Santa Marinella and Santa Severa : just 30 minutes from Rome !
Santa Marinella is a picturesque and quaint location for your Italian wedding is Rome. This charming beach resort, also internationally known by surfers, is about a 50 minute train ride or a 40 minute drive northwest of Rome.While you wed and honeymoon in Santa Marinella,there are many activities to engage in. The beach features all of the water sports you can imagine: swimming, sailing, diving or snorkeling, surfing, fishing,and windsurfing. Other pursuits include shopping, horseback riding, hiking in nearby nature reserves, wine tasting at famous vineyards, and fabulous dining. In Santa Marinella you will also find one of Italy's most beautiful castles which is also rented for wedding receptions, the Seaside Medieval Castle is surrounded by beautiful gardens and park with spectacular sea views and dominates also the small seaport.
Several elegant villas built in this area during the first years of the nineteen hundreds are beautiful examles of the Liberty style, (Art Nouveau in France), an architectural and artistic style that swept Europe between the end of the eighteen hundreds and the nineteen twenties. Santa Severa, a subdivision of Santa Marinella, is home to another ancient castle where also civil weddings can be performed outdoors authorities in the courtyart of the magnificent Castle on the sea.Since a mild climate is enjoyed in the Santa Marinella seaside, it is considered a year-round destination. A perfect location for a seaside italian Wedding! With plenty to do and see, beginning your marriage here amidst the seascapes, mountains, vineyards, and ruins is sure to be a wonderful beginning.
The castle of Santa Severa is one of the most important areas of local historical interest of the Tyrrhenian coast. It occupies the area of the ancient site of Pyrgi, the harbour town in following the ancient Caere (Cerveteri). In the centuries the first establishment was modified until it assumed the actual aspect that represents a real medieval village. From the hall of the Visitors Centre in the museum one follows the route of "Pyrgi and the Castle of Santa Severa": a way of discovering the history of one of the most ancient ports of the Tyrrhenian Sea; an important place of worship, an Etruscan city, a Roman fortress, a castle and medieval village. A journey going back in time for more than 4000 years in a suggestive coastal scene.
Now the Castle of Santa Severa is also a Wedding Hall where Civil Weddings are performed outdoors in the Castle’s Courtyard or inside the Castle in case of inclement weather.
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