Weddings · Perdika, Aegina

A wedding for 250, and no one else on the hillside

Up to 250 guests36 sleep on siteBoth houses, no one elseReception at Aelia
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The Premise

One gate, one guest list

A Greek island wedding is usually assembled from parts that never touch: a ceremony in one village, dinner in another, rooms wherever rooms were free, and a line of hired cars threading between them. It works. It just never gathers.

Here it is one gate. A wedding at Aelia takes the whole hillside. Both houses, both pools, about two acres of it, with no one else on the property. Thirty-six people sleep inside that gate: the couple, the parents, the ones who came furthest. No second party across the garden, no other guests to work around, and no strangers walking through the photographs.

Bride and groom on the stone wall above the Saronic at sunset
The reception at Villa Aelia seen from above, tables around the lit pool
The Numbers

The numbers, before you ask

Guestsup to 250 on the grounds
Sleeping on site36 · Aelia 20 · Melitta 16
The housesboth, together · no one else on the property
The receptionalways at Aelia
Grounds8,000 m² · about two acres
From Piraeus40 min by boat, then 15 min by road from the port
Cateringisland caterers, or your own · no exclusivity
Minimum stayseasonal · ask with your dates

Thirty-six is how many sleep here. It is not how many can eat here. The grounds answer that one.

Real Weddings

It has happened here

These are not renderings. They are weddings held at Villa Aelia: the same pool, the same stone wall, the same light your guests will get.

The couple walking back down the aisle at Villa Aelia Bride and groom on the stone wall above the Saronic at sunset A long banquet table set with candles along the stone wall Round tables set with bougainvillea and lemons on the terrace The flower arch on the terrace, the Saronic behind The dance floor under string lights A centrepiece in white and green on the reception table The bride and her bridesmaids by the stone wall after dark
The pool terrace at Villa Aelia, where the reception is held
Aelia · the pool above the coast Aelia · the grounds Aelia · terrace and sea
The Venue

The reception is always at Aelia

The party happens around the 14 × 7 m pool: the diving board at one end, the jacuzzi and the shallow children's end at the other, the Saronic laid out behind the stone balustrade. The stone pool bar and the barbecue give the drinks service and the caterers somewhere to work that isn't the dance floor.

The pool house stands a few steps from the water: a second kitchen, a sitting room, a dining room, a fireplace, and its own WC. It is where the kitchen unpacks and the florist sets up, back-of-house that doesn't have to be hired in.

Villa Melitta above the Saronic gulf
Melitta · the infinity pool Melitta · terrace Melitta · the view
The Second House

Melitta comes with it

A wedding at Aelia takes Melitta too. That is not an upsell. It is how the hillside stays yours: with both houses held there is nobody else on the property, and sixteen more of your people sleep in the second house.

Melitta is not a second reception venue. It is the house the getting-ready belongs to while the flowers go up at Aelia: dresses, hairdresser, the quiet before. Its own infinity pool, a hot tub set into the stone, and beds for sixteen. The morning after, it is the breakfast house.

The Days

The day, and the ones around it

How many nights depends on the season. The minimum moves with the calendar, and the answer comes back with your dates. The order rarely changes, whatever the dates.

First

Arrival

Your cars up from the port, keys, rooms, and the first swim before anyone has unpacked. Dinner is whatever you arrange at the pools, or the party goes down to the fish tavernas on the Perdika waterfront. Nothing formal, and the ones who arrive last still get an evening with everyone.

The day

The wedding

Getting ready at Melitta while the setup runs at Aelia: two houses, two jobs, nobody in anyone's way. The ceremony in the afternoon, drinks around the pool, dinner at the long tables, the stone bar a few steps behind it. Thirty-six of your guests are already home when it ends; the rest are minutes away down one road.

After

The morning after

The morning belongs to Melitta: coffee on the terrace, the last swim, bags in the hall. Then fifteen minutes of road to the port, and forty minutes of water back to Piraeus.

Dining at Villa Aelia
Aelia · evening on the veranda
The Table

Your caterer, or an introduction

Caterers and event organisers work on this island, and introductions come with the enquiry. If you already have someone you trust, bring them. No required list, no package that has to be bought. The second kitchen, the stone bar, and the barbecue give any team somewhere to work from.

Beyond thirty-six, the rest of the guests sleep in Perdika or Aegina Town, minutes away by road. Many of the houses on this island are managed from the same office as these two, so the suggestions come as names and links rather than a search run from Athens. Suggestions, not reservations: the rooms are booked by your guests, in their own name.

Questions

The practical ones

How many can we have?

Up to 250 on the grounds. Thirty-six sleep inside the gate: twenty at Aelia, sixteen at Melitta. The rest stay in Perdika or Aegina Town, minutes away by road.

What if we are far fewer than 250?

Nothing here is sized for a crowd. A wedding of a few dozen uses the same pool, the same bar and the same two houses, with more room around it. 250 is the ceiling, not the brief.

Do we have to book both houses?

Yes. A wedding at Aelia takes Melitta with it. That is what keeps everyone else off the hillside, and it is why sixteen more of your people sleep on site. The reception is at Aelia either way.

Can we bring our own caterer?

Yes. Island caterers and event organisers can be introduced, or bring the one you already trust. No package, no tie-in, no one you are obliged to use.

How do guests get here?

Forty minutes by boat from Piraeus, then about fifteen by road from Aegina port. Close enough that guests from Athens can come for the weekend without it becoming a trip abroad.

How many nights do we need?

It depends on the season. The minimum moves with the calendar, so it is answered with your dates rather than printed here.

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