Romantic And Luxurious Wedding Venues In Miami

Weddings and Miami are a perfect match. When planning your big day, you’ll find that Greater Miami & Miami Beach is a destination replete with luxurious venues that offer natural beauty, history and extravagant amenities to elevate your aisle style. Some of them also offer a place to play before – or after – your big day.

Acqualina Resort & Residences On The Beach

For a lavish seaside venue that flaunts grand architecture and offers unobstructed ocean views, plan your wedding at the Forbes 5-Star Acqualina Resort & Residences On The Beach in Sunny Isles Beach. At this private beachfront playground, couples and their wedding guests will feel as if they’ve been transported to a posh resort on the Mediterranean. Plan the ceremony around the pool or on the resort’s front lawn at the edge of the Atlantic Ocean. After the “I dos,” party like an A-lister in the stunning Mediterranean Ballroom or alfresco style under a tent on the Great Lawn. Since the resort hosts only one wedding at a time, the spotlight is completely focused on each couple’s big day. Before or after the event, couples can escape to the Acqualina Spa's Royal Suite for the ultimate in pampering.

The Ancient Spanish Monastery

You’ll be hard-pressed to find a more dreamy-yet-sacred location than The Ancient Spanish Monastery in North Miami Beach. The medieval monastery, an architectural treasure built in Spain in the 12th century and later dismantled and transported to Miami, offers a variety of memorable ceremony options. For something traditional, choose to wed in one of the three chapels (in the Main Chapel, light floods through the stained-glass windows and an organist plays the pipe organ as the bridal party walks down the aisle). Nature-loving couples can choose to tie the knot in the ethereal formal gardens surrounded by rare palms, Spanish oaks and towering banyan trees. Consider holding your reception in the cloisters, which are the covered walkways that wind around the courtyard, or enjoy your wedding feast in the loggia or the gardens.

Deering Estate

History, rich architecture, stunning views of Biscayne Bay and endless natural beauty – the sprawling Deering Estate in Palmetto Bay has it all. Set on 450 picturesque acres, the site offers many options for couples. Say your vows on the palm-lined front lawn that edges the bay, host your reception and dance the night away under the stars in the lush courtyard or celebrate under a wedding tent on the main lawn.

Faena Hotel Miami Beach

Dripping in glamour, art and fantasy, Faena Hotel Miami Beach is an oceanfront resort in Miami Beach’s Mid Beach neighborhood that could be considered the ultimate location for a luxurious wedding. Couples can choose from a dizzying array of venues, like the high-design Faena Forum or the opulent Faena Theater, draped in velvet. Another unique option is getting married in front of artist Damien Hirst’s iconic mammoth sculpture with the sparkling ocean as the backdrop. With several restaurants by standout international chefs, entertainment and shows, and pampering spa treatments at Tierra Santa Healing House, you can be sure your wedding weekend will be packed with nonstop fun and indulgent relaxation.

Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden

For a fête torn from the pages of a fairy tale, choose Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden in Coral Gables as your wedding venue. Nature truly shines at Fairchild, and guests will be wowed by the garden’s rare and exotic plants, marvelous limestone staircases, lily ponds and lakes. Imagine walking down a 100-foot-long aisle that exudes romance, or tuck away in a secret garden for an intimate celebration.

The Historic Alfred I. duPont Building

Begin your love story in a grand place that’s steeped in history at The Historic Alfred I. duPont Building in Downtown Miami. Built in 1939, and once the site of the Florida National Bank, this historic landmark offers distinctive details like iron gates, hand-painted cypress ceilings and marble flooring sure to impress any wedding guest. It’s the kind of place where you can create memorable moments. For example, guests can order drinks from a bartender who’s behind bank teller windows. Or imagine your first dance inside the bank’s original vault.

Ritz-Carlton, Key Biscayne

Feel like you and your beloved are worlds away from everyday life at the idyllic Ritz-Carlton, Key Biscayne. Nestled on the serene island of Key Biscayne, this ritzy resort offers seclusion and breathtaking views of the ocean. Walk down the aisle of the palm tree-lined Grand Lawn, tie the knot in the Fountain Courtyard or on the sands of the beach, and then dance the night away in the Ritz-Carlton Ballroom, fitted with floor-to-ceiling windows that showcase those ocean views. The hotel can also accommodate culinary traditions from kosher to Indian, and the cakes by the talented pastry chefs are true works of art.

The St. Regis Bal Harbour Resort

At The St. Regis Bal Harbour Resort, couples are treated to the stellar service and care the opulent hotel brand is known for. With a stunning setting on the beach in Bal Harbour, you can solidify your union at the signature ceremony setting, the Ocean Palm Court, which dramatically overlooks the ocean and the resort’s pool. Or choose the regal Astor Ballroom, with intricate ceilings and antique mirrors, which will leave any bridal party feeling like royalty. Kick off the weekend with the famous St. Regis Champagne Evening Ritual sabering demonstration at the glittering bar, indulge in a massage in the secluded couple’s suite at The Spa at St. Regis Bal Harbour and host a post-wedding brunch at the Greek-inspired restaurant Atlantikos. 

Vizcaya Museum & Gardens

There are numerous reasons Vizcaya Museum & Gardens is a beloved wedding venue. The setting of industrialist James Deering’s former winter estate offers breathtaking visual drama with its prime location along Biscayne Bay in Coconut Grove. Its Old World European-style architecture and gardens offer a storybook setting for an engagement photo shoot or a wedding. Picture dramatic archways, stone walkways, manicured gardens and eye-catching sculptures. Choose from a ceremony in the verdant gardens, in the courtyard of the Main House, or on the East Terrace overlooking the bay.