Rome wedding cost 2027: the real numbers
Rome has a price for every kind of wedding, from a terrace above the Forum for two to a castle for a hundred. These are the floors from our own 2027 budgets, venue by venue, with everything inside them.
By Marina Gullifa, founder of WOWITALY · Prices from our own 2027 budgets, updated November 2026
The short answer
A wedding for two in Rome costs from €15,000, all-inclusive, on a terrace above the Forum or facing St Peter's. A wedding with thirty guests in the historic centre costs from €60,000, and a Catholic wedding with dinner afterwards starts at the same figure. Fifty guests start at about €68,000, a hundred at about €100,000, and a full weekend with your guests sleeping at the venue starts at €89,000 and usually lands between €100,000 and €150,000.
Every number on this page is a real floor from our own 2027 budgets. Each one includes the venue, the dinner and wine, every supplier, Italian VAT and our planning fee. Nothing is added later.
What it costs, by the kind of wedding you want
| Your wedding | Starting from |
|---|---|
| Elopement for two on a private terrace | €15,000 |
| 30 guests, one day, in the historic centre | €60,000 |
| Catholic wedding and dinner, 30 guests | €60,000 |
| 50 guests, one day | €68,000 |
| 100 guests, one day | €100,000 |
| Wedding weekend with the venue's rooms, 30 guests | €89,000 |
| A legal ceremony, added to any of these | €3,500 plus the town hall's fee |
Two things surprise most couples. The first is that a small wedding in the centre of Rome is not the expensive option: a Borromini cloister or a hidden garden for thirty costs about the same as a villa for thirty on Lake Como. The second is where the city stops working for you: in the centre, venues are made for thirty to eighty guests and the music ends early, so a big wedding with a long party moves to a villa or a castle outside the city.
Venue by venue
The same wedding costs different amounts at different venues, mostly because of what the venue includes and what it requires. Here are the floors at the places we work with in and around Rome.
| Venue | 30 guests | 50 guests | 100 guests |
|---|---|---|---|
| Donna Camilla Savelli, Trastevere, up to 80 | €60,000 | €68,000 | |
| Hotel de Russie, the garden terrace, up to 30 | €62,000 | ||
| Casale del Gallo, weekend only | €89,000 | €103,000 | €136,000 |
| Villa Grazioli, one day, Monday to Thursday | €70,000 | €76,000 | €100,000 |
| Villa Grazioli, the whole villa for a weekend | €134,000 | €145,000 | €176,000 |
| Castello della Castelluccia, Saturday | €73,000 | €81,000 | €103,000 |
| Castello della Castelluccia, three-day weekend | €94,000 | €109,000 | €139,000 |
| Palazzo Shedir, dinner for up to 40 | €76,000 | ||
| Palazzo Shedir, the whole palazzo for two nights | €106,000 | €122,000 |
An empty cell means the venue does not work for that number of guests. At Villa Grazioli, dinner for fewer than forty-five guests is served inside, in the villa's restaurant; from forty-five, it moves out to the terrace. Each venue has its own page with the details behind the number.
In the centre or outside it. Donna Camilla Savelli, Hotel de Russie and Palazzo Shedir put you inside the historic city, a walk from the churches and the Campidoglio. Villa Grazioli in the Castelli Romani, Castello della Castelluccia and Casale del Gallo in the Roman countryside are about half an hour out, with gardens, room for a hundred and a party that does not have to end at eleven.
Where the money goes
The venue is rarely the biggest line. Dinner and wine, and the suppliers together, from the flowers and the music to photography, film and transfers, make up most of every wedding, which is why the choice of team matters as much as the choice of venue.
What moves the number
One day or a weekend. The biggest single decision. A weekend adds the venue's nights, a welcome dinner and a brunch, and usually €20,000 to €45,000.
The centre or the countryside. In the centre you pay for the address and get it at its best for thirty to eighty guests. Outside the city you pay for space: a garden, a pool, rooms for your guests and a dance floor that stays open late.
The day and the month. Several venues cost less from Monday to Thursday, and Castello della Castelluccia is priced for Saturday. May, June, September and October are Rome at its best. July and August are hot, often well above thirty degrees, so shade, fans and a later start become part of the plan, and around the middle of August much of the city closes for the holiday.
A church or the town hall. A Catholic wedding adds the church's own contribution and the organist, and fits best when dinner is a walk away. A legal ceremony adds €3,500 including VAT, plus the town hall's fee, and Rome's halls marry couples only from Friday afternoon to Sunday morning.
The name. The most famous hotels cost the most for the fewest guests. A garden terrace at Hotel de Russie takes thirty guests; for a little more, a Borromini cloister in Trastevere takes fifty.
The costs nobody mentions until month five
These are the lines that surprise couples who plan alone. Every one of them is already inside our numbers, unless we say otherwise.
Getting around the centre. Rome's historic centre is a restricted traffic zone. Large coaches cannot drive in, cars and minivans need permits, and traffic can turn a ten-minute drive into forty. We move guests in minivans with permits, plan every transfer with time to spare, and build the timeline around the city rather than the map.
Music in the centre. Hotels in the centre sit in residential streets, and the music ends early: at eleven at Hotel de Russie, and with no dancing inside Donna Camilla Savelli, where the party moves on to Trastevere after dinner. An after-party is a separate line, so you can see it and decide.
The church. Each church asks for its own contribution, which we confirm for your date, and the organist and the church's rules on flowers and photography come on top.
The town hall. Its fee depends on the hall, the day and where you live, and we confirm it for your date.
Music rights. Italy charges a copyright fee on all music at events, even a playlist.
Minimums. Some venues have a minimum guest count on certain days, and you pay for it even with fewer guests.
The venue's own suppliers. Many venues require their caterer, their technical team and their security, at their prices.
Security deposits. Venues ask for a refundable deposit, sometimes large. It is not part of the budget, and we tell you the amount before you sign.
The rain plan. Where a marquee is needed, it is a separate line, so you can see it and decide.
How to spend less without it showing
Keep it small and central. Thirty to fifty guests in a cloister or a hidden garden in the centre is Rome at its most beautiful, and its best value.
Put the church and the dinner a walk apart. Santa Maria in Trastevere and Donna Camilla Savelli are a few minutes apart on foot: no cars, no permits, and your guests walk through Trastevere at sunset.
Marry on a weekday. Your guests are on holiday anyway, and several venues cost less from Monday to Thursday.
Choose May, June, September or October over July and August, and spend the difference on your guests rather than on fans and shade.
Take your portraits at sunrise. The Trevi Fountain, the Spanish Steps and the Pantheon are empty at six in the morning, and that light costs nothing extra.
Questions couples ask
Ask your ownHow much does a wedding in Rome cost?
From €60,000 for thirty guests, about €68,000 for fifty and €100,000 for a hundred, everything included. Elopements start at €15,000.
How much per guest?
At thirty guests, about €2,000 to €2,500 per person. At a hundred guests, about €1,000 to €1,050 per person, because the fixed costs are shared.
What is the cheapest way to get married in Rome?
An elopement for two, from €15,000 all-inclusive. With guests, dinner in Donna Camilla Savelli's cloister in Trastevere, from €60,000 for thirty.
How much does a Catholic wedding in Rome cost?
From €60,000 for thirty guests, married in Santa Maria in Trastevere with dinner a few minutes' walk away, and from €76,000 with a Baroque palazzo entirely yours for the evening. The church's own contribution is separate.
How much does it cost to get legally married in Rome?
Our legal-ceremony service is €3,500 including VAT, plus the town hall's fee, whether you marry at the Campidoglio, by the Baths of Caracalla or in Tivoli. Civil wedding in Rome →
Is VAT included?
Yes. Every number on this page includes Italian VAT.
Can we dance late in Rome?
Not everywhere. Palazzo Shedir has its own club downstairs, Villa Grazioli dances until three and Castelluccia moves the party inside after midnight. In the centre's hotels the music ends earlier, and we plan an after-party nearby.
Why are your numbers higher than some I have seen online?
Because ours include everything. A venue price or a package without the dinner, the suppliers and the taxes is not the cost of a wedding.
How far ahead should we book?
Twelve to eighteen months for a Saturday in May, June or September, six to twelve for a weekday or a smaller wedding. A Catholic wedding needs about six months of paperwork, which begins in your parish at home.
Can you plan a wedding for our budget?
Tell us the number on the first call. We will tell you honestly which venues it works for, and which ones it does not.
Get the number for your date
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 roughly when, how many people, and whether you dream of a dinner in the centre or a weekend outside the city. On the first call we will tell you which two or three venues fit and what each one really costs on your date.
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