Breathtaking Florence Destination Wedding at Villa Agape

One of the most romantic wedding destinations in the world, Florence, Italy sets the scene for this celebration of love.

Just five minutes from the centre of Florence, on the hills overlooking the city, stands Villa Agape. An ancient convent of nuns, transformed into a four-star boutique hotel.
You will start dreaming your wedding while walking in the peaceful gardens and be enchanted by a golden sunset over the Florentine hills.

It’s impossible not to feel the magic of this couple Semi and Jonny’s special day. Keep on reading for words from the bride telling the story of their special day, including her favorite moments.

From the Bride: Jonny is from Scotland and I am from South Korea. We both studied accounting. He used to work in London, and I used to work in Seoul. We both applied for an internal auditor job in HK 4 years ago. We were the two finalists and our boss could not pick between two of us. So, he got a special approval from CEO and hired both of us. We started the same job in a same team on a same day. We sat right next to each other and traveled for work together 🙂 That’s how we met.

Why did you choose Florence for your destination wedding?

Bride says: We decided to do our wedding in Italy because it is beautiful and has a good food and weather. Since Florence is my favorite city above all, it was on the top of the list. We still looked at many other areas to find the perfect venue. We were very lucky to find the breathtaking Florence destination wedding venue!

Why did you choose Villa Agape as your perfect wedding venue?

We literally looked more than 100 venues in Italy mainly in Tuscany area and Sorrento/Amalfi. When I saw the picture of Villa Agape, it has everything we wanted. Close enough to the city center yet far enough to have some surrounding nature. Some other venues were requesting 3-5 days total booking which was a bit too long. The minimum booking was only 2 days at Villa Agape which was actually perfect length. The venue is absolutely beautiful. Everyone still talks about how perfect our wedding was and they all said it was the best and most beautiful wedding they have been. So we are very happy 🙂

We absolutely loved every moment of our wedding day. We had lovely breakfast with our family and friends. We went to the Piazzale Michalangelo and San Miniato Church for a photoshoot. Then went back to the venue, had drinks with guests. Our wedding was at 4pm. We had a bagpiper and DJ for music which was brilliant.

It was a very sunny and beautiful day.

Jonny’s parents went to Villa Agape in March and had food testing. They said everything on the menu was absolutely lovely. Since many of our guests had food restriction, we went for classic/ generally popular menu – Caprese salad, Pasta with Salmon, and Steak.

My bridesmaid who has been living in Florence for more than 15 years told us that purple/violet is the color of Florence. So the color of my bridesmaids’ dresses were in that color (the exact name of the color was actually “Chianti” – how perfect). But I love also pale pink. So we chose overall color palette based on these colors.

bheathtaking florence destination wedding

We had the classic italian wedding cake which all of our guests raved about (they said it was the best wedding cake ever!). We were glad that we went for that option instead of boring 3 layer cake. The whole wedding cake moment was very special as we made some of it. Then we had our first dance and the party.

We hired our DJ until mid-night but people didn’t want the party to end so we asked Roberta and DJ for extension of the hire for extra hour or two. He was so cool about it and agreed. Because party was extended, Roberta stayed until the end. Thank you so much Roberta! Because of you, our wedding was so smooth and perfect. You always recommended vendors for our best interest. We really appreciate that. We loved our photographer, videographer, catering company, florist, DJ, and the master of the ceremony.

What is one piece of advice that you could give brides-to-be?

You don’t need to worry about anything. Jonny and I are both not from Italy. We live in HK. But our breathtaking Florence destination wedding was just PERFECT thanks to Roberta. Before I met Roberta, I came across many other wedding planners who charged so much and made recommendations for their own interest not ours. But with Roberta, you will feel like your friend is helping you out for your wedding. She is genuine, loving, and considerate. I will recommend Roberta to anyone who is planning on destination wedding in Italy. We would like to take Roberta out for nice dinner next time when we are in Florence. That’s how good she is. You won’t regret it. Believe in Roberta then your wedding day will be perfect 😉