriage is registered in Italy and valid at home. If you want more, we plan the whole day around it.
Most wedding planners are built for big weddings. We built ours for the two of you and the special people you want there.
What we do for you
Most couples who come to us want a small wedding: the two of you at the comune, or a ceremony with the people you love most and a long table afterwards. We help you find the setting and fill it, from the venue to the caterer, the flowers and the photographer, with as much or as little of the planning as you want to hand over. If you want the whole day planned, we do that too.
Then there is the part you cannot see from the UK. Contracts arrive in Italian, every site visit means a flight, and the venue and the suppliers answer to themselves. The paperwork, the comune (the local council), the translations and the interpreter are ours, we agree your exact checklist before you book anything, and we answer to you. You can relax and focus on getting married.
Married in Sicily is led by Dom Hebblethwaite, bilingual in English and Italian, with Giulia Lucania on the Italian logistics of your wedding and Doris Cheng on design when we plan the whole day. No venue or supplier pays us, and you know our fee, fixed and in writing, before you commit to anything. More about the team.
Three ways to work with us, from the ceremony alone to the whole wedding; how the legal route works, step by step; and where the ceremony can legally happen.
How it works
Tell us what you're picturing
A date or a season, a corner of Sicily, roughly how many guests, and how much of the planning you want to hand over.
We put the day together
A shortlist of settings that fit your brief and budget, the suppliers to match, what your comune requires, and one fixed fee in writing.
You get married. We handle Sicily.
For two of you: the comune, the paperwork, the ceremony. For a hundred guests: the venue, the suppliers and the day, in Italian, by our team.
You make the choices that feel like planning a wedding. We do the rest.
How the legal side works
Can we marry in Sicily? Eight quick questions tell you how straightforward your paperwork is, and what to sort first. Most couples start six to twelve months out; inside six months the order you do things in starts to matter, so the sooner we talk, the more choices you keep.
Find out in two minutesWhich Sicily?
Taormina and the east
Drama, sea views and Etna on the horizon.
The baroque south east
Noto, Ragusa and Ortigia: honey-stone streets and cinematic light.
West Sicily
Palazzi, cloisters and salt-pan sunsets.
Etna and inland
Vineyards, masserie and long tables under the volcano.
See where the ceremony can legally happen, corner by corner.
How we can help
Three starting points, tailored around what you want and quoted as one fixed fee in writing.
- Ceremony. The legal marriage: the comune, the paperwork, the translations, the interpreter and the ceremony.
- Ceremony and Celebration. The legal marriage, plus the venue shortlist, the negotiation in Italian and the suppliers lined up.
- The Whole Wedding. Full planning, delivered by a team we bring together around your day. We can take on one in 2027 and two in 2028.
What a Sicilian wedding costs
Costs vary greatly with your choices. As a rough guide:
- Just the two of you: about €4,000 to €5,000 all in, meaning our fee, the ceremony, a photographer, flowers and a meal for two. Flights and where you stay are on top.
- Up to about ten guests: roughly €5,000 to €8,000.
- An intimate celebration for 20 to 30: €12,000 to €30,000.
- A classic wedding for 40 to 80: €30,000 to €60,000.
- A full villa production for 80 to 120 or more: €60,000 to €120,000 and beyond.
Sicilian venues mostly price food and wine per head, from around €80 to €150, so guest numbers move the total more than any other choice. The jump from ten guests to twenty is often where you stop booking a table and start hiring a venue. What the ceremony costs, from the comune's fee upwards, is here.
Can we marry in Sicily?
Say sì in Sicily, and mean it. Eight quick questions tell you how straightforward your paperwork is, and we follow up personally.
Or message us on WhatsApp, or email us at ciao@marriedinsicily.com.