Herdade da Sanguinheira is the Alentejo at its most honest: a hundred and fifty hectares of cork oak and pine near Ponte de Sor, in the Alto Alentejo, where five carefully restored houses and villas sit in absolute quiet. No ballroom, no formula — just land, sky, and the kind of silence you can hear.
For weddings, the whole estate is yours. Couples take the property in exclusive use, marry under the holm oaks or beside the pool, and spend the days before and after living the slow rhythm of the Alentejo with the people they love. It’s the intimate country wedding, rustic but refined.
For couples who want a private, unhurried wedding in the deep Alentejo, this is the spot. If you ask us, the silence here is the luxury.
The estate has five restored houses and villas on-site, so the closest group sleeps at Sanguinheira itself. Mary Me coordinates the allocation between the wedding party, family, and VIPs, with curated overflow options nearby, the multi-day programme, and transfers from Lisbon airport handled.
Herdade da Sanguinheira began in 2015 as a simple wish: to bring a working Alentejo monte back to life. Spread across a hundred and fifty hectares of cork oak and pine near Ponte de Sor, the estate runs an organic flock of sheep and a handful of buildings restored one by one, each with its own story to tell.
The huts of the old farm gave way to comfortable houses and villas, in pastel tones against the rustic stone, scattered across the property so that privacy and quiet are never in short supply. It’s rural life recovered, not staged.
If you ask us, there are estates that perform the Alentejo and estates that simply are it. Sanguinheira is clearly the second kind.
We’re in Longomel, near Ponte de Sor, in the Alto Alentejo plain — cork oak, pine forest, and an immense, star-filled sky, about two hours from Lisbon airport. It’s the genuine, unhurried Alentejo, far from the crowds.
The advantage for a destination wedding is total immersion: guests stay on the estate, in the middle of nature, with the slow pace and the night sky as the backdrop. Nearby are the Montargil reservoir, the Tramaga windmills, and the Alamal river beach for the day after.
Anything the guests might want to do — a swim in the reservoir, walks through the montado, stargazing under a sky with no light pollution — is at hand. Arriving is easy. Leaving — we can’t quite guarantee that part.
Herdade da Sanguinheira is an intimate, exclusive-use country wedding. The civil, symbolic, or religious ceremony takes place under the holm oaks or out in the open, with the plain behind; the cocktail spreads across the grounds; dinner settles beside the pool or in an outdoor structure, and the party runs on under a sky thick with stars.
With its five restored houses and villas, the estate lodges the close group on-site, so the wedding becomes a two- or three-day gathering rather than a single evening. The hundred and fifty hectares give complete freedom to design the day from scratch.
It’s a venue that favours intimacy, nature, and authenticity over spectacle — ideal for couples who want a private Alentejo wedding with the people who matter most. And this is exactly where our experience comes in. The couple’s session winds through the montado, among the cork oaks, and under the star-filled Alentejo sky. Pop the question. We handle the rest.
A remote estate without the turn-key infrastructure of a hotel is exactly where a planner’s coordination is essential: building a wedding from scratch in the middle of the Alto Alentejo takes experience, suppliers, and logistics. We handle the full design and build-out of the day in coordination with the estate team, the allocation of the houses and villas for the closest guests, and the transfers from Lisbon airport, about two hours away, along with overflow accommodation in the area. And there’s the practical side: the civil-ceremony paperwork in Portuguese, the sound permits, and a programme of the reservoir, the river beach, and the Alentejo for the guests. From the first call to the last dance.
An intimate, exclusive-use country wedding in the Alto Alentejo — ceremony under the holm oaks, dinner beside the pool, and a party under a sky full of stars. Rustic but refined, on a hundred-and-fifty-hectare estate.
Yes — weddings take the whole property in exclusive use, so it’s just you and your guests across the estate’s hundred and fifty hectares. Mary Me coordinates the build-out end to end.
Yes — five restored houses and villas, so the closest group stays on-site. Mary Me coordinates the allocation and arranges curated overflow nearby for the rest.
Lisbon airport is about two hours away. Mary Me arranges the transfers for the guests.
It’s a setting for intimate weddings, built outdoors across the estate. The exact capacity for your format is confirmed with the venue.
From late spring to early autumn, to enjoy the montado and the warm Alentejo nights outdoors. Summer is hot, so we recommend a shaded plan and booking in advance.
It’s a working Alentejo estate of a hundred and fifty hectares of cork oak and pine near Ponte de Sor, taken in exclusive use, with the slow rhythm and the star-filled sky of the deep Alentejo — a private wedding like few places.
