Lucchese villa with a consecrated chapel and 50 acres of olive groves at Vorno, above Lucca, Tuscany
Villa Michaela is a historic villa at Vorno, above Lucca, with a consecrated chapel, 18 bedrooms sleeping about 37, a pool and 50 acres of olive groves, available for exclusive use over three nights.
Villa Michaela is a historic Lucchese villa at Vorno, a small village in the hills above Lucca. It stands among 50 acres of olive groves and pine-covered slopes, with a chapel facade hung with wisteria and ivy-clad walls. The estate has a lemon garden, a grass tennis court, a pizza oven and an outdoor pool measuring 18 by 12 metres, lit from below at night.
The consecrated chapel is licensed for civil weddings and holds about 80 guests, while the gardens and olive groves take ceremonies of up to 200. Receptions can be held in the frescoed salons and dining room, or outdoors at long tables. Eighteen bedrooms across the villa and Casa Una sleep about 37 guests, decorated in the English country-house style. The estate is let for exclusive use over a minimum of three nights, and a party room is licensed to 3am. Pisa airport is about 25 minutes away by road.
Villa Michaela
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Villa Michaela stands at Vorno, a small village in the hills above Lucca, surrounded by 50 acres of olive groves and pine-covered slopes. The chapel facade is hung with wisteria and the walls are ivy-clad, and the house has received wedding parties for decades.
The consecrated chapel is licensed for civil weddings and seats about 80. Larger or open-air ceremonies move to the gardens and olive groves, which take up to 200. Afterwards the party can gather in the frescoed salons, under chandeliers in the lemon garden, or in a marquee over the pool.
The whole estate is reserved for exclusive use over a minimum of three nights, with 18 bedrooms across the villa and Casa Una. The pool, tennis court, pizza oven and a party room licensed to 3am keep the celebration going once the vows are made.
A wisteria-draped chapel on the estate, licensed for civil weddings, set for about 80 guests.
The ChapelFifty acres of olive groves and pine-clad hills, taken entirely for the wedding, for a 3-night minimum.
The Estate
The villa sleeps about 37 guests across 18 bedrooms and Casa Una, keeping the whole party together.
StayAn 18-metre pool, tennis court and pizza oven, within the walls of the estate.
The Grounds
Bedrooms in the main villa with antique furnishings, oil paintings and rooms of individual character, some with beamed ceilings and views over the olive groves.
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Grand first-floor salons with crystal chandeliers, antique furniture, oil paintings and views over the estate.
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Classic bedrooms with antique headboards, floral fabrics and the quiet of the Tuscan hills outside the window.
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Sitting rooms and suites with antique armchairs, floral curtains and the kind of accumulated comfort that comes from decades of family ownership.
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The whole estate, with a minimum stay of three nights.
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Villa Michaela stands in Vorno, a small village in the hills above Lucca, in western Tuscany. Pisa airport is 25 minutes away, Florence an hour. Lucca itself, with its intact Renaissance walls, is 15 minutes down the road, and the coast is within easy reach.
Via di Valle 8, Vorno, 55012 Lucca, Tuscany, Italy
From about £19,500 for three nights of exclusive use, including accommodation for about 37 guests, an indicative figure.
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Yes. The consecrated chapel on the estate is licensed for civil weddings and holds about 80 guests.
About 80 in the chapel. The gardens and grounds take up to 200 for an outdoor reception, with seated dining for up to 120.
Yes. The estate can be reserved for exclusive use, with a minimum stay of three nights.
The main villa and Casa Una together have 18 bedrooms, sleeping about 37 guests.
Pisa airport is about 25 minutes away by road and Florence about an hour.
Yes. The outdoor pool measures 18 by 12 metres and has underwater lighting, which suits an evening party.
There is a grass tennis court, a pizza oven, a snooker table, table tennis and a soundproof party room licensed to 3am.
They follow the English country-house tradition, with antique furnishings, oil paintings and floral fabrics, from grand first-floor salons to quieter cottage rooms.
The estate works with external caterers and keeps a list of trusted suppliers.
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