Laglio, Lake Como
Relais Villa Vittoria
Perfect for thirty. Beyond that you buy the whole property, and it is worth it.
Budget level: €60,000 to €150,000The villa
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The villas we would actually recommend
Not a catalogue. Each villa here comes with one sentence about who it suits and where its limit is, and a budget level instead of a price.
- 2 to 100guests
- from €60,000full wedding budget
Laglio, Lake Como
Villa Regina Teodolinda
The whole house for fifty people, and the party moves indoors at eight.
Budget level: €60,000 to €150,000The villa
Ossuccio, Lake Como
Villa Balbiano
A cardinal's villa on the western shore of Lake Como, restored by Jacques Garcia and made famous by House of Gucci. Three ways to marry here, and the real numbers for each.
Budget level: €150,000 and aboveThe villa
Barni, above Lake Como
La Madonnina di Barni
A country estate in the hills above Bellagio that feels like Tuscany, a garden table for up to forty with the whole lake below, and a kitchen our own Katerina chose for her wedding.
Budget level: €60,000 to €150,000The villa
Lenno, Lake Como
Monastero Pax
A former monastery from the twelfth century, terraced gardens that step down to the water, and no visitors but your own.
Budget level: €60,000 to €150,000The villa
Valmadrera, Lake Como
Villa Giulia al Terrazzo
A family-run villa with a Michelin-guide kitchen on the quiet arm of the lake, a terrace straight out over the water to Lecco, and a glass hall that seats anything from an intimate thirty to a hundred and eighty.
Budget level: €60,000 to €90,000The villa
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.
Budget level: €90,000 to €150,000The villa
Varenna, Lake Como
Villa Cipressi
A historic villa in Varenna with a botanical garden in terraces down to the water, the centre of Lake Como in front of you, and quiet, old-money elegance in every corner.
Budget level: €60,000 to €150,000The villa
Limonta, Lake Como
Villa Aura del Lago
The lake is not the view here, it is the floor. Up to a hundred guests, and the music stops outdoors at half past nine.
Budget level: €60,000 to €150,000The villa
Rome countryside, by the Castelli Romani
Casale del Gallo
Tuscan scenery, Roman soul, and the whole estate to yourselves. Perfect for a wedding weekend for around 30 guests.
Budget level: €90,000 to €150,000The villa
Rome, historic centre
Palazzo Shedir
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.
Budget level: €60,000 to €90,000The villa
Rome, between Piazza del Popolo and the Spanish Steps
Hotel de Russie
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.
Budget level: €60,000 to €90,000The villa
Grottaferrata, near Rome
Villa Grazioli
A cardinal's villa with frescoes by Panini in the hills where the Popes spend their summers, a terrace looking out over Rome, and the airport twenty minutes away.
Budget level: €60,000 to €150,000The villa
Trastevere, Rome
Donna Camilla Savelli
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.
Budget level: €60,000 to €90,000The villa
The green edge of Rome
Castello della Castelluccia
Your own medieval castle for three days, guests sleeping upstairs, Rome a short drive away, and the party moves inside after midnight and keeps going.
Budget level: €60,000 to €150,000The villa
Lake Maggiore
Colmegna, Lake Maggiore
Villa Porta
A nineteenth-century estate on the edge of Lake Maggiore, with a glass ballroom over the water, a park of rare trees, a legal ceremony on site and Malpensa forty minutes away.
Budget level: €60,000 and aboveThe villa
Portofino Coast
Lavagna, Liguria
Villa Riviera Resort
A hilltop above the bay with the sun setting behind Portofino, and music indoors until three in the morning.
Budget level: €60,000 to €150,000The villa
Tuscany
Careggi, above Florence
Villa Le Fontanelle
A 15th-century villa in a centuries-old park, with Florence's domes below the garden. Fifteen minutes from the city, seven rooms for the people closest to you.
Budget level: €60,000 to €150,000The villa
Settignano, above Florence
Villa Gamberaia
Water parterre, cypress avenues and Florence below. For three nights, the villa and its gardens belong to you and forty guests.
Budget level: €150,000 and aboveThe villa
- €60,000 to €90,000
- €90,000 to €150,000
- €150,000 and above
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first step
Tell us the dates you are holding and how many people you want around you
We check the villas for your dates and set up a call. On it you get our honest read on which house is right, and real numbers for your date.
We take a limited number of weddings each season.