Weddings in Paphos, Cyprus

Paphos wins on logistics before anything else. Guests fly direct into Paphos airport, roughly 4.5 hours from London, and Paphos Town Hall - which handles more foreign civil ceremonies than any other municipality on the island, with English-speaking staff - sits within walking distance of many venues. That means no 45-minute Larnaca transfer topping and tailing the trip, and the couples who file their own notice can do the legal paperwork and the wedding within one town. Our directory lists almost 150 Paphos suppliers, including 35 reception venues, 35 planners and 20 photographers, so you can build the whole day without importing anyone from the east coast.

Venues, dates and the legal bill

Wedding venues in Paphos run from Coral Bay beach clubs to the Aphrodite Hills resort and the restored stone villages around Kouklia. Most sit in the €€ to €€€ band that lands an 80-guest wedding inside £8-15k, rather than the £20-35k a UK venue would ask. The civil ceremony itself is the cheap part: €128.15 (about £110) for the normal procedure, or €281.90 (about £240) for the faster special licence. Book your venue and photographer 12-18 months out for a Saturday in May-June or September-October, the two windows when the heat eases but the sea stays warm enough for beach photos.

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