Your Secret Tuscany

Federica Bartolomei was born and raised in Tuscany, then spent years living in Madrid and London before settling in Dubai, an itinerary that shows up in how she works: fluent with international couples without losing the local instinct of someone who actually grew up in the region she plans in. She began working as a wedding planner almost twenty years ago and founded Your Secret Tuscany in 2011.

The practice is boutique by design rather than by accident. Federica caps her own season at a maximum of six weddings above eighty guests, alongside ten elopements, ten marriage proposals and four luxury parties, a ceiling she states rather than implies. Every couple works with a dedicated wedding consultant and a certified wedding designer, with a 3D floor plan and digital renderings offered before a single flower is ordered, so the design is agreed before it is executed rather than discovered on the day.

Her published reach runs from Tuscany itself, Chianti, Siena and Florence among the real weddings behind this profile, out to Lake Como, Lake Garda, Umbria and the Amalfi Coast. Same-sex weddings are a named, dedicated part of the practice rather than an afterthought: three of the real weddings sourced for this profile are same-sex ceremonies, from an opera-themed celebration at a Siena castle to a Chuppah built into a Renaissance villa's balcony.

Services Offered

Planning Approach

Planning Philosophy

Understand a couple's own story before designing around it, hold the season small enough that Federica is personally involved in every wedding she accepts, and pair Italian craft and local knowledge with the kind of international fluency that comes from having actually lived in four different countries rather than simply marketed to clients from them.

Destinations

Tuscany, Lake Como, Lake Garda, Umbria, Amalfi Coast

Design Philosophy

How this planner shapes the look, feel, and experience of a wedding celebration.