# Wedding photographers in Calabria > Cliff-top towns, white-sand coves and castles by the sea at the toe of Italy, with Sicily across the strait. - URL: https://lensandvows.com/italy/calabria - Italy: https://lensandvows.com/italy (Markdown: https://lensandvows.com/italy.md) - Português: https://lensandvows.com/pt/italy/calabria.md - Español: https://lensandvows.com/es/italy/calabria.md - Italiano: https://lensandvows.com/it/italy/calabria.md - Deutsch: https://lensandvows.com/de/italy/calabria.md - Français: https://lensandvows.com/fr/italy/calabria.md - Lens & Vows: https://lensandvows.com/ Calabria is the toe of Italy’s boot: a long, mountainous land between the Tyrrhenian and the Ionian, with Sicily across the Strait of Messina. On the Costa degli Dei, the west coast, Tropea stands on its cliff above white beaches and small coves reached on foot or by boat; the Ionian side has long beaches and castles by the sea, and inland lies the Sila, a plateau of pine forests and lakes. Weddings gather around the sea: a ceremony in an old church in town, then a long dinner on a terrace above the water at sunset — or a country house among olive and citrus groves. ## When to marry in Calabria - **Best:** May, June, September - **Good with planning:** April, July, August, October May, June and September are warm and bright, with the sea good for swimming from June. July and August are hot and almost rainless, and the coast fills with Italians on holiday in August. October is still mild but wetter; many seaside hotels open only from spring to autumn. - **Spring:** Green hills, wild flowers and the first warm days. April can still bring showers, and the sea stays cool until June. - **Summer:** Hot, dry days and warm nights by the sea. Plan the day around the heat — or head up to the Sila, where summer is cooler. - **Autumn:** A warm sea in September and a quieter coast, then the grape and olive harvests. The autumn rain begins in October. ## In numbers - **Hottest month, average high:** August · 29.3°C — WMO (Wikipedia): https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stazione_meteorologica_di_Lamezia_Terme_Aeroporto - **Days with 1 mm of rain or more, best months:** May 5 · Jun 3 · Sep 5 — WMO (Wikipedia): https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stazione_meteorologica_di_Lamezia_Terme_Aeroporto Weather station: Lamezia Terme Aeroporto, normals 1961–1990 · Checked 14 October 2026 ## Where couples marry here The kinds of places — ask your photographer which ones they know well. - **Towns on the cliffs:** Tropea, Pizzo and Scilla: churches and piazzas high above the sea, and terraces for dinner at sunset. - **Coves of the Costa degli Dei:** White sand and clear water below the cliffs of Capo Vaticano, for portraits or a boat trip the day after. - **Castles by the sea:** Le Castella on the Ionian, Pizzo and Scilla on the Tyrrhenian — old fortresses for portraits in the evening light. - **Country houses and the Sila:** Farmhouses among olive and citrus groves, and for a cooler summer, lakes and pine forests up on the Sila. ## How the light falls The Tyrrhenian coast faces west, so the sun sets into the sea, with the Aeolian Islands on the horizon off Tropea and Capo Vaticano; the Ionian coast faces east, for sunrise. White sand and a bright sea make midsummer middays hard — portraits belong to the last hours, when the cliffs and old stone turn gold. ## Getting there Fly into Lamezia Terme, about an hour by car from Tropea, or Reggio Calabria for Scilla and the south. The region is long and mountainous, so a car is all but essential, and it is best to keep the whole wedding on one coast. ## Photographers in Calabria They shoot here and know the light. Their whole weddings are on their pages. - [Moris P.](https://lensandvows.com/photographers/moris-puccio) — Based in: Roma · Shoots in: Calabria, Rome & Lazio, Lake Como & the Italian Lakes, Tuscany, Amalfi Coast & Capri, Venice & the Veneto, Puglia, Sicily, The Dolomites, Umbria, Liguria · from €4,200 · Speaks: English, Italian · Style: Documentary (Markdown: https://lensandvows.com/photographers/moris-puccio.md) - [Valerio V.](https://lensandvows.com/photographers/valerio-vasapollo) — Based in: Calabria · Shoots in: Calabria, Rome & Lazio, Puglia, Sicily, Amalfi Coast & Capri · from €2,600 · Speaks: English, Italian, Spanish · Style: Documentary, Fine art, Editorial, Romantic · Verified (We’ve verified their identity) (Markdown: https://lensandvows.com/photographers/valerio-vasapollo.md) https://lensandvows.com/photographers?region=calabria https://lensandvows.com/photographers?region=calabria&sort=rating (Highest rated) ## Read before you plan - [What a wedding photographer costs in Italy, region by region and by kind of day](https://lensandvows.com/journal/wedding-photographer-cost-italy): Italian couples pay about €1,850 on average; destination specialists publish €3,500–€8,000 for a full day, and the most sought-after €8,000–€15,000 and more. The figures with their sources, how they differ from Lake Como to Sicily, what goes into a price and how paying works on Lens & Vows. (Markdown: https://lensandvows.com/journal/wedding-photographer-cost-italy.md) - [Getting married in Italy as a foreign couple: civil, Catholic, civil union or symbolic](https://lensandvows.com/journal/getting-married-in-italy): How two people who don’t live in Italy marry there legally: the nulla osta, the declaration at the comune, translations and apostilles, witnesses and the interpreter, what a ceremony at a villa really requires — and the routes for Catholic and same-sex couples. (Markdown: https://lensandvows.com/journal/getting-married-in-italy.md) - [A symbolic wedding in Italy: why couples choose it, who leads it, where it can be held](https://lensandvows.com/journal/symbolic-ceremony-italy): Italy lets foreigners marry legally, yet many couples hold a symbolic ceremony instead — or as well. What it is in law, why it is chosen, who can lead it and what it costs, where you may hold it — beaches, lakes, squares, parks — and what it frees up for the light and the photographs. (Markdown: https://lensandvows.com/journal/symbolic-ceremony-italy.md) - [The best time to get married in Italy, month by month and region by region](https://lensandvows.com/journal/best-time-to-marry-in-italy): Official climate normals for Florence, Rome, Venice, Naples, Bari, Palermo, Lake Como and the Dolomites, sunset and golden hour on the 15th of every month of 2027 in six cities, and what each month is like for a wedding — and for its photographs. (Markdown: https://lensandvows.com/journal/best-time-to-marry-in-italy.md) - [How to choose a wedding photographer: the steps, and the questions to ask](https://lensandvows.com/journal/how-to-choose-a-wedding-photographer): The decision in order — whole weddings, style, availability, the package, the contract and deposit, cancellation, delivery and a conversation — then a checklist of questions, with why each one matters. (Markdown: https://lensandvows.com/journal/how-to-choose-a-wedding-photographer.md)