Medieval hamlet taken for exclusive use, with a private chapel, in the Val di Merse near Siena, Tuscany
Borgo di Recenza is a restored medieval hamlet in the wooded Val di Merse, about twenty kilometres from Siena, let to one wedding at a time with a private chapel, gardens, a pool and bedrooms for the wedding party.
Borgo di Recenza is a medieval Tuscan hamlet in the Val di Merse, a wooded valley about twenty kilometres south-west of Siena. Villa Padronale, a honey-coloured stone house, stands with a historic guesthouse around gravel courtyards, and the grounds hold a private chapel, formal gardens, a vine pergola, a swimming pool and broad lawns that look down the valley. Olive groves and cypresses surround the buildings.
A wedding takes the whole hamlet, one celebration at a time. Ceremonies of about sixty guests fit in the chapel, and up to about eighty in the gardens or on the lawns. Blessings and symbolic vows are held on site, while the legal civil ceremony takes place at the comune near Siena. Dinner is served in the courtyard beneath the ivy-covered front of the villa, seating up to about 100 guests, with menus created with your own caterer. Bedrooms across the villa and the guesthouse sleep up to about 35 guests. Florence and Pisa airports are each about an hour and a quarter away by road.
Borgo di Recenza
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Borgo di Recenza is an old Tuscan hamlet in the Val di Merse, set among woods and olive groves about twenty kilometres south-west of Siena. Honey-coloured stone buildings cluster round gravel courtyards, and the whole of it is reserved for one wedding at a time, so the couple and their guests have the place entirely to themselves.
Ceremonies can be held in the private chapel, among the formal gardens or on the lawns that fall away towards the valley, with cypresses and hills as the backdrop. The legal civil ceremony is held at the comune near Siena, while blessings and symbolic vows take place on site.
The celebration gathers in the gravel courtyard beneath the ivy-covered front of the Villa Padronale and its broad stone staircase. Long tables are lit by candles after dark, and round banquets are dressed with meadow flowers and Tuscan linens. Menus are built with your chosen caterer from seasonal produce and local wines.
Bedrooms in the Villa Padronale and the historic guesthouse sleep up to about thirty-five of the wedding party. Beamed and vaulted rooms look over the courtyards and the valley, so everyone stays together in the heart of the hamlet.
A Tuscan borgo of honey stone and ivy in the Val di Merse, twenty minutes from Siena.
The EstateA private oratory chapel for ceremonies and ivy-clad courtyards for the feast.
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Long tables, candlelight and Tuscan flowers in the courtyards of the borgo.
DiningEstate houses across the borgo, sleeping up to around thirty-five guests.
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The ivy-clad manor house at the centre of the borgo, with its stone double staircase, principal bedrooms and salons opening to the courtyards.
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Restored stone houses across the borgo, with terracotta floors, beamed ceilings and Tuscan furnishings, for the wider wedding party.
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Walled gardens, a vineyard and panoramic lawns surrounding the houses, set among the woods of the Val di Merse.
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The full hamlet of stone houses gathered on the hillside, taken for exclusive use by the wedding party.
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The whole hamlet, including the Villa Padronale, the guesthouse, the chapel and the gardens, reserved for one wedding at a time.
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Borgo di Recenza stands among the wooded hills of the Val di Merse, southwest of Siena, in the heart of Tuscany. Siena and its medieval piazze are about twenty minutes away, with Florence around an hour and a quarter, and the vineyards, abbeys and hill towns of the Crete Senesi and Chianti all within easy reach.
Val di Merse, 53010 Siena, Tuscany, Italy
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Banquets seat up to about 100 guests, or 120 standing. The private chapel holds about 60 for a ceremony, and the gardens and lawns up to about 80.
In the private chapel, in the gardens or on the lawns above the Val di Merse. Blessings and symbolic ceremonies happen on site, while the legal civil ceremony is held at the comune near Siena.
Yes. The hamlet, the Villa Padronale, the guesthouse, the chapel and the gardens are kept for a single wedding at a time.
Bedrooms in the Villa Padronale and the historic guesthouse sleep up to about 35 members of the wedding party.
Hire including accommodation and full use of the estate starts from about €10,000 in low season and rises to €18,000 and above for high-season weekends. Final figures are agreed with the team.
No. Couples choose their own caterer and shape a Tuscan menu with them, served in the courtyard and on the lawns.
It stands about 20 km south-west of Siena. Florence and Pisa airports are each roughly an hour and a quarter away.
A hamlet of honey-coloured stone and brick among olive groves and wooded hills, with formal gardens, a vine pergola, a pool and wide lawns that look down the valley.
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