Why we are recommended

Even though Taormina Weddings started up in 2015, we are in no ways new to wedding and event organisation. Mariangela, our project manager has organised more than 1000 events in Taormina, of which, at least, 700 being weddings.

Below are some reviews from couples that have been so kind to write some lines about their experience with Mariangela as their wedding planner.

Photo Credit: Marco Ficili (https://www.marcoficili.it/en/)

We could not have dreamt of a better wedding planner than Mariangela.  We are from the US and initially thought we could plan our wedding without any help, but we soon came to realize that we needed someone we could count on and trust completely and who could be on the ground in Taormina to help us organize our events and take care of all of the details we couldn’t do in person, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic.  Mariangela was so easy to work with from day one.  Within 5 minutes of talking to her by video call, we knew we found someone special.  We had already picked our wedding venue and welcome event venue by the time we started working with Mariangela, but she helped us with everything else, and then some!  She booked our transfers from the Catania airport to Taormina, and offered to reserve transfers to and from the airport for all of our guests, many of whom took her up on the offer.  She came up with wonderful suggestions and literally ran all around Taormina to get items unique to Sicily for our guests’ welcome bags.  For the welcome party the night before the wedding, she helped us with all of the final details and also helped to organize transportation for some of our guests.  And when one of our family members had a health issue, she called for emergency services immediately, accompanied him to the hospital and stayed by his side the entire time, helping to make sure he was ok and helping with all the translating from English to Italian and back.

For the wedding, Mariangela was once again a godsend.  She had great ideas for our floral arrangements, which turned out even better than what we had envisioned.  When the makeup artist’s availability changed just weeks before the wedding, Mariangela connected us with another artist almost immediately, who ended up connecting so well with the bridal party and who provided me and the bridesmaids with flawless makeup that did not budge even after many happy tears all night.  The timetable for the wedding that Mariangela came up with was also perfect and perfectly executed, and when our venue–less than a month before our wedding–told us dancing was no longer allowed on site due to the venue’s own COVID restrictions, Mariangela immediately came up with several possible solutions for moving the dancing to a nearby location.  We ended up moving the dance party to a nearby restaurant courtyard and everyone had a blast!  She also handled everything with our band to make the transition as seamless as possible.  Also, when at the last minute (less than 2 weeks before the wedding) I decided I wanted to have personalized coasters for wedding favors as well as to decorate our wedding table, Mariangela of course helped us work with a wonderful vendor to make it all happen.

Additionally, Mariangela planned our farewell brunch after the wedding.  She also organized a private chef for our immediate families for a dinner at our rental villa earlier in the week.  Also, when I explained that I wanted to have a “bachelerotte” day a few days before the wedding with all of my girlfriends, she worked with my sister and maid of honor to plan a wonderful boat day for us, culminating in a fun and delicious dinner in town at the end of the day–again planned by Mariangela.

Every step of the way, Mariangela was clear and very prompt in her emails, texts, and calls.  She always had our budget in mind, provided her honest thoughts on some of the things we were considering, but at the end of the day, fully supported whatever decision we made.  During the week of the wedding, she always checked in either in person or by text to make sure everything was going smoothly.  And during the wedding weekend, she worked around the clock to make sure we and all of our guests were happy and having a great time.

Walking around Taormina with Mariangela to attend final meetings the week of our wedding was like walking around with the queen.  She is obviously so well-respected and beloved in the town, especially in the wedding business, and she deserves all of it.  It was very valuable to have her also be located in Taormina where our wedding was because she knows everything about the town and has the best recommendations.  We are so, so grateful for Mariangela and feel truly blessed to know such a wonderful person, and to be able to call her our friend.  We can’t wait to see her again the next time we’re in Taormina!

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We organized our wedding in Sicily with Mariangela Spinella. She is amazing and very professionnal. Thanks to her our wedding was above expectations. We highly recommend her. Simply the best in Italy!

Photo Credit: Rosita Lipari & Michele Lo Giudice (https://www.primopianophotografica.com/)

Mariangela made planning an elopement (in a place I had never even visited) easy and stress-free. I found Taormina Weddings via google search, and after a few emails with Mariangela plus seeing the beautiful pictures of weddings produced by her, I knew that she would be the best planner to work with on our elopement in Taormina. Communication leading up to our trip was very easy, and she always provided useful information when it came to choosing the right vendors. Her standard for quality is high, meaning the options she gave us were always the best vendors.

On our wedding day, we were so honored to have Mariangela officiate the ceremony. We appreciated the beautiful message she read during our ceremony and will treasure the memory forever. If you are planning a wedding ceremony or event in Taormina, your best resource is Mariangela’s experience and extensive network!

Photo Credit: Gianmarco Vetrano (https://www.gianmarcovetrano.it/)

I don’t have the words to express how happy I was working with Mariangela, but I will try.
We live in the US and have extremely busy schedules so we couldn’t visit Taormina until the week of the wedding. We had visitors coming from all over the world and we wanted to make sure everyone had a great time, and so we had to put a lot of trust in her, and oh boy did she deliver!
Mariangela worked patiently and graciously with our schedule, and our last minute change requests and additions. She made great recommendations and helped make this one of the best days of our lives! She understood exactly what we wanted and executed seamlessly.
Mariangela, I can’t thank you enough and consider you a family friend now.

Photo Credit: Gianmarco Vetrano (https://www.gianmarcovetrano.it/)

Absolutely delighted with Taormina Weddings and Mariangela. She organised everything for us and was a pleasure to work with.
All myself and Maggie had to do was turn up on the day and enjoy the moment. It was supremely well organised from start to finish.
We will definitively be back in Sicily and looking forward to meeting Mariangela again.

Photo Credit: Gianmarco Vetrano (https://www.gianmarcovetrano.it/)

Mariangela will always have a special place in our hearts. Thanks to her, we celebrated the most magical week of our lives in one of the most gorgeous settings in the world. She is the consummate professional. Always patient, and bursting with creativity and ideas. She held our hands through every step of the process, including a week spent with her in Taormina a year prior to the wedding, where every idea, venue, and supplier was pored over to ensure we had everything we needed to bring our wedding to life. We were absolutely blown away when the big week arrived. Our three wedding events were organised to perfection and were beautifully presented, including our Sicilian-themed welcome at La Plage, the elegant big day at Timeo, and our relaxed pool after-party at Villa La Prora. Everything was catered for and our guests had the time of their lives. Mariangela’s gentle and understanding nature is the perfect compliment to her exceptional organisation skills and meticulous execution. We love her dearly and couldn’t recommend her highly enough.

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Mariangela is experienced, knowledgable and problem solver. We were very impressed with her services. She’s taken care of all details especially for couples who cannot be in Italy for all details. I trusted her to make choices for us. High recommend her.

Photo Credit: Rosita Lipari & Michele Lo Giudice (https://www.primopianophotografica.com/)

We thought the lead up to a wedding would be stressful but it was actually the opposite, with the help of Taormina Weddings we were able to organise our dream wedding within 7 months. The lead up to and the actual day went without a hitch because of Mariangela and we are very grateful.
If you are planning a destination wedding in Taormina, we highly recommend Taormina Weddings for the design, planning and coordination of the wedding. Mariangela provided us with a list of items that would need to be arranged for the day as well as recommending a number of suppliers/vendors for each item and obtained quotes on our behalf. The suppliers we chose were from her list of recommendations and we were blown away by the quality and professionalism of all involved. We even added a number of last minute items i.e. wedding videography and a local folk band in the weeks leading up to the wedding which were all resolved quickly.
The day of the wedding went perfectly according to plan, we honestly wouldn’t be able to tell you if there had been any issues because Mariangela took care of absolutely everything! This was perfect as we could really relax, enjoy and take in the day with our guests that had travelled from all over the world.
We can’t thank Mariangela of Taormina Weddings enough. We would not have had our perfect day without her diligence, patience, knowledge and attention to detail.

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Thank you Mariangela ? We could not do this without you ❤️ You are the best ????

Photo Credit: Rosita Lipari & Michele Lo Giudice (https://www.primopianophotografica.com/)

When we started planning our wedding in Sicily, the best decision we made was to select Taormina Weddings for our wedding planner.
Planning a wedding is an undertaking in itself, but doing it from across the world poses extra challenges. Mariangela made this entire process so much easier. I cannot imagine the amount of hours she spent, not only actively assisting us, but working behind the scenes to execute the wedding of our dreams.
The pace of life moves slower in Taormina and having Mariangela on the ground there to meet with vendors, schedule appointments, and send us information was not only a blessing, it was almost a necessity.
Her knowledge of, and relationship with, so many vendors in the area gave us a ton of options, all tailored to the concepts and ideas we expressed to her. We went into this process with a vision for our wedding and, with her oversight, every person involved executed this vision perfectly. So many friends and family had said to us early on that things will go wrong on the wedding day – and to just go with the flow. Not only did nothing go wrong, but every aspect of our wedding day exceeded our expectations.
We went into this thinking we had just selected a wedding planner, but we gained a friend in Mariangela. If you’re looking for a wedding planner in Taormina the best choice you can make is Taormina Weddings.

Photo Credit: Gianmarco Vetrano (https://www.gianmarcovetrano.it/)

Dear Mariangela,

our wedding was PERFECT! Everybody is still talking about our beautiful event!

Thank you!!!

Photo Credit: Marco Ficili (https://www.marcoficili.it/en/)

We simply could not have asked for a better person to plan our destination wedding. From the first video call with Mariangela, to even the days after our wedding, we were amazed at her level of expertise, attention to detail and warmth. Upon arriving in Taormina, Mariangela spent the days leading up to our wedding helping us ensure everything was perfect for our big day. This included many extras such as grocery shopping with us, giving a tour of the town, and driving us to and from all our appointments. When the day arrived, Mariangela was on top of every detail, and made us feel at ease at every moment. All of our wedding guests were so complimentary of her, and could not believe what an amazing job she did. The entire week long event was orchestrated to perfection, with each moment more impressive than the last. Not only did we get the best wedding planner in Italy with Mariangela, but also a lifelong friend. If you are looking to have a wedding that far surpasses anything you have ever dreamed of, Mariangela is the only option for you! We can’t thank her enough!

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Mariangela, you made our wedding day so special ad you will always hold a special place in our hearts!

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Where do we start with our wonderful Mariangela? She was absolutely perfect. So thoughtful, professional and kind. She took care of every detail and felt like she became personally invested in our day. She is a true gem of Sicilian kindness and hospitality. She works within your budget and is so respectful to your wishes. We dearly love our new friend and couldn’t have asked for someone more caring to help us plan our destination wedding better than she did. She is a local, well respected in the community and knows her field. Her experience and knowledge made finding the right vendors so easy. Her email correspondence was quick and she was so patient. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for making our wedding day so stress free and perfect.

Photo Credit: Andrea & Federica (https://www.andreatappo.com/)

Our destination cross-cultural american/indian wedding in Taormina was PERFECT. Mariangela was such an excellent planner and communicator. She helped me organize everything I needed to accommodate my guests and family members, who were coming from India and America. She treated us like a good friend and connected us with all the best vendors. Our wedding day was so amazing and dreamy. I could not recommend Mariangela highly enough. She did an incredible job with a smile on her face always!?

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We got married in Taormina in September 2018. This was the best day of our life and wouldn’t have run so smoothly without Mariangela Spinella. I can not recommend her services more! She is the ultimate professional and wedding specialist. She will hold your hand as much as you need when planning a wedding or similar event in Taormina and help organise all the details that with out her would be impossible to consider.

On the day of the wedding everything ran so smoothly and this was largely due to Mariangela’s, planning and experience and her passion for her job.

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We are extremely pleased with Mariangela’s services. The wedding she planned for us exceeded our expectations. Her recommendations were very tasteful and reasonably priced, and all of the events (the pre-wedding dinner, the wedding ceremonies and the reception) were meticulously arranged. Most importantly, she spent countless hours communicating with us either through email, video-conferences or in-person. We arrived in Taormina several days before the wedding and she spent almost all of those days with us making sure final arrangements were in place, despite the fact her father was ill in the hospital. Mariangela is very talented and we are extremely grateful to her!

Epak & Joe

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First, let us say that if you are considering getting married and/or celebrating your nuptials in Taormina, do it! It is a beautiful and magical place that is hard to beat for its scenery, food, people, venues, etc. – all that you would want to celebrate your special day.
Secondly, if you are looking for consummate professional to help you land your big event and are in need of a top-flight wedding consultant in Taormina, look no further than Taormina Weddings and the wonderfully resourceful Mariangela! You will not go wrong!
In our case, Mariangela worked tirelessly on our behalf to create a moment in our lives that we will never forget. While my beautiful bride is from Sicily (I’m an Americano) we live in London so planning a big event with more than 100 invited guests from four continents was not something we were in a position to manage ourselves (especially as we had a baby just 5months prior to our event).
We benefitted tremendously from Mariangela’s experience, wide-ranging local connections (she knows everyone & everyone knows her!), excellent organizational skills, an ability to multi-task second to none, along with her linguistic skills. She was able to operate in either Italian or English as evidenced by her simultaneous translation skills which really came in handy for us.
Finally, in the middle of the chaos and stress of a destination wedding, Mariangela’s uncommon poise and calm was a such a valuable asset. As my wife says, with Mariangela, “nothing is impossible” (or niente e’ impossibile)!

Grazie Taormina Weddings! Grazie Mariangela!

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Before I begin, I must paint a picture of how our wedding came to fruition and how Mariangela made all of our dreams come true. In August 2017, it was the very first time my husband had been to Sicily. We were only dating at the time, and we knew the entire trip would be special. We spent the first 3 days in my dad’s town with family and we had such a great time. I thought it would be hard to top the joy I felt showing off Calatafimi-Segesta to him, but I was very I wrong. On the night of the feast of San Filippo in my husband’s town, unbeknownst to me, he proposed, under a beautiful and dramatic firework show. I was completely wrong, and our vacation had now JUST begun. When we came home, we knew we wanted to get married in Sicily, and relive the excitement and intimacy of our engagement. We had this wild idea to get married in the smallest commune in Sicily, Roccafiorita. It is a 10 minute drive from Limina, and it is the town where my mother in law was born and raised. Our dream was to have a small village wedding that would allow the entire town to partake in the festivities. I had been following Taormina Weddings on Facebook, and I figured, Taormina isn’t too far, let’s see if this would even be possible. Mariangela brought our dreams to life!!!

I know this was not an easy task. We wanted to support all the local businesses in the town, and she was able to arrange the ONE local restaurant to cater the food and the ONE local bar to be a part of the celebration by allowing the guests to come in and get served at the bar. This has never been done before. Our cocktail hour was in the caves of the town with fireworks and a live Sicilian folk band. Our reception was in the town square. Mariangela was able to turn the piazza and the town into the most gorgeous venue. I remember closing my eyes every now and again throughout that night on July 18, 2018, and I was trying to retain every memory, every feeling, every goose-bump of that unbelievable night. She completely blew us away and turned our dreams into a reality. It will forever be our favorite day.

If we could get married every year and have Mariangela coordinate the whole thing, we would. From her organization of the Welcome dinner, the Ceremony, the Reception and every detail in between, to her communication and most importantly her kindness and friendship, Mariangela will always hold a very special place in our hearts.

Rosa & Daniele

Photo Credit: Rosita Lipari (https://www.primopianophotografica.com/)

Planning a wedding is hard enough, planning destination wedding takes it to a whole new level. When we started thinking of a destination wedding we came up with a list of places, but none of them seemed right. This being both our second wedding we wanted something for us, not a place we had been before. So we picked Taormina. We had never been to Sicily much less Taormina. We also had no plans on going there before our wedding, so we knew we needed an exceptional wedding planner to help us plan this event.

We found Taormina Weddings just by doing a search on the internet. We liked what we saw, read the reviews and thought… Let’s go for it! I’m so glad we did! Mariangela guided us through this journey step by step. I could tell from our first FaceTime call that we picked the right person for our special day.

Mariangela kept us informed of everything we needed to know, she also planned a couple of pre wedding events which were perfect for us and our guests. We couldn’t have been happier about our wine and pizza night and our guests are still sharing pictures and stories of those events.

When we first spoke to Mariangela about how many guests we would have we thought we would be lucky to have 30 people. California to Sicily is a long way and we never thought we would end up having 80 friends and family able to make our event. Mariangela worked with those ever growing numbers with ease. She handled every detail of our special day with professionalism and class. She offered help where we needed it and took care of all of our special requests. From fireworks to wedding favors our wedding was amazing. Our friends and family had an amazing time and as so many said, it was a wedding they would not soon forget.

Thank you Mariangela for our wonderful, magical special day. I can’t even put into words how amazing everything was. Truly, you impressed us all.

Jill and Aaron

Photo Credit: Gianmarco Vetrano (http://www.gianmarcovetrano.it/)

I am so incredibly grateful to have met Mariangela. She very simply made all of our wedding aspirations come true and she will always hold a very special place in our hearts. She is warm, kind, creative and made the lead up to our big celebration a delight. We had only 3 days to physically see all the venues, select food, meet with hair and make-up and Mariangela effortlessly made it all happen. Planning a wedding from afar is challenging (not to mention with language barriers) but Mariangela was in near constant communication with us during the months leading up to the celebration. She was incredibly generous with her time and recommendations. We iterated on ideas often to distill the weekend down to a truly unique set of events.

Photo Credit: Rosita Lipari & Michele Lo Giudice (https://www.primopianophotografica.com/)

Dear our Mariangela, not enough words and phrases to praise your work. I’m so happy that from all of the world we choose Sicily, we choose Taormina, and we found YOU!!! You are the best, you are #1!!! You’re creator of happiness and unforgettable day of people’s life. About our wedding, you made a history, exactly in one month you built paradise for our wedding, we and our guests can’t stop to praising your job, the investment of your soul! For me and my husband, you are not just another person who was in our period of life, for us you are part of our family, because you helped us to become it. And for the future we will use only you, for all holidays and events, and we will recommend and distribute your professionalism. You are professional!!! From Taormina to Chicago in five weeks you did excellent job! You bring and making the best ideas, you are super organized (especially in on months of planning), you’re very honest and super kind person, you’re top quality person with who I ever had experience!!!Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! You’re welcome in Chicago in our house any time with your beautiful family
Looking forward to see you again 
P.S. we are already start thinking about our first anniversary, so please be ready:)))

Photo Credit: Marco Ficili (https://www.marcoficili.it/)

Photo Credit: Gianmarco Vetrano (http://www.gianmarcovetrano.it/)

Our dream wedding came to life because of Mariangela! It is difficult to put into words how kind and caring she is all the while remaining professional and personal at the same time. Her communication was easy and comfortable, making us feel like we had known her for years. Her responses were always immediate, a true joy to work with. She made us feel important throughout the planning providing us with many options for everything and anything you could think of. From venues to photographers, florists and music options her suggestions were always perfect! Our visit to Taormina the year prior to our wedding was filled with more planning and meetings with vendors, none of which would have been possible without her! She dedicated many hours to meeting and helping us during our visit and you could easily see how everyone she worked with respected her. Her attention to detail truly made our day feel like a fairy tail; a magical and unforgettable celebration that we will cherish forever. Not only did she help us create the perfect wedding day, she helped us make our guests feel even more special for traveling all the way from New York in planning a beautiful welcome celebration the night before. Thank you so very much for all of your hard work, dedication, support, and enthusiasm in creating a wedding that was everything we could have dreamed of and more!! We feel so lucky and grateful that you have been such a big part in the most important day of our lives! For that you will always hold a special place in our hearts.

Love Always,
Alyssa and Michael

Photo Credit: Gianluca Aloi (Gianluca Aloi)

You did an amazing job!!!!

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Our beautiful story: Myself and my partner were looking for a destination wedding agency in Taormina to organise our special day in Sicily. I accidentally googled and bumped onto Taormina Weddings and thanks god :). The response from Mariangela was immediate and we did go through loads of different options for venues, hairstylist & make up artist, florist, photographer and even a violinist! The communication was smooth and easy without any delays in response and very professional. We arrived in Taormina few days prior to our wedding day to meet Mariangela at our wedding venue ‘Villa Comunale’ where we finalised all small details timings around the wedding day. Our wedding day was absolutely amazing and we really loved everything!!! The beautiful venue ‘Villa Comunale’, Ami – who was the nicest photographer ever, the hairstylist, the violinist, the restaurant – Villa Antonio and last but not least Mariangela!!! Thank you so so much for your hard work, passion and enthusiasm and making our wedding day so special and unforgettable! We feel incredibly lucky to have met you! You will always stay loved and remembered in our hearts. Thank you xxx

Loads of love,

Jimmy & Aga

Photo Credit: GianLuca Aloi

Cara Mariangela, anch’io voglio ringraziarti per aver reso perfetto il nostro matrimonio, è stato esattamente come ce lo immaginavano e grazie alla tua presenza e ai tuoi preziosi consigli siamo riusciti ad organizzare il matrimonio dei nostri sogni a Taormina anche da lontano. Grazie!!!
We strongly recommend Taormina Weddings to organize your wedding in Taormina, Mariangela’s precious advices have allowed us to organize our dream wedding in Taormina from abroad. Thanks!!!

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Mariangela I just wanted to say again how truely amazing you are! Our wedding was everything we had imagined and more. We were absolutely blown away by the entire day, from the ceremony to the amazing venue. Your attention to details and requests I had made were so well executed. The entire day ran so smoothly and your assistance in smoothing out any small hiccups on the day were done swiftly and without fuss, so thankyou so much for helping bring our vision to life, we only wish we could re-live the day all over again.

I will miss seeing your name pop up on my emails and WhatsApp! I hope to see you again in Sicily next year.

Photo Credit: Sarah Jane Ethan (https://sarahjaneethan.co.uk/)

Mariangela, my destination wedding was everything I could have imagined and more because of your support. Your attention to detail, responsiveness to my needs (and emails!), helpful suggestions, connection (and ability to translate for me!) to the best vendors, and (most importantly) your kind, big heart made you an ABSOLUTE JOY to work with before, during and after the wedding! And it was not just me you left an impression on- our whole family was so impressed and grateful for your support!

If you are considering getting married in Sicily- you really must work with Mariangela. I really had no idea how much help I would need for a destination wedding, and now having had our wonderful wedding, there is no doubt in my mind Mariangela’s support was a must!

Thank you Mariangela! I hope you continue to feel the love and appreciation from your California friends! Love, Megan

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“Ciao Mariangela

How are you? We miss you!

Photo credit: Gianmarco Vetrano (http://www.gianmarcovetrano.it/)

Mariangela is the best! I would truly recommend her, she does her work not only with a lot of will but also with a big heart. ❤️❤️❤️

Photo Credit: Ami Elsius (http://www.weddingandportraitphotography.com/)

We are a couple from Colombia and when we decided to get married in Taormina (place we had never been before) I made some research online for a reliable and high-standard wedding planner and found the Taormina Weddings website. I immediately wrote to Mariangela and she responded very diligently and since day one we began organizing everything. She was very careful to make us feel very safe, for the planning was all done long distance and online, and we had never met her before. Mariangela found the most fascinating church (Madonna della Rocca) available for a Saturday and for the venue she found the Baronessa, which were both free for our wedding day, two months before the date! She also found for us a beautiful house for all of our family to stay. We were in contact the whole time, through emails and skype, I sent some pinterest pictures just to show her what I had in mind, and she went all the way and arranged for us the most beautiful wedding we could have never imagined and everything in two months! I never had anything to worry about with her in charge of the organization and I relied and trusted her with absolutely everything.

When we got to Taormina a week before, Mariangela was a wonderful host for us. We went step by step over every detail with the out most care. The results were outstanding, I really never dreamed of such a romantic wedding. Everything was fairytale like, very elegant and perfect. If there was in our mind a picture of a perfect wedding, Mariangela exceeded it in every possible way, we are still mesmerized by the dreamy wedding day she planned for us. Even our stay was wonderful in the city thanks to her and her professionalism, we felt her more like family than our wedding planner. Thanks to Mariangela we enjoyed and cherished every single minute of our stay in Taormina to it’s fullest.

“Absolute Perfection!

A large majority of my wedding guests have never been to Sicily or Taormina before, so i felt it was my duty to ensure every element of the wedding was about the incredible food, local Sicilian wines and of coarse the breath taking scenery.
Mariangela did an absolutely incredible job in ensuring my vision came to life. I could not fault one aspect of my wedding.
As I am based in Australia most of my correspondence with Mariangela was via email. You never would have guested that we were in completely different time zones.

Thank you Mariangela, i could not have had my dream wedding without your help! I will be forever grateful to you xx”

”From the very first moment I contacted Mariangela about my wedding, her professionalism and friendliness shone through. Her excellent organizational skills, considerable network of contacts and experience are unparalleled, whilst her warmth as a person really makes you feel at ease.

From big decisions about the setting, the menu and the timings to the smallest and most intricate details, Mariangela is ready to discuss an array of options and ideas. Her knowledge and openness make you feel that anything is possible. She treats clients as individuals and listens to exactly what it is they hope to achieve. She was able to take our hopes and dreams for our wedding and translate them perfectly into a beautifully curated event.

Our wedding was truly magical. Our guests had travelled from every continent to be with us on our special day and everyone was touched by the beauty of the location and the attention to detail at every turn. Mariangela remained at the helm and seamlessly oversaw all logistics meaning that my husband and I were free to enjoy ourselves with family and friends and celebrate the most wonderful day of our lives.

A wedding is such a deeply personal and significant event and it is so important to find someone that you can trust to guide you through the process. We feel incredibly lucky to have found Mariangela. Not just do we trust her implicitly, but we also respect, admire and get on brilliantly with her which means that we always felt we were discussing our important plans with an old friend rather than a stranger. Her guidance resulted in a day that we will both remember for the rest of our lives.”

“Getting married abroad obviously worried us as we live in the UK and could not be in Sicily to plan every detail, but from the minute we met Mariangela, or Mari-ANGEL as we call her, our minds were set at ease. Not only is she calm and relaxed, she is extremely efficient and nothing is ever too much! Every detail of our wedding was perfect, from our beautiful flowers, to the stunning table settings.
To say our wedding was a magical fairytale is an understatement , and that is Largely to the Fabulous Mari-ANGEL! We are still pinching ourselves now as it all seems like an amazing dream.
If you choose Mariangela to do your wedding I can promise you this, it will be a day to cherish forever…”   Lots of love

Photo Credit: Marco Ficili (https://www.marcoficili.it/)

“People tell you that your wedding will be the best day of your life, which of course you expect, but it was on another level! None of this would have been possible without the amazing, professional but personal care and attention from Mariangela. From the very start she made us feel safe but excited in her hands, we were able to adapt any part of the day to exactly how we wanted it – from the magical setting brimming with elegant flowers to the harmonious sound of the string quartet to the bespoke but authentic food and wine – nothing was ever a problem. Mariangela’s years of experience in organising events and primarily weddings certainly shone through – her calm and collected manner made all the decision making fun and exciting as opposed to stressful or arduous, she kept us at ease throughout everything, especially on the day. We can’t thank her enough!”

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”Mariangela’s event management process has extraordinary precision with impeccable timing and the service that is so effortless that you don’t notice it. Everything was perfectly orchestrated and handled with utmost professionalism and calm with the sole goal of creating an unforgettable experience.

Mariangela Spinella is an exceptional event planner. I was fortunate to work with her on my wedding in September of 2012. Having worked with many event planners in the past, I can confidently attest that Mariangela is truly in a league of her own. The level of detail and stress that goes into planning an overseas wedding is extremely overwhelming. And, we had to change the venue last minute, which gave us only 2 months to plan. Mariangela truly saved the day to deliver the most magical party. She has vast experience in event planning in Taormina and works with the best vendors. She is very calm and tends to your every request with such professionalism and patience of a saint. And, this is someone who has several weddings per week during the busy season. Mariangela executed my wedding after only one face-to-face meeting and few emails. Her suggestion to have an imperial-style table for a party of 70 people was brilliant. The wedding turned out to be a singular most glamorous and effortless affair. Our guests travelled from all over the world and many proclaimed that they have never been to a more spectacular wedding.”

“Back in September 2014 myself and my now wife got married in Taormina, Sicily. We had always wanted to get married abroad and decided to travel out to Sicily in the April to look at potential venues. Having a few ideas in mind we looked at options we had researched prior to arriving in Taormina. There were a few good options but we were finding difficult to get the day we wanted as we found several places had many rules on when you would use the venue and how our wedding day would work. We were getting a little disappointed until we happened upon Hotel Timeo. The venue was fantastic but what really impressed me was on my first time of visiting the venue we were able to meet with Mariangela (the events coordinator) and nothing seemed too much trouble.

We had an initial meeting and everything we wanted was possible and Mariangela made us feel like our wedding was so important to her and she could sort any small details we wanted. This was fantastic for us as living in England and trying to organise our special day abroad did worry us a bit. However after our first meeting in April we decided to go ahead and book the Timeo. We then revisited Taormina that summer to sort all the fine details out. Again Mariangela spent hours with us making sure all aspects of our day were planned down to the smallest detail. We couldn’t have been happier with how the meeting went and knew our day was going to be perfect!

Finally when our wedding day came in September, the whole day was exactly how we wanted it and we had no issues at all. I put this down to how Mariangela ran our day. She took a hands on role and was there to sort anything if needed. Any requests we made on that day were carried out to a top standard and our day ran like clockwork. We certainly felt that our day was 100% what we had planned and thank Mariangela so much for this.”