Dalia and Alessio

The place

Calabria

Cliff-top towns, white-sand coves and castles by the sea at the toe of Italy, with Sicily across the strait.

September is one of the easiest months to marry here.

The light

How the light falls there

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.