Borgo Castelvecchi Wedding: Cost Guide to the Chianti Borgo That Sleeps 100

What you're actually buying

Borgo Castelvecchi is a fortified medieval village five minutes outside Radda in Chianti — thirty-five minutes from Siena, fifty from Florence, and about as deep into Chianti Classico as it's possible to be. The borgo dates to 1043, and nearly a millennium later it still works the way a Tuscan village should: stone houses around a cobbled square, an 18th-century villa and chapel, a thousand-year-old wine cellar beneath it all, and the estate's own Chianti Classico in the glasses.

Structurally, it belongs to the category our enquiry data shows couples asking for more than any other: the exclusive-use borgo that sleeps the whole guest list. Weddings here require taking over the property — there's no hiring a terrace for an evening — and that's precisely the appeal. Searches for a borgo castelvecchi wedding in Chianti come overwhelmingly from couples planning a full weekend: welcome pizza night in the medieval square, wedding day in the gardens, farewell brunch by the pool.

Borgo Castelvecchi wedding cost: 50 guests, 2–3 days

The venue quotes exclusive-use hire on application rather than publishing a rate card, so the hire line below is an estimate built from our enquiry analysis and what comparable exclusive-use Chianti borghi confirm — treat it as a planning band, not a quote. What is venue-confirmed is the food and drink: wedding menus run €135–155 per person including beverages from the borgo's own restaurant, pizza evenings from the wood-fired oven are €40 per person, and the open bar is €25 per person for two hours of unlimited cocktails.

Two structural facts make that band kinder than it looks. First, the exclusive-use fee includes accommodation, buffet breakfast for every staying guest, daily and final cleaning, and VAT — at most Tuscan villas, guest rooms alone are a five-figure line that couples discover late. Second, catering is in-house: the borgo's restaurant and chefs handle everything from the plated wedding dinner to the pool-party barbecue, paired with the estate's own Chianti Classico, so there's no external caterer stacking kitchen fees, rentals, and logistics on top. Extras price transparently too: wine tastings in the thousand-year-old cellar from €20 per person, a "getting ready" Champagne brunch at €1,200, light lunches at €25 per person.

Sleeps on site: two options — 65 guests or the entire village for 100

This is the number that drives most Castelvecchi enquiries, so let's be precise. The borgo offers two exclusive-use options:

Option 1 — the Villa plus selected borgo houses, 65 guests. Private use of the 18th-century Villa sleeping 35, with rooms and apartments in the surrounding stone houses for up to 30 more adults. This is the natural fit for the 50-guest bracket — everyone sleeps on site with rooms to spare, and it's the configuration behind the budget above.

Option 2 — the entire medieval village, 100 guests. Full exclusive use of everything: the Villa and every room and apartment in the borgo's stone houses. A guest list of 100 all sleeping within the same thousand-year-old walls is genuinely rare — most Tuscan venues that host 100 for dinner sleep 30–40, and the rest scatter to hotels. Here the whole wedding stays.

In both options, children up to 12 stay free — worth real money for family-heavy guest lists — and breakfast for everyone is included. The overflow reality is gentle: for receptions and dinners the property can host groups beyond its 100 sleepers, and any guests past the bed count stay in Radda in Chianti, five minutes away, or the surrounding Chianti villages — Castellina is fifteen minutes, Greve twenty. On the day itself, the Italian Garden takes 100 for ceremonies and the historic square 80 (100 for cocktails), the panoramic terrace and the Sala delle Tinate each seat 100 for dinner, and the indoor hall doubles as the built-in weather plan.

Season and availability: the honest 2027/2028 picture

Exclusive-use borghi sell whole weekends, not evening slots, so a season at Castelvecchi holds far fewer weddings than a hotel calendar — and Chianti Classico in September is about as contested as Tuscan real estate gets. Across our enquiry data, September and the May–June window book first region-wide, with prime weekends at venues of this type thinning out roughly 14–18 months ahead. If you're targeting September 2027 or May/June 2027, enquire now and make the borgo an early shortlist visit — Radda is an easy add to any Chianti scouting trip.

For 2028, you're early in the best way: first pick of dates, and we're already seeing 2028 enquiries arrive in meaningful numbers. April, July, and October remain the value-and-availability sweet spots in both years — and October in Chianti has a card no other month holds, because the harvest is on and the vineyards around Radda turn gold.

Exclusive use, curfews, and music

Exclusive use isn't optional here — it's the model. Weddings require taking either Option 1 or Option 2, which means complete privacy across every garden, terrace, and cobbled lane for the duration of your stay. No other guests, no shared spaces, no schedule but yours.

On the question every party-minded couple asks: the venue offers a late-night extension until 4:00am. That's not a loose promise — it's a listed service. Like everywhere in Italy, late-night amplified music outdoors ultimately answers to commune noise rules, and the standard Tuscan pattern is to migrate the party indoors for the small hours; Castelvecchi is set up for exactly that, with the Sala delle Tinate holding 100 and a thousand-year-old wine cellar taking 50 for the hardcore. Confirm the specifics for your date when you enquire.

Ceremonies: the 18th-century chapel hosts symbolic ceremonies for up to 40, and the Italian Garden takes 100 with the Chianti hills as the backdrop; the historic square holds ceremonies for 80. Most international couples handle the legal paperwork at home and hold the ceremony that matters at the borgo — our guide to legally marrying in Italy explains both routes, including the church and town-hall options nearby.

Similar venues with confirmed pricing

If the exclusive-borgo format is right but you want comparables before committing, these are the closest matches in our Tuscan portfolio — both bookable directly through us, with real numbers rather than "price on application":

For the wider context — how borgo weddings price against villa and castle formats across the region — our Tuscany wedding cost guide runs the full comparison, and the top villa venues in Tuscany covers the classic-villa route if a whole village is more than you need.