Destination wedding photographer in Valencia

For a couple flying in, the one thing worth knowing before choosing a date is the Fallas. In the week to 19 March the centre is closed to traffic, hotels triple their prices, and a mascletà at two each afternoon stops everything within a kilometre. Guests will not find rooms and no timetable survives it. Every other week Valencia is generous. From February to May the light is soft and the air mild, and orange blossom scents the outskirts in spring. The welcome dinner on the eve can be in the old town; the wedding itself might be at a farmhouse estate inland, on the wine road towards Requena, or on the coast, where the sun comes up out of the sea instead of setting into it. That changes where the sun sits at the hour of the portraits, and it is what we check when we walk the venue the day before.

When to book in Valencia

The best months are February to May and October to November: mild temperatures, soft light and orange blossom in spring. September is still warm but calmer than August. In July and August the coast is humid, so ceremonies move to the evening and the portraits to the last twenty minutes of sun, around nine. Rule out the Fallas, the week up to 19 March, when hotel prices triple and the centre is closed. Remember that guests flying in need rooms, so book the date and the hotel blocks before anything else. For the day itself, we plan the timeline with you weeks in advance, working back from sunset at your venue.