The Yeatman is a hotel destination wedding venue in Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal, hosting up to 350 guests (Aisle estimate), where a wedding for 80 guests costs about €35,000 (our estimate), reached from Porto Francisco Sá Carneiro (OPO), 25 minutes by car.
The Yeatman
A hotel built into the hillside of port lodges in Vila Nova de Gaia, facing back across the Douro at the whole of Porto.
About The Yeatman
A hotel built into the hillside of port lodges in Vila Nova de Gaia, facing back across the Douro at the whole of Porto.
Every one of the 109 rooms has that view and its own terrace, which is unusual enough that it decides most bookings.
The Yeatman is owned by the Fladgate Partnership, the port house behind Taylor’s and Fonseca, and it is a Relais & Châteaux property with a two-Michelin-star restaurant and a wine cellar of Portuguese bottles that runs to five figures.
For weddings there are twelve event rooms, including the Orangerie and the light-filled Winter Garden, and terraces stepping down the hill.
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Capacity, rooms and facilities
Money
- A wedding for 80 guests
- About €35,000, rooms extraAisle estimate
- Price
- €150 to €280 per headAisle estimate
Getting there
- Nearest airport
- OPO, 25 min by carAisle estimate
Venue highlights
- All 109 rooms face Porto across the Douro, each with a terrace
- Twelve event rooms, up to 350 guests combined
- Two-Michelin-star restaurant and a very large Portuguese cellar
- Owned by the Fladgate Partnership, of Taylor’s and Fonseca port
A sample wedding weekend
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- 18:30Port tasting at Taylor’s, five minutes up the hill
- 20:30Welcome dinner on the terrace facing Porto
- 17:30Ceremony on the hillside terraces with the city opposite
- 18:30Drinks in the Winter Garden as the lights come on across the river
- 20:30Dinner in the Orangerie, dancing after
- 12:00Breakfast, then the Ribeira and the boats under the bridge
Costs and booking details
- Getting there
- OPO · about 25 min by carAisle estimate
Guests fly into Porto Francisco Sá Carneiro.
Questions about the venue
How many guests can The Yeatman host?+
The hotel lists twelve event rooms with a combined maximum of 350 people. Individual spaces are smaller: the Winter Garden takes about 100 for a standing reception, so a large seated wedding uses several rooms together.
Do the rooms really all have the view?+
Yes. All 109 rooms and suites face Porto across the Douro and have their own terrace, which is the hotel’s defining feature and the reason guests remember the stay rather than the reception room.
Where can the ceremony happen?+
On the terraces stepping down the hillside, with Porto opposite, or indoors in the Orangerie or the Winter Garden if the weather turns. Porto and Gaia both have churches within a few minutes for a religious ceremony.
What do guests do in Porto?+
The port lodges are on the doorstep, Taylor’s and Graham’s included, the Ribeira is five minutes across the bridge, and the Serralves museum and the beaches at Foz are within twenty. It is the easiest city-based weekend in this collection.
How far is Porto airport?+
About 25 minutes by car outside rush hour. Porto has direct flights from most of Europe and a metro line from the airport into the city, which makes it the cheapest arrival point of any venue on this list.
Could this be your venue?
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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
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