Areias do Seixo is a hotel destination wedding venue in Santa Cruz, Portugal, hosting up to 150 guests (Aisle estimate), where a wedding for 80 guests costs about €24,000 (our estimate), reached from Lisbon Humberto Delgado (LIS), 55 minutes by car.
Areias do Seixo
An eco-hotel on seven hectares of protected dune and pine above Santa Cruz, built from 2010 by Gonçalo Alves and Marta Fonseca, an hour north of Lisbon on the coast Portuguese surfers use.
About Areias do Seixo
An eco-hotel on seven hectares of protected dune and pine above Santa Cruz, built from 2010 by Gonçalo Alves and Marta Fonseca, an hour north of Lisbon on the coast Portuguese surfers use.
Every one of the 15 rooms is different, with a log fire, geothermal heating and a deck or patio, and self-catering villas sit alongside them for larger groups.
Nothing here matches anything else, which is the point: reclaimed wood, hand-built beds, an organic garden that feeds the kitchen, and an infinity pool pointed at the Atlantic.
Weddings are held outdoors on the dunes and lawns with the ocean below, and dinner moves inside to the restaurant when the wind gets up, which on this coast it usually does after dark.
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Capacity, rooms and facilities
Money
- A wedding for 80 guests
- About €24,000, rooms extraAisle estimate
- Price
- €12,000 to €20,000 for the whole property, per nightAisle estimate
Getting there
- Nearest airport
- LIS, 55 min by carAisle estimate
Venue highlights
- Seven hectares of protected dune and pine above the Atlantic
- 15 individually built rooms plus self-catering villas
- Organic garden that supplies the kitchen; log fires in every room
- Ceremonies on the dunes, dinner inside when the wind gets up
A sample wedding weekend
See the day-by-day outline+
Use this as a starting point and adapt it to your bookings and guests.
- 19:00Fire pit and drinks on the dune deck
- 11:00Surf lesson at Santa Cruz or yoga on the lawn
- 18:00Ceremony on the dunes with the Atlantic below
- 19:00Drinks around the infinity pool before the wind picks up
- 20:30Dinner inside from the organic garden, dancing after
- 11:30Breakfast, then the walk down to the beach
Costs and booking details
- Getting there
- LIS · about 55 min by carAisle estimate
Guests fly into Lisbon Humberto Delgado.
Questions about the venue
How many guests can Areias do Seixo take?+
Third-party venue listings report between 150 and 215 depending on how the grounds are laid out, and the hotel does not publish a single figure. Plan around 150 for a seated dinner and confirm the layout you want with the hotel.
How many people can sleep on site?+
There are 15 rooms plus self-catering villas across the property, with reported sleeping capacity of roughly 150 across the whole site when the villas are included. Taking the hotel exclusively is common for a wedding here.
What is the weather like on this coast?+
Warm and bright from May to early October, with reliable Atlantic wind in the afternoon and evening. Anything light needs weighting, hair plans need to survive it, and a dinner plan that can move indoors is not optional here.
Can guests get to the beach?+
Praia do Seixo and Praia da Mexilhoeira are about ten minutes on foot down from the hotel, and Santa Cruz with its surf schools is a few minutes by car. Ericeira, the surf town, is around 30 minutes south.
How far is Lisbon?+
About 55 minutes from Lisbon airport by car on the A8, which makes it one of the shortest transfers of any coastal venue outside the city. There is no useful train, so plan cars or a coach for the return leg.
Could this be your venue?
Ask about pricing and availability for the month you have in mind. You do not need a fixed date.
Still deciding? Elena is Aisle’s AI wedding planner. Give her a month and a guest count and she will forecast the budget, work out how your guests would travel, and put a first plan on paper. No account needed.
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Sources and booking notes
Confirm your dates, guest numbers, room arrangements and inclusions with the venue before booking. An enquiry does not reserve a date. Figures labelled Aisle estimate are modelled from regional rates and public sources; they are not venue quotes.