Il Salviatino Wedding Cost (2027): Prices & Capacity

Il Salviatino is a 15th-century villa hotel in the hills immediately above Florence, on the Fiesole side, with formal Italian gardens, terraces that look back at the Duomo, a pool, a spa and 39 rooms and suites. It is owned by Alessandra Rovati Vitali, who also leads the event designers Tearose, and the two are integrated. It is the Florence wedding for couples who want the city to be part of the weekend and a villa on the hill for the day itself.

Pricing is by proposal rather than tariff. For planning, the full-property room commitment runs about €35,000 to €45,000 a night over two or three nights, before the hotel's own catering and Tearose's design and production. The Giardino all'Italiana hosts blessings for 200 and La Piazzetta 150, but events over 100 require a marquee, and the indoor rooms seat about 60 and 40. Sixty to 100 is the number.

Salviatino is the Florence wedding that keeps Florence: guests stay in the centre, the hotel shuttle runs them into town for the free afternoon, and the wedding happens 15 minutes up the hill with the Duomo in the ceremony photographs. The property has more settings than a villa hotel usually does, a formal garden for the ceremony, terraces for drinks, La Piazzetta for dinner, the pool and olive grove for the day after, and a hotel's kitchens and spa around all of it.

The limit is weather at scale. The indoor rooms are lovely and small, and above 100 the hotel requires a marquee, so a 120-guest wedding is designing a tent from the start. Sixty to 100 is the range where the garden holds the group and 39 rooms hold the wedding party, with a central Florence block for everyone else. Pricing is bespoke; read the proposal in five parts: rooms, food, spaces, Tearose and structures.

A bespoke proposal built from the date, the room commitment, the event programme and the production scope; there is no fixed venue fee. The benchmarks below are planning assumptions.

Planning ranges for a three-night full-property stay with the wedding, a welcome gathering and a farewell meal, the hotel's catering, Tearose design, production, planner, photography, music and shuttles, with a marquee above 100. They exclude flights, attire, off-site hotels and taxes not in the proposals.

Capacities are by use across the villa, the gardens and the lower park; 100 is the threshold that brings in a marquee.

Under 40 guests the villa's rooms cover the day; at 40 to 60 the Biblioteca takes dinner with the ceremony and drinks fitted around it; above 60 a seated wet-weather dinner means several rooms or a structure, and above 100 the marquee is required anyway. A transparent or open-sided structure in the right part of the park keeps the villa, the garden and Florence in the picture; an opaque tent in the wrong place does not. Design it in.

Thirty-nine individually designed rooms and suites with king beds and views of the Duomo or the park, some taking an extra bed, and Grand Suites made by connecting suites; ask for the rooming list rather than multiplying by two. Keep the couple, family and wedding party here and the rest in one or two central Florence hotels with a shuttle point outside the ZTL.

Food and drink are the hotel's, through Da Giacomo al Salviatino, the Rosa Bar and the pool bar, with bespoke menus and a minimum set in the proposal. Tearose, led by the owner, handles florals, décor and wider production; establish which of its services are required if you bring your own planner or designer. The Loggiato and the pool take the late party; agree the finish and sound limits.

Ceremonies on the estate are blessings, with a master of ceremonies available. Religious weddings go to San Martino a Maiano a kilometre away for 50, San Martino a Mensola for 150 or Fiesole's cathedral for 400, with paperwork started six to eight months ahead; the hotel can arrange Catholic, Hindu, Sikh, Jewish and Protestant celebrants. Civil ceremonies are at Palazzo Vecchio or Florence's other municipal rooms. Non-Italian couples need a Nulla Osta, an Atto Notorio and certified translations; allow 60 to 90 days.

The hotel runs a complimentary daytime shuttle to the centre; the wedding needs its own coaches from a hotel with loading access outside the restricted zone.

Late May, June and September for the gardens and the view. July and August want a late ceremony and shade on the terraces. October is comfortable and wet, fine for a small wedding in the Biblioteca and a marquee decision for a large one.

Best for: 60 to 100 guests; a Florence hotel wedding with the Duomo in the photographs; several garden and terrace settings; a full-service hotel for the days around the wedding; guests in the city centre.

Things to consider: bespoke pricing; a marquee above 100 and small indoor rooms; Tearose's role to define; 39 rooms by rooming list; the legal ceremony is in town; ZTL logistics for coaches.

• What does the room commitment cost for our dates, and how many nights?
• What is the food-and-drink minimum and package?
• Which Tearose services are required, and can we bring our own planner?
• Where does a marquee stand, and what kitchen and restroom costs apply?
• Can we see the Biblioteca and Sala Affresco laid out for our number?
• What are the party finish time and sound limits?
• Which rooms connect, and which take extra beds?

• Villa San Michele, Fiesole: the Belmond hill hotel next door for a full takeover of 39 rooms and up to 80 guests.
• Four Seasons Hotel Firenze: 121 rooms and a 140-seat ballroom when the rain plan matters.
• Villa Cora, Florence: the city-side villa hotel with a 100-seat Mirror Room.
• Villa Gamberaia, Settignano: the garden estate for 150 with a priced package.

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

For Il Salviatino, the most useful comparison is not simply “which venue is prettier?” It is whether you prefer a Florence-accessible hotel wedding with 39 rooms and multiple outdoor spaces, or a more remote private estate with a clearer buyout package and larger dedicated indoor reception room.