George & Manos
Monday 6 September 2027
Lentas · Crete · Greece
You are invited to the celebration of
Monday 6 September 2027
Lentas · Crete · Greece
It's not the formal RSVP and it takes under a minute. Rooms in Lentas are limited, so please tell us by 31 October 2026 and we can plan around you.
Thank you — that helps more than you know. We have your answer.
Save the date! We're finally making it official, and we want all our loved ones in one place to celebrate. We're going to have a fabulous party in Lentas, on the south coast of Crete, on Monday 6 September 2027.
Formal invitations and the RSVP will follow in January, but you don't need to wait for anything. Everything you need to start planning is on this page. If you already know you're coming, we strongly encourage you to let us know here and start planning.
We know that joining us means a real journey — flights, ferries, time off work — and we're so grateful you're considering it. This page holds everything you need to plan the trip: the week's schedule, how to get to Crete, where to stay, and what we've taken care of for you.
If anything is unclear, write to us any time at hello@georgeandmanos.com. We'd much rather answer a hundred questions than have anyone stressing.
Legend says an African queen who loved this shore turned her animals to stone to guard it forever. The lion became the headland that gives Lentas its name — and we'll be celebrating under his gaze.
Lentas itself is a small, picturesque, unspoilt village with a laid-back, bohemian feel — think sandals and linen.
Casual. Come as you are, meet everyone before the big day. The drinks are on us; dinner is your own — it's a taverna, so order whatever you fancy.
Timed for the light: the ceremony ends as the sun goes down over the Libyan Sea, and the photographs happen in the glow. Please be seated by 6:20 — the sun won't wait. The venue is a short walk from the village — stroll down, stroll home.
Optional and unhurried — drop in whenever you surface. Brunch is on us for everyone who stays on.
Heraklion is your gateway, by air or by sea — Lentas sits about 75 km south, roughly an hour and twenty minutes' drive through the Asterousia mountains. Chania (CHQ) is technically an option but adds three hours of driving; don't.
Hiring a car is the way — Lentas is a beautifully remote fishing village, and it's a nice drive down via Agioi Deka. Book ahead; UK licences are accepted.
Prefer not to drive? Once you're in Lentas, everything is on foot. Taxis to and from Lentas can be arranged, but it's remote enough that they're more faff than they're usually worth; if you're not hiring a car, try to team up with someone who is — and if you can't find anyone, tell us and we'll do our best to help.
Landing on the Saturday? If enough of you land around the same time, whether on the easyJet flight from Edinburgh or from somewhere else, we plan to hire a minibus — on us — to take you straight to your accommodation in Lentas. Tell us your flight times and we'll see who can share. We may also be able to help arrange the trip back to the airport if people are leaving together — just let us know.
We'll be in Lentas the full week, and it's a wonderful base for doing very little: swimming, long lunches, and the odd drive out to Matala, Agiofarago or one of the wilder beaches. And when the sun goes down there's plenty on for the night owls too — late drinks, live music and dancing.
Stay as long as suits you — we'll seed a few loose day trips and leave the rest gloriously unplanned.
Please don't let cost quietly keep you away. If travelling is a stretch, talk to us — we mean it.
Lentas is laid-back and a little bohemian — the kind of village where nobody hurries and the day is measured in swims. Don't come expecting five-star hotels: this is rooms-to-let country, simple and family-run, with a charmingly old-school, slightly frozen-in-time feel. Think sea breeze and simple comforts rather than spa robes and room service.
€50–60 / room / night
A short but steep walk from the venue — under five minutes — and the simplest option: we're holding all the rooms here. In the spirit of honesty, it's simple rather than fancy — clean and friendly, but basic rather than plush. Tell us you'd like a room and we'll hold it — we'll sort out exact nights when the invitations go out, and you settle up with us.
Ask us
The venue's own rooms are taken by family and the wedding party over the wedding itself. Some free up on Tuesday 7 September and more on Wednesday — they're limited, but worth a stay if you fancy a few nights right on the water. Ask us.
From €40 / night
The village has plenty of family-run studios and rooms, most within a short walk of the venue. We haven't stayed in any of them ourselves, and they're all rustic — don't expect five-star hotels anywhere around here:
Find all three petrified guardians: the lion headland above the village, the elephant rock on the coastal path east, and the crocodile of Cape Trachoulas beyond. Below the lion lie the ruins of ancient Lebena and its healing sanctuary of Asclepius.
The famous bay where the hippies lived in the caves in the sixties — under an hour away.
Agiofarago, Trachoulas, Komos and Diskos (Ditikos) — most of them remote, and several of them naturist-friendly ;)
The archaeological museum and the palace of the Minotaur's labyrinth — a good day out, or a stop on the way home.
Crete is criss-crossed with walking paths, from easy coastal strolls to proper mountain and gorge hikes. The path east towards Tripiti starts right from the village.
We've stuck to what's within easy reach of Lentas. The rest of the island — Chania, Rethymno, the Samaria Gorge, the far east — is well worth it, but more than a day trip.
Read it all? If you haven't told us yet whether you're likely to come, it takes less than a minute.
You are crossing seas and taking time off to be with us — that is the gift, and we don't expect anything more. Please, no boxes on the plane.
If you'd nonetheless like to mark the day, a small contribution towards our honeymoon would be very kindly received — but we mean it when we say it's entirely optional.
If a transfer isn't possible, there's PayPal — though it takes a percentage, so a transfer gets more of your gift to us.
Summer fabulous. Linen, colour, a good hat, the shirt you've been saving — dress like the photographs will be looked at for fifty years, but stay cool enough to dance at midnight. The ceremony is outdoors on stone above the Libyan Sea, so choose footwear accordingly. Kilts enthusiastically welcomed; you will probably not be the only one.
Because the venue is ours for the whole week, and a Monday wedding lets you fly in on the Saturday, settle for a day, and still have the rest of the week ahead of you rather than behind you. Take the Monday and Tuesday off; you'll thank us.
Early September days reach 26–29 °C with strong sun; evenings settle to a lovely 21–23 °C. The ceremony runs in the evening for exactly this reason. The sea is at its warmest all year — bring swimmers (or don't ;) ).
Not at all. The Monday is the heart of it; Sunday and Tuesday are there so that a long journey buys more than one evening together.
Your invitation names everyone in your party. If your circumstances have changed, just write to us — we'll do our best.
It's an adults' evening at heart — a late ceremony, a long dinner and a very late party. Children aren't banned: if yours truly can't be left, they're welcome and we'll make sure they're fed and looked after. But if you can arrange for them to stay home, we'd gently encourage it — and you'll enjoy the raki more.
Completely. English is spoken everywhere tourists go in Crete, menus are bilingual, and half the wedding party will happily translate the other half's speeches.
Things happen, especially with international travel. Tell us as soon as you know and we'll adjust — no guilt, ever. Travel insurance is strongly recommended when you book.
A few of you have kindly asked whether we have a wedding list. We don't, and we mean it when we say that having you there is the point of the whole thing. Getting to Crete for many of you will be no small undertaking, and the flights and the time away are already far more than we would ask of anyone.
If you would still like to give something, we'll suggest a way when the invitations go out and RSVPs open next year. There is no need to think about it before then, and no expectation either way.
If you would rather sort something sooner, or have an idea you'd like to talk through, just email us at hello@georgeandmanos.com. We're always glad to hear from you.
We'll have someone coordinating on the day, and their name and number will be here with the invitations. Please don't call the grooms — they'll be busy panicking about cufflinks.