A Destination Made for “I Do”

Ceremonies here take place on a private peninsula framed by Bambou Mountain and the shimmering Indian Ocean, the perfect natural backdrop for a barefoot aisle or a beautifully styled altar of florals and lanterns. The resort offers a selection of spaces, from open-air pavilions and lawns to intimate beach settings, giving you the freedom to create a celebration as intimate or as spectacular as you wish.

Wedding Day Experience

Begin the day with a morning of pampering at the overwater spa — think couple’s massages with the lagoon beneath you and champagne waiting in the relaxation area. The bridal party can get ready in the breezy Beach Villas, while the groomsmen enjoy a last swim before suiting up.

Your entrance feels cinematic as musicians play softly and guests turn toward the ocean. After the ceremony, a luxury speedboat whisks you to a private island for champagne cocktails before returning for a floating platform dinner, candlelight glinting on the lagoon as musicians play from a nearby pirogue. End the night with fireworks illuminating the starry sky.

Reception & Style

Receptions can be hosted outdoors on the resort’s lawns, in an open-sided pavilion, or even on a floating deck over the water. Styling here is effortless — long tables with soft linens, hurricane candles, and florals that pick up the colours of the island. Dancing under the stars is a must, with live music or a DJ setting the mood as guests kick off their shoes for a barefoot finale.

Villas & Guest Experience

Stay in a Beach Villa with its own plunge pool and direct access to the sand. Each villa has a private garden and outdoor shower, and a personal butler to anticipate every need. For wedding groups, a cluster of villas can be reserved together, creating a private enclave for family and friends.

Guests can enjoy golf on the Ernie Els-designed course, sailing trips, snorkelling, spa days, and catamaran cruises during the wedding week — turning the celebration into a full island experience.

At a Glance

• Location: East coast of Mauritius, set along a private lagoon
• Venue Style: Luxury island resort, contemporary villas with tropical design
• Ceremony Options: Private peninsula, beach, lawns, floating platform
• Number of Guests: Up to 150 for ceremony and reception
• Exclusivity: Semi-exclusive with buyout options for larger groups
• Accommodation: Beach Villas and Residences, each with private pool and butler
• Dining: Bespoke wedding menus, beach barbecues, floating platform dinners
• Pricing: From €19,000 for a full wedding package (7 nights in a Beach Villa, ceremony, dinner, and curated extras)
• Best Season: May to December for dry, warm weather and calm seas
• Standout Feature: Arrival by helicopter, private island cocktails, and floating platform dinner

Contact the 5 Star Wedding Travel Team
For availability, pricing, and to start planning your wedding week at Four Seasons Resort Mauritius at Anahita, contact the 5 Star Wedding Travel Team for tailored advice and personal assistance.

A Destination Made for “I Do”

This is a place where ceremonies unfold on a private peninsula with the Bambou Mountain as your backdrop and the Indian Ocean stretching to the horizon. The setting is at once serene and cinematic, perfect for a barefoot aisle or a beautifully dressed altar of florals, candles, and island greenery.

Your Wedding Day

Begin with a morning of pampering at the overwater spa — massages timed to the sound of the lagoon, champagne chilled and waiting. The bridal party can get ready in breezy villas, while groomsmen enjoy a final swim before suiting up.

As guests gather, soft music plays, perhaps a violin and guitar duo, before you make your entrance to the peninsula. The ceremony itself is pure theatre: sea breeze, golden light, and that unforgettable moment when you turn to face each other with the waves at your back.

Afterwards, board a sleek speedboat and slip away to a private island for cocktails. Toast the moment with champagne before returning for dinner — not in a ballroom, but on a floating platform over the water, candlelight glinting on the lagoon.

Celebration Under the Stars

Dine on modern Mauritian cuisine — think freshly caught lobster, tropical fruit, and island herbs — then celebrate with a fireworks display illuminating the night sky. Dance barefoot on the beach or host a late-night party around your villa’s pool.

The Villas

Stay in a Beach Villa with a private plunge pool and direct beach access. Your personal butler will arrange every detail — from petal-strewn baths to sunset champagne on your terrace — leaving you free to enjoy each other.

Perfect for a Wedding Week

Spend the days around the wedding exploring Anahita’s championship golf course, sailing catamarans along the coast, or indulging in golden-hour couples’ massages. This is a wedding that feels like a holiday, where every moment — from arrival by helicopter to the final morning swim — is part of the celebration.

At a Glance

• Location: East coast of Mauritius, set along a private lagoon
• Stay: Beach Villas and Residences, each with a pool and butler service
• Ceremony Setting: Private peninsula, beach, or overwater deck
• Dining: Bespoke wedding menus, floating platform dinners, beach barbecues
• Experiences: Overwater spa, golf, catamaran cruises, diving and snorkelling
• Best Season: May to December for dry, warm weather and calm seas

Contact the 5 Star Wedding Travel Team
For more information or to start planning your wedding week at Four Seasons Resort Mauritius at Anahita, contact our travel team for availability, rates, and tailored advice.

The Manor is not your typical wedding venue. They offer weddings with style and personality and their  prices reflect the bespoke nature of their service.

The Manor break things down differently to your average hire package, starting with a venue charge, accommodating your guests and then adding in your bespoke catering requirements. From there you can add in anything else you want. Prices start from exclusive use day hire of the whole venue.

The Manor sleeps 24 people in some of Somerset’s most exclusive and luxurious rooms, so for an additional fee you can have your guests stay over with a luxurious checkout of 6pm on the designated departure day for a 24,48, 72 hour or week stay.

Enjoying the build up and wind down for the ultimate wedding weekend experience.

Overnight guests have exclusive access to The Manor and its grounds, including tennis court, swimming pool (summer months only) and all areas within facilities. To discuss further wedding packages please do call The Manor Somerset.

As part of the recent Diamond Jubilee tour of Wales, Town and Country was recently appointed to cater for Her Majesty, The Queen, and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.

Since opening its doors to weddings in 2011, St Donat’s Castle has grown steadily and is looking forward to welcoming 31 more weddings between May and September this summer.

Karen Davies, the College’s Commercial Manager said, ‘St Donat’s Castle is rapidly gaining a reputation as an exclusive and distinctive wedding venue. The castle and its spectacular gardens offer wonderful photo opportunities and spectacular sea views.

All wedding catering, at St Donat’s Castle, is provided by Town & Country Caterers who bring a wealth of experience and menus of the highest standard. Their knowledge and expertise ensures attention to detail and delicious food.

Karen added, ‘I am particularly pleased to be working with Town and Country Catering. They provide the total wedding package, from an intimate breakfast to a full banquet. I congratulate Stephen Banks and his team on recently being appointed to cater for Her Majesty The Queen on her visit to South Wales. It was a great honour for them, and I have no doubt they will continue to provide the same level of service here at St Donat’s Castle.’

Stephen Banks, who heads the catering department at Town and Country, said, ‘It was indeed a tremendous honour to serve Her Majesty, The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh. I am equally delighted with our association with St Donat’s Castle, which I believe to be one of the finest venues in Wales.’

• For more details, visit  St Donat’s Castle
• Have you got married in a castle? If so, we would love to hear from you.

Bijou Weddings have been delivering exclusive weddings for over a decade at their privately owned estates, which include the magnificent Botleys Mansion (nr. Chertsey), Cain Manor (nr. Farnham), Notley Abbey (nr. Thame), Silchester House (nr. Reading) and the Château du Bijou (Ardèche, France). Not hotels but ‘dream homes for the day’, these historic and character-rich wedding venues are enhanced by luxurious accommodation, impeccable service and management, and 5 star+ cuisine of the highest order.

Bijou Weddings are highly regarded as innovators within the wedding industry and hence have introduced this magnificent new marquee at Silchester House for the 2012 season. The new Bijou marquee is a flexible space that adds an extra dimension to every wedding and allows all guests to celebrate inside with the refreshing atmosphere of the outdoors. It connects seamlessly with the main house and offers a unique ‘carte blanche’ environment so that décor, table configurations and evening entertainment arrangements can be bespoke and unique to each couple.

Silchester House on the Hampshire/Berkshire border is a grand, yet welcoming country manor house, which can be used exclusively for 24 hours. Dating from the 17th century and extended during the Arts & Crafts era, the house exudes English country charm. Silchester House holds a rare license for civil ceremonies outside as well as in and is available from 11am on wedding days. The gazebo situated in the gardens provides a magical setting for vows and now the stunning new marquee completes the whole outdoor wedding experience as Sam Cutmore-Scott, Bijou Director explains: “ Seating from 40 to 180, this quintessentially English marquee delivers the perfect setting for discerning couples and their guests to celebrate outdoors in total privacy. Here at Bijou, we take great pleasure in couples being allowed to let their creative ideas run free, thus ensuring all guests have the pleasure of reveling in a unique atmosphere that really conveys the Bride and Groom’s personality and style.

Whether couples-to-be choose to dance the night away here or move through and continue in the enchanting Music Room and four elegant reception rooms, Silchester House will deliver a memorable day that is genuinely unsurpassed. I’m sure all newly weds will enjoy the warm summer air surrounded by their closest acquaintances here at Silchester House before retiring to the luxurious bridal suite.”

Along with the extensive private grounds and the new marquee, Bijou’s Silchester House has 13 beautifully appointed bedrooms and every guest can enjoy exclusive use of an indoor pool, croquet lawn, spa, mini-gym and outdoor tennis court.

For more details visit Silchester House.

This March, Lough Eske Castle invites soon-to-be brides and grooms, from across the country to come and meet some of Ireland’s most prolific wedding suppliers and opinion formers at their exclusive and not to be missed, Wedding Open Day.

The open day, which will last from noon until 6pm will feature everything any impending bride could ever want to know prior to her big day, and includes presentations from a range of popular wedding brands and services including dress makers, caterers, flowers, honeymoon operators and car services. As well as all this, guests will have a unique opportunity to meet the hotel’s very own award winning wedding co-coordinator Noreen Lyons, to get some tips and advice ahead of their special day. They could even make their Princess dreams come true, and book Lough Eske Castle as their wedding destination.

The castle boasts an impressive 96 spacious bedrooms and suites, and is available for exclusive hire if needed. Other facilities include a tempting Aromatherapy Associates Spa and swimming pool, delicious a la carte cuisine at Cedars Restaurant, two bars and 600m2 of banqueting facilities. With its own private dining room ideally suited to family weddings, the Presidential Suite is the icing on this five star rural sanctuary’s cake.

Recent accolades include Noreen Lyons, the Catering Manager being crowned, ‘Best Wedding Coordinator of the Year’ (2012) with the hotel also winning ‘Best Castle Wedding Venue of the Year 2012’, ‘Best Wedding Venue of the Year’ (2010 & 2011) and ‘World’s Best Luxury Country Hotel’ (2009, 2010 & 2011).

As an award winning wedding venue in its own right, Lough Eske Castle is the perfect place to host a Wedding Open Day. Part of the prestigious Solís Hotels & Resorts, the hotel opened just five years ago in northwest Ireland after being transformed from a ruin into Donegal’s only Five Star establishment. Half a decade since the castle’s doors opened, it is widely recognised as Ireland’s quintessential fairytale wedding venue.

For more details visit Lough Estke Castle