Esplanade Boutique Hotel

A boutique garden hotel on the Cilento coast.

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Paestum, Cilento

A boutique garden hotel by the temples.

The Esplanade Boutique Hotel is the Pagano family's founding house at Paestum, restored from 1980: a small, characterful garden hotel between the pine woods and the sea, with a grand-piano lobby, Vietri-ceramic interiors and the warmth of a private villa, a short walk from the Greek temples.

A Boutique Wedding at Paestum.

The Esplanade hosts your wedding across a garden hotel: a ceremony in the garden or by the pool, an aperitivo in the salons beneath the Vietri ceramics, and dinner in-house, in the chinoiserie room or under the pines. Individually styled rooms and the warmth of a private villa fill the days, near the beach and the temples of Paestum.

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In-House, on the Cilento.

Dining at the Esplanade is in-house, on the cooking of the Cilento and Campania, the seafood of the coast and the produce of the plain, home of true buffalo mozzarella. Wedding dinners are served in the salons, in the chinoiserie dining room or in the garden by the pool, tailored to the couple.

The Pagano Estate

The Esplanade is the Pagano family's founding hotel, and the family's land feeds it. A few kilometres inland lies San Salvatore 1988, their organic Cilento estate: vineyards and olive groves, a herd of more than 750 water buffalo, a dairy, a winery and an olive mill, wrapped around kitchen gardens and the family's own farm shop. Almost nothing on the table here is bought in. The wine is grown and bottled on the estate, the olive oil pressed there, the mozzarella and yogurt made each morning from the estate's own buffalo, and the cooking, crowned by the Michelin-starred Tre Olivi at the sister Savoy, begins in the family's own fields. Hospitality here does not begin at check-in. It begins in the soil.

The Buffalo Dairy

A herd of more than 750 water buffalo and a dairy making the mozzarella, ricotta, yogurt and gelato served across the hotels each morning.

The Vineyards

San Salvatore 1988, the family's acclaimed organic Cilento winery, with the celebrated oenologist Riccardo Cotarella: Fiano, Greco, Falanghina and Aglianico, grown and bottled on the estate.

The Olive Groves

Estate olive groves and an organic extra-virgin olive oil, pressed from the family's own harvest on the Cilento hills.

La Dispensa Farm Shop

The estate farm shop, where the wines, olive oils, preserves and buffalo dairy made on the land can be tasted and taken home.

Esplanade Boutique Hotel

The family's founding 1980 boutique hotel, in its Vietri-tiled gardens on the Cilento shore.

Savoy Hotel & Spa

The sister beach-and-spa hotel along the same shore, with the wellness centre, the fountained pool and the Beach-Club Suites.

San Salvatore 1988

The organic Cilento winery and estate at the heart of it all: vineyards, olive groves, buffalo, dairy, and the La Dispensa farm shop.

Tre Olivi

The Michelin-starred restaurant at the sister Savoy, the estate's produce at its most refined.

A Boutique Hotel

The Pagano family's founding house at Paestum, restored from 1980, with the warmth of a private villa.

Vietri Ceramics

The hand-painted ceramics of nearby Vietri sul Mare run through the salons and the rooms.

In-House Dining

Cilento and Campanian cuisine, in the salons, the chinoiserie room or the garden by the pool.

By the Temples

A short walk from the beach and the Greek temples of Paestum, among the best preserved in the world.

A Villa's Warmth, a Hotel's Service.

When Giuseppe Pagano restored the Esplanade in 1980, he set out to make a hotel that felt like staying in a private villa, and the boutique still does. The garden runs in a thousand shades to the pool; the salons are hung with the hand-painted ceramics of Vietri sul Mare; a grand piano stands in the lobby. It is small, personal and full of character, a house rather than a resort, and it has spent more than forty years learning how to hold a wedding. That is a rare combination: the intimacy of a villa, and the seamlessness of a hotel that has done this thousands of times.

Accommodation

Boutique Rooms in Vietri Ceramic.

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Location

Paestum, Cilento

The Esplanade is at Paestum, on the Cilento coast in the south of Campania, among the umbrella pines that line the beach. The Greek temples of Paestum, among the best preserved in the world, are a short walk away; Salerno is about forty minutes, and Naples and its airport around an hour and a quarter. It is a quieter, wilder coast than the Amalfi over the headland, and all the more romantic for it.

Pricing and What to Expect

A boutique-hotel wedding on the Cilento coast at Paestum.

The Esplanade Boutique Hotel is the Pagano family's founding house at Paestum, on the Cilento coast, restored from 1980 into a small, characterful hotel between the pine woods and the sea, near the Greek temples. Weddings are held in the garden, by the pool, or in the salons, catered in-house, with a grand-piano lobby, Vietri-ceramic interiors and the warmth of a private villa. Couples have married here since 1980, in a house that stays personal. Guest numbers, packages and pricing are arranged directly with the hotel.

All pricing is indicative. Final investment varies by date, guest count, menu, and bespoke requirements. Contact the venue directly for a tailored proposal.

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