Kinsterna Hotel
Kinsterna is a Byzantine mansion on an estate of about 25 acres above the sea outside Monemvasia, restored and reopened as a hotel in 2010 after standing derelict.
Kinsterna Hotel is an estate destination wedding venue in Agios Stefanos, Greece, hosting 20 to 200 guests in the $$$ price range, reached from Kalamata International (KLX), ~2 hours 40 minutes by car. Best months: June, July, August, October.
About Kinsterna Hotel
Kinsterna is a Byzantine mansion on an estate of about 25 acres above the sea outside Monemvasia, restored and reopened as a hotel in 2010 after standing derelict.
The name comes from the cistern beneath the mansion, and the restoration kept the working parts of the property rather than smoothing them away: there is a vineyard, an olive press, citrus orchards and a kitchen that cooks from all of it.
Weddings use the gardens, the stone courtyards and the restored indoor rooms, with the chapel of Zoodochos Pigi on the slope above the water for the ceremony and other old churches scattered across the region within a short drive.
The rock of Monemvasia, a Byzantine fortress town built onto the side of a cliff and invisible from the mainland, is ten minutes away and is the reason to bring a guest list this far south.
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Everything was perfect!! My husband and I travel all over the world due to professional obligations and we always try to stay to the best hotels. This is an amazing hotel! You should definitely stay there.
Maria Markou · read the whole review on Google →Capacity, rooms and facilities
Money
- Price
- €150 to €350 per headAisle estimate
Getting there
- Nearest airport
- ATH, 150 min by carAisle estimate
The spaces
- Setting
- Vineyard, restored, elegantAisle estimate
Venue highlights
- A restored Byzantine mansion on roughly 25 acres, reopened 2010
- Working vineyard, olive press and citrus orchards on the estate
- Chapel of Zoodochos Pigi above the sea for the ceremony
- Ten minutes from the fortress town of Monemvasia
The wedding season
A sample wedding weekend
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- 20:00Welcome dinner in the courtyard, cooked from the estate
- 11:00Walk up into the fortress town of Monemvasia
- 18:00Ceremony at the chapel of Zoodochos Pigi above the sea
- 20:30Dinner in the gardens beside the old olive press
- 12:00Wine tasting from the estate vineyard, then the drive north
Costs and booking details
- Getting there
- ATH · about 2 h 30 by carAisle estimate
Guests fly into ATH.
- Typical total
- €40,000–95,000Aisle estimate
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€40,000 to €95,000 for 80 to 150 guests (estimated)
- Ceremony fee
- On request
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By proposal, not published
- Reception
- €90–160 a headAisle estimate
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€90 to €160 per guest for food and drink (estimated)
- Room rate
- €300 a nightAisle estimate
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Rooms from ~€300/night in season (estimated)
- Weather window
- June – August
The months the weather is kindest, with October mild too. Weather does not indicate whether a date is available.
- Direct line
- 2732 066300
Answered by the venue in local hours.
Kinsterna publishes no wedding pricing. Figures are our estimates for a mainland Peloponnese estate, which prices below the Cycladic islands. The estate acreage and 2010 reopening are as reported by the hotel and press.
Questions about the venue
How many guests can Kinsterna hold?+
The hotel does not publish a seated wedding capacity. The estate runs to about 25 acres with gardens, courtyards and restored indoor rooms, and we plan around 200 as an upper estimate. Confirm the figure with the hotel for your date.
Where can we hold the ceremony?+
The chapel of Zoodochos Pigi sits on the estate slope overlooking the sea, and other historic churches around Monemvasia are within a short drive. Civil ceremonies work in the gardens and the stone courtyards on the property itself.
How do guests get to Monemvasia?+
Kalamata (KLX) airport is roughly two hours and forty minutes by car, around 170 km. Athens is about four hours by road. There is no nearer airport, so build a coach or a set of private transfers into the plan rather than leaving guests to it.
Is there enough accommodation on site?+
Kinsterna has around 50 rooms and suites across the mansion and the estate buildings, which houses a good part of a wedding party. Overflow goes into Monemvasia and Gefyra, ten minutes away, where the hotels are small and book early.
What is Monemvasia?+
A Byzantine fortress town built onto the seaward face of a rock joined to the mainland by a causeway, invisible from the shore, and still lived in. It is the single best thing to give guests who have flown a long way, and it is ten minutes from the hotel.
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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.