Refined and Romantic Destination Wedding in Tuscany

Our Wedding

Our wedding day was truly the most wonderful day of our lives and thanks to all our vendors it turned out just as how we had wished.

Samantha, having spent her career in luxury marketing, was very particular about aesthetics and presentation – most of this was expressed through the stunning structured beauty of the Villa itself – La Foce, which we just knew was the right place for us to get married within two minutes of visiting it.

We also knew we wanted to get married in a garden setting as much of our childhood was spent outdoors and also because neither of us are very religious so we knew we did not want a church setting.  

Sven and I had been together for seven years prior to getting married – he is originally Dutch and I am Brazilian. The essence of our relationship is very relaxed, light, and mutually supportive.

We wanted this relaxed vibe to transcend because we did not want the wedding to feel stiff or too serious.

We wanted the celebration to reflect who we are, which the celebrant Giuseppe from Blessings of Italy managed to do perfectly – the celebration was light hearted and encapsulated what Sven and I meant to each other but also what we represented to all the guests who were there.

The day was extra special as it also symbolised the 40th wedding anniversary of the bride’s parents, so it was a very emotional and symbolic day for the family as a whole as well as a message of endurance and long-lasting nature of true love passed down to the newly wed couple.

The Decor & Details

We chose the colour theme to be whites for the ceremony with gorgeous hydrangeas which Samantha loves so much, and orange for the dinner reception flowers organised by Fiorile, as well as the bridesmaid dresses for the day.

The reason for the orange was to add a splash of Holland, where Sven is originally from to the day and to make his Dutch family and friends feel more at home.

We also felt orange fit in so perfectly with the venue and against the dark green cypress trees backdrop of the venue itself.

The Italian food and wine catered by Guidi Lenci was truly delicious and faultless.

All of the flowers through Fiorile, catering through Guidi Lenci, photography and videography, as well as marquee and music, were organised by our fantastic and faultless wedding planner Cecilia Righini, which without her, we could have never been able to have organised such a perfect and smooth day, especially given Sven or I don’t speak any Italian so it would have been extremely hard to organise.

Her professional and organised approach made the day and run up to the day just seamless.

Favourite Moments

What made the wedding just so us was the international feel to the day.

Having been born and raised in Brazil but then spent my adult days moving around Europe and likewise Sven being originally from Holland but then growing up in England, our friends and family came from all around the world to celebrate our day in Tuscany, which was yet another place added to the equation, which had absolutely no link to us.

They made a great effort in travelling all that way and being there just for us and that’s something we will forever cherish and remember.

We were happy that despite such a mix of cultures that everyone was able to come together in such a warm and embracing fashion. Our favourite moment was seeing everyone we love together in one place.

The Honeymoon

For our honeymoon, we decided to do a safari first in Zambia and Botswana followed by beach relaxing in Mozambique, as my Brazilian blood needed the sunshine!