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Margaux C.from €600
Bordeaux & the South West · Documentary, Fine art
Elopement photographers in France
Just the two of you, or a handful of guests: a cliff, a chapel, a sunrise — two to four hours.
5 photographers shoot elopements in France on Lens & Vows, with packages from €600.
The best months across its regions: June, July, August and September.
Below: each photographer’s elopement packages and prices, then the regions that suit two people, and our guides.
Photographers
5 photographers shoot elopements here
Their elopement packages and prices are under each one. Open a photographer for their whole weddings and their calendar.
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Olha S.from €750
French Riviera, Provence · Documentary, Fine art
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Natalia D.from €1,400
Paris, Provence +6 · Romantic
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Audrey C.from €2,600
Occitanie & Languedoc, Provence +1 · Documentary, Romantic
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Joseph J.from €1,000
Paris, Loire Valley +6 · Documentary, EditorialWhere
Places that suit two people
The regions our guide to eloping here covers. Each has its own page: the months, the kinds of places, the photographers.
All of France
ParisBest: May · Jun · Jul · Sep4 photographers
ProvenceBest: May · Jun · Sep4 photographers
French RivieraBest: May · Jun · Sep3 photographers
Loire ValleyBest: Jun · Jul · Aug · Sep3 photographers
Bordeaux & the South WestBest: Jun · Jul · Aug · Sep4 photographers
Normandy & BrittanyBest: Jun · Jul · Aug · Sep3 photographers
The French AlpsBest: Jun · Jul · Aug · Sep3 photographers
Burgundy & ChampagneBest: Jun · Jul · Aug · Sep2 photographers
Plan
Read before you plan
- Where to elope in France: 15 places, from the Étretat cliffs to the CalanquesFifteen named places in Paris and the Loire, Normandy and Brittany, Champagne, the Alps, Provence, the Riviera and the South West — what each looks like, how you get there, when the light is right, and which permits, fees, tides and seasonal closures apply before you say your vows there.
- Getting married in France as foreigners: the mairie, the church or a symbolic ceremonyFrance’s routes for couples from abroad — why only the mairie can marry you, the residence rule, the banns and the documents, a church wedding after the civil one, same-sex couples, and where the photographer fits in.
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