There are palaces that hide in the hills and palaces that show off. The Palacio do Correio-Mor is one of the latter: a pink Baroque façade, with ornate balconies and terraces, that welcomes guests like the first page of a fairy tale — and all fifteen minutes from Lisbon. It’s palatial grandeur without the journey.
Unlike the Sintra monuments, run for visitation, the Correio-Mor is run for events: exclusive hire, richly decorated rooms, French-style gardens with fountains and statues, a chapel, and capacity for up to four hundred guests. Here, the palace is yours on the day.
For couples who want a large-scale Baroque palace, close to the capital, this is the spot. If you ask us, it’s the most accessible palace in this collection — without losing an ounce of grandeur.
The palace is an event venue with no accommodation on-site. Mary Me coordinates room blocks at the Lisbon and Loures hotels and handles transfers from the airport, twenty minutes away, so guests sleep nearby and arrive without a hitch.
Designed in the 18th century by the Italian architect Antonio Canevari, the Palacio do Correio-Mor was the residence of the kingdom’s Correio-Mor — the official in charge of the royal post — and is today one of the most notable examples of Baroque architecture in the Lisbon region. It has been classified as a Property of Public Interest since 1967.
The richness is in the details: historic tiles, the stuccowork of Giovanni Grossi, paintings by Jose da Costa Negreiros, and a U-shaped plan embracing a courtyard and a ceremonial staircase. Around it, French boxwood gardens, fountains, Mediterranean woodland, a chapel, an old kitchen, and a wine cellar. State-owned, it’s privately managed for events.
If you ask us, there are palaces that impress inside and palaces that impress on arrival. The Correio-Mor manages both — and the pink helps.
We’re in Loures, on the northern edge of Lisbon, just fifteen minutes from the city and about twenty from the airport — a location that gives the Correio-Mor a rare advantage among palaces: accessibility. International guests land and arrive almost without transition.
The advantage for a destination wedding is exactly that: palace grandeur with the convenience of the capital. Lisbon, with its hotels, restaurants, and nightlife, is at the door, and Sintra or the coast half an hour away.
Anything the guests might want to do — a day in Lisbon, an escape to Sintra or the beach — is at hand. Arriving is easy. Leaving — we can’t quite guarantee that part.
The Correio-Mor is a true wedding venue, built for large-scale celebrations on an exclusive-hire basis — up to four hundred guests. The civil or symbolic ceremony takes place in the French-style gardens, among fountains and statues, or the Catholic one in the palace chapel; the cocktail spreads across the terraces and woodland at sunset.
Dinner settles in the ceremonial rooms, with their tiles and stuccowork, or under a marquee in the gardens, and the party runs into the night. There are also spaces with character for different moments — the old kitchen, the wine cellar — that give texture to the day’s programme.
As it runs on an exclusive-hire basis, the whole palace is at your disposal, with the freedom to design the wedding to measure. It’s Baroque grandeur with generous scale and simple logistics. And this is exactly where our experience comes in. The couple’s session winds through the French gardens, the ceremonial staircase, and the pink Baroque façade of the palace. Pop the question. We handle the rest.
A Baroque palace bookable in full, at Lisbon’s door, is precisely the kind of venue where our coordination adds value, especially in the large, multicultural celebrations we most love to orchestrate.
A full-buyout palace like this is made for the large multicultural celebrations we most enjoy. The French-style gardens carry a mandap and a Hindu ceremony at scale, the chapel and courtyard absorb the other moments, and we assemble the halal, Chinese-banquet, or Jain vegetarian catering with our suppliers and the right pandits and officiants.
We handle the design of the day and the distribution of the moments across the gardens, rooms, chapel, and courtyard, and the management of the accommodation at the Lisbon and Loures hotels, with transfers from the airport, twenty minutes away. And there’s the practical side: the civil-ceremony paperwork in Portuguese, the sound permits, and a programme of Lisbon, Sintra, and beaches for the guests. From the first call to the last dance.
Yes — it runs on an exclusive-hire basis, so the whole palace, with gardens, rooms, and chapel, is yours on the day. Mary Me coordinates the terms with the palace’s management.
Up to around four hundred guests, spread across the French-style gardens and the ceremonial rooms. The exact capacity for your format is confirmed with the palace.
In Loures, just fifteen minutes from Lisbon and about twenty from the airport. It’s one of the most accessible palaces in Portugal, with transfers handled by Mary Me.
No — it’s an event palace. Mary Me coordinates the room blocks at the Lisbon and Loures hotels and handles the transfers, so guests sleep nearby.
The Correio-Mor is close to Lisbon, not in the Sintra hills, and is a private event space fully bookable, with no visiting hours. It offers large-scale Baroque grandeur with the convenience of the capital at the door.
From late spring to early autumn, to enjoy the French-style gardens and the terraces outdoors. We recommend booking in advance, especially for summer dates.
It’s an 18th-century Baroque palace with a pink façade, with Giovanni Grossi stuccowork, French-style gardens, a chapel, and a wine cellar, bookable in full for up to four hundred guests, fifteen minutes from Lisbon. Palace grandeur without the journey.
