Wedding weekend
Villa Bonomi, Aaron & Katerina
Two or three days: a welcome dinner, the wedding and a brunch, with your guests sleeping at the villa.
See the weekendDestination wedding planners in Rome and on Lake Como
Wedding weekends from €73,000, weddings for thirty guests from €60,000 and elopements from €15,000, everything included. Planned since 2016 by a team who lives here.
- ★ 5.0 on Google
- Featured in British Vogue and WedLuxe
- 200+ weddings since 2016
- Planners in Rome and on Lake Como
team
A whole team works on your wedding
Planners, interpreters, stylists, photographers and videographers, florists, musicians, caterers and drivers — everyone who brings your Italian wedding to life.
“My greatest joy is seeing our couples’ happy faces when their dream of a wedding in Italy comes true.”
Planners
- MarinaFounder · Rome
Planned her own wedding in Sicily in 2016, and her guests asked her to plan theirs. Today she answers your first message and sets our standards.
- KaterinaPlanner · Lake Como
Trained in tourism and hospitality, lives on the lake. Takes your first video call and runs the wedding on the day.
- SvetlanaPlanner · Rome
Psychologist and linguist, nine years in Italy. Runs ceremonies, guest days and the wedding day in Rome.
- LauraVenues and coordination · Milan
Knows what each venue costs, what it hides in the contract and what happens there when it rains. Leads every elopement.
formats
The weddings we plan
Three ways to marry in Italy, each shown through a real wedding of ours. Each one includes the venue, the paperwork, every supplier and our team on the day.
Intimate wedding
Casale del Gallo, Rome: the wedding in the garden
A legal, church or symbolic ceremony, then one long table in a garden outside Rome, a palazzo in the centre or a villa on the water.
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Elopement
Villa Balbiano, Kristen & Filip
A ceremony in one of Lake Como’s famous gardens or on a terrace above Rome, with your planner, a photographer, flowers, hair and make-up and an aperitivo for two.
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our weddings
Weddings we have planned
Real couples, real venues. Swipe through the photos of each story.
Jamilya & Ruslan
Two families and two cultures in a Renaissance villa: vows under restored seventeenth-century frescoes, an aperitivo on the terrace at sunset, wine and dark green with autumn fruit.
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Jin & Jessica
Together since school, fifteen years later they flew from Seoul to Rome: vows in a neo-Gothic chapel hidden in a park, a vintage car through the centre and the sunset over St Peter’s, far from the crowds.
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Daria & Ivan
A celebration for the whole family, planned over eighteen months: an eighteenth-century villa, a white-and-green arch, Cupid with the rings, a prosecco tower and a pizza party the next day.
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Artemiy & Victoria
A legal ceremony at the town hall in the morning, vows to live piano at a villa above the sea, three days with their guests overlooking Portofino and a pesto party on the last day.
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A Lake Como wedding
where
Rome or Lake Como
Our team lives in both. Tell us which matters more, the water or the city, and we will show you the two or three venues that fit.
Lake Como
Villas on the water, gardens in terraces and a boat instead of a limousine. Katerina lives here and knows which villa dances late and which goes quiet at ten.
Rome
The easiest city in Italy to reach, with a Baroque palace or a Borromini cloister in the centre, and a castle or a Tuscan-style estate half an hour out.
More of Italy
Tuscany
A Renaissance villa in the hills above Florence, planned as a whole weekend.
Tuscany
Portofino
A villa above the Ligurian sea for a wedding by the water.
Portofino
Lake Maggiore
Gardens on the water at a gentler price than Como.
Lake Maggiorevenues
The venues we would actually recommend
Who each venue suits, where its limit is, and what it really costs.
Settignano, above Florence
Villa Gamberaia
Water parterre, cypress avenues and Florence below. For three nights, the villa and its gardens belong to you and forty guests.
Budget level 3 of 3The villa
Limonta, Lake Como
Villa Aura del Lago
The lake is not the view here, it is the floor. Up to a hundred guests, and the music stops outdoors at half past nine.
Budget level 1–2 of 3The villa
Lavagna, Liguria
Villa Riviera Resort
A hilltop above the bay with the sun setting behind Portofino, and music indoors until three in the morning.
Budget level 1–2 of 3The villa
Grottaferrata, near Rome
Villa Grazioli
A cardinal's villa with frescoes by Panini in the hills where the Popes spend their summers, a terrace looking out over Rome, and the airport twenty minutes away.
Budget level 1–2 of 3The villa
Laglio, Lake Como
Villa Regina Teodolinda
The whole house for fifty people, and the party moves indoors at eight.
Budget level 1–2 of 3The villa
Rome countryside, by the Castelli Romani
Casale del Gallo
Tuscan scenery, Roman soul, and the whole estate to yourselves. Perfect for a wedding weekend for around 30 guests.
Budget level 2 of 3The villa
Laglio, Lake Como
Relais Villa Vittoria
Perfect for thirty. Beyond that you buy the whole property, and it is worth it.
Budget level 1–2 of 3The villa
The green edge of Rome
Castello della Castelluccia
Your own medieval castle for three days, guests sleeping upstairs, Rome a short drive away, and the party moves inside after midnight and keeps going.
Budget level 1–2 of 3The villa
ceremonies
Catholic,
Catholic,
legal
or symbolic
A marriage recognised back home, a church wedding or a ceremony with no formalities at all. We handle the paperwork and the approvals, which most planners avoid.
Catholic church wedding
Our first wedding, in October 2016, was at Santa Maria in Aracoeli above the Roman Forum. In 2026 the same couple renewed their vows with us, ten years on and still friends. In a Roman church or on Lake Como, with about six months of preparation.
Catholic wedding in Rome
Legal (civil) wedding
A marriage recognised back home, at the Campidoglio in Rome, in a town hall on Lake Como or at a villa approved for weddings. We handle the Nulla Osta, apostilles, translations and appointments.
Symbolic ceremony
In a garden, on a terrace or by the water, in your language and with your own vows. We arrange the permissions for the place you choose. Ideal if you are already legally married at home.
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day by day
Three days your
Three days your
guests will remember
as a holiday
A wedding weekend is two or three days. Guests arrive on Friday and leave on Sunday, and we look after them the whole time.
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Welcome dinner
Guests check in, then aperitivo and a welcome dinner. Everyone gets to know each other before the big day.
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Ceremony and celebration
Ceremony on the villa terrace or in a church, portraits, dinner, first dance and a party late into the night.
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Farewell brunch
A relaxed brunch or pool party. Guests leave feeling they’ve had a real Italian holiday.
While you celebrate, we take care of your guests
- Where your guests stay
We match hotels and villa rooms to your guest list, at group rates, and handle every booking.
- Getting around
Airport pick-ups in Rome and Milan, and every car and boat on the days, booked in advance.
- Days in between
Tours of Rome, boats on the lake, wine tastings and cooking classes for guests who arrive early.
- One guest page
The schedule, the dress code, addresses and your coordinator’s number, in one place.
how we work
Planned remotely, from anywhere in the world
You fly in when everything is ready. Here is how planning works.
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Inquiry
Your date, guest count and wishes, in a short form or a WhatsApp message.
nothing to prepare in advance
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Video call
We reply within 4 working hours and suggest a few times for a 30-minute call.
you know right away whether the idea and the budget work
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Proposal
Within two working days of the call we send two or three venues, a concept and a line-by-line estimate.
every cost is visible before you sign
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Planning
A short contract, the documents and the suppliers, with a recap after every call and a budget update every month.
you always know what is done and what is spent
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The wedding days
Your planner is with you for the whole wedding, with a team sized to it: two of us on site every day of a wedding weekend.
you and your guests simply celebrate
- First step
Start with a free video call
Leave your date and guest count. We reply within 4 working hours and suggest a few times for the call.
Plan your date
film · Lake Como
The show for your guests
why us
200+ weddings in Italy, and why couples trust us
Our first couple married at Santa Maria in Aracoeli in October 2016. Ten years later they came back to renew their vows with us. That is how long we plan for: not just the day, but the friendship after it.
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Catholic and legal weddings
We know the Church from the inside: our founder married in a church in Sicily, and our first wedding was at Santa Maria in Aracoeli in 2016. We handle the diocese, the parish file and the town hall, which most planners avoid.
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A fast reply, a proposal in two working days
After a 30-minute video call we send venue options, a concept and a detailed estimate.
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Our fee is fixed in the contract
You see every line of the estimate up front, and you approve every change before it happens.
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Our team on site every day
A team sized to your wedding: your planner for an elopement, two planners for a weekend.
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Venues we know from the inside
Lake Como, Rome, Tuscany and Portofino: we have planned at the venues we recommend, and we tell you what each one hides in the contract.
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References from real couples
Ask us for the contacts of couples who agreed to share them, and talk to them directly.
- 200+weddings planned
- 2016planning weddings in Italy since
- 5.0★★★★★ on Google
- Top 10%worldwide on TripAdvisor, 2020–2025, for our guest experiences in Rome
Your guests in safe hands. WOWITALY began in Rome in 2016, looking after travellers from all over the world, and TripAdvisor has placed our guest experiences in its top 10% worldwide every year since 2020.
Ten years ago, Marina made it possible for us to get married in Santa Maria in Aracoeli, a place where getting married is not easy. Ten years later, we returned to that very same church, but this time with our three children, to renew our vows. Once again, Marina made it happen!
The Wow Italy team are 12/10 wedding planners! I never visited Italy before this and we planned the whole thing together and they made the whole thing a breeze. Time differences were never an issue and they are SO quick to respond and provide updates.
For a year and a half, we planned our 50-guest wedding at Villa Aura on Lake Como together with WowItaly. Everything was simply perfect from the very beginning: easy communication, honesty and real attention to detail.
The Wowitaly team were amazing from the start to the end. We’re from Australia, and we booked them for our wedding in Lake Como. It was the best decision ever! The day turned out better than we could ever imagine.
faq
Frequently asked questions
Didn’t find your question? Message us, we reply within 4 working hours.
Plan your dateHow much does a wedding in Italy cost?
An elopement for two starts at €15,000 in Rome and €18,000 on Lake Como. A wedding for thirty guests starts at €60,000 in Rome and €62,000 on Lake Como, and a hundred guests at about €94,000 on Lake Como and €100,000 in Rome, everything included. Rome wedding cost · Lake Como wedding cost
When should we start planning?
For an elopement, three to six months. A Catholic wedding needs about six months of preparation, and a wedding with guests twelve to eighteen months for a Saturday in May, June or September, six to twelve for a weekday. On Lake Como the town halls open their calendars for the year in spring, so a legal ceremony there is booked then.
What is the best season, and what if it rains?
May, June, September and October. April and May can be rainy on Lake Como, and July and August are hot in Rome. Every venue we recommend has a rain plan we would be happy to use, and we show it to you before you choose.
What documents do we need for a legal wedding?
It depends on your citizenship, the town hall and the type of ceremony. For American citizens it usually means a passport, a birth certificate and a sworn declaration at the US Embassy or Consulate, legalised in Italy. We send you a checklist for your case after the first call, with every date.
What do we need for a Catholic church wedding?
Baptism and confirmation certificates, a pre-marriage course certificate and permission from your parish, all sent to the diocese where you marry. We find the church and priest, speak with the parish in Italian and handle approvals. Start 6–9 months ahead.
Do we need to fly in early?
For a legal wedding, yes: two or three working days before, because part of the paperwork is in person. For a symbolic or Catholic ceremony, one or two days is enough.
How do guests get there?
Rome Fiumicino has direct flights from many US cities. Lake Como is an hour to an hour and a half from Milan Malpensa and Linate. We arrange every transfer.
What language is the ceremony in?
A symbolic ceremony can be in any language. A legal ceremony is held in Italian with a sworn interpreter by law — we arrange that too.
How does payment work?
A €1,500 deposit when you sign the contract, then a payment schedule that follows the suppliers’ deadlines, so you never pay for something before it is booked.
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