Get married at a villa with gardens and Amalfi Coast views

A white late-liberty villa with long, slender lines, restored with care for its original style. Upstairs, a loggia of white columns carries a vine pergola. Below, arched niches frame painted tiles and climbing plants. Umbrella pines and cypresses stand around it, with giant terracotta urns on white pedestals. Inside, terracotta floors and wrought-iron chandeliers meet arched glass doors onto the garden. Pink bougainvillea climbs past green-framed windows.

The villa sits in Ravello's upper town, between the Santa Chiara convent and the San Francesco friary. Here the lanes are too narrow for traffic. Ravello's cathedral and the gardens of Villa Rufolo are a short stroll one way, Villa Cimbrone's belvedere a similar stroll the other. Below, the coast drops toward Atrani, Minori and Maiori, with the Lattari Mountains behind the town.

Villa Eva is in a car-free part of Ravello, so everyone arrives on foot along quiet lanes. Cars park at the family's hotel nearby, where staff help with luggage. Naples airport is the usual arrival, a little over an hour by road. Salerno's airport is closer for some flights. Our planner in Italy books the airport transfers and the hotel rooms around the villa.

There are no bedrooms at the villa itself, which keeps the whole house for the celebration. The same family runs two hotels nearby, one directly across the lane and one a five-minute walk away. Between them they have around fifty rooms and a pool. The wedding party sleeps within walking distance of the dance floor, with no late-night transfers.

Upstairs lounges are set aside for getting ready, from mid-morning until the end of the celebration. A lit staircase with a tall gilt-framed mirror makes a natural spot for the first photos on the way down. Victoria & Ryann renewed their vows here in October 2024. They got ready in separate rooms of the villa before their first look.

Symbolic vows take place on the Panoramic Bellevue, a lawn along the railing with the coast falling away below. In bad weather, the dining halls and their wide sea-view windows bring the ceremony indoors. Protestant, Jewish and other non-Catholic rites can also be held on site. For a legal wedding in Italy, Ravello's town hall is a short walk away. Our planner assists with the paperwork and booking the registrar. Catholic weddings go to the cathedral, five minutes on foot.

The villa's roof is the highest point in Ravello and the obvious place for portraits. It's tiled in terracotta with small blue inlays. Umbrella pines frame views of the terraced hills from the garden parapets. The lawn along the sea, the lantern-lined colonnade and the giant chess set all photograph well. The cathedral square adds wide steps and a white facade, a few minutes' walk away.

The park splits into areas for each part of the evening. Aperitifs can start at the kiosks, with a barbecue, a fryer and an open-air wine bar for tastings. Nearby, a pizzaiolo fires pizzas in the wood-burning oven for half an hour or so while guests watch. A cheese-maker corner, where mozzarella is pulled by hand, can join the spread.

Dinner can be served in the glass-walled halls with sea views or under the ivy-covered pavilion beside the villa. Round tables can also go on the lawn beneath white shade sails. The villa and park together seat up to 200, so a family-sized wedding still has room to spread out. For couples weighing where to get married in Italy, that choice of settings behind one gate is the case for Villa Eva.

All food comes from the villa's own kitchen, with Campanian menus built around the coast. Expect paccheri from Gragnano, Provolone del Monaco, Amalfi lemons, sfogliatelle and rum baba. Vegetables and herbs come from the family's organic garden across the lane. Vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free guests are covered. Our fixed-price wedding packages in Italy build the menu in from the start.

One of the villa's halls is soundproofed and lit for dancing, so a DJ or live band can play on after dinner. The evening runs until midnight, and the bar service extends it to 2 am. Later hours are possible on request. Toward the end, the oven in the park can turn out a round of pizza for your closest friends.

Children are welcome, with a menu of their own. Think mozzarella and ham bites, pennette in tomato sauce or gnocchi alla sorrentina, then a Milanese cutlet and fries. The garden gives them room to roam between the flower beds and the white gazebo. There's a giant chess set in the formal garden, too.

Villa Eva is used only for events, and only one at a time. Booking it means the villa, the halls and the park are yours for the day. No other party shares the gate. The villa's team runs the service on the day. Our planner coordinates the timings, the music and every supplier around it.

The pines and cypresses give real shade on a hot afternoon, and large parasols cover the garden areas. If rain threatens, the ceremony and dinner both move into the dining halls. Their wide windows keep the sea view. The ivy-covered pavilion also gives a covered place to eat outdoors.