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The 10 Best Borgo Wedding Venues in Tuscany for 2026–2027

Our editors' ten favourite Tuscan borgo wedding venues — entire medieval villages you hire outright, from a Michelin-starred estate in the Val di Merse to a hamlet first recorded in 1043. Capacities, starting prices, and who each borgo suits best.

By Italian Venues
12 min read

We list 21 borghi in Tuscany — entire medieval villages, restored end-to-end, that one couple can book outright. It is the venue category Tuscany does better than anywhere else on earth, and choosing ten meant leaving out hamlets we genuinely love. These are the ones we'd send our own friends to: for the chapel bell, the stone lanes, and a village where every bed belongs to your guests.

1. Borgo Santo Pietro — the private Tuscan kingdom

Deep in the Val di Merse near Chiusdino, Borgo Santo Pietro spreads across 300 acres of organic farmland — a 13th-century hamlet reborn as a Relais & Châteaux estate with a Michelin star in the dining room, a private chapel, and just 22 rooms. Weddings unfold across rose-filled cloisters, a lakeside island, and candlelit orangeries, for up to 140 guests. For couples who want the most refined borgo in Tuscany, full stop.

2. Borgo San Felice — Chianti Classico's five-star hamlet

Borgo San Felice at Castelnuovo Berardenga is a former Chianti village turned Relais & Châteaux — the only five-star of its kind in the Chianti Classico region, 25 minutes from Siena. Endless rows of vines, forests of oak, and the towers of Siena on the horizon; up to 100 guests for the ceremony and cocktails, 80 seated. For couples who want hotel-grade polish inside genuinely old stone.

3. Borgo Castelvecchi — a thousand years, exclusively yours

First recorded in 1043, Borgo Castelvecchi in Radda in Chianti is the rare property where "exclusive use" means an entire medieval village — 18th-century villa, stone houses sleeping up to 100 guests, an 18th-century chapel, and a thousand-year-old wine cellar pouring the estate's own Chianti Classico. Up to 100 guests. For multi-day celebrations that want the whole village asleep inside the wedding.

4. Borgo Pignano — Volterra's estate of villas

Outside Volterra, Borgo Pignano (from €55,000) sleeps its entire guest list on site — 12 suites in the main villa, three more in the Priest's House beside the ancient San Bartolomeo Church, ten maisonettes, and eight private villas each with its own pool. Up to 120 guests, all of them waking up to olive groves and vineyards. For weddings where the accommodation is half the gift.

5. Borgo Stomennano — the one the guests won't stop talking about

Borgo Stomennano near Monteriggioni (from €22,000) is the borgo whose reviews read like thank-you letters — couples report guests calling it the most beautiful wedding venue they've been to. Exclusive use for up to 80 guests, with on-site accommodation for 38 and a pool for the recovery day. For weddings run entirely in English from London or New York: past couples confirm it works beautifully.

6. Borgo Laticastelli — the castle where light comes from all sides

That is the literal meaning of the name, and it earns it. Borgo Laticastelli at Rapolano Terme near Siena (from €25,000) is a medieval hamlet with 32 air-conditioned rooms sleeping 80, panoramic terraces, an in-house restaurant, and covered spaces for 100 if the weather turns. Up to 130 guests. For couples who want the full village atmosphere with hotel logistics already solved.

7. Il Borgo di Vignamaggio — Chianti, freshly reawakened

In the heart of Chianti at Greve, Il Borgo di Vignamaggio reopened after a seven-year renovation that restored the estate to its former beauty — indoor and outdoor spaces across the central estate, plus two private villas for the days either side. Up to 100 guests, 40 minutes from Florence. For couples who want Chianti's most storied countryside with everything newly finished.

8. Borgo il Castagno — the big one

Most borghi are intimate by nature; Borgo il Castagno at San Casciano dei Bagni is the exception. Up to 250 guests outdoors, a Great Hall seating 130 as the weather plan, sleeping for 100 on site, and a garden with private pool. For the guest list that outgrew every other village on this page.

9. Borgo Bucciano — San Miniato's working estate

Between Pisa, Florence and Siena in the hills of San Miniato, Borgo Bucciano (from €10,800) gathers a 17th-century villa, 11 newly renovated suites, a consecrated chapel, an Italian garden, and a panoramic terrace — on an estate that still makes its own wine and olive oil. Up to 80 guests, with no minimum stay required. One of the gentlest published starting prices on this list, and it doesn't feel like it.

10. Borgo Casa al Vento — Chianti at its most intimate

A restored medieval hamlet amid the vineyards and olive groves of Gaiole in Chianti, Borgo Casa al Vento is the smallest village on this list — up to 65 guests, rooms scattered through the borgo, and a panoramic pool above the vines. For couples who want the whole-village feeling without the whole-village guest count.

Planning a smaller wedding?

One borgo just missed this list on scale but tops it for intimacy: Borgo Argiano in Montalcino (up to 24 guests). See our small-wedding venue guide for more.

How to choose between them

Start with beds, not banquet seats. The whole point of a borgo is that everyone sleeps inside the wedding — so match the village to the people actually staying over. Pignano sleeps 120, Castelvecchi 100, Laticastelli 80; Bucciano's 11 suites suit a close inner circle with the wider party nearby. Our borgo wedding guide explains how whole-village hires work in practice.

Match the borgo to the wedding's shape. One immaculate celebration with Michelin-level everything? Santo Pietro or San Felice. A three-day house party in your own village? Castelvecchi or Laticastelli. Two hundred and fifty guests? Il Castagno, and nothing else on this list comes close.

Book on Tuscany's timeline, not yours. The best venues book 12 or more months ahead, especially May to October — and a borgo is more exposed than most, because a single wedding takes the entire village off the calendar. Our planning timeline shows what to lock when, our Tuscany cost guide covers what it all costs, and a good local planner can sometimes reach dates that never hit the open market.

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