A curated selection of wedding venues chosen for their standard, setting and service. It is an editorial selection, not an official rating, and no venue pays to be in it.
A venue is included when an editor has reviewed it against the selection criteria, it hosts weddings, it is listed with its consent and its record is complete. Selection is never bought and never depends on membership.
This page lists the wedding venues in Italy that sit in the Luxury collection. There are 24 venues in it today. The selection is editorial: an editor has reviewed each venue, it hosts weddings, it is listed with its own consent and its record is complete. Nobody pays to be here, and neither membership nor payment decides who is included. Each venue keeps a single profile and a single address, and may also appear in the general list of wedding venues in Italy.
The regions with the most venues in this collection are Tuscany (11), Rome (4), Puglia (3), Amalfi Coast (2), Umbria (1). The kinds of venue are Villa (8), Hotel (5), Resort (3), Relais (2), Heritage hotel (1). Villas make up the largest group, so the ceremony, dinner and party can happen on one private property. Hotels and resorts are the second group, and they suit couples who want rooms for guests on the same site.
24 of the 24 venues publish a seated dinner capacity. It runs from 25 guests to 350, with a middle figure of 130. Capacity needs care, because the room or terrace used for the dinner can hold fewer guests than the property as a whole. The profile gives the figures the venue has provided, and where the ceremony figure differs from the dinner figure it says so. 21 venues list rooms or suites on site and 19 offer exclusive use in full or in part.
10 of the 24 venues publish a starting price. Where one is shown, the profile says what it is quoted against, for example venue hire or a price per guest, and the figures are in euros as the venue gave them. The prices are not comparable with one another because venues include different things. Where no price is published, none is estimated. The enquiry is the way to ask.
An Italian wedding has steps that a wedding at home does not: the civil or religious ceremony, the paperwork for foreign couples, and the choice of season. The Italy destination guide and the Atlas explain these from their sources, and each region page compares the areas side by side. Many couples work with a planner who knows the region. The luxury wedding planners page for Italy lists the luxury planners, and its members are chosen in the same editorial way.
Before an Italian venue appears here, an editor checks that its record is complete, that it has at least ten photographs and a written introduction, and that it publishes a seated dinner capacity. These are minimum standards, not a ranking. The cards follow the recommended order, with venues that have a checked starting price and reviews first and then by name, and no venue pays to rank higher. Editors review the list and can add or remove a venue whenever the facts change.
Filter by region, by type, by setting and by guests. Add venues to your shortlist, then use Check your date on a profile to send an enquiry. Your enquiry is passed on. A reply cannot be promised, and no time can be given for it. Reviews are shown only where a real, checked review exists, and 33 exist across these venues.
The full list of wedding venues in Italy, the Italy destination guide, the Atlas and the 5 Star Edit are linked below, along with the editorial lists on the blog.
Showing 1–24 of 24
Recommended puts venues with a checked starting price and reviews first. No venue pays to rank higher.
Vietri sul Mare, Amalfi Coast, Italy
Up to 90 guests · 9 rooms
An 18th-century palazzo above the sea at Vietri sul Mare, where intimate weddings move between frescoed salons, lemon-scented terraces and gardens over the Amalfi Coast.
Tuscany, Italy
Up to 300 guests · 11 rooms
A private Tuscan hamlet built around a 17th-century villa, with a consecrated chapel, an Italian garden, a pool and eleven apartments for the wedding party.
Vietri sul Mare, Amalfi Coast, Italy
Up to 300 guests · 77 rooms
A five-star hotel in the hamlet of Raito above Vietri sul Mare, with sea-view terraces, Vietri ceramics indoors and banquets for up to 300 guests.
Fasano, Puglia, Italy
Up to 300 guests · 14 rooms
A whitewashed Puglian farmhouse in the countryside near Fasano, where a pool, courtyards and olive grove give weddings a relaxed, house-party feel.
Rome coast, Rome, Italy
Up to 200 guests · 21 rooms
A five-star villa on the Tyrrhenian coast near Rome, standing over excavated Roman ruins, with J. Paul Getty's former private museum open to guests.
Siena, Tuscany, Italy
Up to 120 guests
Villa di Catignano is a 17th-century villa among the vineyards of Chianti Classico, 8 km from Siena, with an Italian garden, a private chapel, a pool and apartments for a whole wedding party.
Assisi, Umbria, Italy
Up to 200 guests · 12 rooms
A countryside borgo in Assisi where vows are exchanged in working gardens, with the Basilica di San Francesco as backdrop and mixology after dark.
Tuscany, Italy
Up to 120 guests
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.
Tuscany, Italy
Up to 200 guests · 68 rooms
Castel Monastero is a walled medieval village in the Chianti hills near Siena, with a Michelin-starred restaurant, a spa and a piazza for ceremonies and dinners.
Siena, Tuscany, Italy
Up to 150 guests · 39 rooms
A medieval castle estate in the Tuscan hills, now a Belmond hotel, where weddings move between lawns, terraces, a chapel and an amphitheatre.
Rome, Italy
Up to 150 guests · 94 rooms
Donna Camilla Savelli Hotel occupies a convent designed by Francesco Borromini in 1642 in Trastevere, with a refectory for ceremonies and banquets, a rooftop terrace, a walled garden and 94 rooms and suites.
Puglia, Italy
Up to 400 guests · 250 rooms
Gattarella Puglia Resort stands on a pine-covered hillside above its own beach on the Gulf of Vieste, with beach ceremonies, two sea-view halls, 250 villas and suites and room for up to 400 guests.
Rome, Italy
Up to 180 guests · 87 rooms
Hassler Roma is a five-star hotel beside the Trinità dei Monti Church at the top of the Spanish Steps, with terraces and salons for weddings.
Tuscany, Italy
Up to 350 guests · 24 rooms
Hotel Villa Il Patriarca is a historic villa and four-star hotel near Chiusi in southern Tuscany, with a Michelin-starred restaurant, a cypress and pine park, an infinity pool and 24 rooms and suites.
Tuscany, Italy
Up to 50 guests · 20 rooms
Palazzetto Rosso is a boutique design hotel inside a medieval red-brick tower in central Siena, with vaulted halls, a wine cantina, a rooftop terrace and around twenty rooms and suites.
San Vito Lo Capo, Sicily, Italy
Up to 150 guests · 8 rooms
A small Sicilian estate on the north-western coast beneath a sixteenth-century pirate-watch tower, taken exclusively for slow, multi-day weddings above the Tyrrhenian Sea.
Siena, Tuscany, Italy
Up to 60 guests · 8 rooms
A Tuscan residence in the hills of Siena at Monteriggioni, arranged as an exclusive location for weddings and special events built around intimacy.
Tuscany, Italy
Up to 80 guests · 24 rooms
Relais Santa Croce is a Baglioni palazzo on Via Ghibellina in Florence, with the frescoed Sala della Musica for up to 150 guests, a restaurant for private dinners and about 24 rooms and suites.
Tuscany, Italy
Up to 250 guests · 45 rooms
Il Salviatino is a fifteenth-century villa and five-star boutique hotel on the Fiesole hills above Florence, with a panoramic Terrazza for up to 250 guests, a spa and 45 rooms and suites.
Puglia, Italy
Up to 200 guests · 21 rooms
Torre del Parco is a tower in Lecce dating from 1419, hosting one wedding a day for up to 200 guests, with ceremonies in the moat and dinner in the Great Hall.
Lake Como, Italy
Up to 35 guests · 6 rooms
A private villa in the hills above Lake Como, designed by Arturo Montanelli and hung with art by Velasco Vitali, taken whole for intimate weddings.
Rome, Italy
Up to 180 guests · 316 rooms
The Westin Excelsior Rome is a belle-epoque hotel on Via Veneto, open since 1906, with six named salons for symbolic ceremonies and receptions and 316 rooms and suites.
Lombardy, Italy
Up to 450 guests
The Westin Palace Milan is a neoclassical city hotel on Piazza della Repubblica with ballrooms, two terraces and capacity for up to 450 guests.
The type of venue shapes the whole wedding: who else is there, where guests sleep, and how the day moves from ceremony to dinner. Italy venues include 8 villas (exclusive use at 7, rooms for guests at 8); 5 hotels (exclusive use at 3, rooms for guests at 4); 3 resorts (exclusive use at 3, rooms for guests at 3). With exclusive use the property is yours; elsewhere, ask which rooms and gardens are private on the day.
See the villas10 of our 24 venues publish a starting price, quoted in different ways: 5 as venue hire, 4 without a stated basis, 1 by the night. Compare what each price includes: exclusive use, minimum stays, catering and accommodation. The lowest published venue hire is €1,500.
See prices, lowest firstEach region makes a different wedding. Tuscany (11 venues) for countryside estates and long wedding weekends; Rome (4 venues) for palazzi and grand hotels; Puglia (3 venues) for masserie and whitewashed towns. 8 regions in all hold venues.
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