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Our Studio

Our Story

Born of this island. In love with the craft.

Whitewashed houses of Oia, Santorini, where Santorini.Wedding was founded
Founded 2009

Founded by a Daughter of the Caldera

Elena Vassilakis was born in a whitewashed house in Oia, four hundred and twenty steps above the harbour. As a girl she watched her grandmother arrange jasmine and oleander for village weddings, learned from her father how to read the wind off the Aegean, and slipped, summer after summer, into the courtyards where neighbours danced until the moon set behind Therasia.

She left the island to study event design in Milan and London, where she spent eight years coordinating private celebrations for European families. But Santorini called her home. In 2009 she returned and founded what would become the island's most trusted wedding planning studio — built on one quietly ambitious idea: that destination weddings deserve a planner who is not a visitor here, but a native.

Today Santorini.Wedding is a small, deliberately selective studio. We accept fewer than thirty weddings each year so that every couple receives the full attention of a senior planner, a creative director, and a dedicated on-the-day coordination team. We measure success not in volume, but in the moment our couples cry the first time they see what we have created for them.

The Team

Meet the People Behind Your Day

Four planners. One creative director. A single mission.

Elena Vassilakis, founder and lead planner
Founder & Lead Planner

Elena Vassilakis

Native of Oia. Fifteen years of luxury planning. Speaks Greek, English, Italian.

Sofia Markou, floral designer
Creative & Floral Director

Sofia Markou

Trained at the École des Fleurs Paris. Designs every bouquet and arch personally.

Marco Petrakis, venue coordinator
Venue & Logistics

Marco Petrakis

The man with the keys. Manages every venue relationship across the island.

Anya Konstantinidi, client relations
Client Relations

Anya Konstantinidi

Your first hello and last farewell. Fluent in five languages, calm in any storm.

What We Stand For

Our Values

I

Excellence

A standard, never a slogan. Every detail is rehearsed, measured and refined until it is invisibly perfect.

II

Authenticity

We weave the soul of Greece — the food, the music, the texture of stone — into every celebration we touch.

III

Passion

We plan as if every wedding were our own. Because in some small, sacred way, it is.

IV

Discretion

We have hosted public figures and private souls alike. What happens on your day belongs only to you.

V

Innovation

We honour tradition while quietly inventing the next chapter of what a Santorini wedding can be.

Recognised By

Awards & Editorial

2024

Best Luxury Wedding Planner — Greece

WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards

2023

Top 50 Destination Wedding Planners

Junebug Weddings International

2024

Excellence in Event Design

Greek Wedding Awards

As Seen In
Vogue Greece Brides Magazine Martha Stewart Weddings Harper's Bazaar Condé Nast Traveller Wedding Sparrow

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Every wedding we plan begins with a single conversation. We would be honoured to have it with you.

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