Sicily Guide

Everything worth knowing before you plan

The practical side of a wedding in Sicily — where to hold it, what it costs, what the paperwork actually involves — and a few places on the island worth knowing about for their own sake.

Where to get married

Wedding planner in Taormina

Planning a wedding in Taormina — venues, costs and the logistics of a town built on a cliff. A local planner, on the ground from the first call to the day itself.

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Wedding planner in Noto and the south-east

Weddings in Noto, Siracusa, Ortigia and Marzamemi — baroque towns, countryside estates and a castle on the water, planned on the island.

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Wedding planner in Messina and the islands

Castle weddings above the Gulf of Milazzo and along the Messina coast — private venues, fewer tourists, and the Aeolian Islands a boat ride away.

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Planning and paperwork

Getting married in Sicily

What foreign couples need to marry in Italy — nulla osta, translations, timings — and the difference between civil, symbolic and religious ceremonies.

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What a wedding in Sicily costs

What a wedding in Sicily costs — from around €15,000 — and what actually drives the budget: guest count, region and season, with typical shapes by guest number.

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Sicily on film

The Godfather in Sicily

Where the Godfather trilogy was actually filmed in Sicily — Savoca, Forza d'Agrò, Acireale — and which of those locations you can still hold a wedding in today.

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Where Nolan filmed The Odyssey

The Aeolian Islands stood in for Homer's Aeolia in Nolan's Odyssey — the Faraglioni di Lipari, Vulcano and Basiluzzo. Where they are and how to see them.

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