For them, food and wine were not just elements to tick off a list; they were the heart of the weekend.
“Food and wine were among the most important elements of our wedding,”
they explain.
“We wanted an experience that felt authentically Italian while also reflecting our personal tastes.”
In fact at SPAO, there is no external catering: the kitchen is internal, guided by a dedicated chef who works directly with each couple.
Chef understood our vision immediately,
they say.
Together, we created a menu that blended Milanese influences with traditional Tuscan cuisine, resulting in an experience that felt both sophisticated and deeply connected to the region.
They still smile when they talk about that dinner: risottos with Champagne and Norcia truffles, handmade pastas, veal in demi‑glace, side dishes that felt like generous gestures rather than simple accompaniments, and a dessert table that stretched into the night.
The food and wine exceeded our expectations and remain one of the aspects our guests talk about most
they say.
The only downside is that we can’t come back every year — we’ll have to convince our friends to get married there or save up for an anniversary!
Later, when they wrote about their experience in a public review, the message was just as enthusiastic:
We just had the most amazing wedding weekend at SPAO Borgo San Pietro Aquaeortus! It was simply perfect!
they wrote.
Both the planning process with the team leading up to the wedding and the actual wedding weekend have been amazing. The entire team at SPAO made all our wedding dreams come true…
Many Spaces, Many Moments: A Wedding Woven Over Days
One of the things they loved most about SPAO was the variety of spaces, both indoors and outdoors.
The property feels more like a private luxury estate or a royal park than a traditional wedding venue,
they say.
You can tell how much care goes into every corner — the grounds and gardens are maintained to perfection.
This meant that their Scandinavian wedding in Umbria could unfold across different settings:a welcome evening in one garden, the ceremony with the Umbrian landscape as a backdrop, aperitivo in a stone courtyard, dinner under the sky, and a late-night party in another part of the Borgo.
“It felt like every moment had its own place,”
they explain.
We never had to compromise between atmosphere and logistics — the Borgo simply adapted to what we wanted to create.
Because the Borgo was reserved entirely for them and their guests, they could move through the weekend at their own rhythm.
Guests spent the day by the pool, wandered between gardens, and gathered again in the evening as lights turned on and music began.
The gardens at SPAO are not a backdrop — they are a living part of the celebration.
Terraced into the hillside and surrounded by the dense green of the Umbrian woods, the grounds unfold across multiple levels: manicured lawns where chairs can be arranged for an open-air ceremony, stone-edged paths that lead from one courtyard to the next, panoramic terraces where the view opens suddenly and completely over the valley. From here, on a clear morning, you can see both Umbria and Tuscany at once — two landscapes held in a single glance, the hills rolling softly into a horizon that feels close enough to touch.
The panoramic swimming pool sits at the edge of the garden, suspended above the countryside. It is the kind of pool that draws people back again and again throughout the weekend — not only for the water, but for the feeling of being in the middle of something very beautiful and very still. Their guests spent mornings there, lying in the early light with the valley below, and the Borgo rising behind them like something out of a dream.
For ceremonies, the gardens offer what few venues can: a completely nature-immersed setting where the landscape itself becomes part of the ritual. Ceremonies can take place on the main lawn overlooking the valley, in the historical courtyards enclosed by stone walls, or in the more intimate spaces at the edge of the woodland — where the trees frame the light and the sounds of the Italian countryside fill the silence between words.
This is exactly what this couple described when they spoke about the Borgo’s outdoor spaces:
The property feels more like a private luxury estate or a royal park than a traditional wedding venue. You can tell how much care goes into every corner — the grounds and gardens are maintained to perfection.
And later, when asked what their guests talked about most after the weekend:
People still mention the mornings. The light, the hills, the quiet. Several guests said it was the first time in years that they had genuinely switched off. There is something about waking up in that landscape that makes everything feel different.
