Aerial view through the pines of a pink Ligurian villa with green shutters, being set up for a wedding above the bay

Wedding & event planner · Portofino · Italy

Your wedding in Italy,planned from Portofino

I am Sonia Rienzo. I design and organise weddings on the Italian Riviera and across the country, for couples who want the Italy they have been imagining, not a version of it.

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“I take the beauty, the culture and the soul of my country and give it to those who dream of living it.”

Sonia Rienzo

15+Years planning weddings and events
6Italian regions I work across
4Languages spoken: IT, EN, FR, DE

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Wedding Portofino — since 2010

Behind Wedding Portofino

The Italy I know,given to you

I began working in events at nineteen and I have spent more than fifteen years in this profession. I live in Liguria, and my work starts here, in Portofino and Santa Margherita Ligure.

Meet Sonia

Sonia Rienzo in a floral dress, walking up the aisle of a church before a ceremony — Sonia Rienzo · Liguria

A wedding in Italy is not a backdrop.It is the light on the water,the sound of a village at seven,and the two of you inside it.

The couple on a terrace high above Portofino harbour, the boats moored below

An imperial table laid under a villa loggia at dusk, candles and chandeliers above it

The couple at the altar between flower urns, cold-spark fountains lit behind them

The bride in a wide hat, holding white roses and embracing the groom

Weddings · Proposals · Events

How I can help

Choose how farI come with you

No two couples want the same day, so no two weddings I plan look alike.

A ceremony set up with a floral arch and chiavari chairs facing the open sea

The whole wedding, designed and organised

Wedding Planning

We are getting married and we want one person to hold all of it. From the first location visit to the last song, we would rather arrive at the day with nothing left to decide.

A tailored quote follows our first conversation.

The couple walking along the quay of Portofino harbour

For couples coming to Italy from abroad

Wedding Destination

We live abroad and we want to marry in Italy, but we do not know which region is ours, what the paperwork asks for, or how to bring everyone here without it becoming a second job.

A tailored quote follows our first conversation.

A long imperial table outdoors under festoon lights, greenery running down the centre

In Portofino and on the Italian Riviera

Marriage Proposal

I want to ask the most important question of my life in the most beautiful place I know, and I want everything around that moment to be already in place.

A tailored quote follows our first conversation.

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Words from couples I have worked with

She chose the right region for us.

We wanted to marry in Italy but we had no idea where. Sonia asked us two questions and took us to Liguria, which we had never considered. She followed the paperwork while we were still in London, spoke to every supplier in English, and on the day itself there was nothing left for us to decide.

Claire e James H.Portofino, 2025

What it looks like when it comes together

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A detail of the banquet table: candles, crystal, dahlias and dried grasses — Reception

The couple kissing framed by a stone arch, the village and the sea beyond — Portraits

The couple at night by the water, the lights of the seafront behind them — Portraits

The couple kissing on a terrace at sunset over the gulf, a boat on the water behind them — Portraits

The bride on a castle terrace above Portofino — Portraits

The cake cutting under a curtain of fairy lights — Party

A ceremony arch flanked by tall urns of orange and peach flowers, the gulf behind it — Ceremony

The Portofino headland from the air, dense pines and Castello Brown standing above the sea — Location

Round reception tables on a lawn beside the sea, string lights overhead and a castle wall behind — Reception

I take care of Italy. You take care of each other.

Tell me where you are in your planning and how you picture the day. I reply as soon as I can and say honestly whether I am the right person for it.

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