Book a Elopement Photoshoot
on Lefkada

It depends on what kind of ceremony you want. A symbolic ceremony — exchanging vows with a celebrant or just each other — needs no permit at all and can happen on any beach, cliff or terrace; this is what most eloping couples choose, handling the legal paperwork at home before or after. A legally binding civil wedding in Greece is absolutely possible for foreigners but involves documents, translations and the local town hall, so allow several weeks and consider a local wedding planner — your photographer can recommend ones they work with. Note that archaeological sites like the Acropolis have strict photography rules, so ceremonies happen near, not inside them. Your Photo Greece photographer will flag any location-specific rules during planning.

It scales with your day. The minimal version is a 60-90 minute session covering the vows and a portrait walk — from €300, ideal if you're keeping things spontaneous. Half-day coverage (3-4 hours) adds getting ready, the journey to the spot, and a relaxed golden-hour portrait session after the ceremony. Full-day coverage follows the whole story from morning coffee to a candlelit dinner table. Most eloping couples in Greece land in the middle: ceremony at a quiet hour, then a slow wander through village lanes or along the caldera as newlyweds. Describe your day to your Photo Greece photographer and they'll recommend honest coverage — nobody will upsell you hours you won't need.

Yes — this is where a local photographer earns their keep twice over. They know which caldera terraces can be reserved privately, which Naxos beaches stay empty even in July, what time the light drops behind Meteora's pillars, and which spots that look perfect on Instagram are actually next to a bus parking lot. Tell them the mood you want — vast and dramatic, soft and intimate, village-romantic — and you'll get concrete suggestions with photos, timing advice and honest warnings. They can also connect you with celebrants, florists and musicians they've worked with. Couples consistently tell us the location their photographer suggested beat the one they'd found researching from home.

Professional photoshoots in Lefkada start from €310. Packages vary by duration and the number of edited photos — from a golden-hour session on Kathisma beach to a longer route down the west coast to Porto Katsiki, or across to the Nydri viewpoint above the islands.

The clifftop viewpoint above Porto Katsiki, where the white headland drops into the bluest water on the island, the long west-facing sand at Kathisma, the village lane and cove at Agios Nikitas, the road above Nydri looking out on Madouri, Sparti and Skorpios, and the lighthouse at Cape Doukato on the southern tip for sunset over open sea.

Late afternoon on the west coast — Porto Katsiki, Egremni and Kathisma all face west, so the cliffs light up in the last two hours and the sun sets straight into the sea in front of you. Mornings belong to the east: Nydri and its islands are calm and glassy before the day-trip boats leave. June and September are the sweet spot; in August the west-coast car parks fill by ten in the morning.