6 popular reasons for your destination wedding in Spain
The popularity of celebrating a destination wedding in Spain is on the rise!
With numerous landscapes, climates and wedding styles to choose from, destination weddings have become a popular trend over the years, and Spain one of the favourite destination wedding locations for couples from all over the world.
Celebrating your wedding abroad gives you the opportunity to escape to an amazing location and spend quality time with your loved ones.
There are a large number of perks to hosting your wedding at a location other than home and a destination wedding in Spain guarantees that your big day is going to be breathtakingly romantic and exotic.
You can host any style of wedding in Spain from a beach side wedding to a wedding in a castle.
Sunshine Wedding Spain takes a look at the top 6 popular reasons for a destination wedding in Spain:
1. Fabulous weather.
Southern Spain sees more than 320 sunny days each year, with the rest of Spain seeing only an average of 60 days of rain a year.
Apart from permitting you and your guests to bask in glorious weather, the perfect lighting will allow your wedding photographer to take stunning wedding photos of your big day.
Spain is one of the best locations in the world to have amazing wedding pictures thanks to the natural lighting together with the breathtaking backdrops, both of which guarantee that your wedding album will make the perfect keepsake.
2. Spain is breathtakingly beautiful.
Spain is a country of diverse landscapes, from the crystalline pools of Los Pilones to the cobbled, medieval streets of Cordoba.
Spain, with nearly 5,000 km (3,107 miles) of coastline, is also home to some of the world’s most beautiful beaches, from Galicia’s pristine ocean waters to Andalucia’s stunning hidden coves.
This southernmost European country also boasts majestic mountains including the dramatic northern Pyrenees and the Picos de Europa to Sierra Nevada in the south.
A country packed full of incredible architecture that encompasses both its rich history and more recent modernism. Architecture jewels such as the ancient cave paintings of Altamira and Segovia’s Roman aqueduct as well as the Alhambra fortress in Granada.
In fact Spain has the third most UNESCO World Heritage Sites in the world—45 in total.
Moreover, Spain is also home to some beautiful islands, from the magical isle of Mallorca to the volcanic landscapes of Tenerife.
3. Countless venue options in Spain.
Spain offers venues with magnificent settings and superb panoramas, a country which can accommodate any type and style of wedding, whether opting for an indoor or outdoor setting, rustic, Boho, modern or traditional.
The wedding venue options in Spain are endless, including: high-end hotels, rustic haciendas, grand castles, luxurious villas as well as secluded Mountain locations.
Most importantly, Spain has it all to make your wedding a unique experience for you and your loved ones.
4. Spain is gourmet’s paradise.
Food, glorious food, from tasty tapas to delicious dishes Spanish cuisine is just terrific and Spanish wines are even better!
Weddings menus in Spain are often wonderfully simple using a handful of high-quality, fresh ingredients permitting you and your guests to experience the true flavours of Spain.
Best of all, given Spaniards’ high culinary demands, you are guaranteed that only the best catering companies are the ones responsible for your mouth watering wedding menu.
Just last year the prestigious organisation for Michelin Stars for Spain and Portugal awarded stars to 234 Spanish establishments.
The sensational foods in Spain include fresh seafood, incredible “Jamón Ibérico” an array of tapas, paella and freshly picked fruit and vegetables and not forgetting the sublime range of drinks to go with the food, such as Spanish wine, sweet sangria and cocktails galore.
5. Easily accessible.
Spain is amongst the most easily accessible countries in the world. It has more than 10 international ports and airports offering some of the best connections within Europe.
The easy and affordable connectivity to and within Spain not only makes life far easier for your guests to attend, but helps with visiting venues prior to the wedding.
Spain is also considered one of the 20 safest countries in the world.
6. Affordability.
Last, but by no means least, one of the other great things about Spain is it offers something for every budget.
Whether you are looking for a swanky wedding reception, a classic hotel ballroom do or a low-key celebration, Spain has it all.
Because Spain, besides being one of the safest, friendliest and fiesta-loving countries to visit, it is also one of the more affordable places to have a destination wedding.
And once the ceremony is over, you’re already on your honeymoon in an amazing location!
The cost of a destination wedding in Spain will depend on several factors such as wedding venue, styling, catering and guests attending but whatever the final numbers, Spain offers the very best at the very best price to celebrate the beginning of the rest of your life with your partner.
