If you’re dreaming of a seaside wedding in Italy, the setting is easy to picture—cliffside terraces, lemon gardens, and dinner overlooking the Mediterranean. Figuring out what it actually costs takes more work. From coastal villas in Tuscany to intimate celebrations in Positano and luxury hotel buyouts, pricing can include everything from per-person menus to nightly rental fees and required accommodation.
That’s why this roundup focuses on real numbers. Every venue included here is based on actual pricing documents, helping you understand catering costs, venue fees, minimums, and what’s included. All of this data comes from Tulle Together’s Wedding Pricing Transparency Project, a crowdsourced database with 18,000+ real pricing PDFs from venues across the country and internationally, designed to make wedding budgeting clearer. View the highlights below, or sign in to tulletogether.com to explore the full pricing PDFs.
Excelsior Palace Hotel — Rapallo, Liguria, Italy
Excelsior Palace Hotel offers a romantic Italian Riviera setting with sea-view terraces, elegant reception rooms, and views toward the Portofino coast. 2026 wedding packages start at €190 per person, with more elaborate menus reaching €260 per person, including 10% VAT. Packages include an aperitif, wedding meal and cake, selected beverages, printed menus, and a sea-view terrace for the aperitif plus exclusive use of a banqueting room. Published pricing applies to 50–200 guests, with smaller weddings quoted individually.
Grand Hotel Portovenere — Portovenere, Liguria, Italy
Grand Hotel Portovenere offers a hotel wedding setting in the coastal town of Portovenere, with 46 rooms accommodating approximately 90 overnight guests and restaurant celebrations for up to 70 guests. Full hotel buyouts cost €27,500 per night with a two-night minimum during select periods in early April or late October, excluding holidays and long weekends, or €37,500 per night with a three-night minimum in other months. The wedding package is an additional €300 per person, including food and beverages, floral arrangements, venue setup, and personalized materials. High-season buyouts also require at least one additional lunch, dinner, or brunch during the stay.
Castel Sonnino — Quercianella, Tuscany, Italy
Castel Sonnino offers a romantic seaside castle setting with a park and terrace overlooking the sea, accommodating up to 100 guests indoors or 180 outdoors. For 2027, venue rental costs €8,500 for one day, including VAT and the couple’s suite. Catering, entertainment, flowers, and other supplier services are quoted separately, while optional event planning costs €2,000, including VAT. Symbolic ceremonies can take place within the castle, by the park’s church, or on the sea-view terrace.
Villa Parisi — Castiglioncello, Tuscany, Italy
Villa Parisi is a historic cliffside villa overlooking Quercetano Bay, with a sea-view glass veranda, poolside aperitifs, and a ceremony platform above the waves. Wedding menus start at €115 per person for a minimum of 100 guests or €150 per person for a minimum of 50 guests, plus 10% VAT, including appetizer stations, a multicourse meal, dessert buffet, a single-tier wedding cake, and unlimited beverages during the aperitif and dinner. Exclusive villa rental is listed at €4,700–€7,400, plus 10% VAT, depending on the season and event details, with a two-night minimum and all 21 rooms with breakfast included. The venue accommodates up to 130 reception guests and 45 overnight guests.
Tenuta delle Ripalte — Capoliveri, Elba Island, Tuscany, Italy
Tenuta delle Ripalte combines vineyards, pine forests, and sweeping sea views, with wedding settings ranging from a panoramic winery terrace to a beach and a 19th-century villa. Banquet options cost €75, €125, or €150 per person, plus VAT, with wine priced separately at €10 per person and wedding cake with a toast at €13 per person, plus VAT. Main villa rental is included in the menu price for celebrations exceeding 60 guests; other location fees vary by season, setup, timing, and guest count. Flowers, tents, entertainment, and upgraded furnishings are additional, with rooms, apartments, and villas available for overnight stays.
La Posta Vecchia Hotel — Palo Laziale, Ladispoli, Lazio, Italy
La Posta Vecchia is a historic seaside mansion near Rome, combining Italian art treasures, lush gardens, and sweeping Tyrrhenian Sea views. Its proposal for select 2027 dates lists exclusive-use fees of €35,000–€52,000 per night, with a two-night minimum, plus food and beverage minimums of €18,000–€28,000 per night, including 10% VAT. The buyout includes all 21 rooms and suites, breakfast, and access to the private beach and Roman ruins museum. Celebrations can accommodate up to 160 guests, with a separately priced tent required above 100 guests for weather backup. These quoted rates were valid for confirmations received by February 20, 2026.
Hotel Mediterraneo Sorrento — Sorrento Coast, Campania, Italy
Hotel Mediterraneo Sorrento offers a panoramic rooftop celebration, with aperitifs and dancing at Vista Sky Bar and a wedding meal at Vesuvio Roof Restaurant. Pricing includes an €8,000 location and service fee, plus aperitif packages of €35–€50 per person and gala meal packages of €165–€230 per person, with VAT and taxes included. These rates require at least 80 guaranteed adults. The location fee covers eight hours of exclusive use of the two reception spaces, an event coordinator, personalized floral decorations, table settings, dedicated service staff, and a covered weather backup.
Villa Antiche Mura — Sorrento, Campania, Italy
Villa Antiche Mura offers a cliffside wedding setting overlooking the Bay of Naples and Mount Vesuvius, with two spacious terraces and a lush citrus grove. 2026 exclusive-use rental ranges from €3,000–€7,500 for eight hours, depending on the season and day of the week. Additional aperitif packages cost €35–€55 per person, while buffet menus range from €140–€165 and three-course wedding menus with cake range from €130–€190 per person, including VAT, taxes, and service. Rental includes an on-site coordinator, furnishings, candles, and personalized stationery, with indoor dining for up to 120 guests. The document also offers these rates for 2027 weddings confirmed by its stated March 15 booking deadline.
Hotel Marincanto — Positano, Campania, Italy
Hotel Marincanto offers an intimate Amalfi Coast wedding setting above the Tyrrhenian Sea, with panoramic terraces, lemon trees, and views of Positano. 2026 symbolic ceremonies on the Red Bar Terrace cost €4,000, including VAT and basic setup, with aperitif packages at €50–€110 per person. Dinner on Terrace Cele accommodates 30–50 guests and costs €170–€195 per person, plus a €1,500–€2,500 rental fee for smaller groups, waived for 45–50 adults. Dinner wines and champagne are additional, while a €4,000 elopement package for two includes a one-night Prestige Suite stay, ceremony setup, Prosecco, and a five-course tasting menu.
Anantara Convento di Amalfi Grand Hotel — Amalfi, Campania, Italy
Anantara Convento di Amalfi Grand Hotel combines a dramatic cliffside setting with a 13th-century chapel and cloister, plus terraces overlooking the Tyrrhenian Sea. Wedding menus range from €289–€339 per person, including an aperitivo, with drinks packages costing an additional €59–€99 per person. Ceremony venue fees range from €2,000–€3,000, while the Monk’s Walk reception space costs €3,900 for up to 60 guests. All prices include VAT, and ceremony bookings must be paired with a banquet or cocktail reception. Accommodation commitments apply in selected months, ranging from four to ten room nights.
Giardini del Fuenti — Vietri sul Mare, Campania, Italy
Giardini del Fuenti offers an elegant Amalfi Coast setting with sea-view terraces, fragrant lemon groves, and a private beach club. Wedding menus start at €220 per person, with more elaborate options starting at €250, €300, or €400 per person, while welcome cocktails start at €20 per person and dinner wines at €25 per person. Full venue buyouts range from €8,000–€20,000 per day, depending on the season, with a €40,000 food and beverage minimum from June through September. All prices exclude VAT. Selected reception spaces accommodate up to 300 guests, while the included Caveau weather backup covers events of up to 140 guests; larger celebrations require a separately priced marquee.
Villa Paola — Tropea, Calabria, Italy
Villa Paola is a restored 16th-century monastery overlooking the Tyrrhenian Sea, with Mediterranean gardens, a historic cloister, and panoramic terraces for up to 90 guests. 2026 exclusive-use rates range from €7,000–€7,500 per night in April and October and €12,000–€12,500 per night from May through September, with a two-night minimum. The buyout includes 14 double rooms for approximately 28 overnight guests, breakfast, and a complimentary extra night for the couple. Catering is additional, with wedding menus priced at €180, €200, or €250 per person, including a welcome aperitif and wedding cake; dinner beverage packages cost €35 per person.
Grand Hotel Timeo — Taormina, Sicily, Italy
Grand Hotel Timeo offers an elegant hillside wedding setting beside Taormina’s Ancient Greek Theatre, with Mediterranean gardens and sweeping views of the sea and Mount Etna. Wedding receptions start at €500 per person, including 10% VAT, covering cocktails, dinner with regional wine, and an after-dinner open bar. For the proposed garden celebration of 60–80 guests, a marquee starts at €25,000, including VAT, and six specified rooms must be booked for at least four nights, with accommodation charged separately. Smaller weddings of up to 50 guests can privatize Otto Geleng Restaurant on the panoramic Literary Terrace, where music entertainment is not permitted.
There’s no single price point for a seaside wedding in Italy. A villa rental with separate catering works differently from a hotel buyout requiring multiple nights, and a starting menu price may leave out drinks, VAT, or weather backup. Comparing those details—and the dates each quote applies to—helps you understand the full commitment behind those beautiful coastal views.
For a closer look, explore Tulle Together’s Wedding Pricing Transparency Project, with 18,000+ real pricing PDFs from venues across the country and internationally. Compare packages, check inclusions, and build your Italian wedding budget around actual pricing documents.
Photo Credit: Excelsior Palace Hotel
