Legal Requirements

In order to marry legally in Kefalonia the bride and groom must provide the following documents:

Valid 10 year passports (Greek nationals may use their Greek ID card)
Full Birth certificates
Confirmation of lawful impediment

Specific personal circumstances such as having been divorced or being widowed require extra documents to be provided; we will explain this to you depending on your situation.

All non Greek nationals must have their documents translated into Greek, for clients from English speaking nations we can provide assistance with this process. All documents must then be sent to your commonwealth office in order to receive an Apostile. The final stage is to send all documents to the Greek Embassy consulate department for verification.

This is a very straightforward process and at any stage we can intervene and liaise with the authorities for you.

Please note that you must be resident on Cephalonia for 7 days before you can be married. You will be met by a Cephalonia Concierge representative at your point of arrival. We will then have you chauffeured you to your accomodation and at the earliest opportunity we will take you to your nearest town hall to register and complete the final documents.

Our initial administrative solution includes:

Handling and administrative fees
Town hall registrar fees
Mayors fees
Wedding banns
Wedding license application
Assistance with all documents
Translator (and witnesses if required)
Transport for wedding couple during administration process and ceremony

Celebrant fees
Your personal wedding co ordinator on hand throughout administration and ceremony                   
Wedding certifificate to be collected by us and delivered to you before departure

Total cost Inc taxes

850 euros

This is the only cost that is standard to all of our guests as we understand that each guest is an individual and therefore the main event solution will be tailor made for you. Please note that we do not provide an administration only solution,  the above is only relevant for couples whom we are providing the Ceremony and Reception for.

All civil weddings in Greece must be conducted in a civil buidling as listed in our ceremonies and receptions section, however our couples can sign documents on the morning of their wedding and then have an elaborate vow ceremony performed in a special loaction  such as a beach or one of our private chapels. For this service ( which includes a fully tailor made ceremony implemented with a professional celebrant) a small additional charge applies to the above.

The evening following document completion Cephalonia Concierge Management would like to take you for complimentary cocktails and dinner at your wedding venue where you can meet the owners and staff and discuss the finer points. We can also use the evening to discuss final arrangements of the logistics. If your reception is at a venue villa we will take you to one of our other stylish venues nearest to you. Then you are free to relax until the big day, maybe you would like us to schedule some of our Group activities for you to indulge in. Please bear in mind that we are on 24 hour call to you whilst on the island as we do not want you to worry about the slightest detail.

NB: Some of our venues have their own packages and private chapels, Cephalonia Concierge can utilise these packages where appropriate with no additional charges ro our clients.