A Borromini convent in Trastevere with a cloister garden and a terrace over Rome, a few minutes' walk from the basilica of Santa Maria in Trastevere.Prices updated October 2026 · by Marina
On Via Garibaldi, on the slope of the Janiculum above Trastevere, Francesco Borromini built a convent for the Duchess Camilla Savelli in the seventeenth century. Today it is Donna Camilla Savelli, a hotel with a Renaissance cloister garden, a citrus garden, a terrace that looks out over the domes of Rome, and one of the oldest churches in Rome a few minutes away on foot.
You can be married in the basilica of Santa Maria in Trastevere, walk back through the lanes of the neighbourhood with your guests behind you, and sit down to dinner in the orangery, without a single car journey. And when the dinner ends, you are in Trastevere, the liveliest neighbourhood in Rome, with the night still ahead of you.
at a glance
At a glance
20guests at the least
80and not one more
Budget level: €60,000 to €90,000budget level
Where
Via Garibaldi 27, Trastevere, at the foot of the Janiculum
The house
A seventeenth-century convent by Francesco Borromini, built for the Duchess Camilla Savelli, now a hotel
The church
Santa Maria in Trastevere, a few minutes' walk away
Guests
From twenty to eighty
Spaces
Terrazza Savelli for the welcome, the cloister garden for the aperitivo and cake, the Orangerie for dinner, the galleries and the Gran Sala Borromini if it rains
The kitchen
In-house: aperitivo, antipasti buffet, three courses, dessert buffet, wine, coffee and digestifs
Evening
From 18:00 until midnight, with soft live music
Dancing
After dinner, at a club in Trastevere a short walk away
Rooms on site
The hotel's own rooms for your guests, and a room for the two of you on the wedding night
Airports
Fiumicino about forty minutes, Ciampino about thirty
Best months
April to June, September and October
Typical total
From €60,000
the villa
Why here
A church a short walk away. For a Catholic wedding in Rome, the usual day is a church in one place, photographs somewhere else and dinner across the city, with cars and traffic in between. Here the church is Santa Maria in Trastevere, with its twelfth-century mosaics, a few minutes from the hotel on foot. After the ceremony the whole wedding walks back through Trastevere to the aperitivo in the cloister, nobody waits for a car, and the day stays in one neighbourhood from the first vow to the last dance.
Borromini's architecture. The convent and its church were designed by Francesco Borromini, one of the two great architects of Baroque Rome. The cloister, the galleries and the halls carry his hand, and they give the day a sense of history that a modern venue cannot borrow.
Trastevere outside the door. The hotel is in the most atmospheric neighbourhood of Rome: cobbled lanes, ivy on the walls, trattorias and bars that stay lively late into the night. Your guests can explore it in the days before the wedding, and the party can carry on there after dinner.
A sensible budget for Rome. Because the hotel's kitchen, its wine, its staff and its tables are part of one wedding package, this is one of the most efficient ways to have a beautiful wedding in the centre of Rome.
rooms
Where everyone sleeps
The simplest wedding here is the one where everyone stays in the hotel. That is what our own couple did: they covered the rooms for all twenty of their guests, so the whole group lived under one roof for the weekend, met at breakfast in the cloister, explored Rome on their own in the afternoon and came back for the wedding without anyone needing a taxi.
The hotel offers a group rate for wedding guests, and the two of you have a room on the wedding night as part of the celebration. Trastevere is a limited-traffic zone, which keeps it quiet and walkable, and we arrange the cars for arrivals and departures so nobody has to deal with the rules.
the days
The evening
Welcome on the terrace. Guests arrive at six on the Terrazza Savelli, with a glass in hand and the view of Rome's rooftops and domes at its golden hour.
Aperitivo in the cloister. The party moves down into the Renaissance cloister garden, where the antipasti are laid out among the arches and the greenery. It is a relaxed, standing hour, the time for portraits in the galleries, for the two families to meet, and for the light to soften.
Dinner in the Orangerie. Dinner is served in the Orangerie, a light, elegant room opening onto the garden. Three courses at the table, the wine flowing, and the speeches between them.
Cake in the garden. The evening comes back outside for the cake and the dessert buffet in the cloister, by candlelight and Roman torches, before the last toast just before midnight.
If it rains, the welcome and the aperitivo move into the hotel's galleries, and dinner into the Gran Sala Borromini, so the evening keeps its shape.
ceremony
The ceremony
A Catholic wedding in Santa Maria in Trastevere. The basilica of Santa Maria in Trastevere, one of the oldest churches in Rome, is a few minutes from the hotel on foot. The small church inside the hotel is not used for weddings, so this is where our Catholic couples at Donna Camilla Savelli are married: the sacrament under golden mosaics in the heart of Trastevere, then a walk back to the cloister for the aperitivo, with no transfers and no traffic. A church wedding in Italy takes about six months of preparation and begins in your own parish at home; we take it from there with the church, the priest, the music and the paperwork in Rome. Our guide to Catholic weddings in Rome explains every step.
A symbolic ceremony on the terrace. If you are not marrying in church, the Terrazza Savelli is one of the loveliest places in Trastevere to say yes, with the domes of Rome spread out in front of you. This is where our own couple married, at the start of a warm July evening.
A civil ceremony. A legally binding civil wedding cannot take place in the hotel itself, but the Campidoglio, Rome's city hall on Michelangelo's piazza, is about twenty minutes away on foot. You can marry there in the afternoon, cross the Tiber together with your guests, and arrive at the hotel just in time for the aperitivo on the terrace.
For American citizens, a legal marriage in Italy needs a sworn declaration at the US Embassy in Rome and a declaration of intent at the town hall, so you arrive two or three working days before the wedding. We prepare the documents, book the appointments and come with you.
season
Season and availability
April to June, September and October.
table and music
The table
The hotel's own kitchen cooks the wedding, and the menu is generous in the Roman way: a welcome aperitivo, a buffet of antipasti in the cloister, three courses served at the table, a buffet of desserts, the hotel's selection of wines, water, espresso and a digestif to close. Everything a guest drinks at dinner is part of the menu rather than a bar bill.
The wedding cake is designed separately, with the hotel's pastry partners or a cake designer of your choosing. Children have their own menu, and every dietary need is routine. We taste the dinner with you at the hotel before anything is signed.
The tables, linens, staff, simple candlelit centrepieces, Roman torches lining the entrance and printed menus are all part of the hotel's service. Our florist builds on that to make the cloister and the Orangerie yours.
Music, and where the party goes
Here is the one thing you should know before you choose this venue. Donna Camilla Savelli is a working hotel in a former convent, so music during the wedding is jazz, lounge or chamber music, played softly with light amplification, and the evening ends at midnight. There is no loud DJ and no dance floor in the hotel.
For some couples that is exactly right: a string trio in the cloister and a jazz duo at dinner suit the place beautifully. For couples who want to dance, Trastevere is the answer. The hotel sits in the liveliest neighbourhood of Rome, and a few minutes' walk away there are bars and clubs that can be reserved for a private after-party. So the evening has two acts: a refined dinner in Borromini's cloister, and then everyone walks together through the lanes of Trastevere to dance until late. A midnight walk through Trastevere with the whole wedding party is part of the fun.
We find and book the club, plan the DJ and the drinks, and make sure everyone gets home afterwards. It is priced separately, so you can decide whether you want it.
budget
What it costs
Budget level: €60,000 to €90,000
A wedding at Donna Camilla Savelli starts at €60,000 for thirty guests, everything included, whether you marry in Santa Maria in Trastevere or in a symbolic ceremony on the terrace. We publish it so you are not weeks into collecting quotes before anyone gives you a number.
Twenty guests sits a little below sixty thousand, and a wedding of fifty in the high sixties. You receive the real budget line by line, with 2027 prices and Italian VAT already in it.
We name our fee in full on the first call, as a figure, and we do not take commission you cannot see.
What the number covers
The terrace, cloister and Orangerie for the evening
The aperitivo, dinner, desserts, wine and digestifs
The wedding cake
The ceremony and its costs
Flowers and decor, live music, photography and film
Cars for the day
A coordinator on site
Our planning fee, inside the number, not added to it
What it does not cover
Your flights, your clothes and rings, your guests' rooms, the after-party at a club in Trastevere, and anything you add once you have seen the first version.
Every wedding is costed individually. You get a line-by-line estimate for your date after the first call.
our part
Our wedding here, and the team
We planned a July wedding here for twenty guests. The couple chose to cover every guest's room at the hotel, so their families and friends spent the whole weekend together in Trastevere, and the wedding itself took place on the Terrazza Savelli, with Rome spread out below as the evening came. It was a wedding and a holiday at the same time, which is exactly what this place does best.
Katerina takes your first call. She trained in hospitality and worked in hotels before joining us, and she asks first about your guests and how you want the evening to feel. Svetlana runs the client side from Rome, knows the hotel and Trastevere in person, and trained as a psychologist, which on a wedding day matters more than it sounds. Laura handles the production and the suppliers. Marina answers the first enquiries and sets what we will and will not take on.
Two of us are on the ground for the whole wedding day, not one. When it rained at a wedding of ours, our team took the umbrellas to the guests and stood in the rain ourselves. Your job that day is to get married. Ours is everything else.
Yes, in Santa Maria in Trastevere, a few minutes' walk from the hotel; the church inside the hotel is not used for weddings. After the ceremony everyone walks back through Trastevere to the cloister for the aperitivo. Start about six months ahead, with your own parish at home. For a civil wedding, the Campidoglio is twenty minutes' walk from the hotel.
Can we dance?
Not in the hotel. Music is jazz, lounge or chamber, played softly until midnight. For dancing, we reserve a club in Trastevere a short walk away for a private after-party.
How many guests?
From twenty to eighty, with dinner in the Orangerie.
What if it rains?
The welcome and the aperitivo move into the hotel's galleries, and dinner into the Gran Sala Borromini.
Can our guests stay at the hotel?
Yes, at a group rate, and the two of you have a room on the wedding night. Our own couple covered the rooms for all twenty of their guests.
Is it easy to reach?
The hotel is in Trastevere, a limited-traffic zone. Fiumicino is about forty minutes away, Ciampino about thirty, and we arrange every car so nobody has to worry about the rules.
How much does it cost?
From €60,000 for thirty guests, everything included, with or without a church wedding. The after-party is priced separately.
first step
Talk to us about a 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 how many guests, roughly when, and whether you dream of marrying in a church, and we will tell you what the day costs, how the ceremony, the dinner and the after-party fit together, and what we would change about your plan. If a venue with dancing under one roof suits you better, that is what you will hear.
Two things worth bringing to that call. Whether you want a Catholic ceremony, because Santa Maria in Trastevere is a few minutes away and the whole day can happen on foot. And how important dancing is to you, because here the party happens in Trastevere rather than in the hotel.
We will name our planning fee on that call, in full, as a figure. It is already inside every number on this page.
The Baroque salons of Palazzo Borghese in the heart of Rome, a Gallery of Mirrors from 1678 and one long table for up to forty, ten minutes from the Campidoglio.
A terraced garden designed by Valadier in the heart of Rome, where Picasso and Cocteau once picked oranges from their windows, and one long table for the people you love most.
Prices updated October 2026 · by Marina
