# Getting married in Sardinia > Pink granite coves, clear water and the islands of La Maddalena — the Mediterranean’s second-largest island, with a long, bright summer. - URL: https://lensandvows.com/italy/sardinia - Italy: https://lensandvows.com/italy (Markdown: https://lensandvows.com/italy.md) - Português: https://lensandvows.com/pt/italy/sardinia.md - Español: https://lensandvows.com/es/italy/sardinia.md - Italiano: https://lensandvows.com/it/italy/sardinia.md - Deutsch: https://lensandvows.com/de/italy/sardinia.md - Français: https://lensandvows.com/fr/italy/sardinia.md - Lens & Vows: https://lensandvows.com/ Sardinia lies alone in the sea, west of the Italian mainland: an island of granite, wild maquis and clear water. The Costa Smeralda and the islands of La Maddalena are in the north-east, Alghero in the north-west, Cagliari and the beaches of Chia and Villasimius in the south. Inland stand the nuraghi, Bronze Age stone towers found nowhere else; the finest, Su Nuraxi at Barumini, is a UNESCO World Heritage site. Most weddings are by the sea — a villa or a hotel terrace above a granite cove, dinner outside on a warm night — or else in an old church in Alghero or Cagliari, or at a country house among vineyards and cork oaks. ## When to marry in Sardinia - **Best:** May, June, September - **Good with planning:** July, August, October May, June and September are the best months: warm, bright days, little rain and, from June, a sea good for swimming. July and August are hot and dry, and the coast is at its busiest around mid-August. October is still mild but wetter, and many hotels on the coast close for the winter. - **Spring:** The island at its greenest, the maquis in flower and the beaches empty; the sea only warms up in June. - **Summer:** Hot, dry days and long evenings. A breeze almost always blows — welcome in the heat, less so for veils and candles. - **Autumn:** The sea still warm from summer, the grape harvest under way and the crowds gone home. The light turns golden. ## In numbers - **Hottest month, average high:** August · 30.8°C — WMO (Wikipedia): https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stazione_meteorologica_di_Olbia_Costa_Smeralda - **Days with 1 mm of rain or more, best months:** May 4 · Jun 3 · Sep 5 — WMO (Wikipedia): https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stazione_meteorologica_di_Olbia_Costa_Smeralda - **UNESCO World Heritage:** [Su Nuraxi di Barumini](https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/833) (1997) Weather station: Olbia Costa Smeralda, normals 1961–1990 · Checked 14 October 2026 ## Where couples marry here The kinds of places — ask your photographer which ones they know well. - **Villas and terraces on the Costa Smeralda:** Hotels and private villas above granite coves around Porto Cervo: the whole weekend in one place. - **Coves and islands:** Pink granite, white sand and clear water, and a boat among the islands of La Maddalena for the portraits. - **Old towns:** Alghero’s sea walls and Catalan lanes, Cagliari’s hilltop Castello, granite villages like San Pantaleo — a church ceremony, then a walk before dinner. - **Country houses in the hills:** Old stone farmhouses among vineyards, olive trees and cork oaks, a short drive from the sea. ## How the light falls The light is clear and strong, and the granite of the north-east glows pink and gold at either end of the day. The east coast faces the sunrise; in the west, around Alghero, the sun sets into the sea. It is a windy island — the mistral blows from the north-west, hardest in winter — so photographers here keep a sheltered cove in mind. ## Getting there Fly into Olbia for the Costa Smeralda (Porto Cervo is under an hour away), Alghero for the north-west or Cagliari for the south; ferries come from the mainland too. Olbia to Cagliari is about three hours by car, so choose one area for the whole wedding — and book August travel early. ## Photographers in Sardinia The first photographers in Sardinia are joining now. Tell our concierge your date and your plans — it checks who is free and fits. https://lensandvows.com/photographers?region=sardinia https://lensandvows.com/photographers?region=sardinia&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. 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(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)