La Bisbal d'Empordà
A castle from 1301 above La Bisbal: vows in the olive grove, dinner on the terrace, the party in the cave.
Country
SpainCity
La Bisbal d'EmpordàRegion
Baix Empordà, Costa BravaCeremony
Olive grove, or the Remei chapelCastell d'Empordà stands on a low hill above La Bisbal, in the Baix Empordà. The castle is from 1301. Around it, twelve hectares of oak and olive, and past the trees the plain: cut fields, a road, mountains on the horizon. The Costa Brava beaches are close. Girona is the city. Barcelona is a drive along the coast, not another country.
We film it as a weekend that takes the hill. The party starts on the parapet, looking over the fields. The ceremony sits in the olive grove, two blocks of chairs, the mountains at the end of the aisle. Later the day moves onto the terraces and, when it is time to dance, down into La Cova del Drac, the cave under the house.
The castle is a hotel on a hill, with a fixed sequence most weddings follow. These are the rooms a film has to know.
Region
Baix Empordà, Costa BravaCeremony
Olive grove, or the Remei chapelVenue
Castle from 1301, hotel on the hillDinner
La Pérgola terrace, up to 200Party
La Cova del Drac, the cave barGrounds
12 hectares of oak and oliveFilm
Documentary, the plain and the stone in one frame
The hotel gives two places for the vows: the olive grove, or the Capella del Remei. The grove is the one that reads from the air. A long lawn between the trees, the dry field continuing the line of the aisle, the range sitting still at the end. Guests in two rows. Flowers at the front. Shade under the olives, hard light everywhere else.
From above, the shot is already composed. We use it once. The rest of the ceremony stays at shoulder height: the walk, the hands, the people who turn in their chairs.
The stone is the other half of the day. A parapet above the plain, the wedding party lined along it with a drink. Garden paths of packed sand, palms, a cypress, the bride looking back over her shoulder. There is a terrace of rust-coloured triangular plates and inset mirrors, set among the olives. The couple crosses it and the dress doubles in the glass.
Dinner is on La Pérgola, the terrace the hotel sets for up to 200. If the wind comes up, the castle has rooms indoors. The dance is the part guests ask about before they book: La Cova del Drac, a cave bar under the house. The film follows them down. The stone does not stop at the door.
On a hill in La Bisbal d'Empordà, Baix Empordà, on the Costa Brava. The address is Castell d'Empordà, 17115 La Bisbal. Girona is the nearest city. The beaches are a short drive. Barcelona is along the coast, still a same-weekend arrival for most guests.
In the olive grove, or in the Capella del Remei, both on the estate. The grove is outdoors, between the trees, with the mountains in the distance. The chapel is the other option when the couple wants stone overhead, or when the weather turns.
The parapet over the plain, preparations in the gardens, the olive-grove ceremony, the walk back along the sand paths, the mirrored terrace, dinner on La Pérgola, and the dance in La Cova del Drac.
Yes. The hotel has 57 rooms. For an exclusive wedding the castle asks that the party take the rooms. Weekend dates are the ones that go first. We book the film around the date the hotel confirms.
Tell us the date, and whether the vows are in the olive grove or in the Remei chapel. We will say if we can be there, and how we would cover the tower, the grove, and the cave afterwards.
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