Real wedding · Costa Brava

Wedding at El Convent de Blanes

Mackenzie & Spencer · a summer wedding facing the Mediterranean.

Venue
El Convent de Blanes
Location
Blanes, Costa Brava
Couple from
United States
Planner
Kiss&Tell
Season
Summer
Bride and groom laughing as they walk back down the aisle at El Convent de Blanes, Costa Brava
Back down the aisle18:20El Convent de Blanes, Costa Brava. Digital photograph.
The story

A summer wedding facing the sea

Mackenzie and Spencer came from the United States to celebrate their wedding at El Convent de Blanes, on the Costa Brava. Everything was planned by Kiss&Tell, so the day flowed calmly, from the first coffee to the dance floor.

The morning began at Hotel Santa Marta, with the sea in the windows. The ceremony was on the convent terrace, with the waves as the only soundtrack, followed by cocktails as the sun went down, a long dinner in the stone hall with florals by The Bravery, and a party that nobody wanted to end.

What follows is a selection of the day, mixed the way I like to show it: the photographs every wedding needs next to the moments nobody planned.

The wedding in photographs

Bride laughing with her bridesmaids in matching robes, champagne in hand
Groom buttoning his jacket in front of bright pink bougainvillea at El Convent de Blanes
Ceremony under a floral arch above the sea at El Convent de Blanes
Bride walking down the stone stairs to the ceremony between the guests at El Convent de Blanes
Violinist playing during the ceremony by the sea, black and white
Guest hugging the groom tightly during a wedding at El Convent de Blanes
Groom covering his face with emotion during the vows, black and white
He manages to capture every moment, while being invisible at the same time.
Bride laughing with the groom at the dinner table, black and white
Guests laughing and toasting with champagne at a summer wedding cocktail
Canapés decorated with red starfish on a bed of sea herbs
The Mediterranean seen from El Convent de Blanes, a single sailing boat on a calm sea
Dinner table with candles and bright florals in a stone hall
Bride and groom laughing together at the evening party in a stone hall
Bride with a white parasol and her shadow on a sunlit white wall
Bride in her veil by a stone window, a quiet moment before the ceremony, black and white
Bride and groom walking away hand in hand, black and white
Bride laughing in the groom's arms at the evening party
Bride and guests raising their glasses at a long outdoor table
The venue

El Convent de Blanes

A 16th-century convent above the sea, at the point where the Costa Brava begins, about an hour from Barcelona. I photograph five to seven weddings here every year.

Read my guide to weddings at El Convent de Blanes →

Where is El Convent de Blanes?

In Blanes, at the southern end of the Costa Brava, around an hour from Barcelona and close to Girona airport.

When is the best time for photos at El Convent de Blanes?

Late afternoon and the last hour before sunset, when the light is soft over the terrace and the sea.

Have you photographed other weddings there?

Yes, five to seven every year. It is the venue I know best on the Costa Brava.