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Tuscany wedding costs: what is published, and what is not
The official fees you can check before you enquire, why the private market publishes nothing, and how to turn a quote into a number you can compare.
This page used to open with three budget bands — intimate, mid-size, large luxury — and a claim that the figures came from "published price guides and venue rate cards for the 2026 season".
There are no rate cards. We checked twenty-six of the venues listed on this site and not one publishes a wedding price. The sourcing sentence described a research process that did not happen, and the numbers under it were estimates.
Both are gone. What follows is what we can actually show you.
What the comune charges, town by town
If you marry legally in Italy, the comune charges you — and unlike the private market, it publishes the tariff. This is the one part of a Tuscan wedding you can price before you speak to anyone.
| Comune | Non-resident fee | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Cortona | €100 – €1,400 | Free for residents, every setting, every day |
| Pisa | €180 – €880 | Nine settings; the Ufficio Matrimoni is free |
| Arezzo | €250 – €900 | Free at the Sportello Unico in office hours |
| Lucca | €480 – €1,000 | Palazzo Orsetti, by day and hour |
| Greve in Chianti | €500 – €2,000 | Includes named private villas |
| Radda in Chianti | €800 – €1,200 | By hour and holiday |
| Florence | €2,500 – €5,100 | No refund within 30 days |
Siena, Montalcino and Montepulciano provide their tariffs on request rather than publishing them.
Two things stand out. The same legal ceremony costs €100 in Cortona and €5,100 in Florence — a fifty-fold spread on a public service. And the pattern repeats inside every town: residents pay a fraction of what visitors pay, mornings cost less than afternoons, and Saturdays cost more than weekdays. In Lucca a non-resident pays €480 on a weekday morning and €1,000 on a Saturday afternoon for the same room.
The small statutory costs
Minor individually, awkward if unbudgeted, and several must be paid in person in Italy.
- A €16 revenue stamp before the nulla osta is legalised at the Prefettura.
- €32 in stamp duty for banns in Cortona when one spouse lives elsewhere.
- Consular fees, which vary by nationality — the Australian Embassy charges the euro equivalent of A$70 per citizen, by card only.
- Translation and legalisation of documents, priced by the translator.
Why the private market publishes nothing
Not evasiveness. A wedding quote in Italy is assembled per couple from guest count, season, day of the week, how much of the property you take and for how long, and whether catering is yours or theirs. There is no single number to publish.
The one exception we have found across 133 listed businesses: Marry Me in Tuscany publishes three planning packages with starting figures tied to guest numbers and venue type. The site does not state whether those figures are the planner's fee or a whole wedding — so read them as a starting point for a conversation, not as a market price.
What actually moves a quote
Six variables, and you control four.
- Guest count. The biggest multiplier, because catering, hire, staff and stationery all scale with it.
- Season and day. A midweek date in a shoulder month is the same venue at a different price.
- How much of the property, for how long. Three nights of exclusive use is a different product from a Saturday afternoon.
- Whether you may bring your own caterer. Of the twenty-six venues we checked, only one describes an open arrangement. This constrains the largest line in the budget.
- Accommodation on site. Included in the hire, sold separately, or absent.
- Where the legal ceremony happens. The comune decides, not the venue.
Ten questions that turn a quote into a number
Send them with the first enquiry. They cost nothing and they change what comes back.
- Is the price inclusive of IVA?
- What exactly is included — tables, chairs, linen, lighting, staff, cleaning?
- Is there a minimum spend or a minimum guest count?
- Must we use your caterer, or an approved list?
- At what time does the contract end, and what is the overtime rate?
- Is exclusive use included, or are other guests on site?
- How many beds are included, and at what rate are the rest sold?
- What is the payment schedule, and what is non-refundable and when?
- Can the legal ceremony take place here, or must it be at the comune?
- What is the wet-weather plan, and does it cost extra?
What we will not publish
Estimated ranges for venues, catering, photography or flowers. We could — every other site does — but we would be making them up, and this is a page people use to decide what they can afford.
The full sourced comparison is in our cost guide, and the budget guide covers the payment schedule, VAT and currency.
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Written by Tuscany Wedding List. Prices and requirements change — if something here is out of date, tell us and we will correct it.
