In short: planners’ 2026 guides put a Santorini wedding at about €15,000 to €25,000 for 10 to 20 guests, €22,000 to €45,000 for 30 to 50 guests and €40,000 to €80,000 or more for around 100. Venue starting prices run from about €500 for a small terrace to €14,000 for a caldera-view venue, and Greek VAT of 24% is often left out of the quote. An elopement can cost €9,000 to €13,000 all in, per one planners’ roundup. Treat every figure as an indication and get a written 2027 quote.
As of November 2026, every price below comes from a page we opened, with the source linked in the sentence. Almost all are planners or venues describing their own market, so they are not independent statistics. We have not photographed a wedding on Santorini ourselves, so this guide is research only. What we can give you exactly is our own photo and film price, further down.
How much does a Santorini wedding cost by guest count?
| Guests | All-in range from planners’ guides | Photo and film with us |
|---|---|---|
| 10 to 20 | €15,000 to €25,000 | €2,780 to €3,180 (5 to 6 hours) |
| 30 to 50 | €22,000 to €45,000 | €3,980 to €4,380 (8 hours or full day) |
| About 100 | €40,000 to €80,000+ | €4,380 (full day) |
The 10 to 50 guest rows are from BeachBride’s April 2026 guide to Santorini packages, which describes the figures as estimates from 2025 and 2026 pricing. For 100 guests, Big Fat Greek Day, a Greek wedding planner whose guide was last updated on 4 November 2026, gives €40,000 to €70,000, or €400 to €700 a guest, for a complete wedding with nothing upgraded; BeachBride gives €50,000 to €80,000 or more for 60 to 100+ guests. BeachBride’s packages include a planner and basic photo and video, so the last column is a comparison with what a basic package covers, not always an add-on. Big Fat Greek Day does not say what its total includes beyond the venue, so ask what is in each quote.
If you rebuild the total yourself, the lines are smaller than the planners’ totals suggest. For 50 guests: a venue from €2,500 (the Venetsanos Winery’s 2027 to 2028 starting price, for up to 60 guests) to €14,000 (Le Ciel’s), food only at €80 to €250 a head (€4,000 to €12,500, per BeachBride’s 2025 to 2026 estimates), and our photo and film at €3,980 to €4,380 gives about €10,500 to €30,900, our sum. The gap to the planners’ €22,000 to €45,000 is drinks, planner, flowers, music, rooms, legal fees and VAT.
ask whether the quote includes VAT. Greece charges 24% on most services, BeachBride’s example turns a €10,000 package into €12,400, and Big Fat Greek Day adds that food from a caterer is taxed at a reduced 13% while drinks stay at 24%. A quote without VAT is a quote about a fifth too low.
Nacho & Bea · Mallorca · see the full wedding →Santorini wedding venues and what they cost
These are starting prices from the Wedinspire listings for Santorini, which carry the heading “2027 to 2028” but do not state a price year for each venue. A starting price is the lowest package, not the price of your wedding.
| Venue | Starting price, capacity | Note from the listing |
|---|---|---|
| Madame Sousou | €500, up to 50 | Lowest on the list |
| El Viento Santorini | €565, up to 100 | Sleeps 2 |
| Rocabella Santorini | €1,800, up to 130 | Accommodation available |
| Love Cave Venue | €1,800, up to 16 | Sleeps 3 |
| Venetsanos Winery | €2,500, up to 120 | Price covers the upper terrace for 6 hours and up to 60 guests |
| Carpe Diem Santorini | €4,350, up to 200 | Sleeps 26 |
| Thermes Villas and Spa | €4,740, up to 200 | Sleeps 52 |
| Canaves Epitome | €6,000, up to 100 | Sleeps 150 |
| Le Ciel | €14,000, up to 120 | Highest on the list |
Source: Wedinspire’s Santorini venue list. The Venetsanos Winery page gives its price for 2027 to 2028, says catering must come from an outside caterer and publishes no catering or drink prices (both “price on application”). For a different benchmark, Big Fat Greek Day gives €12,000 to €14,000 for venue hire with caldera views for 100 guests. Our guide to Santorini venue access and rules covers how photography works at several of them.
Santorini wedding venues for 100 guests, and venues that are cheaper
For 100 guests the list narrows: Rocabella (130), Venetsanos Winery (120), Carpe Diem and Thermes (200 each) and Canaves Epitome (100) are all listed with that capacity or more. Note the Venetsanos price covers 60 guests, so the quote for 100 will be higher. Cheaper venues exist, but they are small: Madame Sousou holds 50 and Love Cave 16. A restaurant such as Pyrgos is listed from €1,500 for up to 600 guests on the same Wedinspire page, which shows how far “venue” can mean a restaurant hire. For a cheaper day, the best levers are the month and the guest count (see below) and our guide to the small wedding in Greece.
Santorini wedding packages: all-inclusive, for 50 guests and for two
BeachBride lists package ranges by size, all described as estimates: elopements €1,500 to €3,500, 10 to 20 guests €3,700 to €5,500, 30 to 50 guests €15,000 to €35,000 and 60 to 100+ guests €40,000 to €60,000. One package for up to 20 guests is listed at €3,700, with the note that the open bar is not included. What a package typically contains, per the same guide: a planner, a two-hour ceremony booking, basic photo and video, a bouquet, a small cake and a toast. What is typically extra: the full venue rental, accommodation, open bar, legal registration fees and VAT.
So “all-inclusive” on Santorini usually means all-inclusive of the ceremony, not of the wedding. The all-in totals the guide gives are €9,000 to €13,000 for an elopement (its table says two people, its text says a basic 10-person elopement, so ask what is counted), €15,000 to €25,000 for 10 to 20 guests, €22,000 to €45,000 for 30 to 50 and €50,000 to €80,000 or more for 60 to 100+. Accommodation for the couple adds €1,140 to €3,040 for four nights. For packages with accommodation, add the room cost yourself or ask for a combined quote.
Santorini wedding planner cost
Big Fat Greek Day lists a planner or coordinator at €1,200 to €2,500 in its cost table for a 100-guest Greek wedding, and BeachBride uses €2,500 for the planner in a sample 50-guest budget it takes from the same planner. Both are a planner describing a planner’s price, so ask three planners for a written fee and what it includes. Our shortlist of Santorini planners can help you compare.
Best time for a wedding in Santorini, and what it does to the cost
BeachBride says the popular venues operate May to October, that shoulder-season catering discounts reach about 20%, that a 50-guest wedding in the shoulder season saves about €4,700 against peak, and that guest flights fall from about €340 in peak August to about €120. Big Fat Greek Day says venues quote by date, guest count and what you want on the night, and puts the shoulder season 20 to 30% below peak. So ask each venue for a quote on two or three dates, not one. For light, see our guide to Santorini golden hour and blue hour by month.
Manuela & Konstantin · Zakynthos · see the full wedding →Taxes and fees people forget
VAT is the largest. Big Fat Greek Day gives 24% as the standard rate, 13% on food from a caterer, 24% on drinks, and says Santorini is not on the list of islands with a reduced rate. Service charges of 10 to 20% are separate, it adds. Accommodation also carries a per-night Greek climate resilience fee, set by Law 5073/2023; the Region of the South Aegean, which includes Santorini, notes that guests of 4- and 5-star hotels pay the highest amount. The rates have been changed since the fee began, and we could not open a current official rate table, so ask your hotel what it adds per room per night. The venue pages we opened published no transfer or boat prices, so ask for a quote for guest transport. Caldera villages have steps and narrow lanes, so ask each venue where vehicles can stop.
Photo and film: what it costs with us
We are a team of six documentary photographers and filmmakers. Photography and film packages from €1,390, with no extra travel fees. Photo and film are priced the same, each on its own, and both together are the plain sum.
| Coverage | Photo or film | Photo + film |
|---|---|---|
| 5 hours | €1,390 | €2,780 |
| 6 hours | €1,590 | €3,180 |
| 7 hours | €1,790 | €3,580 |
| 8 hours | €1,990 | €3,980 |
| Full day, no time limit | €2,190 | €4,380 |
A ceremony at sunset and a short dinner fits 5 or 6 hours, and a longer evening needs more. Delivery is a sneak peek within days, the full gallery in 3 weeks and the film in about a month. See our page on wedding photography in Greece.
Three ways to spend less without a worse day
- Choose a smaller venue and a smaller list: the Wedinspire starting prices rise from €500 for 50 guests to €14,000 for a caldera-view venue.
- Move to May or October, when BeachBride finds catering up to about 20% cheaper and flights far cheaper for your guests.
- Marry legally at home and hold a symbolic ceremony on the island. BeachBride notes that symbolic ceremonies, the default in most packages, skip legal paperwork entirely.
Nacho & Bea · Mallorca · see the full wedding →What the legal paperwork costs
Foreigners can marry civilly in Greece: the planner guides we checked state that there is no residency requirement, though we found no official Greek page written for visiting couples. The town hall where you marry sets the exact document list, foreign papers need an apostille and a Greek translation, and the marriage is registered at the local registry soon after. Start three to four months ahead. Our guide to getting married in Greece as a foreigner has the documents by passport. Big Fat Greek Day estimates €800 to €1,500 for legal paperwork in total, and the wedding site BeachBride says a civil ceremony adds €200 to €500 through the Municipality of Thira, plus documents and translations. That is BeachBride’s claim: the municipality’s own site has no marriage page we could find, so ask the Municipality of Thira for the current fee. For the national picture see how much a wedding in Greece costs.
FAQ: Santorini wedding costs, venues and packages
How much does it cost to get married in Santorini?
From about €9,000 to €13,000 for two people to €40,000 to €80,000 or more for 100 guests, all in, according to the planners’ guides above. Add VAT if the quote leaves it out.
How much is a Santorini wedding budget for 50 guests?
BeachBride’s range for 30 to 50 guests is €22,000 to €45,000 all in, and it lists packages for the same size at €15,000 to €35,000.
Are there Santorini wedding packages for two?
Yes. BeachBride puts elopement packages at €1,500 to €3,500 and the all-in elopement total at €9,000 to €13,000 once accommodation and extras are counted.
What is the cheapest wedding venue in Santorini?
On the Wedinspire list, Madame Sousou starts at €500 for up to 50 guests and El Viento at €565 for up to 100. Check what the starting price includes.
Are there Santorini wedding packages with accommodation?
Some venues have rooms on site, such as Athina Luxury Suites (from €2,000, sleeping 58) and Mystique (from €4,000, sleeping 82) on the Wedinspire list, but most packages do not include them. BeachBride puts accommodation at €1,140 to €3,040 for four nights.
What do Rocabella, Venetsanos and other named venues cost?
Rocabella starts at €1,800 and Venetsanos at €2,500 on the Wedinspire list. Venetsanos’s price covers terrace hire for 6 hours and up to 60 guests, with catering on application. Ask each for a quote for your date.
Can you get married legally in Santorini?
Yes, with a civil ceremony run by the town hall and the documents in our Greece guide; planner guides say you do not need to live in Greece. Ask the Municipality of Thira for its fee. Many couples marry at home and hold a symbolic ceremony on the island.
Planning yours?
We photograph and film weddings in Greece. Photography and film packages from €1,390, with no extra travel fees. Book any package and change it later if your plans change: what matters is locking the date with a 20% deposit. Check your date and we reply within 24 hours, or see the prices.