Herdade da Maxuqueira is a beautiful, cosy Alentejo farmhouse — a white monte — ideal for a small, quality wedding lived without a rush. It’s the Alentejo at its most intimate and genuine: white lime, countryside, silence, and plenty of time to be with those who matter.
It runs on exclusive use, with a three-night minimum — which makes it less a venue and more a house that’s yours for days. It’s flexible and personal: you choose the vendors you want, in consultation with the manager, and design the wedding entirely your way.
For couples who want a small, intimate, fully personalised wedding in the Alentejo, this is the spot. If you ask us, it’s the right farmhouse for those who want time, not spectacle.
The exclusive use includes a stay (three-night minimum), so the closest group is lodged in the house itself. Mary Me coordinates the allocation between the wedding party, family, and VIPs, with transfers from Lisbon airport handled.
Herdade da Maxuqueira is a traditional Alentejo farmhouse — the region’s typical white monte — designed to host small, intimate celebrations. Rather than an events machine, it’s a house: welcoming, personal, and flexible, where each wedding is designed from scratch.
The philosophy is clear: few guests, several days, total freedom of vendors. There’s no in-house catering — you work from a list of trusted companies — and no furniture included, which leaves room to personalise everything. It’s the Alentejo wedding without a formula, tailored to each couple.
If you ask us, there are venues that impose their model and houses that mould to yours. Maxuqueira is clearly the second kind.
We’re in the Alentejo, in the middle of the countryside — among plain, cork-oak groves, and the silence of the region, about two hours from Lisbon airport. It’s the deep Alentejo, of immense sky and slow pace, ideal for switching off and celebrating without a rush.
The advantage for a destination wedding is total privacy and time: the house is yours for a minimum of three nights, which turns the wedding into a stay shared with your closest guests — yet at a comfortable distance from Lisbon and Evora.
Anything the guests might want to do — the plain, Evora, wine tasting — is at hand. Arriving is easy. Leaving — we can’t quite guarantee that part.
Herdade da Maxuqueira is a small, intimate, tailored wedding. The civil, symbolic, or religious ceremony takes place outdoors, in the countryside; the cocktail and dinner settle around the white house, with vendors of your choice; and the party runs on without a rush, with guests living the estate for days.
As it runs on exclusive use with a three-night minimum, it’s the right scale for a secluded, deeply personal wedding — designed for small groups who want quality and time, not numbers. As it has no in-house catering or furniture, everything is built from scratch, in your image.
It’s a venue that favours intimacy, personalisation, and time over scale — ideal for couples who want a farmhouse to themselves in the Alentejo. And this is exactly where our experience comes in. The couple’s session winds across the open countryside, the cork-oak groves, and the immense Alentejo sky at golden hour. Pop the question. We handle the rest.
A farmhouse with no in-house catering or furniture, in exclusive use, is precisely where a planner’s coordination is indispensable: building a wedding from scratch, choosing the right vendors, and managing a multi-day stay takes experience. We handle the design of the day and the complete build-out — catering from the trusted list, furniture, structure — in consultation with the estate manager, the management of the stay for the group, and the transfers from Lisbon airport, two hours away. And there’s the practical side: the civil-ceremony paperwork in Portuguese, the sound permits, and a programme of Evora, the plain, and wine tasting for the guests. From the first call to the last dance.
Yes — Herdade da Maxuqueira runs on exclusive use, with a mandatory three-night minimum (more, for multi-day events). The house is yours during the stay. Mary Me coordinates the terms and the programme.
No — the estate has no in-house catering, but works from a list of trusted companies, of your choice. Mary Me coordinates the selection and the entire build-out.
Yes — no furniture is included, so tables, chairs, and the rest of the equipment are rented separately. It’s exactly the kind of from-scratch build Mary Me coordinates end to end.
The estate has a vocation for small, intimate weddings. The exact capacity for your format is confirmed with the estate.
Yes — the exclusive use includes a stay (three-night minimum), so the closest group is lodged in the house itself. Mary Me coordinates the allocation.
From late spring to early autumn, to enjoy the countryside outdoors. The Alentejo summer is hot, so we recommend a shaded plan and booking in advance.
It’s an Alentejo farmhouse — a white monte — in exclusive use with a stay, fully customisable (vendors of your choice, no formula). A small, intimate, tailored wedding, like few places.
