Mindy Weiss’s Top 10 Hotels for Weddings

San Ysidro Ranch (Santa Barbara, California)

John and Jackie Kennedy honeymooned here. Vivian Leigh and Laurence Olivier (the original Cathy and Heathcliff) married at midnight among its legendary gardens. The setting is quintessential Santa Barbara: palms and sycamores, olive trees and citrus groves, the heady scent of orange blossoms, and a pervasive sense of perfect tranquility, all backed by the picturesque San Ysidro Mountains.

Hotel Bel-Air (Los Angeles, California)

This isn’t a hotel: It’s an entire tiny village (known, in the Tuscan hills that swaddle it, as a borgo) set in a 5,000-acre vineyard famed, since the 19th century, for its production of the prestigious red wine known as Brunello di Montalcino. Founded in the 12th-century, its stone castle holds sway over a grouping of charming pink-sandstone houses topped with traditional barrel tiles, in a romantic setting that’s the very essence of romantic Tuscany.

Castiglion del Bosco, a Rosewood Hotel (Montalcino, Italy)

This isn’t a hotel: It’s an entire tiny village (known, in the Tuscan hills that swaddle it, as a borgo) set in a 5,000-acre vineyard famed, since the 19th century, for its production of the prestigious red wine known as Brunello di Montalcino. Founded in the 12th-century, its stone castle holds sway over a grouping of charming pink-sandstone houses topped with traditional barrel tiles, in a romantic setting that’s the very essence of romantic Tuscany.

The Surrey (New York, New York)

Whether you choose one of its elegantly decked-out private rooms or its breathtaking rooftop garden, you’ll be surrounded by postcard-perfect visions of the city celebrated in this Upper East Side haven.

Montage Los Cabos (Los Cabos, Mexico)

Imagine exchanging vows under towering saguaros just feet from the turquoise waters of the Santa Maria Bay, at a hotel that’s boldly modern but all of a piece with its stunning desert setting.

Amangiri (Canyon Point, Utah)

Inside and out blend seamlessly, and red rock country starts literally at your feet, in this sleekly modern hotel set among the stunning desert vistas of the Colorado Plateau.

Four Seasons Resort Napa Valley (Calistoga, California)

It’s the only Napa resort set in a working vineyard, and the only one where you can celebrate your big day under the soaring beams of the Vineyard Barn. Rustic perfection, yes, but pure luxury as well: This is a Four Seasons resort, after all.

Blackberry Farm (Walland, Tennessee)

Inside and out blend seamlessly, and red rock country starts literally at your feet, in this sleekly modern hotel set among the stunning desert vistas of the Colorado Plateau.

Four Seasons Resort Cabo Del Sol (Cabo San Lucas, Mexico)

Mexican chic meets Mediterranean chill meets Four Seasons je-ne-sais-quoi in this modern hacienda-style village set in the aptly named Golden Corridor of the Baja Peninsula. Overlooking the Sea of Cortez, this resort hotel redefines the word “breathtaking.”