Sesimbra Natura Park is a nature-tourism concept developed on the Herdade de Mesquita, a vast agricultural and forest estate of nearly nine hundred hectares, in the municipality of Sesimbra, within the Mata de Sesimbra (the largest forest in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area) — countryside, pine forest, and the Atlantic air a few kilometres away. It’s the open-air wedding, in the middle of nature, far from anything that resembles a ballroom.
With expansive outdoor spaces and infrastructure for recreation, leisure, and events, it offers the scale and freedom of a large estate — for a relaxed, rustic celebration connected to the land, half an hour from Lisbon and a step from the Arrabida and the Sesimbra beaches.
For couples who want a nature wedding, rustic and spacious, on the Setubal peninsula, this is the spot. If you ask us, it’s the estate with the most room to breathe near Lisbon.
On-site lodging is confirmed with the estate. Mary Me coordinates room blocks at the Sesimbra and Setubal hotels, with the family-by-family allocation and transfers from the airport handled.
Sesimbra Natura Park began as a nature-tourism concept on the Herdade de Mesquita, an agricultural and forest property of nearly nine hundred hectares in the municipality of Sesimbra. Rather than a single building, it’s a whole landscape — fields, pine forest, trails — equipped to host activities, recreation, and events.
Designed for corporate, school, and group programmes, it has grown a vocation for private celebrations that seek space, nature, and open air. It’s the Alentejo estate brought to the Setubal peninsula, with the Atlantic nearby.
If you ask us, there are venues that fit in a room and venues that need a horizon. Sesimbra Natura Park is clearly the second kind.
We’re in Sesimbra, on the Setubal peninsula, south of Lisbon — in the Mata de Sesimbra — the largest forest in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area — between the Arrabida mountains, Cabo Espichel, and the Meco coast, about forty-five minutes from the airport. It’s nature and countryside, with the Sesimbra beaches and the Arrabida a step away.
The advantage for a destination wedding is space and nature with the city nearby: the estate offers the freedom of the countryside, but Lisbon, the Arrabida, Setubal, and the beaches are all at hand for the guests.
Anything the guests might want to do — the Sesimbra beaches, the Arrabida, a day in Lisbon — is at hand. Arriving is easy. Leaving — we can’t quite guarantee that part.
Sesimbra Natura Park is a nature wedding, open-air and spacious. The civil, symbolic, or religious ceremony takes place in the middle of the estate, among fields and pine forest; the cocktail spreads outdoors; dinner settles in an outdoor structure, and the party runs on in nature, under the stars.
The scale of the estate gives total freedom to design the wedding from scratch, with room for large groups and multiple outdoor settings. It’s the antithesis of the enclosed venue — countryside, horizon, and Atlantic air.
It’s a venue that favours nature, space, and the open air over formality — ideal for couples who want a rustic, expansive celebration on the Setubal peninsula. And this is exactly where our experience comes in. The couple’s session winds across the open fields, the pine forest, and the wide Setubal-peninsula horizon near the Arrabida. Pop the question. We handle the rest.
A large open-air 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 countryside takes experience and logistics. We handle the design of the day and the complete build-out — structure, catering, furniture — in coordination with the estate team, the management of the room blocks at the Sesimbra and Setubal hotels, and the transfers from the airport, forty-five minutes away. And there’s the practical side: the civil-ceremony paperwork in Portuguese, the sound permits in the natural area, and a programme of the Sesimbra beaches, the Arrabida, and Lisbon for the guests. From the first call to the last dance.
A nature wedding, open-air and spacious — ceremony in the middle of the estate, dinner in an outdoor structure, and a party under the stars. Countryside and horizon, far from the enclosed ballroom.
The scale of the estate — nearly nine hundred hectares — gives room for large groups and multiple outdoor settings. The exact capacity for your format is confirmed with the venue.
On-site lodging is confirmed with the estate. In any case, Mary Me coordinates the room blocks at the Sesimbra and Setubal hotels and handles the transfers.
As a nature estate, the wedding is built outdoors, with structure, catering, and furniture brought in for the occasion. It’s exactly the kind of operation Mary Me coordinates end to end.
In the municipality of Sesimbra, on the Setubal peninsula, south of Lisbon, about forty-five minutes from the airport, a step from the Arrabida and the beaches. Transfers handled by Mary Me.
From late spring to early autumn, to enjoy the estate outdoors and the warm nights. As a mostly outdoor wedding, we recommend a covered plan B and booking in advance.
It’s a nature-tourism estate of nearly nine hundred hectares, in Sesimbra, with countryside, pine forest, and the Atlantic nearby — an expansive, rustic nature wedding, rare so close to Lisbon.
