Elegant village wedding at Meganisi island, Greece

The island of Meganisi is located just between Lefkada and the western mainland coasts of Greece. Right opposite from the well known island of Skorpios, the idyllic Greek island where Aristotle Onassis married Jackie Kennedy.

Meganisi is an island with few population and limited tourist development but with lush greenery and blue green waters. Some beaches can be reached on foot and others are accessible only by boat. There is no bus on this small island of the Ionian Sea and all transport has to be done by foot or private means, like boat or motorbike.

This lovely island is where the parents of the groom are originated and the location our couple chose for their chic minimalist yet boho island wedding. Certainly, for a wedding planner, organizing a big wedding on a tiny island was a challenge in and of itself. Our most difficult moment was figuring out how a small, typical Greek taverna could accommodate properly so many people and keep an authentic character yet elegant and unique: By taking things back to the basics, or more precisely by sophisticated simplicity. We wanted to create a simple and soft look so we used classic colour combinations like brown, gold and green. We added wild flowers, mixed textures and traditionally inspired elements for a shameless boho vibe that this location would never forgive us if we didn’t.

Words from our couple

“We met during our masters studies at Harvard Business School. We didn’t date there but friends and life moved us both to the same city we began dating while working in San Francisco in 2013. We chose to get married on the island of Meganisi. Meganisi is important to both of us because we’ve spent every summer of our relationship there. Peter’s Maternal grandparents were born on Meganisi and he’s spent every summer of his upbringing visiting the island and specifically the village of Spartochori.

We hired a boat to take our guests around the islands for the day before the wedding. After talking with our guests they thought this made the wedding feel like a vacation and they got to spend quality time with both of us. (As a reminder most of our guests travelled to our wedding and paired it with their vacation plans.)

Always thankful for our dear vendors:

Photographer: @eliaskordelakos
Videography: @withheartfilms
Stationary and invitations: @bright_white_invitations
Wedding dress: @wed2b
Bride’s shoes: @carolinaherrera
Groom’s suit: @reiss

Groom’s shoes: @colehaan
Furniture rentals: @tore_event_furniture_rentals
Flatware rentals: @white_lilac_rentals
Lights / Sound / DJ: @loudandcleargr
Photobooth: @thephotoboothgr
Planning & Organization, Flowers and styling: @rockpaperscissorsevents