Ibiza, Spain

Serafina Weddings

Creating visionary weddings is Serafina Sharovatova’s superpower – the Ibiza wedding planner and event designer behind Serafina Weddings.

Extravagant island weddings, special events that extend across multiple days and all the intricate concierge details that are required to bring guests together from across the globe to make them happen – there’s no event planning challenge that Ibiza wedding planner Serafina Sharovatova of Serafina Weddings doesn’t have a solution for. A puzzle solving maestro who’s cool under pressure and has a sixth sense for intuitively understanding her clients’ unique desires, she specialises in three to five-day, large-scale events and high-end weddings that give couples and their guests a 360-degree experience of the island.

Born in St Petersburg, with an impressive international event-planning portfolio that encompasses Saint-Tropez, Tuscany and many more glamorous destinations, Serafina decided to call Ibiza home in 2018. After launching Serafina Weddings, she has become one of the most in-demand event planners in the business, with clients ranging from A-listers, a Grammy Award-nominated singer and a well-known New York entrepreneur to fashion industry experts, extended Indian families and high-net worth couples seeking only the very best for their big day.

Every Serafina Weddings event begins by meeting her clients to discuss their wants, needs and personal style, then Serafina channels their vision to create the perfect Ibiza wedding. For Serafina, authenticity is key to creating an unforgettable event, with pinpoint focus on excellent food, high quality service and engaging, fun and creative personal details that transcend the average event. Taking inspiration from her global travels, art, fashion, design and culture, the Ibiza wedding planner has the innate ability to tap into her couples’ vision and expertly bring it to life.

Putting an emphasis on how her couples want to feel on their big day, Serafina understands that for many international clients, their Ibiza wedding may be one of the very rare occasions when everyone they care about is in the same place. What’s important is being able to spend quality time enjoying the island with loved ones – not just hosting one event or rushing from ceremony to photos to dinner – which is why Serafina Weddings creates multi-day itineraries that flow seamlessly from one event to the next. From pre-wedding lunches, boat days, spiritual experiences, cooking classes, you name it, Serafina can make it happen.

With a firmly international mindset (she speaks five languages: Russian, Spanish, English, French and Italian), Serafina doesn’t limit herself to island-based suppliers, although her covetable little black book of Ibiza contacts connects her with the best of the best. To match the right vendors with the right clients, she extends her Ibiza wedding planning searches far beyond the white isle – whether a photographer from Chile, videographer from the Czech Republic, a DJ from Paris or a priest from New York. Additionally, Serafina Weddings provides meticulous concierge services for her clients, organising everything from flights, transfers and accommodation to smaller details like spa days, beach club bookings and more.

After the ‘I dos’ have been declared and the honeymoon is over, couples tend to keep Serafina on their speed dial, enlisting her expert event planning services for future events – whether in their home country or when returning to Ibiza. After the Ibiza wedding comes anniversary celebrations, milestone birthdays, family vacations, travel with friends – and the longer she works with you, the stronger a feeling of trust develops and the more Serafina understands your individual mindset, then the more memorable your experiences will be.

Words Abby Lowe