Falling Into the Spell of Borgo Petrognano: Your Home in the Tuscan Hills

When I first walked through the gates of Borgo Petrognano, I felt like I’d stepped into an unspoken poem. This is not a grand ballroom masquerading as romance. This is stone and vine, olive groves and sunlit terraces, quiet corners and views that stretch into the hazy distance.

Where & What Is Borgo Petrognano

Tucked into the heart of Tuscany, less than an hour from Florence, Siena, and Pisa, Borgo Petrognano is a restored 13th-century estate of stone towers and four renovated farmhouses. It sits above rolling vineyards, framed by olive groves, offering that deep, ambient intimacy you can’t fake.

The main residence is anchored by an ancient tower; the other buildings around it are houses that once served as barns or stables. Together they make a cluster of hospitality, not a resort. The whole place feels like a village you live in for a week, not just visit for a night.

Rooms, Suites & Grounds

There are 14 rooms total,  double rooms, suites, and a few triples. Many are furnished with antiques from the estate itself: delicate linens, softened light from tall windows, and terraces overlooking the Tuscan hills. The bathrooms are modern in comfort, but everything about the place still feels warm and human.

Around the borgo, you’ll find terraced gardens, shaded pergolas, stone courtyards, paths through olive groves, and a swimming pool that mirrors the open sky. On mellow afternoons, you can wander between buildings, rest under vines, or sip wine at sunset on a terrace with unobstructed views.

Weddings Here & Why Couples Choose It

Borgo Petrognano is designed for couples who care more about people than pomp. The estate offers tailor-made weddings with a staff that guides you from booking through to your ceremony. They handle the logistics so you can be present in your own story.

Outdoor ceremonies are often held under a pergola in the gardens or beneath the open sky. Receptions typically unfold under strings of lights on the terraces, framed by the estate’s stone façade and the sounds of soft laughter drifting through the evening air.

When couples stay here, they often choose to live the wedding instead of simply staging one day. The borgo becomes home. Guests share meals in communal spaces, laughter drifts between rooms, and the privacy of the estate means your circle can feel fully immersed in the experience.

If you’re dreaming of an intimate wedding in Tuscany, one that feels lived-in, real, and grounded, Borgo Petrognano is the kind of place that quietly steals your heart.

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The Week We Spent With Regan & CJ – A Photographer’s Inside View

The kind of wedding we love to photograph most is never just a single day. It’s a week of moments you don’t expect: laughter, shared meals, slow mornings, and deep connection. With Regan and CJ, we didn’t just show up with a camera, they welcomed us into their circle.

From Dallas to Florence, to the Borgo

I first met Regan and CJ when they reached out for engagement photos in Dallas (view those images here). That day we clicked, not just in posed frames, but in the way they interacted, the way they made space for each other. After that session, they told us, “If you’ll come to Italy, we want you to tell the story there.”

Fast forward 10 months, we met in Florence on Sunday and spent the day wandering through cobbled alleys, watching light fall across old stone, and laughing our way through side streets. It felt easy and real, the perfect prelude to the week ahead.

On Monday we drove out to Borgo Petrognano. That evening, we all gathered for a welcome dinner of wood-fired pizzas prepared right on site. The smell of smoke and fresh basil filled the courtyard. Conversations stretched long after sunset. It was one of those nights you can still feel if you close your eyes.

Pasta, Rehearsals & the Wedding Day

Tuesday brought a pasta-making class for everyone, flour on fingers, laughter filling the room, and guests helping each other roll dough into imperfect little nests. That night, the rehearsal dinner carried the same joy and warmth — clinking glasses, soft music, and anticipation in the air.

Wednesday was the wedding. The morning began quietly, everyone getting ready together, nerves and excitement mixing in equal measure. Regan and CJ said their vows in the garden under the pergola surrounded by white roses. The ceremony was followed by dancing, wine, and a long dinner that turned into a party under the stars.

More Than a Photographer, Part of the Circle

Here’s the thing: Regan and CJ didn’t just hire us. They gave us a room at the villa. They welcomed  into us their inner circle, into their laughter, their late-night stories, their famil dinners. They trusted us to move freely, to document the big moments and the quiet ones in between.

That kind of trust is rare. It changes everything. When you’re invited in that deeply, you start to see beyond the schedule and the poses. You catch the moments that would otherwise slip away, the way the morning light hits a window, the sound of friends laughing over coffee, the pause before a kiss.

When couples let us into their world like that, the photographs reflect it. You can feel the connection in every frame.

Exploring Florence Together

Golden light, cobblestone streets, and the calm before the wedding week began — portraits through the heart of Florence that feel like a love letter to the city itself.

Welcome Party at Borgo Petrognano

Wood-fired pizza, laughter echoing through the courtyard, and the feeling of arriving somewhere that instantly feels like home.

Pasta Making Class in Tuscany

Hands covered in flour, wine glasses nearby, and guests learning the art of handmade pasta.

Rehearsal Dinner in the Hills

A night filled with toasts, candlelight, and long tables under the stars, celebrating love and anticipation before the big day.

Wedding Day at Borgo Petrognano

Morning light, getting ready in the villa, vows in the garden, and dancing under the Tuscan sky, the kind of day that feels like a dream you don’t want to end.

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Why This Kind of Wedding Matters

When you choose a place like Borgo Petrognano and stretch your celebration into a week, you give space for real connection to happen. You stop rushing through it and start living in it.

And when you invite your photographer into that space — not just for a few hours, but as part of the experience — it changes the work we can do together. It allows us to document you honestly: not just your ceremony, but the quiet mornings, the messy joy, the laughter echoing through the villa at night.

It’s in those unplanned, in-between moments that the real magic of a wedding lives.

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If you’re planning your own wedding at Borgo Petrognano — or anywhere in Tuscany — and you want photography that feels like presence, not performance, we’d love to tell your story.