Santo winery
Wedding photographer at Santorini – Santo winery
Santo Winery and Pyrgos restaurant
As a Greek wedding photographer one of the places that I mostly photograph at, is of course Santorini. At this image gallery you will see a small sample of a Real wedding that took place at Santo winery and Pyrgos restaurant. – wedding photographer at Santorini – Santo winery
Santorini is always considered to be as one of the top destinations worldwide for wedding photography, engagement photography, anniversary photography and wedding portraits photo session!
Photographs first and after that the story – Wedding photography Pyrgos Santorini – wedding photographer Santorini and Greece
howedding at Pyrgos, one of Santorini areas that people choose to get married to
Santorini is one of the top three destinations for weddings worldwide. That is a fact!
Another fact is that, the more popular it becomes the need for more venues and alternative areas becomes bigger and bigger!
Pyrgos area is one of these alternative areas but equally good as Oila, Imerovigli and Firostefani.
More convenient, less traffic and less expensive.
Santo winery is one of the best choices at this area and that is where this wedding took place.
Pyrgos restaurant is one of the venues that can accommodate weddings from just two people to hundreds of guests! That was the couples choice for their reception.
The story – Wedding photography Pyrgos – Santorini
Khristina and Josh is a wonderful couple living and working at my favourite Metropolis…. London!
They had a simple and beautiful wedding at Santo winnery.
The reception took place at Pyrgos restaurant as I already mentioned above.
This time the photography schedule was a little bit different than the usual.
I arrived at “nova luxury suites” where Khristina was staying just to capture a few images of her preparation.
Josh arrived a little bit later and we started the “wedding portraits” photo session around Pyrgos area.
Santo winery was very close, just five minutes drive and when I arrived all guests were already there.
After the ceremony we all left for Pyrgos restaurant which is just a few minutes away.
Josh and Khristina arrived a little bit later to amaze us all with their first dance!
That was a half day booking and after that I left but I heard that their party was amazing!
I do have to mention that, Olympia from “marry me in Greece” made a remarkable job so that everything would run as planned!
Congratulations Josh and Khristina!!
Review received from Josh and Khristina
We hired Athanasios for our wedding photoshoot and wedding at Santo Wines Winery in Santorini and then the reception at PyrgosRestaurant Santorini in September 2018, and we can’t recommend him highly enough.
We had no experiance with photoshoots, and were very unsure about what we needed to ask for, or where to take great photos. Thankfully Athanasios had everything under control, and was able to recomend some amazing places and direct us through our day.
In terms of photography, Athanasios really helped the day go smoothly, which really helped us to keep calm on the day – one less thing to think about.
Most importantly, Athanasios provided us with hundreds of amazing photo memories that we wil cherrish forever.
Here is a link to a few photos from our day: https://www.happybridegroom.com/wedding-photography-pyrgos…/
Thank you so much Athanasios!! 🙃😁
This wedding was published at Best of wedding g Photography
Here is the link
Credits
Planning: Marry me in Greece
Wedding venue: Santo
Reception Venue: Pyrgos restaurant
Bridal shoes: Aldo
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A few words about Santorini
Searching for romance
Santorini is considered to be the most sought after place for a romantic getaway in Greece, since there are not many places in the world where you can enjoy exquisitely clear waters while perched on the rim of a massive active volcano in the middle of the sea! The island has a growing reputation as a “wedding destination” for couples not only from Greece but from all over the world. A trip to Santorini with the other half is a dream for anyone who has seen at least one photo of the island’s famous Caldera and exchanging kisses beneath Santorini’s famous sunset is the ultimate romantic experience!
Explore the island’s towns
Firá is the picturesque capital of the island; perched high up on the edge of the Caldera, it looks like a marvellous painting. Firá, together with Oia, Imerovígli and Firostefáni located high above on a cliff, make up the so-called “Caldera’s eyebrow”, the balcony of Santorini, which offers an amazing view of the volcano. Other famous smaller villages are Akrotíri and Méssa Vounó, with their famous archaeological sites, Pýrgos, Karterádes, Emporió, Ammoúdi, Finikiá, Períssa, Perívolos, Megalohóri, Kamári, Messariá and Monólithos: some of the villages are cosmopolitan some more peaceful; they are surrounded by vast vineyards; whitewashed cliff-top towns with castles affording amazing views out over the Aegean. Soaking up the villages’ distinctive traditional atmosphere is a very rewarding experience.
A visit to Santorini is the ultimate gastronomic experience, as the island is a true culinary paradise! Treat your taste buds to some famous traditional products like cherry tomatoes, white egg plants, fava, caper and “hloró tyrí”, a special kind of fresh goat cheese found on the island, or why not try some of the exceptional wines produced from grapes grown in the volcanic soil of the island! Assyrtiko, Athyri, Aidani, Mantilaria and Mavrotragano are just some of the distinctive varieties that you can taste at the island’s famous wineries (some of them operate as a museum as well) or at restaurants.
Cousteau looked for the lost city of Atlantis here. On Santorini
Crescent-shaped Santorini (or Thíra), the precious gem of the Aegean, is actually a group of islands consisting of Thíra, Thirassiá, Asproníssi, Palea and Nea Kaméni in the southernmost part of Cyclades
Active Volcano provides amazing landscape
Did you know that the whole complex of Santorini islands is still an active volcano (the same as Méthana, Mílos and Nísiros) and probably the only volcano in the world whose crater is in the sea? The islands that form Santorini came into existence as a result of intensive volcanic activity; twelve huge eruptions occurred, one every 20,000 years approximately, and each violent eruption caused the collapse of the volcano’s central part creating a large crater (caldera). The volcano, however, managed to recreate itself over and over again.
The last big eruption occurred 3,600 years ago (during the Minoan Age), when igneous material (mainly ash, pumice and lava stones) covered the three islands (Thíra, Thirassiá and Asproníssi). The eruption destroyed the thriving local prehistoric civilization, evidence of which was found during the excavations of a settlement at Akrotíri. The solid material and gases emerging from the volcano’s interior created a huge “vacuum” underneath, causing the collapse of the central part and the creation of an enormous “pot” –today’s Caldera– with a size of 8×4 km and a depth of up to 400m below sea level.
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