Santa Clara 1728 is a boutique house of minimalist luxury, on Campo de Santa Clara, between Alfama and Santa Apolonia. It’s part of the Silent Living universe, known for its pared-back architecture and the idea that true luxury is silence, space, and light. Picture high ceilings, noble materials, and a serenity that’s rare in the heart of Lisbon.
With a handful of suites and a deliberately small scale, it’s a house for intimate weddings — not for crowds. It’s booked whole, and the house becomes yours: long, unhurried breakfasts, one long table, glimpses of the Tagus, and the quiet of one of the city’s most beautiful areas.
For couples who want a design micro-wedding, refined and deeply personal, this is the spot. If you ask us, it’s the most elegant house in Lisbon for a small celebration.
The house has a handful of suites on-site, ideal for an intimate celebration with the closest guests sleeping in. Mary Me coordinates the allocation and curated overflow at neighbouring Lisbon hotels, with transfers handled.
Santa Clara 1728 occupies an 18th-century building on Campo de Santa Clara, restored by the Silent Living project of Joao Rodrigues, with architecture by Aires Mateus. The intervention stripped the building back to the essential — stone, lime, wood, light — giving it an almost monastic serenity, while never ceasing to be a house to live in.
The result is one of the most celebrated guesthouses in Lisbon, with a handful of suites and a clear philosophy: fewer things, more space; less noise, more presence. It’s not a conventional hotel, it’s an experience of inhabiting the city at a different pace.
If you ask us, there are houses that fill the walls and houses that let the space breathe. Santa Clara 1728 is clearly the second kind.
We’re on Campo de Santa Clara, between Alfama and Santa Apolonia, in one of the most beautiful and authentic areas of Lisbon — a few steps from the National Pantheon and the Feira da Ladra flea market, and about twelve minutes from the airport. It’s historic Lisbon, with glimpses of the Tagus and the slow rhythm of the old neighbourhoods.
The advantage for a destination wedding is discreet centrality: we’re in the heart of the city, with everything at hand, but away from the tourist bustle, in a corner of calm.
Anything the guests might want to do — explore Alfama, central Lisbon, a day in Sintra or Cascais — is at hand. Arriving is easy. Leaving — we can’t quite guarantee that part.
Santa Clara 1728 is a design micro-wedding. The civil or symbolic ceremony takes place in the house’s pared-back spaces or on the terrace, with glimpses of the Tagus; dinner settles at one long table, in an intimate setting, and the celebration has the slow, personal rhythm of hosting at home.
As it runs on a full-buyout basis, with its suites, the whole house is yours — ideal for a very intimate celebration, with the closest guests sleeping on-site. It’s the antithesis of the large-scale wedding: few guests, much care, design in every detail.
It’s a venue that favours intimacy, design, and serenity over scale — ideal for couples who want a small, refined wedding in Lisbon. And this is exactly where our experience comes in. The couple’s session winds through the pared-back interiors, the Tagus-view terrace, and the historic lanes of Campo de Santa Clara. Pop the question. We handle the rest.
A boutique house of intimate scale is exactly where our coordination makes the difference, especially in designing a micro-wedding that respects the house’s silent, minimalist philosophy. We handle the design of the day in coordination with the house team, the management of the suites and the overflow at neighbouring hotels, and the transfers from the airport, twelve minutes away. And there’s the practical side: the civil-ceremony paperwork in Portuguese, the sound permits, and a programme of Alfama, Lisbon, Sintra, and Cascais for the guests. From the first call to the last dance.
A design micro-wedding, intimate and refined — ceremony in the house’s pared-back spaces, dinner at one long table, and the slow rhythm of hosting at home. The antithesis of the large-scale wedding.
It’s a house of deliberately small scale, designed for very intimate celebrations. The exact capacity for your format is confirmed with the house.
Yes — the house has a handful of suites, which makes it ideal for an intimate celebration with the closest guests sleeping on-site. Mary Me coordinates the allocation and the overflow at neighbouring hotels.
Yes — it runs on a full-buyout basis, so the whole house is yours on the day. Being a small house, it’s the natural way to experience it. Mary Me coordinates the terms.
On Campo de Santa Clara, between Alfama and Santa Apolonia, in the historic heart of Lisbon, about twelve minutes from the airport. Transfers handled by Mary Me.
It works all year round; spring and autumn are ideal for pairing the pared-back interiors with the terrace and the glimpses of the Tagus. We recommend booking in advance.
It’s a Silent Living boutique house of minimalist luxury, in an 18th-century building between Alfama and Santa Apolonia, with architecture by Aires Mateus and glimpses of the Tagus — a design micro-wedding like few places in Lisbon.
