# Sicily > Baroque towns, Greek temples and Mount Etna above the sea — the Mediterranean’s largest island, with a long warm season. - URL: https://lensandvows.com/italy/sicily - Italy: https://lensandvows.com/italy - Português: https://lensandvows.com/pt/italy/sicily.md - Español: https://lensandvows.com/es/italy/sicily.md - Italiano: https://lensandvows.com/it/italy/sicily.md - Lens & Vows: https://lensandvows.com/ Sicily is a world of its own: Mount Etna, Europe’s highest active volcano, above the east coast; honey-coloured baroque towns in the south-east, rebuilt after an earthquake and listed by UNESCO together; Greek temples, Arab-Norman churches in Palermo, citrus groves, vineyards and islands all around. Weddings mix the grand and the simple: a baroque church and a palazzo in town, a farmhouse in the country, a terrace over the sea in Taormina, a wine estate on Etna’s slopes. ## When to marry in Sicily - **Best:** May, June, September, October - **Good with planning:** April, July, August, November May, June, September and October are the island at its best: long warm days and a warm sea. July and August are hot, inland above all, and now and then the sirocco blows hot air from Africa for a day or two. The season runs late: November is still mild, though wetter. - **Spring:** The island at its greenest, with wild flowers everywhere and snow still on Etna’s summit. - **Summer:** Hot and almost rainless; the hills turn gold and the coast is lively until late at night. Plan the day around the heat. - **Autumn:** The sea still warm from summer and the harvest under way — late on Etna, often into October. ## Where couples marry here The kinds of places — ask your photographer which ones they know well. - **Baroque churches and palazzi:** Golden stone, grand stairways and balconies — a church ceremony and a palazzo dinner in the old towns. - **Terraces over the sea:** Gardens and hotel terraces high above the Ionian, with Etna on the horizon. - **Farmhouses and wine estates:** Old country houses among olive and citrus trees, and vineyards on the volcano’s black soil. - **Coves, islands and temples:** Sea stacks and coves in the west, small islands offshore, and Greek ruins for portraits at golden hour. ## How the light falls Southern light is strong and clear, and the baroque stone glows gold in the evening. The east coast faces the sunrise over the Ionian, with Etna behind; the west coast has the sunsets into the sea. Midsummer middays are hard — portraits belong to the first and last hours. ## Getting there Fly into Catania for the east and Etna, or Palermo for the west. The island is large — a few hours by car from one side to the other — so it is best to choose one side for the whole wedding. ## Photographers in Sicily https://lensandvows.com/photographers?region=sicily https://lensandvows.com/photographers?region=sicily&sort=rating (highest rated first, by verified reviews) ## Read before you plan - [Portugal, Italy, Spain, Greece or France? Choosing the country for a destination wedding](https://lensandvows.com/journal/portugal-vs-italy-spain-greece-france-destination-wedding): The legal route for couples who don’t live there, season and crowds, price levels, light, flights, venues and permits for photographs — five countries compared with official figures, as of October 2026. (Markdown: https://lensandvows.com/journal/portugal-vs-italy-spain-greece-france-destination-wedding.md) - [A wedding-day timeline built around the light](https://lensandvows.com/journal/wedding-day-timeline): Sunset decides more of your photos than you might think. Approximate sunset times by month, where golden hour fits, and two example timelines — one for June, one for October. (Markdown: https://lensandvows.com/journal/wedding-day-timeline.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) - [How deposits and payment protection work on Lens & Vows](https://lensandvows.com/journal/deposits-and-payment-protection): A 30% deposit holds your date; the balance goes straight to the photographer, or through us with payment protection. Every step, what each choice costs, and what happens if plans change. (Markdown: https://lensandvows.com/journal/deposits-and-payment-protection.md) - [Where to elope in Italy: 15 places, from Dolomite lakes to a Greek theatre in Sicily](https://lensandvows.com/journal/where-to-elope-in-italy): Fifteen named spots in the Dolomites, on Lake Como and the Amalfi Coast, in Tuscany, Venice, Rome, Sicily and Puglia — what each looks like, how you reach it in 2026, when it is quiet, and the fees, permits and drone rules that apply before you say your vows there. (Markdown: https://lensandvows.com/journal/where-to-elope-in-italy.md) - [Wedding venues in Italy: villas, castles and masserie in Tuscany, Lake Como, the Amalfi Coast and Puglia](https://lensandvows.com/journal/wedding-venues-italy): Twenty-seven places that host weddings today — Medici villas and Chianti castles, lakeside villas and gardens, cliff-top hotels above the sea, fortified farmhouses among the olives — with where they are, what they look like, rough capacity from their own sites, whether a legal civil ceremony can happen there, and what each means for your photos. (Markdown: https://lensandvows.com/journal/wedding-venues-italy.md)