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Gravedona, Lake Como
Palazzo Gallio
Four towers, loggias open to the lake and a camellia garden, built for a cardinal in the sixteenth century. Room for everyone you love.
Prices updated October 2026 · by Katerina
- Budget level: €90,000 to €150,000Budget level
- 70 to 300Guests
- One dayFormat
- Lake ComoLake
A Renaissance palace with four towers on the shore of the upper lake, built for a cardinal in the 1580s. Its halls, its veranda and three gardens for one evening, for seventy guests and up to three hundred.
Most villas on Lake Como are built around bedrooms. You pay for the rooms whether your guests sleep in them or not, and the dinner has to fit what is left of the garden. Palazzo Gallio works the other way round. It was built to receive people, it hosts one celebration a day, and it is one of the very few places on the lake where a big wedding does not need a big-wedding price.
At a hundred guests, a full Lake Como wedding here comes to just over €1,000 per guest, which is rare on this lake.
at a glance
At a glance
- 70guests at the least
- 100where it is at its best
- 300and not one more
- Budget level: €90,000 to €150,000budget level
- Where
- Via Regina Levante 2, Gravedona, northern shore of Lake Como
- Format
- Wedding day. The palace and gardens from 5 pm to 1 am, with an extra hour possible
- Best at
- 70 to 150 guests
- Minimum
- 70 adult guests
- Maximum
- Up to 300
- Exclusive
- One celebration a day
- Sleeping on site
- None. Guests stay in hotels on the lake
- Ceremony
- Civil on the lakeside terrace, symbolic in the garden, or Catholic in a church nearby
- Kitchen
- Class Eventi, the palace's exclusive caterer
- Music
- Outdoors until 10 pm, then inside the palace
- Accessibility
- Wheelchair access
- Rain plan
- The palace halls
the villa
The palace
In the 1580s Cardinal Tolomeo Gallio, Secretary of State to the Pope and one of the most powerful men in Rome, began a palace in his home town of Gravedona, on the northern shore of Lake Como. He gave it four corner towers, open loggias facing the water and a long central hall, and he surrounded it with a garden famous for rare plants. The camellias are still there, and every spring the town holds a camellia show in the palace.
Today Palazzo Gallio is a public palace and a national monument. It opens for exhibitions, concerts and private celebrations, and for one evening its rooms and gardens are yours alone: the Sala delle Camelie, the Sala del Camino, the Sala del Cardinale and the Sala Regina, the great hall for dancing, the veranda, and the gardens on the lake, to the north and to the south.
Getting there. Gravedona is on the quiet upper lake, further north than Bellagio and Menaggio, with wide views of the water and the mountains. Guests arrive by road or by boat along the shore, and we plan the transfers around where they are staying.
rooms
Where your guests stay
The palace has no guest rooms. Your guests stay in hotels on the upper lake or in Menaggio and the central lake towns, and we bring everyone in and take them home at the end of the night. We choose the hotels around your guests: a lakefront room for the parents, something lively for the friends, and the shortest possible drive for the grandparents.
the days
The day
The palace is yours from 5 pm. You say your vows on the terrace by the lake, or in a church nearby. Aperitivo follows on the veranda and in the garden, with prosecco, spritz and finger food passed on trays, and bistro tables under the trees. Dinner is served at long tables in the lake garden as the light goes. When outdoor music stops at 10 pm, the party moves into the great hall and carries on until 1 am.
The days around the wedding belong to the lake: a boat along the upper shore, the abbey of Piona across the water, wine from the Valtellina an hour up the valley. We plan and book all of it.
ceremony
The ceremony, and what Italy requires
Three routes, and Palazzo Gallio works with all of them.
Civil, at the palace. You can marry legally at the palace itself, on the terrace above the lake. We prepare the Nulla Osta, the translations and the apostilles, book the ceremony with the town and bring the interpreter the law requires, and we add it for €3,500 including VAT, plus the town hall fee.
Symbolic, in the garden. Just as beautiful, with no paperwork. Most couples who choose it sign at home before or after.
Catholic, in a church nearby. Allow six months for the file to go through your own parish, your diocese and the local diocese in Italy. Your guests then move on to the palace for the reception.
season
Season, weather and the rain plan
The palace works from spring to autumn. In spring the camellias are in flower, and on a summer evening the upper lake is cooler and quieter than the central towns. If it rains, the palace halls take the whole wedding inside, which is one of the advantages of a palace over a villa garden.
table and music
The table, the wine and the night
The kitchen is Class Eventi, the palace's own caterer. The menu starts with a cocktail hour of prosecco, spritz and finger food, then three courses served at the table, with Italian wines, a dessert buffet with show cooking, and coffee. It is adapted to your tastes, with vegetarian and children's menus. Tables, chairs, linen and glassware come with it, and so do bistro tables for the aperitivo.
The halls of the palace are grand and quite bare, and we treat that as a gift: the flowers and the lighting are designed for your evening rather than competing with someone else's furniture. We choose the sound with the great hall in mind, because a stone hall needs the right speakers.
Outdoor music ends at 10 pm. After that the party moves inside, and we design the evening with that move built in from the start.
budget
What your budget looks like
Budget level: €90,000 to €150,000
●●○ €98,000 to €125,000 for a full wedding day at Palazzo Gallio on a Saturday, from seventy guests to a hundred and fifty.
| Your wedding | 70 guests | 100 guests |
|---|---|---|
| Saturday at Palazzo Gallio | from €98,000 | from €108,000 |
From seventy guests to a hundred the figure moves by about ten thousand, and for a large wedding Palazzo Gallio is one of the strongest values on Lake Como.
What the number covers
- Planning, design and coordination from the first call to the last transfer, with two coordinators on the wedding day
- The palace and its gardens from 5 pm to 1 am
- Dinner with wine, two hours of open bar and the wedding cake
- Ceremony chairs and a symbolic ceremony in the garden
- Photographer, film, flowers and decor, hair and makeup, DJ and live music, lighting
- Transfers and every Italian tax and fee, stated from the start
What it does not cover
Flights, hotels, what you wear, the rings, the civil ceremony, and the extras that are genuinely optional.
Every wedding is costed individually. You get a line-by-line estimate for your date after the first call.
honest limits
What we would not do here
The right venue is the one whose limits you know before you sign. These are ours for Palazzo Gallio.
- 01
We would not suggest it for thirty guests.
The palace is booked for seventy or more, and a small wedding would feel lost in it. For smaller weddings we will show you villas that fit.
- 02
We would not choose it for a couple who want everyone sleeping under one roof.
There are no rooms, and that is the trade for a palace at this price.
- 03
We would not skimp on decor.
The halls are bare, and a palace without flowers and light looks like a museum after closing time.
- 04
We would not leave the dinner service to chance at a hundred guests.
We agree the dessert quantities and the timing of every course with the caterer in writing.
- 05
We would not keep the music outside after 10 pm.
That is the rule, and fighting it ruins the end of the evening.
our part
What we carry
The palace gives you the halls, the gardens and the kitchen. Everything that turns them into your wedding sits outside that, and it sits in Italian.
The paperwork. Nulla Osta, translations, apostilles, the civil ceremony with the town, or the church file.
The caterer. Class Eventi's menu, chosen with you, with quantities and timings written down.
The design. Flowers, lighting and sound designed for a stone palace.
The guests. Hotels on the lake, and every boat and shuttle on the night.
The money. One budget with every Italian tax and fee in it from the start, and one payment schedule.
The day itself. Two coordinators, so you and your parents are guests at your own wedding.
We take a limited number of weddings each season. That is not a sales line, it is a small team and a calendar.
How much does a wedding at Palazzo Gallio cost?
From €98,000 for seventy guests on a Saturday and from €108,000 for a hundred, including the palace, the food, every supplier, Italian taxes and our work.
Where is it?
In Gravedona, on the northern shore of Lake Como.
How many guests do we need?
At least seventy. The palace can receive up to three hundred.
Can our guests stay at the palace?
No. There are no guest rooms. Your guests stay in hotels on the lake, and we organise transfers.
Can we get legally married at Palazzo Gallio?
Yes. The civil ceremony takes place on the lakeside terrace. You can also choose a symbolic ceremony in the garden, or a Catholic wedding in a church nearby followed by the reception at the palace.
How late can the party go?
The palace is yours from 5 pm to 1 am, and an extra hour is possible. Outdoor music ends at 10 pm, then the party continues inside.
Who does the catering?
Class Eventi, the palace's caterer. The menu, wines and table settings are chosen with you.
Is it accessible?
Yes, the palace has wheelchair access.
Will we share the palace with another event?
No. It hosts one celebration a day.
Why not just book the palace ourselves?
You can. The palace gives you the halls, the gardens and the kitchen. The paperwork, the design, the hotels and transfers, the budget and the day itself are the rest of the wedding, and they happen in Italian.
first step
Let's see whether it is yours
Marina, who founded WOWITALY, answers every inquiry herself. The first video call is with Katerina, it costs nothing, and it is not a sales call.
Tell us the dates you are holding and how many people you want around you. If the answer is seventy or more, Palazzo Gallio is one of the first places we will show you.
We will check the palace's calendar for your dates and set up a call. On it you get our honest read on whether Palazzo Gallio is the right place for your wedding, real numbers for your date, and, if it is not the right one, the two or three that are.
hello@wowitaly-weddings.com · +39 334 840 2086 · We take a limited number of weddings each season.
Photo by Cristian Mangili, Jessica Mangia
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