Villa Faraggiana hosts banquets for about 150 guests in its frescoed gallery, along with meetings, workshops, product presentations, receptions and civil weddings in its rooms and gardens. The 18th-century villa stands in Albissola Marina, on the Ligurian coast next to Savona, at Via Salomoni 119.
Seminars and company events
The villa markets itself for meetings, workshops, conferences, conventions, off-site days and presentations to clients or colleagues. Organizers can use the connected interior rooms, the terraces, the gazebos and the gardens, and arrange them to fit the format, from a talk in a period room to a product launch followed by drinks outside. Exhibitions are held here too. The villa has the infrastructure needed for professional catering and banqueting. A guided visit of the museum rooms can be booked for a group, which gives a seminar or a client day a cultural program without leaving the site.
Weddings and receptions
The villa is registered as a seat for civil marriages, and ceremonies can take place in a corner of the garden or in the frescoed rooms. Symbolic ceremonies are possible as well. The paperwork for civil ceremonies goes through the Comune di Albissola Marina. Packages are tailored for the ceremony, the reception and the photographs, and the dinner usually takes place in the Galleria delle Stagioni. Indoor and outdoor areas can both be used for receptions and photo sessions.
Rooms and capacities
The Galleria delle Stagioni is the main room. It is decorated with frescoes and baroque furnishings, gilded statues of the Seasons by the Genoese sculptor Filippo Parodi and a gilded console mirror depicting Narcissus. The villa gives its capacity for lunches and dinners at about 150 guests, with figures between 140 and 160 depending on the page. The east wing has five recently renovated rooms for receptions, buffets and cocktails. The Italian garden, the terraces and the gazebos are used for ceremonies, aperitifs and photographs in good weather.
Catering
The villa provides the facilities a caterer and a banqueting service need, but its website does not name an in-house kitchen or a preferred caterer. Ask the venue which caterers it works with before you plan the menu.
History and setting
Built in the 18th century as a noble Ligurian residence, the villa is now also a museum covering three centuries of aristocratic life. Visitors see the gallery, the chapel of Nostra Signora della Misericordia, a music room, libraries and bedrooms decorated with polychrome stucco and period furniture. The formal Italian garden has sculptures, fountains and terraces. Albissola Marina is a small seaside town with a long tradition of ceramics.
Getting there
Albissola Marina lies a few kilometers east of Savona. The Albisola station is on the coastal railway between Genoa and Ventimiglia, and Genoa airport is about 40 km away along the A10 motorway, which has an exit at Albisola. Ask the villa about parking for guests and coaches.
