Saint Lucia is a destination-wedding region with 5 curated venues seating up to 150 guests. Known for: Piton views, open-wall suites, hillside resorts. The best months to marry are Dec–Jun.
Saint Lucia's venues sit around Soufrière on the south-west coast, below and between the Pitons, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Anse Chastanet has its own beach; at Jade Mountain and Ladera, rooms are built with one wall open to the view.
Below: 5 curated Saint Lucia wedding venues, the best months to marry and how the ceremony works. Venue facts come from each venue's own published information.
A Relais & Châteaux property on Saint Lucia's northern Cap Estate, Cap Maison combines a clifftop perch above the Caribbean Sea with the exclusivity of only one wedding every three weeks.
Nestled between Saint Lucia's twin Pitons on over 100 acres of tropical rainforest within a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Sugar Beach is among the most dramatically positioned wedding venues in the Caribbean.
Anse Chastanet sits on a 600-acre beachside estate in Soufrière, with 49 individually designed rooms spread across the hillside and beachfront.
Every Saint Lucia venue we list, with its capacity, rooms and season.
Perched above a 600-acre beachfront estate with views of Saint Lucia's UNESCO-listed Pitons, Jade Mountain is a resort where 24 of its 29 sanctuaries have their own private infinity pool and every one has an entire wall…
Ladera Resort sits high above Soufrière on a ridge between the two Pitons, with every one of its 37 villas and suites designed around the resort's signature open-wall concept: three walls, a private plunge pool, and an…
Foreign couples can marry in Saint Lucia with no residency period and can apply for the licence as soon as they arrive. A local attorney prepares your petition to the Attorney General's Chambers, which issues all marriage licences, with passports, birth certificates, any divorce or death certificates and authenticated translations of documents not in English; lodging in under one business day costs more, and the wedding must take place within a month of the licence. Rules change, so confirm the current requirements with the office that issues your licence before you book.
The ceremony at the venue can be the legal one: a civil status officer or a minister of religion marries you between sunrise and sunset, in front of at least two adult witnesses. You receive a handwritten certificate on the day, and the official one comes from the Registry of Civil Status in Castries.
Of the 5 venues listed here, all 5 publish rooms for guests on site.
The most comfortable months for a wedding in Saint Lucia are January, February, March, April, May, June and December, with average highs of 29–31°C. July, August, September, October and November are the rainier months, with up to 18 days of rain a month, so they are left out. In May the sun sets around 18:23. Figures are long-term averages for Hewanorra International Airport.
Too few Saint Lucia venues publish a price to give a reliable range. The Wed Journey lists 5 Saint Lucia venues; send an enquiry and we pass it on to the venue for a quote.
The best months to marry in Saint Lucia are Dec–Jun, going by average temperatures and rain. Each venue page gives the venue's own wedding season where it publishes one.
Foreign couples can marry in Saint Lucia with no residency period and can apply for the licence as soon as they arrive. A local attorney prepares your petition to the Attorney General's Chambers, which issues all marriage licences, with passports, birth certificates, any divorce or death certificates and authenticated translations of documents not in English; lodging in under one business day costs more, and the wedding must take place within a month of the licence. Rules change, so confirm the current requirements with the office that issues your licence before you book.
The largest Saint Lucia venue listed here seats up to 150 guests. Each venue page gives its own seated and standing capacity where the venue publishes it.
The Wed Journey features 5 curated wedding venues in Saint Lucia. Each venue page lists its capacity, rooms and season where the venue publishes them.
Long-haul flights land at Hewanorra (UVF) near Vieux Fort in the south; inter-Caribbean flights use George F. L. Charles (SLU) in Castries.
Once a week, a single dispatch — a destination worth knowing, a few venues we would shortlist, a real wedding. No noise.
