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Where love and lavender linger in the air.

The entire estate, yours alone for three days.

The wedding gardens at Cal-a-Vie — a stone fountain and French country building framed by lavender on the Provençal hillside, northern San Diego County
The wedding gardens at Cal-a-Vie — a stone fountain and French country building framed by lavender on the Provençal hillside, northern San Diego County

AN OLD-WORLD WEDDING

Four Centuries of France, Yours for Three Days

The chapel, the parish house, the reception hall — each carried across the Atlantic from Dijon and rebuilt, stone by stone, on this hillside.

You will not marry in a ballroom that could be anywhere. The chapel above the gardens is 400 years old, brought from Dijon and rebuilt here beneath its own stained glass, its interior lit at dusk by natural candlelight. Beside it stands the three-century-old Parish House, and, down the lawn, L'Orangerie — an old-world reception hall with its chandeliers and a rustic 16th-century stone fireplace. These are the true things of France, set down on a California hilltop for the length of your celebration.

For three days, from Thursday through Sunday, all 200 acres belong to you and yours alone — no other guests, no other schedule, only lavender meadows, vineyard, and sky. Your family wakes to the hills, wanders the gardens, and gathers each evening as if the whole estate were a country house passed quietly into your hands.

And because this is still Cal-a-Vie Health Spa, the week does not stop being restorative. Daily spa treatments continue for the wedding party, fitness classes run each morning, and every meal is a personalized menu from our executive chef. Your loved ones leave rested as well as celebrated — and you, married where four centuries of France came to rest.

The Film

Three days on the estate, in four minutes.

A wedding ceremony beneath hanging greenery in the 17th-century chapel at Cal-a-Vie Health Spa

Film by Elysium Productions

  1. Thursday

    Arrival

    The estate opens.

    Guests arrive to a champagne welcome under the loggia. Villas are turned down, evening yoga begins on the lawn, and the property empties of everyone but yours.

  2. Friday

    Rehearsal & Rest

    Rituals begin.

    Fitness classes at sunrise, spa treatments across the day, a rehearsal in the chapel at dusk, and a Provençal welcome dinner at L'Orangerie under old-world chandeliers.

  3. Saturday

    The Ceremony

    Vows at candlelight.

    The day builds slowly — brunch on the vista, a bridal party lunch by the rose garden, ceremony in the 400-year-old chapel, cocktails through the antique urn walk, and dinner into the small hours.

  4. Sunday

    Farewell Brunch

    One last table.

    A long farewell brunch by the fountain — champagne, croissants, the executive chef's morning menu — before guests depart from a weekend that belonged entirely to you.

Every Detail, Thought Through

What a Cal-a-Vie wedding includes.

A three-day estate buyout carries far more than a venue. Every detail below is folded into the celebration — so the weekend arrives already thought through.

  • Three-day estate buyout

    Exclusive use of all 200 acres, Thursday through Sunday. No other guests, no other schedule.

  • Personalized menus

    Every meal designed by the executive chef, tuned to your season, palate, and dietary needs.

  • Daily spa for every guest

    A treatment a day, for both sides of the wedding party — massage, facial, hydrotherapy, hair-and-makeup mornings.

  • Fitness & wellbeing classes

    Unlimited access to yoga, Pilates, hillside hikes, and the fitness pavilion for the full weekend.

  • Luxury accommodations

    32 villas and suites across the estate — appointed with French linens, garden views, and turndown service.

  • Professional event staff

    In-house wedding coordinator, ceremony production, floral partners, and a service team that knows the estate by heart.

Recently Featured

A Provençal wedding weekend, seen by Vogue and C Magazine.

Two national features followed one October wedding weekend across the chapel, rose garden, L'Orangerie, and Parish House.

A Weekend In Their Words

It felt as though the estate had been waiting for us — the chapel lit by candles, dinner in the orangerie, the whole property still and ours. Our guests are still talking about the weekend.

Jourdan & Cameron Childress · October 2025

In Greater Detail

See the wedding brochure.

Sample menus, seasonal notes on the estate, floor plans of every venue, and answers to the questions couples ask most.

Begin

Begin planning your celebration

Tell us a little about your day — the season you imagine, the number you'll gather — and our team will take it from there.


Prefer to speak with us? Call reservations — or send your note here.

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We'll reply within one business day. All-inclusive stays — the spa, cuisine, movement, and your room — from the moment you arrive.

YOUR DAY AWAITS

Come See It for Yourself

Spend a night on the estate before you decide — walk the chapel gardens at dusk and imagine the morning of your wedding here.

Weddings on the estate

Chapel, gardens, dinner, and the long weekend around it.