Italian villas for weddings and events

Cernobbio, Italy

A cardinal's villa of 1568 on Lake Como, home of Caroline of Brunswick, a hotel since 1873 with a swimming pool floating on the lake.

151 rooms · Since 1873

Gargnano, Italy

Villa Feltrinelli, built in 1892 on Lake Garda, was Mussolini's wartime residence and became a 21-room hotel in 2001 after a four-year restoration.

21 rooms · Since 2001

Historic houseUp to 200 guests

Torno, Italy

Ballrooms for 200 seated guests and suites for about 40 in a 1573 villa on Lake Como, with its own boat dock and helipad

17 rooms · Since 1573

Historic houseUp to 130 guests

Tremezzina, Italy

Lakeside terraces and loggias on Lake Como for ceremonies of up to 100 and dinners of up to 130, reached on foot or by boat

Since 1787

Palermo, Italy

Built for the Florio family by Ernesto Basile in 1899-1900 as a sanatorium that became a hotel, with the Sala Basile frescoes by Ettore De Maria Bergler.

100 rooms · Since 1900

Historic houseUp to 250 guests

Ravello, Italy

Eight hireable spaces in a 13th-century Ravello villa, from a 100-seat auditorium to a garden for 250

Florence, Italy

An 1860s villa on Viale Machiavelli where the exiled Empress Eugénie lived, reopened in 2010 with frescoed salons and a heated pool above the Boboli Gardens.

46 rooms · Since 2010

Fiesole, Italy

A fifteenth-century Franciscan monastery on the Fiesole hillside, with a facade attributed to Michelangelo and the Duomo of Florence in the view below.

45 rooms

Up to 70 guests

Orta San Giulio, Italy

Exclusive hire for 70 guests, 14 suites and a three-Michelin-star kitchen in an 1879 Moorish-style villa on Lake Orta

14 rooms · Since 1879

Historic houseUp to 200 guests

Vicenza, Italy

Tiepolo-frescoed salons for up to 200 guests, civil weddings and gardens at a hillside villa a few minutes from central Vicenza

Since 1669

Up to 180 guests

Frascati, Italy

Ten meeting rooms for up to 180 guests and 92 bedrooms in a 1578 villa on the Tuscolo hill above Frascati, near Rome

92 rooms

Historic houseUp to 150 guests

Santa Margherita Ligure, Italy

Eleven rooms and terraces for up to 150 guests in a 17th-century villa with a three-hectare park over the Gulf of Tigullio

Historic houseUp to 1,000 guests

Signa, Italy

Seven halls for up to 950 guests and a 20-acre listed park for 1,000 at a historic villa west of Florence, with a hotel in the old hamlet

Historic houseUp to 200 guests

Borgo San Lorenzo, Italy

Gardens for up to 500, halls for up to 300 and rooms for 15 guests in a two-tower villa in the Mugello hills, north of Florence

5 rooms

Historic house

Venezia, Italy

A 16th-century Malipiero villa on the Venetian mainland with frescoed halls, an Orangerie, a park and 31 bedrooms

31 rooms

Historic houseUp to 88 guests

Varenna, Italy

Lake Como villa with a conference room for up to 88, two smaller rooms and 12 bedrooms for delegates in Varenna

12 rooms · Since 1800

Historic houseUp to 200 guests

Lainate, Italy

Ground-floor palace rooms for up to 200 guests and a dining room for 90, near Milan

Since 1600

Historic houseUp to 400 guests

Soragna, Italy

An 18th-century Baroque villa near Soragna, Parma, hired for one event a day, with walled gardens seating 400 and a frescoed hall

Since 1750

Up to 60 guests

Florence, Italy

Seminars for 60 and 31 bedrooms in a Renaissance villa with a park above Piazzale Michelangelo in Florence

31 rooms

Event spaceUp to 4,500 guests

Cernobbio, Italy

A Lake Como congress center with 28 meeting rooms and 1,400 plenary seats, plus a historic villa and a 100,000 sq m park

Since 1894

Historic houseUp to 150 guests

Albissola Marina, Italy

Banquets for about 150 in a frescoed baroque gallery, meetings and civil weddings in an 18th-century villa on the Ligurian coast

Since 1800

Up to 100 guests

Trento, Italy

Ten event rooms for 6 to 100 guests in a 16th-century villa hotel on the Cognola hillside above Trento

Up to 400 guests

Syracuse, Italy

Six halls for up to 260 guests and a terrace for 400 above the Latomie dei Cappuccini in Syracuse, in a hotel founded in 1862

Historic houseUp to 500 guests

Desio, Italy

Piermarini villa north of Milan for up to 300 guests indoors and 500 outdoors, with five decorated ground-floor rooms

Since 1651

Historic houseUp to 230 guests

Grumello Cremonese ed Uniti, Italy

Three courtyards and two connected halls for up to 230 guests in a sixteenth-century villa near Cremona

Historic houseUp to 80 guests

Zola Predosa, Italy

Salone for about 80 people and four meeting rooms in an 18th-century villa near Bologna

Since 1850

Historic houseUp to 200 guests

Legnano, Italy

An early 1900s villa in Legnano near Milan with a hall for 200 seated, a terrace for 130 and a park of over 5,000 m²

Since 1906

Historic houseUp to 250 guests

San Pancrazio, Lucca, Italy

Three event spaces for 180 to 250 seated guests in a 16th-century villa park above Lucca, with a guest house for 20

Historic houseUp to 800 guests

Stezzano, Italy

Conference hall for 350 theatre-style, 250 seated for dinner, a lawn for 800 and 61 beds, 4 km from Bergamo airport

Historic houseUp to 200 guests

Savona, Italy

Frescoed rooms, a consecrated family chapel and a park of over 2,000 m² for 100+ guests indoors and 200+ outdoors in Savona

Since 1700

Como, Italy

Lakefront villa hotel in Como with three conference rooms, a lake terrace and a private dock for arrivals by boat

Since 1859

Historic house

Capraia e Limite, Italy

A 70-seat 18th-century theater, a private chapel and a 20-hectare botanical park on a villa sold in exclusive use near Florence

Up to 200 guests

Varano Borghi, Italy

Five daylit meeting rooms for up to 150, wedding receptions for 200 in a 65,000 m² park and 66 bedrooms by Lake Comabbio

66 rooms

Up to 80 guests

Sestri Levante, Italy

Four meeting rooms for up to 80 people and 105 bedrooms in a seventeenth-century villa on the seafront of Sestri Levante

105 rooms

Historic house

Calci, Italy

Exclusive use for 45 guests in 22 bedrooms with a private pool, for retreats and company offsites near Pisa

22 rooms

WineryUp to 200 guests

Montemerano, Italy

Wedding banquets for up to 200 guests among Maremma vineyards, with 25 bedrooms on a working wine estate near Saturnia

25 rooms

Historic houseUp to 500 guests

Pontassieve, Italy

A Great Hall for up to 500 guests with its own chapel, on a 600-hectare organic wine estate in Chianti Rufina near Florence

Up to 700 guests

Comiso, Italy

A congress hall for more than 700, three meeting rooms and wedding banqueting with hotel rooms between Comiso and Vittoria

Up to 60 guests

Figline Valdarno, Italy

Two daylit meeting rooms for up to 60, a 14th-century cloister and an Italian garden in a Valdarno villa with its own wine estate

Historic house

Zugliano, Italy

Five frescoed halls, a gallery floor and a garden for conferences and weddings in a Venetian villa near Vicenza

Historic houseUp to 250 guests

Robecco sul Naviglio, Italy

Whole-day hire of a Naviglio Grande villa near Milan: courtyard for about 250, six rooms, boat landing

Up to 180 guests

Novi Ligure, Italy

Six rooms for up to 150 in theatre style, a park for 180 wedding guests and 47 bedrooms in a 17th-century villa at Novi Ligure

47 rooms

Historic house

Dolo, Italy

Hall, adjoining rooms and an 18-seat training room in a 17th-century villa in Dolo, Venice province

Historic houseUp to 120 guests

Castel San Pietro Terme, Italy

An 18th-century estate near Bologna for up to 120 guests, with in-house catering, four rooms and a garden, May to October

Historic houseUp to 170 guests

Empoli, Italy

Fifteenth-century villa near Empoli for up to 170 guests, with three dining rooms, stables and an Italian garden

Historic house

Reggello, Italy

Weddings and seminars in a 14th-century villa above the Arno valley, with 55 rooms, a cloister and 20 hectares of park

55 rooms

Historic house

Pontassieve, Italy

22 bedrooms, meeting rooms and in-house catering in a sixteenth-century villa near Florence

22 rooms

Up to 180 guests

Florence, Italy

Six event rooms for up to 180 guests, a garden and a pool in a Florence hotel on Via Il Prato

EstateUp to 500 guests

Roma, Italy

Villa on the Appian Way in Rome with two large halls for up to 500 guests and a 6,000 m2 park

Historic houseUp to 400 guests

Cassano d'Adda, Italy

Neoclassical villa near Milan with a 400-seat auditorium, a 280-seat hall and a 70,000 m2 park

Historic house

Naples, Italy

Seventeenth-century villa in Posillipo, Naples, with hall, gazebo and garden for weddings, meetings and company dinners

EstateUp to 90 guests

San Gimignano, Italy

Weddings of 30 to 90 guests with exclusive hire of a 100-hectare organic estate, villa and stone hamlet, 12 km from San Gimignano

Event spaceUp to 250 guests

Naples, Italy

Sea-view hall, two terraces and a pool for events of 40 to 250 guests in Marechiaro, Naples