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Castles, masserie, borghi and lakeside villas: a photographer's guide to some of the most beautiful places to get married in Italy.
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Choosing the venue is the first big decision, and it shapes everything else: the light, the mood, the way your guests move through the day. These are places I know, love or dream of photographing: castles and wine estates in Friuli just across the border from my home in Slovenia, medieval castles in Tuscany, white masserie in Puglia and villas on Lake Como.
Each guide gives a short, honest overview of the venue, the most beautiful spots for photos and a few practical questions couples often ask. If you are already planning your wedding at one of them, I would love to hear from you.
AlbumWeddings is a destination wedding photographer based in Slovenia, photographing weddings across Italy and Europe in a natural, documentary and emotional style. This page lists guides to 44 Italian wedding venues: castles and villas in Friuli Venezia Giulia near the Slovenian border, the Veneto and Trentino, Tuscan castles and borghi, countryside villas in Tuscany, Lombardy and the Marche, Puglia masserie and lake and coast villas. Travel within Slovenia and Northern Italy is included.
Friuli & the Slovenian borderFriuli
8 venuesCastello Formentini
A family castle in a hilltop hamlet of the Collio, right on the border with Slovenia's Goriška Brda.
Read the guide CastleFriuli Venezia GiuliaCastello di Spessa
A neo-Gothic castle among Collio vineyards where Casanova once stayed, with a golf course, spa and private chapel.
Read the guide VillaFriuli Venezia GiuliaVilla Locatelli, Tenuta di Angoris
An 18th-century Austro-Hungarian manor on a wine estate near Cormons, with a romantic park and courtyard.
Read the guide CastleFriuli Venezia GiuliaCastello di Duino
A 14th-century castle on the cliffs above the Gulf of Trieste, where Rilke wrote, with terraced gardens over the sea.
Read the guide VillaFriuli Venezia GiuliaVilla de Claricini Dornpacher
A 17th-century villa near Cividale with a family chapel, an Italian garden and a park of centuries-old trees.
Read the guide CastleFriuli Venezia GiuliaCastello di Buttrio
A 16th-century palace with medieval roots among centuries-old vineyards in the eastern Friulian hills.
Read the guide CastleFriuli Venezia GiuliaCastello di Strassoldo di Sopra
An ancient family castle in a water-ringed park, with a chapel, rose arch and halls for up to 250 guests.
Read the guide CastleFriuli Venezia GiuliaCastello di Susans
A castle first mentioned in 1031, rebuilt as an elegant Tuscan-style mansion, with gardens and tower suites.
Read the guideVeneto & TrentinoNord-Est
6 venuesCastelBrando
A castle with Roman origins above the Prosecco hills, reached by funicular, with courtyards, terraces and a hotel.
Read the guide CastleTrentinoCastel Toblino
A fairytale Renaissance castle on a small peninsula in Lake Toblino, near Trento.
Read the guide VillaVenetoPunta San Vigilio
A 16th-century villa and inn on a cypress-covered point of Lake Garda, with its own little harbour.
Read the guide VillaVenetoVilla Rizzardi
A villa in the Valpolicella hills with the Pojega garden, home to one of the finest green theatres in Italy.
Read the guide VillaVenetoVilla Mosconi Bertani
An 18th-century Neoclassical villa and historic winery in Valpolicella, with a romantic park and a small lake.
Read the guide VillaVenetoVilla Arvedi
A Baroque villa on the hills outside Verona, with terraced Italian gardens, frescoed halls and its own chapel.
Read the guideCastlesCastelli
5 venuesCastello di Vincigliata
A neo-Gothic castle on a rocky hill above Florence, with stone lions at the gate and cypress woods all around.
Read the guide CastleTuscanyCastello di Vicarello
A 12th-century castle in the wild Maremma, surrounded by organic vineyards, olive groves and rolling hills.
Read the guide CastleLazioCastello Odescalchi
A 15th-century Renaissance castle above Lake Bracciano, an easy drive from Rome and Fiumicino airport.
Read the guide CastleTuscanyCastello di Casole
A restored 10th-century castle estate on 4,200 acres of Tuscan countryside near Siena, now a Belmond hotel.
Read the guide CastlePiedmontCastello Dal Pozzo
A Victorian neo-Gothic castle in a historic park, two kilometres from Lake Maggiore and close to Milan Malpensa.
Read the guidePuglia masserieMasserie
4 venuesBorgo Egnazia
A luxury resort built to look like a Puglian village, among olive groves near the Adriatic, with its own beach club.
Read the guide MasseriaPugliaMasseria San Domenico
A historic fortified farmhouse among ancient olive trees, with its own beach club on the Adriatic.
Read the guide MasseriaPugliaMasseria Torre Maizza
A 16th-century masseria by the Adriatic, restored by Rocco Forte, with ceremonies in the olive grove.
Read the guide MasseriaPugliaMasseria Potenti
A historic masseria near Manduria with watchtowers, a white archway, an orangery and its own vineyards.
Read the guideBorghi & estatesBorghi
5 venuesBorgo Santo Pietro
A 13th-century villa and organic farm estate near Siena, with romantic gardens and the San Galgano abbey nearby.
Read the guide BorgoTuscanyBorgo Pignano
A 750-acre country estate between Volterra and San Gimignano, with an 18th-century villa and an ancient church.
Read the guide BorgoTuscanyBorgo San Felice
A whole medieval hamlet in Chianti Classico, surrounded by vineyards, with a frescoed chapel on the village square.
Read the guide BorgoTuscanyCastiglion del Bosco
A 5,000-acre Rosewood estate in Montalcino with castle ruins, a medieval church and Brunello vineyards.
Read the guide BorgoTuscanyIl Borro
A medieval village owned by the Ferragamo family, set on a 700-acre estate in the Valdarno hills.
Read the guideCountryside villasCampagna
7 venuesVilla Subaglio
An early 18th-century villa in Brianza with a terraced Italian garden, a boxwood parterre and a large English park.
Read the guide VillaTuscanyVilla di Geggiano
An 18th-century villa near Siena, in the same family for five centuries, with a garden theatre and painted rooms.
Read the guide VillaTuscanyVilla Catignano
A 17th-century villa and farm estate in Chianti Classico, with Italian gardens, vineyards and rooms for about 90 guests.
Read the guide VillaTuscanyVilla Pazzi al Parugiano
A Renaissance villa of the Pazzi family near Prato, with a chapel frescoed by Stradanus in the 1580s.
Read the guide VillaTuscanyVilla di Corliano
A Renaissance villa near Pisa with a painted façade, frescoed rooms, a chapel and a large walled park.
Read the guide VillaTuscanyCasale de’ Pasquinelli
A historic stone villa high above Lucca, with old olive trees and wide views over the Tuscan hills.
Read the guide VillaMarcheManiero Montecassiano
A private boutique estate in the Marche with olive groves, a pool and exclusive use for the whole wedding weekend.
Read the guideLake & coast villasVille
9 venuesVilla Balbiano
A 17th-century Baroque villa on the western shore of Lake Como, with frescoed halls and a private pier.
Read the guide VillaLombardyVilla del Balbianello
Lake Como's most iconic villa, on its own wooded point, reachable by boat for weddings.
Read the guide VillaLombardyVilla Pizzo
A 15th-century villa in Cernobbio with gardens sloping to one of the longest lakefronts on Lake Como.
Read the guide VillaCampaniaVilla Cimbrone
The Amalfi Coast's most famous wedding villa, with the Terrace of Infinity high above the sea.
Read the guide VillaTuscanyVilla Medicea di Lilliano
A Medici villa in the hills 15 minutes from Florence, with terraced gardens and views of the Duomo.
Read the guide VillaLombardyVilla Cortine Palace
A 19th-century villa in a five-hectare park on the Sirmione peninsula, with a private pier on Lake Garda.
Read the guide VillaPiedmontVilla Rusconi-Clerici
A Liberty-style villa on the shore of Lake Maggiore, with a lakeside park, an old lemon house and its own landing stage.
Read the guide VillaLombardyVilla Monastero
A historic house museum in Varenna with a botanic garden that runs for about two kilometres along Lake Como.
Read the guide AbbeyLiguriaLa Cervara
A 14th-century abbey above the sea near Portofino, with one of the few Renaissance gardens left on the Riviera.
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