Villa Mangiacane Wedding Cost (2027): Prices & Capacity

Villa Mangiacane is a private estate at San Casciano in Val di Pesa, in the hills south of Florence, built around Palazzo Machiavelli, a pink 15th-century villa with two tiers of frescoed loggias looking back toward the city, and Villa Mazzei, a second residence with its own infinity pool and garden. Together they have 28 rooms and suites for up to 60, with a courtyard, lawns, an olive grove and a wine cellar for the party.

The first decision is the rental. For 2027 the main villa is €39,600 to €52,800 plus VAT for three nights by season, and the whole property €79,200 to €92,400 plus VAT, with breakfast at €38 a head and the wedding's catering and production on top. The courtyard seats about 120, the loggias 60 to 80, the cellar up to about 100 for dinner alone, and outdoor music ends around 10 pm before the move downstairs. It is a 60-to-80-guest house-party weekend, 30 minutes from Florence.

Book Mangiacane for the villa weekend. The loggias frame dinner, the olive grove takes the ceremony, Villa Mazzei's pool takes the day after, and 60 people live on the estate with Florence half an hour away for anyone who wants a city morning. For an international list that mix of retreat and access is the point.

The rental is the cost: €92,400 plus VAT for the whole estate in high season before breakfast or a caterer, and a smaller list does not shrink it. Sixty to 80 is the size where the beds are used and the cellar's unpublished seated number is a layout rather than a problem; above that the rain plan is a marquee. Outdoor music ends around 10 pm and the party goes underground, and the legal ceremony is elsewhere. The main villa alone for 22 is worth pricing for an intimate wedding.

A three-night rental of the main villa or the whole estate, before VAT, with breakfast and services on top and the wedding's catering and production separate. No weekday-weekend split; stays crossing May 15 or October 15 are split by night.

Planning ranges for three high-season nights of the whole estate with 60 in residence, breakfast and a night concierge, the wedding, a welcome dinner and a farewell lunch, catering at €250 to €400 a head, planner, photography, florals, production, music and shuttles. They exclude VAT on the rental, city tax, any event or cellar charges, a marquee, off-site rooms, flights and attire.

Several distinct settings rather than one lawn; the figures are layout references, and the cellar is the one that needs a drawing.

The cellar takes dinner, with the loggias for the ceremony and drinks while it is set, though their open arches let wind-driven rain in. No seated number is published for the cellar once a bar and dance floor are in, so at 60 to 80 ask for the drawing and at 100 plan for a marquee with floor, lighting and climate control. Choose the rainy version you would be happy with.

Twenty-two in Palazzo Machiavelli's ten rooms and suites, with the lounges, dining room and spa, and 38 more in Villa Mazzei's 18 rooms around its own pool, for 60 in all; the rooming list should show standard, sofa and extra beds. Overflow stays around San Casciano or in Florence.

Food and drink are arranged separately, with the estate assisting and a restaurant service on request; caterer approval, kitchen access, service charges and wine rules are not in the tariff, so settle them in the proposal. Plan the household's meals beyond breakfast. Hire a planner for two residences, several spaces and an off-site group.

Outdoor music ends at about 10 pm as a planning figure, with the indoor finish, sound conditions and any extension agreed with the estate; the cellar is the party.

Ceremonies in the olive grove, the courtyard or a loggia are symbolic. San Casciano's authorised civil locations are the council chamber, the library, the Teatro Niccolini, Castello il Palagio and Villa Il Poggiale; Mangiacane is not among them, so the legal ceremony happens there and the celebration here. Non-Italian couples need a Nulla Osta, an Atto Notorio and certified translations, with documents to the Comune two weeks ahead; allow 60 to 90 days.

The estate arranges transfers and has private parking; confirm coach size and turning. One Florence pickup is easier than serving every hotel.

Late May, June and September for the loggias and the courtyard. Early May and late October sit in the low-season band and save €13,200 on the rental with more reliance on the cellar. July and August want a late ceremony and the two pools.

Best for: 60 to 80 guests; a private villa weekend with 60 in residence and two pools; frescoed loggias for dinner; Florence 30 minutes away; the main villa alone for an intimate 22.

Things to consider: €92,400 plus VAT for the estate in high season before a meal; the cellar's seated number is a layout; outdoor music ends around 10 pm; the legal ceremony is elsewhere; breakfast, concierge and event charges on top.

• What does the rental cost with VAT, and which event, cellar and kitchen charges apply?
• Which spaces are private with the main villa alone?
• Can we see the cellar laid out for our number with a dance floor?
• What is the contractual outdoor cut-off and indoor finish?
• Are there caterer approval, service or wine rules?
• Which beds are standard and which are extras in the 60?
• What are the payment and cancellation terms?

• Villa Le Corti, San Casciano: the neighbouring Corsini villa by the day for 150 with no stay.
• Villa La Selva, Bucine: 50 beds on a wine estate with breakfast and cleaning bundled.
• Villa Cetinale, Sovicille: the landmark garden with 48 beds and a week's stay.
• Villa Cora, Florence: the hotel version in the city.

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For Mangiacane, the most useful question is whether your group will make enough use of the private stay to justify the rental. A beautiful evening in the courtyard is only part of what you are buying.