Weddings in Umbria

Castello di Solfagnano is a medieval castle and villa on a 60-hectare estate near Perugia, Umbria: an exclusive-use wedding venue with six named outdoor ceremony and reception spaces, a private church, 25 rooms and a modern kitchen, for celebrations of 15 to 360.

Castello di Montignano is a 10th-century Umbrian fortress, restored as a Relais and Spa, reserved exclusively for one wedding at a time. Couples marry in the cloister courtyard or beneath the stone arches, celebrate in the park for up to 250, and take the whole castle, its outdoor pool and the Acqua Degna Spa in the original dungeons as their own, across 12 rooms and suites with panoramic views.

Le Torri di Bagnara Castles is a pair of restored medieval castle villas in 590 hectares of Umbrian nature reserve near Perugia, owned by Countess Zenaide Giunta Tremi, a descendant of Napoleon Bonaparte. Couples take the entire estate exclusively: the 11th-century Castello di Pieve San Quirico, The Tower Palace villa, the panoramic infinity pool and the manicured gardens. Weddings for up to 60 guests are held with Perugia City Hall civil authorisation, or in the 18th-century consecrated church.

Castello di Petrata is a 14th-century fortress set on 50 hectares of Umbrian hillside above Assisi, with panoramic terraces overlooking the valley, La Limonaia glass hall, an exclusive couple's spa and 22 rooms sleeping up to 60 guests. Couples marry in the castle's gardens or beneath the glass roof of La Limonaia, dine on zero-kilometre farm produce from the estate's own olive groves and truffle grounds, and take the entire fortress for their own.

The Abbazia San Faustino is a 13th-century Benedictine abbey, completed by the monks in 1289 and restored as an exclusive-use estate high in the Umbrian hills near Pietralunga. Couples take the whole property: a former abbey church where the mayor may hold the civil ceremony, stone halls and a glazed loggia for the wedding breakfast, a heated pool and a formal garden, and 16 restored suites sleeping up to around 56, for warm, unhurried countryside weddings of up to 180 guests, catered in-house with no time limits.

Borgo Antichi Orti Assisi is a restored 1400s medieval hamlet sitting in 10,000 square metres of Benedictine herb gardens at the foot of the Basilica di San Francesco, in Umbria. Couples marry in the Hortuli Benedetti gardens with the Basilica rising directly above, celebrate under the arched timbers of La Pergola at sunset, and stay across twelve individually designed residences sleeping thirty-seven.

Torre Collevento is a 16th-century fortino tower on a hilltop estate above Orvieto, Umbria, offering exclusive use for weddings: six rooms named for Italian composers, a Cave Suite Spa inside a natural cave, an outdoor pool overlooking the vineyards, and a gazebo terrace with panoramic views over Orvieto and its great cathedral.

Tenuta San Masseo is a family-run luxury boutique resort and exclusive wedding venue set within a 20,000 sqm park on the hillside below Assisi, with a direct panoramic view of the UNESCO hilltop and the Basilica di San Francesco. Couples hold symbolic ceremonies in the gardens, celebrate in the Masseo Vista Cube glass marquee for up to 250 guests, and stay across 12 rooms and suites on the estate, with a private spa, outdoor pool and panoramic glass bar.

San Pietro sopra le Acque is a 17th-century former Benedictine convent on five hectares of parkland, sacred woodland and Italian gardens above the Tiber Valley in Umbria. Couples wed in the on-site chapel, under the green garden arch, at the stone nymphaeum or in the rose garden, and celebrate in the cloister and across the grounds, with in-house Umbrian cuisine, a spa and an outdoor pool. All 15 rooms are reserved for the wedding party.

Park Hotel ai Cappuccini occupies a 17th-century Franciscan monastery on the edge of Gubbio, the best-preserved medieval city in Umbria. Couples celebrate in the historic cloister and the Sala San Nicola, dine on Umbrian truffles at the Ristorante Nicolao and retreat to the Cappuccini Wellness & Spa with its phytotherapy pools and the garden Oasi del Parco.

Eleonora Bonomi trained in cinematic scenography and worked on film and theatre sets before the company she founded became a wedding agency. Dream On Wedding plans, designs and builds weddings from its own studio, workshop and warehouse in Marsciano, in the province of Perugia, across Umbria and the rest of Italy.

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Fatima Palomares founded Umbria Weddings and Events in 2014 and has spent twelve years working one region and its neighbour: Umbria, and over the border into Tuscany. Abbeys, castles, hamlets and farmhouses, with a 4.8 rating across 36 Google reviews.