THE WEDDING DOSSIER
One estate. Infinite ways to compose your day.
A private Andalusian cortijo where every moment of the wedding finds its own setting — and every outdoor plan has an indoor one beside it.
ACEPADOS CORTIJO BOUTIQUE · ANDALUSIA, SPAIN
2027 SEASON
— A NOTE TO BEGIN
Dear couple,
Thank you for thinking of Acepados.
We host very few weddings each year, and we read every enquiry with care. This dossier is here to accompany the conversation we hope to start soon — it is not a closed quote or a contract, but a guide: what Acepados is, what can happen here, how a wedding weekend unfolds, and what the booking involves.
Read it without rushing. Share it with whomever you like. One thing you will notice as you go: Acepados is not a single wedding venue with a single room. It is a collection of spaces, and a wedding here is something you compose — moving between them across the days. Where most venues offer one plan, we offer a great many — including, always, an indoor plan for the moments the weather decides to change.
When you are ready, write to me directly. A half-hour call usually clears up what twenty emails cannot.
María
HOST & WEDDINGS, ACEPADOS CORTIJO BOUTIQUE
— CHAPTER I
The estate
Acepados is a carefully restored Extremaduran cortijo, in the heart of an organic olive-grove dehesa in the south of the province of Badajoz. The property includes the cortijo itself — its salons, bedrooms and patios — the outdoor gardens and pool, and a wide expanse of century-old olive grove that surrounds the house and becomes part of the landscape of the wedding.
Getting here
Acepados is more reachable than its sense of seclusion suggests:
SEVILLE (CITY CENTRE)
1 hour by road
FARO AIRPORT
150 minutes
MADRID / LISBON
4 hours
SEVILLE AIRPORT
75 minutes
MÁLAGA AIRPORT
3 hours
The estate in numbers
- Accommodation: eight double bedrooms plus one multiple room — a maximum of 25 guests staying on the estate.
- Event capacity: up to 150 guests for ceremony, drinks, the meal and the party.
- Cortijo spaces: three interior salons, a central patio, gardens and pool — together with dedicated working areas where your chosen caterer can operate.
- Olive grove: two natural settings usable for an open-air ceremony or meal.
AN HONEST, IMPORTANT NOTE
Acepados does not run its own kitchen or catering service. Instead, the estate provides fully usable working areas so that the caterer you choose can operate with complete freedom. This is deliberate — it keeps the food entirely in your hands and your caterer’s, with no fixed menu imposed by the venue.
A living estate
One thing other venues tend to leave unsaid: Acepados is a working organic olive farm, with its own rhythm of work across the seasons. Some mornings you may hear machinery in the distance, or a team working in a far corner of the property. We coordinate the calendars to respect your dates as much as possible — but the cortijo is not an artificial resort. It is a place that is alive, and in our experience that authenticity is exactly what gives the weddings held here their weight.
— CHAPTER II
Infinite combinations, one private estate
Unlike a conventional events venue, Acepados has no single room where everything happens. There are several settings, each with its own light and character, and the wedding is composed by moving between them across the day. This is the heart of what we offer — and the reason no two weddings here look alike.
Ceremony, drinks, the meal, the party — each moment chooses its own setting. And each space holds the full guest list of up to 150.
WHATEVER THE FORECAST
Every outdoor moment has an indoor one beside it.
Acepados has an interior salon that couples turn to whenever the weather decides not to cooperate — rain, cold or wind. It is not a compromise; it is simply the other half of the plan. The day does not lose its shape, only its address.
The decision is usually made the week of the wedding, looking at the forecast together with María — calmly, with everything already prepared for both versions.
Acepados os ofrece la privacidad, los espacios y la libertad para diseñar una estancia de boda que tenga sentido para vosotros.
THE MOMENT
For the ceremony
Where you say the words. Four settings, each holding up to 150 guests — including the interior salon, the one couples turn to if the sky has other plans.
The olive grove — beneath the century-old trees, with the best light at sunset. The gardens — more intimate, by the pool or the fruit trees. The central patio — whitewashed, open to the sky, the most formal frame. The interior salon — the indoor alternative, always ready.
THE MOMENT
For the drinks reception
The hour that loosens the day. Every option below holds the full 150 guests — and if it rains or turns cold, the interior salon receives the reception without missing a beat.
The central patio — soft shade and easy flow, the natural choice. The pool area — especially good in summer. The main garden — the most open option. The interior salon — the indoor plan, for rain or cold. Every one of them comfortably holds 150 guests.
— CHAPTER III
Where your closest people stay
The cortijo holds eight double bedrooms plus one multiple room — a maximum of 25 guests staying on the estate throughout the celebration. Each double is designed individually, with its own light and character; some open onto the inner patio, others onto the garden or the olive grove.
The multiple room is particularly useful for the younger side of the group — friends, cousins, the wedding party — who often prefer to share, stay up late together, and treat their room as a basecamp rather than a hotel room. It changes the feel of the weekend: the people closest to you, all under one roof.
Ceremony, drinks, the meal, the party — each moment chooses its own setting. And each space holds the full guest list of up to 150.
See every room in detail
Rather than repeat it all here, we keep the full room-by-room detail — photographs, layouts, who each room suits — on the website, always up to date.
— CHAPTER IV
A wedding weekend, in detail
What follows is one possible rhythm — not a script. It is simply the shape many couples settle into once they understand what the estate makes possible. Every element adapts to you.
THURSDAY
The couple arrives first
What couples tell us they treasure most: arriving before anyone else. A day with the estate to yourselves — calm, unhurried, your own moment before the celebration begins. Time to walk the spaces, review the programme and the preparations with María, and simply settle into the place that will be yours for the days ahead.
FRIDAY
Family and the closest few arrive
The next day, the family and your innermost circle arrive. You receive them yourselves, settle them into their rooms, and the house begins to fill. The fridge is already stocked with what you asked for.
FRIDAY EVENING
The pre-wedding dinner
An evening with a chef in the patio or the gardens — a relaxed barbecue, or something more formal at a set table, however you picture it. An intimate post-dinner that, more often than not, drifts into a first night of celebration. The wedding has begun before the wedding day.
SATURDAY
The wedding
The morning is yours. Suppliers arrive and set up; the wider guest list arrives in the afternoon. Ceremony, drinks, the meal, the party — composed across the settings you have chosen, with the indoor plan ready beside each one. The night runs as long as it runs.
SUNDAY
The day after
The one couples remember most. A long, slow breakfast. A swim with the closest few. Perhaps a farewell lunch before everyone scatters. You leave when you are ready — not when a clock asks you to.
The day after is, surprisingly often, the part couples remember most.
— CHAPTER V
Suppliers & creative direction
One of the decisions that most shapes a wedding at Acepados is the choice of suppliers — because there is no in-house catering, no resident decorator, no house photographer.
Our philosophy
- We impose no one. Catering, decoration, music, photography, flowers, hair and make-up — you choose them all. If you have a wedding planner you trust, we work directly with them.
- We take no commissions. Not from suppliers, not from you, not from anyone who refers you. The caterer’s invoice is between you and the caterer.
- We do help you choose. We have worked with many professionals across the region. If you ask, we will introduce the teams that best fit the aesthetic you are after — with no obligation to book them.
On the kitchen
Because Acepados does not run its own kitchen, your caterer brings their full operation — and the estate provides the working areas they need to do it well. In practice this gives you more freedom, not less: the food is entirely yours to design.
What a wedding usually needs
- Full catering — from the working areas we provide through to table service.
- Floral design and table styling.
- Music — ceremony (often live), drinks, the meal, and the party (band or DJ).
- Photography and film.
- An officiant for a civil ceremony; for religious ceremonies, we speak with the local parish.
- Hair and make-up — coming to the cortijo on the morning of the wedding.
- Guest transport between nearby accommodation and Acepados, where needed.
— CHAPTER VI
On the day, operationally
Exactly what the Acepados team does on the wedding day — covered by the estate booking and the event fee.
- Technical supervision of the event by the Acepados team throughout the day.
- Basic operational coordination with your suppliers: access, locations, set-up and break-down schedules.
- Four hours of active cleaning during the event — particularly bathrooms and common areas.
- Full final clean of all the spaces after the celebration.
- A single point of contact — María — throughout the day, so that whatever comes up is resolved without you ever hearing about it.
IMPORTANT
We are not wedding planners and do not take on a planner’s role. If you do not hire one — many couples don’t, and it works well at Acepados — María handles operational coordination, but the creative decisions and the detailed organisation of external suppliers remain yours. If you do hire a planner, we make their life easy and work in close coordination.
— CHAPTER VII
What the booking includes, what is optional
Included in the estate booking (accommodation + event)
- Exclusive use of the whole estate throughout your stay.
- All bedrooms — up to 25 resident guests.
- Welcome breakfast on the first morning.
- Stocked-fridge service (no sourcing or service fee on top).
- María’s coordination throughout the planning process.
- Four hours of active cleaning during the event, and the full final clean.
- Operational coordination with your suppliers on the event day.
- Working areas for your caterer to operate.
Optional — requested and invoiced separately
- Daily light housekeeping during the stay.
- Host or butler support — per day or per hour.
- Private chef — for one or several days, including the pre-wedding dinner. Quoted per project.
- Supplier introductions — at no cost, no commission.
— CHAPTER VIII
The investment, in perspective
Before the tailored proposal with closed figures, we want to explain how the investment is composed — so you have the reference and meet no surprises.
The structure
The estate budget breaks into three independent parts, added together:
Exclusive use of the cortijo
Per night · the whole estate · up to 25 resident guests
from €1,650 / night
Event fee
Exclusivity of the spaces, base coordination, operational impact — scaled to guest count
from €1,750
Optional services
Private chef, daily housekeeping, host support — as you choose
à la carte
VAT & invoicing
Spanish VAT applies at 10% on accommodation and 21% on services and the event. The invoice is issued in your name, or to the person or company you designate, itemised line by line.
The final figure depends on your exact configuration — nights, guest count, options. We close it in the tailored proposal we prepare for you, with specific dates.
Why we don’t send a closed total in this dossier
Because a wedding is a composed project, not a fixed product. The couples who most enjoy Acepados are the ones who reach the final figure having consciously decided each part — not the ones who receive a total and accept it without understanding it. The tailored proposal, with the closed numbers, comes once we have your desired configuration.
— CHAPTER IX
The booking process
From this dossier to the day of your wedding, the path looks like this:
1. A first conversation
A 30–45 minute call or video call with María. We answer whatever this document leaves open, talk through your tentative dates, and begin to shape the format.
2. A visit to the cortijo — strongly recommended
Some couples book without visiting and all goes well — but most decisions clear up the moment you stand on the estate. We receive you with no obligation and with time. If you are travelling from abroad, we help with the logistics.
3. The tailored proposal
With the agreed configuration — dates, guest count, optional services — we prepare a document with the closed investment, the booking terms, and all the operational detail of the event. This is what you sign.
4. Booking & payments
You confirm with the first payment (30%). The following payments fall 60 days before (40%) and 15 days before (30%). A refundable deposit is requested on confirmation and returned after the post-stay check (within 48 hours).
5. The preparation
In the months leading up, María is at your disposal for everything operational: supplier introductions, coordination of technical-visit dates, reception of items shipped to the cortijo in advance, and any detail you need clarified.
6. The wedding
And then, the wedding. With luck, everything we have prepared fades into the background — and you have days you will remember always.
RECOMMENDED LEAD TIMES
Weddings at Acepados are usually booked 8 to 14 months ahead. We host a very small number each season, so the most sought-after dates — May, June, September, early October — tend to close a year in advance. If your dates are flexible, we can almost always find a way.
— CHAPTER X
The team
María
Host, head of weddings, and your single point of contact. She lives in the area, knows the region’s suppliers, and personally accompanies every wedding held at Acepados.
The rest of the team
Behind the day-to-day there is a small team: the cortijo’s operations lead, two people on cleaning during events, and those who run the working farm. You will meet them all if the wedding goes ahead.
About us
Acepados is a family project. The property has been in the family for decades, and a few years ago we decided to restore it with the idea of sharing it — with care, not with volume. We host few weddings a year because we want to look after them well, not because we couldn’t take on more. It is a deliberate decision.
A note on discretion
We do not publish the names of the couples who marry with us, nor images that identify them without explicit permission. Some couples prefer their wedding never to appear in our references at all — and we respect that without it needing to be negotiated. Privacy is part of the offer.
“When you say your goodbyes on Sunday afternoon, we will know whether we did it well — because you will know too.”
THE NEXT STEP
When you have had time to read this dossier and talk it over between you, write to María directly or book a slot for a first call.
