Hotel Tresanton is a hotel destination wedding venue in St Mawes, United Kingdom, hosting 70 at dinner and 100 standing in the $$$$ price range, reached from Cornwall Newquay (NQY), About 1 hour 15 minutes by car.
Hotel Tresanton
Tresanton is five houses stacked up the hillside above St Mawes harbour, knitted together with terraces and steps, bought by Olga Polizzi in 1997 and rebuilt into 30 rooms that look like a private home on the Cornish coast rather than a hotel.
About Hotel Tresanton
Tresanton is five houses stacked up the hillside above St Mawes harbour, knitted together with terraces and steps, bought by Olga Polizzi in 1997 and rebuilt into 30 rooms that look like a private home on the Cornish coast rather than a hotel.
The restaurant faces St Anthony lighthouse across the water and cooks the fish landed below.
Two rooms are licensed for civil ceremonies, and the two terraces take the drinks afterwards, with the beach club and the hotel’s 1939 racing yacht Pinuccia for the day around it.
There are two ways to marry here.
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Capacity, rooms and facilities
Capacity
- Seated dinner
- 70 guests
- Standing reception
- 100 guests
Staying over
- Rooms
- 30 rooms
- Whole property to yourselves
- Yes
The ceremony
- Legal ceremony on site
- Yes
Money
- Price
- £25,000 to £40,000 for the whole property, per nightAisle estimate
Getting there
- Nearest airport
- NQY, 75 min by carAisle estimate
The spaces
- Setting
- RelaxedAisle estimate
Venue highlights
- Five houses above St Mawes harbour, 30 rooms, remade by Olga Polizzi
- Two licensed ceremony rooms and two sea-view terraces
- Small weddings up to 50 guests, or a full hotel buyout
- Exclusive use runs September to March, not high summer
A sample wedding weekend
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- 18:30Arrival drinks on the terrace, dinner facing the lighthouse
- 11:00Sailing on Pinuccia or the beach club for the morning
- 14:30Ceremony in the licensed room, then champagne on the terraces
- 19:00Wedding breakfast in the restaurant, dancing after
- 10:30Breakfast, then the ferry across to Falmouth
Costs and booking details
- Getting there
- NQY · about 1 h 15 by carAisle estimate
Guests fly into Cornwall Newquay.
Questions about the venue
How many guests can Hotel Tresanton hold?+
Up to 50 for a small wedding held alongside the hotel’s normal service, and the whole property for an exclusive-use celebration. The restaurant and terraces set the ceiling rather than a ballroom, so this is a venue for a short guest list.
When is exclusive use available?+
From September through March, with a minimum of two nights at weekends and one night from Sunday to Thursday. In high summer the hotel keeps trading, so a July buyout is not something Tresanton offers.
Where does the ceremony take place?+
In one of the two licensed rooms inside the hotel, with the terraces used for champagne and canapes afterwards and the restaurant, which looks across at St Anthony lighthouse, for the wedding breakfast.
Where do guests stay?+
The hotel has 30 rooms and suites across its five buildings, and St Mawes has cottages and smaller inns within a few minutes’ walk. Falmouth, across the water by passenger ferry, holds a larger guest list.
How do guests reach St Mawes?+
Newquay airport is about an hour and fifteen minutes by car, Exeter around two hours fifteen. Truro station is thirty minutes away with direct trains from London Paddington in about four and a half hours, and the sleeper runs overnight.
What does a wedding at Tresanton cost?+
The hotel quotes weddings individually and publishes no tariff, with an exclusive-use figure that depends on the season and the number of nights taken. The panel below is our estimate for the tier rather than a quote.
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Sources and booking notes
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Sources for individual venue facts
Seated dinner: 70 guests
“We can seat up to 50 people in the Cinema for a sit down meal or 70 people in the restaurant if the hotel is taken exclusively.”
Read the source for seated dinnerStanding reception: 100 guests
“The space accommodates parties of up to 50 seated/100 standing, with versatile dining options and AV equipment available.”
Read the source for standing receptionRooms: 30 rooms
“The hotel is available for exclusive use from October until mid March and has 30 bedrooms.”
Read the source for roomsWhole property to yourselves: Yes
“Exclusive use of the hotel is available for £6000 per night plus the cost of accommodation.”
Read the source for whole property to yourselvesLegal ceremony on site: Yes
“The cinema and Bar lounge are licensed for civil ceremonies.”
Read the source for legal ceremony on site