Castello di Casole Wedding Cost (2027): Prices & Capacity

Castello di Casole is Belmond's country hotel on a 4,200-acre estate above Casole d'Elsa, an hour south of Florence: a restored 10th-century castle with 39 suites and two Signature Villas, restaurants, an infinity pool, the Essere spa, a cypress-lined approach and a grass amphitheatre that looks across the Siena hills. It is the Tuscan wedding for couples who want countryside with a hotel's kitchens, housekeeping and pool around them all weekend.

The pricing works in layers. The spaces are cheap: the amphitheatre is €1,500, the terraces and courtyard €3,500 to €4,000, so a ceremony, aperitivo and terrace dinner is €9,000 in fees. The food is the hotel's, from €260 a head for aperitivo and the Casole menu plus a €70 wine pairing. The real commitment is the hotel: at least 10 rooms for any wedding, exclusivity recommended above 25 guests and available to 150, priced by proposal. Dinner seats 80 on the restaurant terrace and 100 on the Limonaia Terrace; indoors the chapel seats 40, so a big wedding's rain plan is a marquee.

Casole is the hotel wedding in the Tuscan hills: vows in the amphitheatre with the valley behind you, drinks on a stone terrace, dinner on the Limonaia Terrace with the lights of the castle above, and in between it, breakfast, the pool and the spa handled by a Belmond team rather than a planner's spreadsheet. The landscape carries the design, and a restrained wedding looks right here.

Sixty to 100 is the size: at 60 the 39 suites hold almost everyone, at 80 the restaurant terrace is the natural dinner, at 100 the villas and a Colle di Val d'Elsa block take the rest. The space fees are the least of it; the hotel's room commitment is the budget, and the chapel's 40 seats mean a marquee for any wedding over that number. Ten to 25 guests get a different proposition, a chapel dinner and ten rooms without taking the whole hotel.

Three layers: the hotel stay or exclusivity, priced by proposal with at least ten rooms; the event spaces, priced per space with VAT; and the food and drink from the hotel's menus.

Event-side planning ranges for the wedding, a welcome gathering and a farewell meal with the hotel's food, planner, florals, production, photography, music and shuttles. The hotel stay or exclusivity, a marquee and any mandatory charges come on top; so do flights, attire and off-site hotels.

Exclusive weddings run to 150, which is the amphitheatre's number; dinner depends on the terrace, and the indoor room is small.

The chapel seats 40, which covers an intimate wedding's dinner and nothing larger. Above that the covered plan is a marquee on the Limonaia Terrace, agreed and priced for the event, with the ceremony and drinks sheltered too; the pergola sections are open-sided. Choose a marquee you would be happy to dine in and make it part of the booking, not an emergency line.

Thirty-nine suites, about 78 guests at two per suite, plus Villa Thesan and Villa Usil, three-bedroom villas a five-minute walk away sleeping six adults each with a shared pool, for about 90 in all. Overflow goes to Colle di Val d'Elsa, 30 minutes away; Siena is 45 to 55 and better for sightseers. The pool is for hotel guests.

The hotel's chefs cook the wedding from the Mandorla and Casole menus, customised, with vegetarian options and children's and supplier meals priced separately. The hotel's events team runs the property; a planner is worth hiring for a multi-day programme with a marquee and guests in Colle. The chapel is the after-party room, with its finish time, dancing capacity and sound conditions agreed for the event; a buyout does not create unrestricted outdoor music.

The amphitheatre hosts symbolic ceremonies and blessings for up to 150, and the chapel, which is not consecrated, a small indoor one. Civil weddings take place at the Rocca or Piazza Luchetti in Casole d'Elsa, nine kilometres away; Catholic ceremonies at the Collegiata in Casole or the Pieve di San Giovanni Battista in Pievescola, six kilometres away. Non-Italian couples need a Nulla Osta, an Atto Notorio and certified translations; allow 60 to 90 days.

Coaches and minibuses can reach the hotel; parking is free and taxis are arranged through the concierge. Run an early return and a last run at the agreed finish.

Late May, June and September. July and August want a late ceremony in the amphitheatre and the pool. April, October and November are promoted as value months without a published discount, and suit a chapel wedding. The hotel's season runs to late November.

Best for: 60 to 100 guests, or 10 to 25; a Belmond hotel weekend in the Siena hills; a ceremony in the amphitheatre; the hotel's kitchens and spa for the days around the wedding; families in the villas.

Things to consider: the room commitment is the real cost and is quoted per proposal; a 40-seat indoor room, so a marquee above that; the legal ceremony is in town; pool for hotel guests only; a tailored hotel contract rather than a fixed villa price.

• What does exclusivity cost for our dates, how many rooms and nights, and are the villas included?
• Is there a daily food-and-beverage guarantee, and what counts toward it?
• What does setup cost for each space?
• Where does a marquee stand on the Limonaia Terrace, and what does the hotel recommend?
• What are the after-party room, finish time and sound limits?
• Can off-site guests use the pool for a hosted event?
• Which rooms and routes are step-free?
• What are the deposit and cancellation terms?

• Borgo Santo Pietro, Chiusdino: the other luxury-hotel wedding for 100, with San Galgano for the ceremony.
• Castello di Velona, Montalcino: a castle resort with 45 suites and a priced full buyout.
• Villa La Selva, Bucine: a defined estate rental with 50 beds when the hotel contract feels open-ended.
• Villa Cetinale, Sovicille: the private-house alternative with landmark gardens and 48 beds.

Explore the RoamRecs Tuscany Wedding Venue Collection to compare castles, private villas, wine estates and hotels by guest capacity, accommodation, rental structure and indoor options.

For Castello di Casole, start with the whole weekend: how many guests can stay together, what the hotel commitment buys and whether you like the covered wedding as much as the outdoor version. That will tell you more than comparing a single terrace fee with another venue’s full-property rental.