# Wedding photographers in Seville

> Palace courtyards, orange trees and late evenings — in a city where the summer heat decides the shape of the day.

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Couples marry in Seville for the old city: the tiled courtyards of the Real Alcázar, the white lanes of Santa Cruz, the river with Triana across it. These places sit close together, so a wedding here can be one ceremony, one walk and one dinner, with no coach in between.

The day runs later than most couples from abroad expect. From June to September the ceremony moves to the evening, portraits wait for the last sun — after 21:00 in midsummer — and dinner starts after dark. In spring and autumn the light goes earlier, and an afternoon ceremony in a garden is comfortable.

## Wedding photographers in Seville

They shoot everywhere in Andalusia — in Seville too. Their whole weddings are on their pages.

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## Where couples marry in Seville

- **The city hall’s Salón Colón:** The plateresque city hall, between the Plaza Nueva and the Plaza de San Francisco, holds civil weddings in the Salón Colón, its council chamber. The city’s Protocol Service books it once your marriage file has been approved.
- **The Cathedral and El Salvador:** The Cathedral marries couples before its Virgen de los Reyes on Friday and Saturday evenings, booked by email up to a year ahead; during building works the weddings have moved elsewhere in the cathedral, so ask where. El Salvador holds weddings on Fridays and Saturdays at 18:00, after a meeting with its rector.
- **Palace hotels:** Hotel Alfonso XIII opened in 1928 with a royal wedding banquet and still hosts weddings, in its gardens and courtyard. In a Seville summer, shade and deep galleries are worth more than a view.
- **Haciendas outside the city:** Old olive estates with whitewashed courtyards, arcades and room to dance outside. Hacienda de San Rafael, south of the city at Las Cabezas de San Juan, is one that hosts weddings. Book coaches both ways: the party ends late.

## Where to take your portraits

- **The Real Alcázar, at opening time:** A wedding session needs the Alcázar’s permit, asked a month ahead: one hour in the visitor areas, five people at most counting your photographers, in through the Patio de Banderas. It opens at 09:30 — take the first hour, before the heat and the crowds.
- **Plaza de España, at sunrise:** The brick-and-tile half-circle built for the 1929 Ibero-American Exposition in María Luisa Park, with its canal, four bridges and a tiled alcove for each province. Nearly empty at sunrise, full by mid-morning.
- **The lanes of Santa Cruz:** The old Jewish quarter beside the Alcázar: the Callejón del Agua, named for the water it carried to the palace, and the Callejón de la Judería, which leads to the Patio de Banderas. White walls bounce light into the lanes, so there is soft shade even at midday.
- **The river at golden hour:** From the Triana bank, the evening sun lights the far side: the Torre del Oro, the Almohad tower of 1220–21, and upstream the iron Triana bridge of 1852. Golden hour on 15 June 2027 runs from about 21:07 to 22:05; on 15 October, from 19:12 to 20:03.

## When to marry in Seville

May (27.2 °C average high) and October (26.0 °C) are the easy months, and April is milder still. Summer is a real planning issue: AEMET’s 1981–2010 normals for Seville airport give average highs of 32.2 °C in June, 36.0 °C in July, 35.5 °C in August and 31.7 °C in September, with nights around 20 °C. June to August is almost dry; rain peaks in November and December. Holy Week (21–28 March in 2027) and the April Fair, which usually starts about two weeks after Easter, fill the hotels.

Andalusia, month by month:
- **Best:** April, May, September, October
- **Good with planning:** March, June, November

## Good to know before the day

- **Getting there:** The airport is about 10 km east of the centre; its bus takes around 40 minutes and stops at Santa Justa, the high-speed station. Lodge guests in the old town and the whole day can be walked; coaches are only for a hacienda.
- **Plan the day around the heat:** From June to September keep everything outdoors for the evening: the sun sets at 21:46 on 15 June and 21:17 on 15 August, so a ceremony at 20:00 leaves time for portraits in the last light. Put water and fans on the guests’ chairs.
- **Drones:** A drone over the city is an urban flight: a registered operator must notify the Ministry of the Interior at least five days ahead (Real Decreto 517/2024).
- **The legal route:** A civil wedding needs one of you to live in Spain, where the marriage file is opened; a Catholic one goes through your home parish; most couples from abroad marry at home and hold a symbolic ceremony here.
- [How to marry legally in Spain](https://lensandvows.com/journal/getting-married-in-spain)

## Questions about marrying in Seville

### Is August too hot for a wedding in Seville?

It is very hot: average highs are 35.5 °C in August and 36.0 °C in July (AEMET), and nights stay near 20 °C. It works with a ceremony after 19:30, portraits in the last light and dinner after dark — but May and October are far gentler.

### Can we have our wedding photos taken in the Real Alcázar?

Yes, with the Alcázar’s permit, requested at least a month ahead: an hour in the visitor areas for up to five people, photographers included. It is paid, unless one of you was born in or lives in Seville.

### Do we need a permit for photos in the Plaza de España?

Not for hand-held portraits with no set-up, nothing cordoned off and no one blocked — but Seville’s filming bylaw asks for the shoot to be notified to the city’s promotion office, APPES. Anything with installations needs a filming licence.

### When are Holy Week and the April Fair in 2027?

Holy Week runs from Palm Sunday, 21 March, to Easter Sunday, 28 March 2027; the six-day Fair usually begins about two weeks after Easter. Both are wonderful to see and hard for rooms, so check the city’s calendar before you fix a spring date.

## Other places in Andalusia

- [Andalusia](https://lensandvows.com/spain/andalusia): The whole region: when to marry, the kinds of places, the light, getting there. (Markdown: https://lensandvows.com/spain/andalusia.md)
- [Granada](https://lensandvows.com/spain/andalusia/granada): The Alhambra on its hill, the white Albaicín facing it, the Sierra Nevada behind — a city where the best pictures depend on a permit and on the hour. (Markdown: https://lensandvows.com/spain/andalusia/granada.md)
- [Marbella](https://lensandvows.com/spain/andalusia/marbella): A small white old town, about 28 km of beaches and the peak of La Concha behind them — a seaside wedding with a mountain in the frame. (Markdown: https://lensandvows.com/spain/andalusia/marbella.md)

## Read before you plan

- [What a wedding photographer costs in Spain, and what changes the price](https://lensandvows.com/journal/wedding-photographer-cost-spain): Published prices for a wedding day in Spain run from under €1,000 to €8,000 and more. The ranges with their sources and dates, region by region, what goes into a price, the Spanish extras (preboda, postboda, IVA) and how paying works on Lens & Vows. (Markdown: https://lensandvows.com/journal/wedding-photographer-cost-spain.md)
- [Getting married in Spain: civil, Catholic or symbolic, and who can do which](https://lensandvows.com/journal/getting-married-in-spain): Spain’s three routes for couples from abroad — what the law asks (Ley 20/2011), why a civil wedding needs one of you to live there, how a Catholic wedding works without residence, the documents, the timings and where the photographer fits in. (Markdown: https://lensandvows.com/journal/getting-married-in-spain.md)
- [A symbolic wedding in Spain: marry legally at home, celebrate in Spain](https://lensandvows.com/journal/symbolic-ceremony-spain): Why most couples from abroad sign the papers at home and hold the ceremony in Spain, what makes it symbolic, who can lead it and what it costs, where you may hold it — beaches under the Ley de Costas, parks, squares — and what it frees up for the light and the photographs. (Markdown: https://lensandvows.com/journal/symbolic-ceremony-spain.md)
- [The best time to get married in Spain: month by month, region by region](https://lensandvows.com/journal/best-time-to-marry-in-spain): AEMET’s climate normals for six places couples marry, how many couples marry in each month (INE), the best months for each region, and sunrise, sunset and golden hour for 2027 in Barcelona, Madrid, Seville, Palma and Las Palmas. (Markdown: https://lensandvows.com/journal/best-time-to-marry-in-spain.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)
- [Wedding venues in Spain: fincas, castles, haciendas and wine country](https://lensandvows.com/journal/wedding-venues-spain): Twenty places that say on their own sites that they host weddings — Mallorcan fincas and a sea fortress, Andalusian haciendas and city palaces, Catalan castles and a cava winery, Basque belle-époque hotels and Gehry’s winery hotel — with where they are, what they look like, capacity from their own pages, and what each means for your photos. (Markdown: https://lensandvows.com/journal/wedding-venues-spain.md)

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