Weddings in Ayia Napa, Cyprus

Ayia Napa runs its own Town Hall, so civil ceremonies get booked and turned around fast here without the Paralimni detour that Protaras couples make next door. That, plus a dense cluster of all-inclusive resorts along Nissi and Makronissos beaches, makes it the easiest place in Cyprus to fold the wedding and the honeymoon into one booking. Watch the minimum-stay catch, though: several beachfront hotels, Nissi Beach among them, ask for a 7-night stay before they will host your ceremony.

Our directory lists close to 40 published suppliers for Ayia Napa, weighted heavily towards beach and resort reception venues (22 of them), with photographers, hair-and-makeup teams and transport who work the eastern bays every week. Most sit in the mid-to-upper price bracket, so it pays to compare a resort's all-inclusive quote against booking the same suppliers separately.

What it costs and when to come

The civil licence is fixed: €128.15 (about £110) on the standard 15-day route, or €281.90 (roughly £240) for the special licence that can marry you the same week. On top of that, most Ayia Napa wedding hotels quote venue hire only on request, so get that figure in writing before you commit rather than trusting a package headline. An 80-guest day here still lands inside the £8-15k range that beats a UK register-office reception. Come May-June or September-October, and if you want the town's beaches without its nightlife, aim for a bay out towards Grecian Park or Makronissos. Larnaca airport is about 40 minutes away.

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