As soon as Alpha and Alpha laid their eyes on Villa Dei D’Armiento, they knew it was the perfect location for their formal yet tropical Mediterranean villa wedding! The couple let the venue’s natural greenery shine with a classic white and navy color palette, and added tropical pops of orange and coral in their floral design. From the couple’s boat trip to Capri with all of their guests to their first dance under the stars, we love how photographer Thanasis Kaiafas captured every moment of this couple’s wedding weekend.
The Couple:
Alpha and Alpha
The Wedding:
Villa Dei D’Armiento, Sorrento, Italy

We live in Ethiopia now, and our families and friends are in America, Ethiopia, and all over the world. We wanted to celebrate over multiple days so we decided to have a destination wedding.
We worked with our planner, Erin Lindeman, to find the right location in the Mediterranean. We wanted a location near but not on the water. When she showed us Villa Dei D’Armiento we fell in love with it immediately. Over the following year with many phone calls with Erin and many Pinterest boards we were able to remotely plan the perfect weekend for our guests- kicking off with a pizza dinner on Thursday, boat trip to Capri on Friday, rehearsal dinner on the water Friday night, and the wedding day then Sunday brunch.

Venue was chosen as we wanted a location between Ethiopia (where we now live) and America (where our family lives). We were interes...