Tuscany wedding venues

Most Tuscan venues quote on request, because the price depends on the season, the day and how many guests stay. Where prices are published they cover different things: Relais La Costa publishes exclusive use of its eight suites from €2,800 a night in low season midweek, plus a €2,500 wedding fee; Castello di Casole publishes the hire of its spaces from €700 to €4,000, with food, drink and rooms quoted separately.

The season runs from April to October. Spring is mild and green, July and August are the hottest months, and September and October bring the grape harvest and softer light.

Florence (FLR) for the city and Chianti, Pisa (PSA) for Lucca, Pisa and the coast. Each venue page shows its own distances.

Only where the local comune has approved the venue for civil ceremonies. Otherwise couples marry at the town hall and hold a symbolic ceremony at the villa.

At most Tuscan venues, yes: every venue listed here has rooms, from a handful of suites to estates that sleep over a hundred. Each venue page shows how many it sleeps where the venue has told us.

Ask each venue for its plan B before you book. Villa Il Cerretino's indoor rooms take up to 180 guests, I Granai at Valle di Badia seats 200, and Relais La Costa's Salone delle Feste is its plan B, at no extra charge, for up to 60.

It is not required. Hotels usually have an events team; for a private villa or a wedding over several days, most couples marrying from abroad work with a planner.