Wedding photographers on the Costa Smeralda

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   Arzachena’s own rooms

   The comune marries couples in the Sala consiliare on Piazza Segni and in Palazzo Ruzittu on Piazza Risorgimento, in the town of Arzachena, inland. It costs €200, or €400 on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays. If one of you lives in Arzachena it is free on weekdays in office hours, and €50 at other times (page of October 2024).

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   A registered private venue or beach

   Under the 2023 rules, hotels, private grounds and marked-off stretches of beach within concessions can become separate registry offices, for at least three years, once the Giunta approves them. It costs €400, or €800 at weekends and on holidays (€200 if one of you lives in Arzachena). The owner provides the standard set-up at its own cost: a table, five chairs and the Italian and European flags. Ask the comune for its official list.

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   Stella Maris, Porto Cervo

   The small church by Michele Busiri Vici and his son, inaugurated in 1968, above the Marina. We found no published rule from the parish or the diocese on weddings for couples from outside, so ask them directly and well ahead.

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   Hotels and villas on the coast

   The coast’s own architects designed three of its hotels: Couëlle’s Cala di Volpe, Busiri Vici’s Romazzino and Vietti’s Pitrizza. A symbolic ceremony in a hotel or a rented villa can follow a legal wedding at home. Ask each one directly what it hosts: we have not checked their terms.

At the Olbia station (Olbia Costa Smeralda, 1961–1990 normals) May averages highs of 22.7 °C with rain on about 4 days, June 27.6 °C with 3 and September 27.0 °C with 5; July and August reach about 30.5–30.8 °C, and October, at 22.2 °C, has about 5 rainy days. August is the coast’s peak, so book hotels and travel early. Many of the hotels close for the winter, so a wedding out of season needs asking first.