Venues for small, intimate weddings

Up to 50 guests

Nairobi, Kenya

A 1932 manor in Nairobi's Langata suburb where a herd of endangered Nubian giraffe puts its heads through the breakfast-room windows.

12 rooms · Since 1932

CastleUp to 60 guests

Dunvegan, United Kingdom

Licensed castle weddings for up to 60 guests, state-room dinners and five estate cottages at the MacLeod seat on the Isle of Skye

Since 1220

Up to 60 guests

Dunblane, United Kingdom

Exclusive-use Victorian country house near Dunblane for retreats, boards of 18 and weddings up to 60, with a private chapel

Up to 50 guests

Seminyak, Indonesia

Ocean-view wedding garden for 50 and a daylit meeting pavilion on 15 acres of gardens along Seminyak Beach, Bali

74 rooms · Since 1978

Up to 50 guests

Ubud, Indonesia

Weddings, vow renewals and private dinners for up to 50 guests on the Ayung River gorge, with villas and pavilions in Ubud

30 rooms · Since 1989

CastleUp to 60 guests

Bazoches, France

A 280 m² reception greenhouse and a gallery for meals of up to 60, in Vauban's château 10 km from Vézelay

CastleUp to 60 guests

Agel, France

Exclusive hire of a Minervois château with medieval roots, 8 bedrooms for 18 guests and an orangery for receptions of up to 60

8 rooms

CastleUp to 40 guests

Château-Verdun, France

Exclusive hire of a 1741 château in the Ariège Pyrenees for weddings of 40 inside, with six bedrooms sleeping 15 guests

6 rooms

CastleUp to 10 guests

Kilchoan, United Kingdom

Exclusive use of a 13th-century Highland castle with four suites for up to ten guests

4 rooms

CastleUp to 40 guests

Lausanne, Switzerland

Meetings and dinners for up to 40 and 49 bedrooms in a lakeside château on the Ouchy quay, one metro line from Lausanne station

49 rooms · Since 1893

Up to 40 guests

Tallinn, Estonia

Meetings for 25 and dinners for 40 in medieval merchant houses on Pühavaimu Street, inside Tallinn's Old Town

Up to 40 guests

Ardmore, Ireland

Board retreats for 25 and weddings for up to 40 above Ardmore Bay, with 39 rooms and a Michelin-starred restaurant

39 rooms

Up to 60 guests

New York, United States

Full-floor loft for 50 theater-style, a screening room and a vaulted lounge in a 1924 Art Deco tower facing Bryant Park, Midtown Manhattan

Since 1924

WineryUp to 50 guests

Sagaponack, United States

Weddings with the whole 55-acre estate to yourselves and a vineyard pergola for 30 seated or 50 standing in Sagaponack, the Hamptons

Up to 50 guests

Giverny, France

Weddings and private receptions for up to 50 guests in a wooded park in Giverny, with chef David Gallienne cooking and 8 rooms on site

8 rooms

Up to 110 guests

Canyon Point, United States

Thirty-four suites of poured concrete, opened in 2009 around a sandstone escarpment on 600 acres of Utah desert beside the Arizona line.

34 rooms · Since 2009

Up to 35 guests

Big Sur, United States

Thirty-nine rooms on a cliff 1,200 feet above the Pacific, with tree houses on stilts to protect the redwood roots beneath them.

39 rooms · Since 1992

Up to 50 guests

Martillac, France

The first vinotherapy spa in the world, opened in 1999 among the vines of Château Smith Haut Lafitte, with a two-starred table and a Palace label.

61 rooms · Since 1999

CastleUp to 216 guests

Alnwick, United Kingdom

A Guest Hall for 216 theatre-style or 180 at banquet, plus Hulne Park and Priory for exclusive hire, at Alnwick Castle in Northumberland

Since 1096

CastleUp to 150 guests

Hever, United Kingdom

Meetings for up to 150 in the Italian Garden, a 60-seat Tudor-style room and 25 bedrooms at Anne Boleyn's childhood home in Kent

25 rooms · Since 1271

Up to 40 guests

Paris, France

The 1892 Fondation Thiers on avenue Bugeaud, built where Paris flew its first balloons, now the city's only château-hotel with a walled garden.

50 rooms · Since 1991

CastleUp to 100 guests

Pembroke, United Kingdom

Civil weddings for up to 60 indoors or 100 in an open-air courtyard at the birthplace of Henry VII, with exclusive evening use

Since 1093

Castle

Helsingborg, Sweden

Small-group meetings for 8 to 35 and park weddings at a palace above the Öresund in Helsingborg

Since 1876

CastleUp to 200 guests

Malahide, Ireland

Exclusive castle evenings for 60, courtyard receptions for 150 and West Lawn marquees for 200+ in 260 acres of parkland in Malahide

Since 1185

Up to 20 guests

Courchevel, France

A ski-in, ski-out Palace in the Jardin Alpin of Courchevel 1850 built in 1992 to look like an Austro-Hungarian castle.

Since 1992

Up to 850 guests

Opatija, Croatia

Conference hall for 850 in theatre layout, 55 rooms and a sea terrace for 450 guests on the Opatija Riviera

55 rooms · Since 1884

Up to 54 guests

Dolores, United States

A nineteenth-century mining camp in the San Juan Mountains, its log cabins restored, with the old saloon still pouring and hot springs in the bathhouse.

Since 2001

CastleUp to 125 guests

Stockholm, Sweden

Small castle in Bromma with 9 meeting rooms, 23 bedrooms and a glasshouse for up to 125, 15 minutes from central Stockholm

23 rooms · Since 1650

Up to 20 guests

Paris, France

Forty rooms in a Second Empire mansion on avenue Gabriel, decorated by Jacques Garcia, with Jérôme Banctel's three-starred Le Gabriel on the ground floor.

40 rooms · Since 2015

Oslo, Norway

Two historic banquet halls and meeting rooms for 5 to 59 guests, with 284 bedrooms on Karl Johans gate in Oslo

284 rooms · Since 1874

CastleUp to 130 guests

Salzburg, Austria

Meetings and weddings for up to 130 guests, with 67 rooms on site, in a lakeside palace by Salzburg

67 rooms

Up to 82 guests

Mossman, Australia

An exclusive-use rainforest lodge with 40 suites, an open-air pavilion for 82 and private dining, in the Daintree

40 rooms

Up to 130 guests

Mittersill, Austria

Castle hotel in the Salzburg Alps with seminar packages, a courtyard for 130 and private dining rooms for 12 to 40

CastleUp to 170 guests

Nyborg, Denmark

Six meeting rooms for 2 to 160 participants and 11 bedrooms in a Funen castle hotel, 4 km from Nyborg station

11 rooms · Since 1634

CastleUp to 200 guests

Fairlie, United Kingdom

Five licensed ceremony spots for 10 to 200 guests and a Pavilion for 120 at the Earl of Glasgow's castle above the Clyde

Up to 180 guests

Paris, France

Nine event spaces, a private garden and a rooftop for up to 180 guests in a listed 8th-arrondissement mansion with 80 rooms

80 rooms

Up to 40 guests

Skagen, Denmark

Meetings and conferences for 2 to 40 in a historic Skagen hotel by the Skagen Museum

Up to 150 guests

Aix-en-Provence, France

Five event spaces for up to 150 guests, 25 rooms and a Michelin-starred table on a listed estate ten minutes from Aix

25 rooms

Moscow, Russia

Nine conference halls and 300 rooms and suites in a five-star hotel on Novinsky Boulevard, on Moscow's Garden Ring

300 rooms · Since 2010

CastleUp to 150 guests

Choisel, France

An orangery for 150, château salons and a committee room for 24, 35 km from Paris on a 75-hectare estate held by one family for 400 years

3 rooms · Since 1610

Historic houseUp to 154 guests

Munich, Germany

Eight rooms for 12 to 46 guests, a beer garden for 154 and exclusive hire of a Baroque house in Munich-Thalkirchen

CastleUp to 40 guests

Hendaye, France

Three meeting rooms for up to 40 and grounds for marquee receptions at Viollet-le-Duc's observatory château on the Hendaye corniche

Since 1884

Historic houseUp to 100 guests

Portomaggiore, Italy

Civil ceremony for 35 and receptions for up to 100 in an Este country residence with a Renaissance garden, province of Ferrara

Since 1550

CastleUp to 150 guests

Gubbio, Italy

Hilltop castle near Gubbio with 16 bedrooms, receptions for up to 150 and meetings for up to 20

16 rooms · Since 1072

CastleUp to 60 guests

Fère-en-Tardenois, France

Exclusive hire of a 35-room château hotel beside 13th-century ruins, 75 minutes from Paris, with a seminar room for up to 60 guests

35 rooms

Toronto, Canada

31,000 sq ft of meeting and event space in a downtown Toronto hotel, with ballrooms, a 25th-floor boardroom suite and wedding packages

Since 1975

WineryUp to 200 guests

Saint-André-du-Bois, France

Six event rooms for 15 to 200 guests, seven bedrooms and a wine estate 40 minutes from Bordeaux

7 rooms

CastleUp to 200 guests

Oizon, France

Weekend weddings for up to 200 in a Stuart château on a Berry lake, with a 160-seat gallery and an eight-bedroom Renaissance wing

8 rooms

Castle

Laval-du-Tarn, France

16 bedrooms, a private room for up to 30 and exclusive wedding hire in a 1490 château in the Gorges du Tarn

16 rooms

Avignon, France

Five meeting rooms, a courtyard and 44 rooms in a 16th-century house on Place Crillon, central Avignon

44 rooms · Since 1799

Up to 120 guests

Ibiza, Spain

A 33-room hotel from 1933 in Ibiza old town, with a rooftop for 120 guests, meetings for 30 and full buyouts all year

33 rooms · Since 1933

WineryUp to 40 guests

Stellenbosch, South Africa

Five meeting venues for up to 40 guests and a 76-room hotel on a 620-hectare wine farm, 25 minutes from Cape Town airport

76 rooms · Since 1692

CastleUp to 28 guests

Turriff, United Kingdom

Boards, workshops and dinners for up to 28 guests, with seven named bedrooms, in a 1604 castle in Aberdeenshire

7 rooms

Up to 180 guests

Newquay, United Kingdom

Event rooms for up to 80, exclusive hire for 180 and 86 bedrooms on a private headland above Fistral Beach, Newquay

86 rooms

CastleUp to 450 guests

Kaprun, Austria

Exclusive hire of a 12th-century castle in Kaprun: two halls for up to 350 indoors and a courtyard arena with stage for 450

CastleUp to 250 guests

Mesnil-en-Ouche, France

An Orangerie for 180 seated or 250 standing and four gîtes sleeping 34 at a 17th-century château near Bernay, Normandy

Since 1633

Up to 100 guests

Malmesbury, United Kingdom

A Grade I listed Cotswolds hotel with 34 bedrooms, a Garden Room for 100 and private dining for up to 80 in Malmesbury

34 rooms · Since 1220

Castle

Skalná, Czech Republic

A 12th-century castle near Cheb with a medieval feast hall, a Royal Hall, a wine cellar and 33 beds for company groups

8 rooms

CastleUp to 60 guests

Feistritz am Wechsel, Austria

Seminars, retreats and weddings for groups of up to 60 with overnight stays, a knights' hall and a riding hall, 80 km south of Vienna

Historic houseUp to 39 guests

Nossen, Germany

Three rooms for day events of 8 to 39 people, plus civil weddings, in a manor above the Triebisch valley near Nossen