
Convento di San Francesco is an estate destination wedding venue in Gallese, Italy, hosting 150 at the ceremony, where a wedding for 80 guests costs about €26,000 (our estimate), reached from Rome Fiumicino (Leonardo da Vinci) or Rome Ciampino (FCO / CIA), 1 hour 15 minutes. Best months: April, May, September, October.
Convento di San Francesco
Convento di San Francesco sits within a centuries-old pine forest in Gallese, Lazio, where stone cloisters and ancient refectory walls frame an intimate hilltop setting.
Convento di San Francesco
- Guests
- 150 at the ceremony
- Cost
- About €26,000Aisle estimate
- Ceremony
- Legal ceremony on site
- Season
- All year
- Getting there
- FCOAisle estimate
About the venue
Convento di San Francesco sits within a centuries-old pine forest in Gallese, Lazio, where stone cloisters and ancient refectory walls frame an intimate hilltop setting. The 16th-century convent commands views across the Tiber Valley while maintaining working monastery grounds, creating a rare backdrop where history and landscape speak equally. Civil and Catholic ceremonies take place within the consecrated church or beneath towering pines, with indoor spaces holding up to 280 guests across multiple climate-controlled levels.
- On-site consecrated Church of San Francesco for Catholic ceremonies; municipal authorization available for civil rites
- Capacity for 280 seated guests with full air conditioning; dining room on first floor with ground-floor appetizer service
- 16 beds across three structures including dedicated newlyweds' accommodation on the property
- Outdoor ceremonies held in 16th-century cloister or within ancient pine forest setting
Ask about your month
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- You do not need a fixed date
- Replies: Usually within three days
Capacity, rooms and facilities
Capacity
- Seated dinner
- 300 guests
- Ceremony, seated
- 150 guestsFrom the venue
Staying over
- Sleeps
- 16 guests
- Whole property to yourselves
- Yes
House rules
- Weddings held
- All year
- Exclusive use required
- Yes
- Planner required
- Yes
The ceremony
- Legal ceremony on site
- Yes
- Chapel on site
- Yes
- Outdoor ceremony
- Yes
- Indoor option if it rains
- Yes
The place
- Swimming pool
- Yes
- Gardens
- Yes
- Private grounds
- Yes
- Historic building
- Yes
Money
- A wedding for 80 guests
- About €26,000, rooms extraAisle estimate
- Price
- From €5,200 venue fee
- Nights the booking must cover
- 2 nights
- Venue fee
- €5,200
- Included
- VAT and cleaning
The spaces
- Reception indoors
- Yes
- Reception outdoors
- Yes
- Setting
- Countryside, historic, elegantAisle estimate
Food and drink
- In-house catering
- No
- Outside caterers allowed
- Yes
Best weather to marry
- January: out of season
- February: out of season
- March: good
- April: best
- May: best
- June: good
- July: out of season
- August: out of season
- September: best
- October: best
- November: out of season
- December: out of season
Getting there
- FCO, 75 min by carAisle estimate
- Yes
- Yes
Reviews of Convento di San Francesco
“Wonderful!Semplicemente Spettacolare! A top level location for wedding and other ceremonies! High level management and super nice owners!”
4.6out of 5, from 183 Google reviews
Questions about the venue
Answered from the venue’s own listing. Where a number is our estimate, we say so.
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A sample wedding weekend
See the day-by-day outline
Use this as a starting point and adapt it to your bookings and guests.
- 15:00 - 18:00Guest arrival; accommodation check-in at convent and nearby facilities; welcome reception on grounds
- 10:00 - 11:00Ceremony in Church of San Francesco or outdoor cloister/forest setting
- 11:30 - 13:00Aperitivo with champagne fountain; appetizers and mingling in ground-floor spaces
- 13:00 - 14:30Seated lunch service in first-floor dining room (280 capacity)
- 15:00 - 17:00Afternoon break; lawn games or rest period; optional refreshments
- 18:00 - 23:00Evening reception with dinner service, music/dancing, pizza party, dessert and coffee service
- 09:00 - 12:00Breakfast and checkout; coaching service departures to airports
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