Volume I · Wedding Venues

Where you'd actually get married.

Six counties of vineyard, coast, mountain, and ranch — every venue we'd send a friend to.

The Santa Ynez Valley grows vineyard estates with east-west microclimates. Big Sur runs cliffside cypress. Carmel-by-the-Sea sits on white sand a block off Ocean Avenue. Paso Robles books Tuscan-villa resorts that sleep the wedding party on the property. Six counties, four hours of driving between the farthest two.

This index is curated, not comprehensive. Every venue here has been visited and talked through with the planners and couples who used it. Affiliate disclosure, where it applies, sits on the individual venue pages — editorial selection stays independent of partnership status.

§ 02 — By Setting

Vineyard, coast, mountaintop, garden.

The setting shapes the day more than any other variable. Six options below — each one opens the venues that offer it.

§ The full index

Every wedding venue we cover.

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San Luis Obispo Villa Loriana
Venue · San Luis Obispo

Villa Loriana

An Italian-inspired retreat on the western edge of San Luis Obispo — forty-foot waterfall, four on-site villa suites, two nights of stay for the wedding party.

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§ Plan your wedding

Need help narrowing the list?

Tell our editors what you're imagining — coast or wine country, 80 guests or 280, the budget you're working from — and we'll send back three or four venues that fit, plus the planners who work each property best. Complimentary.