Villa Cimbrone is a historic villa hotel in Ravello, set high above the sea around the celebrated Terrace of Infinity.
What you gain is the most iconic view on the coast and gardens with real provenance, a setting few venues anywhere can match.
What you trade is simplicity and a modest budget, since a wedding here means a full buyout of the hotel and a serious spend.
Villa Cimbrone sits at the top of Ravello, a historic villa whose gardens end at the Terrace of Infinity, a marble balustrade with a panoramic sweep of the coastline. As a wedding venue it hosts outdoor ceremonies for up to around one hundred and twenty guests and indoor dining for around one hundred, and a celebration requires a two night exclusive buyout of its nineteen rooms. It is one of the most romantic and most demanding venues on the Amalfi Coast.
Gardens above the sea.
Villa Cimbrone crowns the hill town of Ravello, high above the sea, a villa with medieval origins remade in the early twentieth century into one of Italy's great romantic gardens. The walk through the grounds ends at the Terrace of Infinity, a stone belvedere lined with marble busts that opens onto a panoramic sweep of the Amalfi coastline. It is, by common agreement, the most photographed view on the coast.
For a wedding the villa works as a boutique hotel of nineteen rooms with several garden ceremony settings. Outdoor ceremonies seat up to around one hundred and twenty, the Infinity Terrace hosts the cocktail hour, and dinner for around one hundred is set in the gardens or the historic interiors. Because the whole place becomes yours, a wedding here requires a two night exclusive buyout of all nineteen rooms, which is the price of having Ravello's finest garden to yourselves.
The honest truth is that Cimbrone is a serious undertaking. The buyout, the catering at around two hundred and ninety euros a head and the production push a wedding for one hundred guests past a quarter of a million euros, and Ravello's height means everything arrives up a long hill. It rewards couples who want the single most iconic setting on the coast and have the budget and the planner to match.
The practical things, told straight.
A wedding at Villa Cimbrone is a full hotel buyout in a difficult to reach hill town, so the logistics and the spend are both serious. Treat every figure as indicative and confirm directly, since the season and the guest count move the total well beyond the headline fees.
What it costs
As an indicative November 2025 guide, a Villa Cimbrone wedding for one hundred guests starts from around EUR 250,000 all in. A two night buyout of the nineteen rooms is required, dinner runs around EUR 290 a head, the ceremony costs about EUR 6,500 plus tax for up to one hundred and twenty guests and the Infinity Terrace cocktail hour about EUR 8,000 plus tax.
The spaces
Outdoor ceremonies seat up to around one hundred and twenty, the Terrace of Infinity hosts the cocktail hour, and dinner for around one hundred is set in the gardens or the historic interiors.
Getting there
Naples airport is about ninety minutes away, then the coast road and a climb up to Ravello. Plan transfers carefully, since the famous road is slow and the town sits high above the sea.
Staying over
The wedding buyout fills all nineteen rooms with the closest party, and the wider guest list stays in Ravello and the neighbouring towns of the coast.
Enquire about Villa Cimbrone.
We will check Villa Cimbrone's availability for your date, share a realistic all in cost, and introduce the planner who knows Ravello best.
Cimbrone rewards a planner who knows Ravello.
A clifftop buyout in a hill town is generous in beauty and demanding in logistics, with the buyout terms, the climb, the catering and the timeline all to manage. A planner who works the Amalfi Coast and knows Cimbrone will run the day end to end and keep the spend honest. Tell us your date and guest count and we will introduce the right one.
Browse our planner directoryA wedding at Villa Cimbrone, answered.
How many guests can Villa Cimbrone hold?
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Outdoor ceremonies seat up to around one hundred and twenty and indoor dining around one hundred. Confirm the exact seated capacity for your chosen layout directly with the hotel.
Do we have to buy out the hotel?
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Yes. A wedding requires a two night exclusive buyout of all nineteen rooms, so the villa and its gardens are entirely yours for the celebration.
What is the Terrace of Infinity?
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It is the villa's famous stone belvedere, lined with marble busts and opening onto a panoramic sweep of the Amalfi coastline. It hosts the cocktail hour and is the most photographed view on the coast.
How much does a wedding here cost?
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As an indicative guide, a wedding for one hundred guests starts from around two hundred and fifty thousand euros all in, including the buyout, dinner at around two hundred and ninety euros a head and the ceremony and terrace fees. Treat figures as indicative and confirm directly.
When is the best time to marry here?
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Late spring and early autumn, May, June, September and early October, give warm days and the gardens at their best, while July and August are hotter and busier on the coast.
Photography is licensed stock from Unsplash, shown to evoke the setting. It does not depict a specific venue.
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