Palms beside Itálica. Own kitchen, one event a day.
Weddings on an estate in Santiponce, on the edge of Seville: a civil ceremony in the garden, dinner in the hall or under the marquee, and its own kitchen. Run by Salo and Aurora.
up to 500 guestsmenus from €60one event a dayBodas.net
In 206 BC General Scipio, having beaten the Carthaginians at Ilipa, founds Itálica, in what is now Santiponce.
Junta de Andalucía, Conjunto Arqueológico de Itálica. Image: today’s photo, aged.
117
117 — Birthplace of emperors
Under Hadrian, who reigned from 117 to 138, Itálica is made a colony. The families of Trajan and Hadrian came from there.
Junta de Andalucía, Conjunto Arqueológico de Itálica. Image: today’s photo, as a drawing.
2014
2014 — Carpas Alubián
In 2014 the estate presented itself on its website as Carpas Alubián, “next to the ruins of Itálica”: more than 500 people, 1,500 m² of gardens and parking for more than 500 vehicles.
Its old website, carpasalubian.es, archived in 2015. Image: today’s photo, at dusk.
Today
Today — A garden for celebrating
Palms and lawn, a hall and a marquee, its own kitchen and one event a day. According to Bodas.net, more than 140 couples have booked it. Yours would be another.
Bodas.net and the estate itself. Image: today’s photo, in golden light.
The estate
Gardens, hall and marquee
Lawn among palms and statues, a large hall with tall windows, a marquee of draped cloth and a ceremony garden, in Santiponce on the edge of Seville.
IAmong palms
The gardens
Lawn, palms and stone statues, with the red carpet for the ceremony and round tables for dinner. Bodas.net speaks of 1,000 diners outdoors.
IIUp to 500 diners
The hall
A large banquet hall with tall windows onto the garden, round tables and white chairs. Bodas.net gives it room for 500 diners.
IIIUnder draped cloth
The marquee
A marquee with a roof of cloth gathered to the mast and hanging lamps. Bodas.net lists a marquee and a dance area among the estate’s spaces.
IVCivil ceremony
Ceremony garden
A tulle-and-flower altar on the lawn, white chairs in front. Bodas.net lists a space for the civil ceremony.
The day
From half past six in the evening until dawn
An afternoon and a night, told by the light. This is how a wedding day unfolds at Finca Alubian, calculated for a real date.
You arrive by the Avenida de Extremadura, in Santiponce, about 24 minutes by car from Seville Cathedral. There is free parking, and you enter the garden along a red carpet between palms.
Bodas.net lists a space for the civil ceremony. In the estate’s photographs: a tulle-and-flower altar, white chairs on the lawn and palms beyond.
20:15 · Drinks reception
Drinks among statues and palms
Bodas.net lists a terrace and a garden area, and mentions menus with carved ham, a cheese buffet and a sushi buffet.
“Very well-kept facilities with large gardens and an immense marquee.”
AndreaBodas.nettranslated
21:48 · Sunset
The light lowers among the palms
While the drinks go on, the light turns gold, then blue, and the garden lamps come on. The estate hosts one event a day: the garden is your guests’.
22:15 · Dinner
Dinner in the hall, under the marquee or on the lawn
Bodas.net speaks of a large hall for 500 diners, and 1,000 outdoors. The kitchen is the estate’s own, and the menu can include a late-night supper.
In the hall
A large banquet hall with tall windows onto the garden, round tables and white chairs.
On the lawn
Round tables with pink toile cloths and white chairs, under the palms. Bodas.net speaks of up to 1,000 diners outdoors.
00:15 · Dancing
The lights come on
Bodas.net lists a dance area and, among the estate’s extras, a DJ, a photo booth, a 360 video booth and a hora loca.
“I could not explain how well my wedding went.”
ConchiBodas.nettranslated
07:03 · Until dawn
The lights go out
The estate does not publish a closing time: it is agreed with the team. Here we follow the light until it returns, over the palms.
07:03 · Sunrise
“We had a dream wedding. The place has its own charm.”
Elisabeth Romero PadillaGoogletranslated
★ 4.3 out of 5284 Google reviews
Almanac
Choose a day. We’ll tell you its light.
Calculated for the estate’s exact coordinates: sunset, golden hour, the moon and the average weather of the last ten years.
Change the date and “The day” recalculates its times.
Sun and moon: astronomical calculation (SunCalc), mainland Spain time. Weather: 2015–2024 averages (rain: days with 2 mm or more; wind: daily maximum) from Open-Meteo for 37°26′ N · 6°01′ W.
The Alubian Almanac37°26′ N · 6°01′ W
Saturday 19 June 2027
Sunset
21:48
Golden hour
21:10–22:10
Blue hour
22:10–22:35
Moon
Full moon · 99%
Average high
33°
Average low
19°
Chance of rain
0%
Max wind
18 km/h
Suggested ceremony19:30so the drinks reception meets the golden hour
19/06/2027 — You’re getting married at Finca Alubian.