Matrimoni PistolaLuxury Private Estate for Weddings · PugliaENQUIRE
EXCLUSIVELY YOURS FOR YOUR WEDDING WEEK
A Luxury Puglian Estate
of your own.
Bring your closest family and friends together at Masseria Pistola. Gain access to the whole estate including the award winning Giardini Pistola. Have your nearest and dearest to stay in luxury. Celebrate in total privacy and style and make the days around your wedding as memorable as the day itself.
Begin planning your celebration →Your wedding week
More time for the people you love.
Matrimoni Pistola brings together wedding stays at Masseria Pistola and celebrations at Giardini Pistola, Puglia.
The Masseria is your private home for the week with full housekeeping service and private chef. Providing a host of choices for your ceremony and celebrations across hectares of gardens.
A warm welcome
Begin with welcome cocktails in the courtyard, a relaxed pizza evening or a Puglian supper beneath the stars. Bring your guests together, let new friendships form and settle into the celebrations at your own pace.
Time to be together
With the Masseria reserved entirely for you, your closest family and friends can share unhurried breakfasts, afternoons by the pool and meals around the table. Between events, explore Puglia or simply enjoy the privacy and comfort of your own estate.
Your wedding, your way
Exchange vows in a beautiful garden setting, gather for sunset aperitivo and dine beneath the stars before the dancing begins. Federica and our estate team help you shape the flow of the day, with spaces, catering and suppliers chosen around your plans.
Let the celebration linger
Bring everyone back together for a leisurely post-wedding brunch, a poolside lunch or a relaxed afternoon in the gardens. A wedding week gives you time to savour the occasion and enjoy the people who have travelled to celebrate with you.
Wedding stays are arranged for seven nights, Sunday to Sunday. Additional events, catering and venue hire are tailored to your plans and quoted separately.
Accommodation
Your private home.
For an unforgettable wedding week.
Make the Masseria your own, with beautiful bedrooms, shared living spaces, two pools a private chef and full housekeeping – your closest family and friends will never want to leave.
The house
Your wedding-week sanctuary.
Shared with those you love.
For your wedding week, the Masseria is a private sanctuary for you and the close family and friends staying with you. Settle into a beautifully restored Puglian home, with space to be together and quiet corners to make your own.
Gather in the generous sitting room and barrel-vaulted Long Room, share unhurried meals and relax between celebrations. From morning conversations to a quiet evening by the fire, enjoy the comfort and privacy of your own house throughout the week.
The house
Your wedding-week sanctuary.
Shared with those you love.
For your wedding week, the Masseria is a private sanctuary for you and the close family and friends staying with you. Settle into a beautifully restored Puglian home, with space to be together and quiet corners to make your own.
Gather in the generous sitting room and barrel-vaulted Long Room, share unhurried meals and relax between celebrations. From morning conversations to a quiet evening by the fire, enjoy the comfort and privacy of your own house throughout the week.
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The bedrooms
Luxurious rooms.
For your closest family and friends.
Give your closest family and friends a luxurious and comfortable home for your wedding week. Beautiful bedrooms and bathrooms offer a private place to rest, get ready and unwind, so your house guests can enjoy every day of the celebration at ease.
From the master suites in the cumersa farmhouse to rooms beneath the trulli and pagliaro roofs, each has its own character. Accommodation is arranged across the Masseria and Garden Cottage, with interconnecting rooms for families with young children.
The bedrooms
Luxurious rooms.
For your closest family and friends.
Give your closest family and friends a luxurious and comfortable home for your wedding week. Beautiful bedrooms and bathrooms offer a private place to rest, get ready and unwind, so your house guests can enjoy every day of the celebration at ease.
From the master suites in the cumersa farmhouse to rooms beneath the trulli and pagliaro roofs, each has its own character. Accommodation is arranged across the Masseria and Garden Cottage, with interconnecting rooms for families with young children.
The Bridal Cottage
A quiet moment of your own.
The Bridal Cottage offers a private setting for wedding preparations and time together, with its own sitting room, garden and secluded plunge pool.
Enjoy the company of your closest guests across the Masseria, with a peaceful place to return to between the celebrations.
The pools
Before the vows.
After the celebrations.
Spend unhurried afternoons by the pool with the family and friends staying at the Masseria. Swim, share stories and enjoy the Puglian sunshine between the celebrations, with time to relax before the wedding and savour the memories afterwards.
The main 12 by 6 metre pool and its garden can also provide a relaxed setting for a post-wedding gathering, with guest numbers, food and drinks agreed in advance. The Garden Cottage’s secluded 5 by 3 metre plunge pool offers the couple a quieter retreat. Pool heating is available on request for an additional charge.
The pools
Before the vows.
After the celebrations.
Spend unhurried afternoons by the pool with the family and friends staying at the Masseria. Swim, share stories and enjoy the Puglian sunshine between the celebrations, with time to relax before the wedding and savour the memories afterwards.
The main 12 by 6 metre pool and its garden can also provide a relaxed setting for a post-wedding gathering, with guest numbers, food and drinks agreed in advance. The Garden Cottage’s secluded 5 by 3 metre plunge pool offers the couple a quieter retreat. Pool heating is available on request for an additional charge.
Dining
Around the table, together.
Gather in the Long Room, which seats 22 for dinner, or enjoy a meal in one of the sheltered courtyards. The poolside terrace and gardens offer further places to dine outdoors.
Resident guests enjoy private chef service during their stay. For the wedding and larger celebrations, we work with approved caterers and bar specialists to create your chosen menus, drinks and service, quoted separately.
Dining
Around the table, together.
Gather in the Long Room, which seats 22 for dinner, or enjoy a meal in one of the sheltered courtyards. The poolside terrace and gardens offer further places to dine outdoors.
Resident guests enjoy private chef service during their stay. For the wedding and larger celebrations, we work with approved caterers and bar specialists to create your chosen menus, drinks and service, quoted separately.
Wedding Possibilities
One extraordinary estate.
So many ways to celebrate.
From the first welcome to the final gathering, imagine a wedding week shaped around you and the people you love.
Pre-wedding
The pleasure of bringing everyone together.
Welcome aperitivo at the Water Canale
Cocktails beside the water, with the gardens and valley as your backdrop.
Relaxed welcome drinks at the Amphitheatre
An easy first evening among the gardens, meeting old friends and making new ones.
Wedding day
Your day, unfolding in beautiful settings.
Your ceremony
Your vows.
A beautiful beginning.
Exchange vows before the historic Masseria or on the soft grass of the Walled Garden, with your family and friends gathered around you.
Your ceremony setting, guest numbers and arrangements are agreed in advance. Giardini venues are reserved separately, subject to availability.
Your reception
The first toast.
The golden light.
Welcome your guests to aperitivo among the terraced gardens. Cocktails beside the Water Canale, Puglian wines and beautifully prepared drinks, with the gardens and valley views around you. A relaxed, generous beginning to the celebrations.
Reception spaces, drinks and guest numbers are agreed around your plans.
Your wedding dinner
Long tables.
Unforgettable evenings.
Dine beside the trulli, in the Masseria courtyard or on Terrazza Due. Beautiful tables, Puglian flavours and candlelight set the scene for an evening shared with the people you love.
Your approved caterer, menu and service are arranged separately.
Dancing into the night
Your music.
Your favourite people.
As dinner draws to a close, let the music take over. Gather on the dancefloor and make the final hours of your wedding day as memorable as the first.
Music, production, location and timings are agreed in advance.
Post-wedding
Let the celebration linger.
A leisurely brunch
Gather again around the table, share stories and let the morning unfold.
A poolside celebration
A relaxed final gathering in the Puglian sunshine.
Locations, guest numbers and arrangements are agreed in advance. Giardini venues and additional events are booked separately.
Explore the full wedding gallery →Your private wedding estate
An entire estate.
For a celebration that is yours.
Beautiful gardens for your ceremony, luxurious accommodation for your closest family and friends, and spaces for reception drinks, dinner under the stars, dancing and a day-after pool party. All within one stunning private estate, exclusively yours for your wedding week, with our estate team helping bring your plans to life.
Your wedding at Giardini Pistola
Elevate your Celebration
Designed by Chelsea Flower Show winners Urquhart & Hunt, Giardini Pistola brings together Mediterranean planting, rose arches and sweeping valley views to create an extraordinary setting for your wedding.
Imagine exchanging your vows in the stone Amphitheatre, your family and friends gathered around you. Champagne beside the Water Canale as the sun sets. A candlelit wedding dinner on Terrazza Due, beneath the stars or a beautifully dressed marquee.
With the Masseria as your private home for the week, the gardens bring another dimension to your wedding: a new setting for the ceremony, the reception or a celebration the evening before.
Slip away together for photographs beneath the rose arches, then return to the people you love. Federica will help you weave these moments into a wedding that feels entirely your own.
Imagine your wedding in the gardens →Garden venues are reserved separately, subject to availability, and planned around your wedding.
Natural Beauty
Flowers, texture and the smallest details.
Soft petals against old stone. A bouquet chosen with care. Flowers and thoughtful details bring your own sense of beauty to the day, from the ceremony to the last candlelit table.
Valle d’Itria · Puglia
A beautiful place
to begin your married life.
Soft golden light, warm Mediterranean days and views across vineyards and olive groves. Puglia offers a romantic setting for your wedding, from vows in a sunlit garden to aperitivo at sunset and dinner beneath the stars.
Historic masserie, whitewashed towns and distinctive trulli give your photographs a sense of place that is unmistakably Puglian. At Pistola, old stone, beautiful gardens and the open Canale di Pirro valley become the backdrop to your celebration.
How we support you
A dedicated team.
Every detail considered.
From your first welcome to the wedding day and the quiet morning after, Federica and our house team help bring every part of your week together.
Your celebration
Your dedicated planner, Federica
Federica can help organise every detail of your wedding week, from the ceremony, caterers and flowers to music, guest arrangements and the events before and after the wedding.
Your connector
Drawing on our long-established, trusted relationships, we connect you with the best providers of catering, bar services, flowers, celebrants and all the elements that come together to make your wedding week.
Welcome & post-wedding events
Plan welcome drinks, a relaxed supper or a post-wedding brunch, with spaces, timings and suppliers coordinated around your plans. Catering and an additional private chef can be arranged for larger informal dinners.
Your stay
Your dedicated concierge
Our concierge helps arrange restaurant reservations, transport and experiences for you and your house guests, before you arrive and throughout your stay, so you can relax and enjoy every moment together.
Your private chef
The estate chef prepares resident meals for the family and friends staying at the Masseria, with menus discussed around your group.
Breakfast each morning
A relaxed start to the day, with breakfast prepared and the house team on hand to help.
Daily housekeeping
Daily morning housekeeping and an evening turndown service keep the house comfortable throughout your stay.
Your proposal confirms the house services included in your stay and the planning and estate coordination arrangements. Food and drinks, wedding catering, additional events and optional services are charged separately. Approved external planners are welcome, with estate liaison agreed in advance.
Catered Dining
A taste of Puglia.
A feast for your celebration.
From welcome aperitivo to a wedding banquet, our approved caterers and bar partners create menus and service around your celebration, using seasonal ingredients and Puglian flavours.
Menus, dietary requirements, guest numbers and staffing are agreed in advance. Wedding dinners require professional catering, with dedicated table setup, cooking and service. Event catering, drinks and production are tailored to your celebration and detailed in your proposal.
Your questions answered
How does a wedding booking work?
Your proposal brings together the estate accommodation, planning and estate coordination, and any additional event spaces. Wedding catering, drinks, production and specialist suppliers are quoted according to your plans.
When can we celebrate?
The wedding season runs from April to June and September to November. Wedding ceremonies during a seven-night stay take place on Wednesday, Thursday or Friday. A Saturday wedding requires a 14-night estate booking, subject to availability.
Can we organise events around the wedding?
Supplementary events are welcome. A supplementary event organisation fee applies according to the size and complexity of each event. Welcome drinks, a pizza evening or a post-wedding brunch can be arranged, with food, drinks and equipment quoted separately.
Can we bring our own planner and suppliers?
External wedding planners require estate approval before booking. Catering, bar service and technical infrastructure are arranged through our approved supplier network. Other creative suppliers are welcome with prior approval.
What happens if it rains?
We plan a wet-weather arrangement with you and your planner. Marquees, stretch tents and alternative layouts can be discussed and quoted according to the spaces and number of guests.
How are menus and larger dinners arranged?
Resident meals during your stay are prepared by the estate chef for house guests. Wedding dinners require professional catering through our approved catering partners. Our house chef and team look after meals for house guests; a dedicated wedding catering team provides the table setup, cooking and service that such an important occasion deserves. Larger informal dinners can be arranged with catering and an additional private chef. Menus, guest numbers, dietary requirements and staffing are agreed in advance.
What about furniture, lighting and guest facilities?
Federica helps coordinate the tables, seating, tableware, lighting and bar arrangements around your event. Additional hired items, blankets for cooler evenings and suitable restroom facilities, including attendants where required, can be arranged. These details are set out in your proposal.
Can we reserve spaces at Giardini Pistola?
Yes, subject to availability. Giardini Pistola event spaces are reserved separately from your Masseria stay, whether for a ceremony, sunset drinks, dinner or wider exclusive use. The areas reserved, setup, access and event times are agreed in advance.
Can we host another kind of celebration?
We also welcome enquiries for anniversaries, milestone birthdays and family celebrations, combining a private estate stay with gatherings designed around your occasion.
Kind words from our couples
“We had genuinely the best week and the most incredible wedding day”Catherine & Simon · In a thank-you note to Federica
VISIT PISTOLA
Come and feel it for yourselves.
Stay for two nights in the low or off season. Explore the house and gardens, enjoy the food and imagine your wedding here. Your stay is credited if you book your wedding.
Explore a two-night visit →Begin planning
Tell us what you have in mind.
Share your preferred dates, the occasion, how many guests will stay and how many will join the celebration. Vicky and our team will help you explore availability and prepare a tailored proposal.
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