Hacienda de San Rafael
A 300-year-old olive hacienda in the flat country between Seville and Jerez, restored by the Reid family and run for three decades as a small hotel of eleven rooms and three garden casitas.
Hacienda de San Rafael is an estate destination wedding venue in Las Cabezas de San Juan, Spain, hosting up to 250 guests (Aisle estimate), where a wedding for 80 guests costs about €26,000 (our estimate), reached from Seville (SVQ), ~45 minutes by car.
About Hacienda de San Rafael
A 300-year-old olive hacienda in the flat country between Seville and Jerez, restored by the Reid family and run for three decades as a small hotel of eleven rooms and three garden casitas.
It is the Andalusian estate British and American couples name first, and the reason is the layout: a walled series of patios and courtyards that each hold a different part of the day, so a wedding moves rather than sitting in one room.
The Patio del Señorío takes up to 100, the Patio de las Palmeras up to 250, and the Jardín Huertas opens out for larger receptions.
There are six acres of gardens, three pools and an in-house kitchen.
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Capacity, rooms and facilities
Money
- A wedding for 80 guests
- About €26,000, rooms extraAisle estimate
- Price
- €12,000 to €20,000 for the whole property, per nightAisle estimate
Getting there
- Nearest airport
- SVQ, 45 min by carAisle estimate
The spaces
- Setting
- Countryside, restored, elegantAisle estimate
Venue highlights
- 300-year-old olive hacienda between Seville and Jerez
- Four wedding patios; Patio de las Palmeras takes up to 250
- Six acres of gardens, three pools and an in-house kitchen
- Eleven rooms and three casitas, so most guests stay off site
A sample wedding weekend
See the day-by-day outline+
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- 20:30Welcome dinner in the Patio del Señorío
- 12:00Swimming and lunch by the pools in the walled garden
- 19:00Ceremony in the Jardín Huertas
- 21:00Dinner in the Patio de las Palmeras
- 12:00Farewell paella, then coaches back to Seville
Costs and booking details
- Getting there
- SVQ · about 45 min by carAisle estimate
Guests fly into Seville.
Questions about the venue
How many guests can the hacienda hold?+
It depends which patio. The estate publishes the Patio del Señorío at up to 100, the Patio de las Palmeras at up to 250, and the Jardín Huertas and Patio de Labor at higher figures again for larger receptions and standing formats.
Can our guests stay at the hacienda?+
Only a small number. There are eleven rooms and three casitas, which covers the two families and the wedding party. Everyone else stays in Seville, about 45 minutes north, or in Jerez, and is coached in for the day.
What does a wedding here cost?+
The estate quotes by proposal and publishes no tariff. Planner surveys put exclusive-use Spanish estates of this class at roughly €20,000 to €50,000 or more per weekend for the venue alone, before catering, and that is a reported band rather than a quote for this property.
Is there catering on site?+
Yes. The hacienda has its own kitchen and catering team, which is unusual for a private estate of this size in Andalusia and removes the cost of building a temporary kitchen for the day.
When is the weather right?+
April to early June and mid-September to October. This part of Andalusia runs above 35C through July and August, which is hard on guests in formal clothes, and most couples avoid a midsummer date or start the ceremony after 19:00.
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.