16 venues
Castles and estates for exclusive use
Places hired by one group alone: Eilean Donan Castle’s interior and courtyard, the whole of Schloss Mönchstein above Salzburg, Burg Lockenhaus, Thirlestane Castle and a Highland fortress for ten at Mingary.
The venues
Dornie, United Kingdom
Eilean Donan Castle
Ceremonies for about 70 seated in the Banqueting Hall, with exclusive use of the castle interior and inner courtyard
Salzburg, Austria
Hotel Schloss Mönchstein
Exclusive hire of a castle hotel above Salzburg's old town: rooms for up to 100 guests, 24 bedrooms and a 14,000 m² park
24 rooms
Montlouis-sur-Loire, France
Château de la Bourdaisière
An orangery seating 180, a vaulted room for 40 and beds for 38 guests at a Renaissance estate between Tours and Amboise
8 rooms
Grizzana Morandi, Italy
Rocchetta Mattei
Eclectic castle in the Bologna Apennines for civil weddings, meetings and conventions, from the Sala dei Novanta to the whole complex
Mossman, Australia
Silky Oaks Lodge
An exclusive-use rainforest lodge with 40 suites, an open-air pavilion for 82 and private dining, in the Daintree
40 rooms
Lockenhaus, Austria
Burg Lockenhaus
Seminar rooms for 15 to 250 people and 55 bedrooms inside a medieval castle in Burgenland, about 100 km from Vienna
55 rooms · Since 1200
Lauder, United Kingdom
Thirlestane Castle
State rooms for 100, a courtyard for 125 and marquees for 1,000 at a Maitland family castle in Lauder, Scottish Borders
Dunblane, United Kingdom
Cromlix
Exclusive-use Victorian country house near Dunblane for retreats, boards of 18 and weddings up to 60, with a private chapel
Slane, Ireland
Slane Castle
Castle on the Boyne for 100 guests indoors and 200+ in a courtyard marquee, with ten bedrooms, 35 min from Dublin Airport
10 rooms
Kilkea, Ireland
Kilkea Castle
Conferences for 240 delegates, gala dinners for 260 and 140 bedrooms on a 180-acre Kildare estate, one hour from Dublin
140 rooms
Henderskelfe, United Kingdom
Castle Howard
Twelve spaces, from a 228-seat banquet in the Long Gallery to receptions for 1,000 in the gardens, 30 minutes from York
Since 1699
Berkeley, United Kingdom
Berkeley Castle
Exclusive use of a Gloucestershire castle for weddings of up to 130 guests and corporate events, with two estate houses sleeping 36
Since 1067
Bonnyrigg, United Kingdom
Dalhousie Castle
Turret rooms for 10, a ballroom for 100 on exclusive use and 35 bedrooms in a 13th-century castle 8 miles from Edinburgh
35 rooms
Duns, United Kingdom
Duns Castle
Exclusive use of a Borders castle with 23 guests sleeping in, dinners for 60 and marquees for 500 on a 1,200-acre estate
12 rooms · Since 1816
Rockingham, United Kingdom
Rockingham Castle
A Great Hall for 90, Walker's House for 120 and a marquee for 220 at a castle first raised for William the Conqueror
Since 1000
Kilchoan, United Kingdom
Mingary Castle
Exclusive use of a 13th-century Highland castle with four suites for up to ten guests
4 rooms