Hacienda de SanRafael
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 20 to 250 guests in the $$$$ price range, reached from Seville (SVQ), ~45 minutes by car. Best months: May, June, July, August.
Hacienda de San Rafael in Las Cabezas de San Juan, open May – August.
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.
4 notes of our own.
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
Best held in May, June, July.
The months the weather, and the local rhythm, is kindest to a stay at Hacienda de San Rafael.
Ask about a date.
Choose a day from the calendar.
Nothing is reserved until the venue confirms. A first note comes back within two business days.
How the weekend usually runs.
Yours will be different, nothing below is required. Every planning begins with the three meals you most want to eat, and builds outward.
- 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
Things worth knowing.
SVQ · ~45 minutes by car
Guests fly into Seville. Our team arranges every transfer.
€90,000
Space capacities are the estate’s own published figures. The €20,000 to €50,000 exclusive-use band quoted in the FAQs is a planner survey figure for Spanish estates of this class, not a quote for this property. Everything else here is our estimate.
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€90,000 to €170,000 for 120 guests with coaches from Seville (estimated)
By proposal; the estate publishes no venue-hire rate
A one-time licence and setup fee, paid to the venue.
€150 / head
A seated dinner with wine and service, by headcount.
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€150 to €250 per person for in-house catering (estimated)
€350 / night
A standard room in the wedding window. Group rates on request.
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Rooms from roughly €350 per night in season (estimated)
May – August
The 4 months the weather is kindest. Shoulder dates soften the light and the rates.
Figures are estimates, modeled from regional rates and public sources, not a quote from the venue. Once the venue claims this page, their own rates take precedence.
Asked along the way.
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.
Others to weigh.
Ask about dates at Hacienda de San Rafael.
A note to us with a rough season and guest count. Nothing is reserved until the venue confirms. A reply comes within two business days, from a person by name.