The Stunning Cost of Maratea & The Cilento - Italy's Best kept Secret.

From Conde Nast Traveler - April 2010

"Italy's Best-Kept Secret: Maratea

Question: What's heaven?

Answer: Amalfi without the crowds.

Better answer: Maratea, which is Amalfi without the crowds"

Special Offers for Weddings in Italy's Best Kept Secret

This is the only region that subsidizes ALL foreign weddings!!!

Examples for a legal wedding with outdoor wedding ceremony - even less for a town-hall or symbolic wedding.

€500 - for a wedding of 40 guests (our average sized wedding)

€700 - for a wedding of 20 guests

€250 - for a wedding of 70 guests. Even less for large weddings.

€1150 - if just the bride & groom.

Other offers:

Offer for the 5 star Santavenere Hotel

Off Season Last Minute Weddings in Italy for US Citizens

Special Offer for reducing ceremony and legal package costs

Our normal ceremony costs are:

€1250 for a legal wedding with outdoor ceremony with mayor
€900 for town-hall ceremony
€1000 for a symbolic (non-legal) ceremony

See ceremony details.

In a bid to increase tourism, local communities that we work with have authorized us to provide incentives for foreign wedding ceremonies making the cost the lowest in Italy. See below for other special offers.

If you and/or any of your guests book these numbers of rooms on this web site for a minimum of three nights each - see notes below	This amount will be subtracted from your ceremony price
1 to 4 rooms	100 euros
5 to 9 rooms	200 Euros
10 to 14 rooms	250 euros
15 to 25 rooms	500 euros
26 to 35 rooms	750 euros
36 to 55 rooms	1000 euros
56 to 70 rooms	1250 euros
More than 70 rooms	1500 euros

Notes:

Please read these following conditions carefully.

All bookings for one or more of the hotels or inns listed in this web site apply; e.g., if you and your guests book in five different hotels or inns which are listed on this site, we will count all rooms in all hotels. Rooms must be booked and paid through Slow Dreams in full for a minimum of three nights
Slow Dreams will use the room receipts it has collected from all relevant venues to obtain the subsidy.
The subsidy is applied the time of your last payment (that's typically when most room bookings have been confirmed and paid for)
Rooms can be booked and paid for by you or by your guests.
Offer not valid in conjunction with any other offer or discount.

Special Offer for Five Star Hotel

The five star Santavenere Hotel is currently offering a free night stay for the bride & groom for weddings - you must have your reception there. This MAY NOT apply to very small weddings - ask us.

Off-Season Last Minute Weddings - Special Offer for US Citizens

Our last minute ceremony fee for November through March weddings is now 1500 euros, lowered from 2100 euros - see no-hassle approval.

Special Offers for Weddings in Italy's Best Kept Secret

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