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Are you and your fiance looking for an incredible venue for your wedding in the San Francisco Bay Area? If so, you’re going to love this list I’ve compiled of the best wedding venues in the San Francisco Bay Area. I’ve been a wedding photographer for four years now and have seen many gorgeous wedding venues in the Bay, and these are the best of the best! They range from beautiful venues with stunning redwoods like Nestldown in Los Gatos, to incredible vineyard venues where you can dine under a canopy of grape vines entwined with fairy lights like Beaulieu Gardens in Rutherford, to majestic estates with gardens straight out of a fairytale, like Filoli Gardens in Woodside. The list is in alphabetical order and will be updated periodically with more venues! There is also a map of all the venues, in case you’re looking for a venue in a particular area!

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  1. Annadel Estate Winery in Santa Rosa, CA
  2. Auberge du Soleil in Rutherford, CA
  3. Beaulieu Gardens in Rutherford, CA
  4. Beltane Ranch in Glen Ellen, CA
  5. Bently Reserve in San Francisco, CA
  6. Beringer Vineyards in St. Helena, CA
  7. Bernardus Lodge Wedding in Carmel, CA
  8. Calistoga Ranch in Calistoga, CA
  9. Carmel Valley Ranch in Carmel, CA
  10. Chalk Hill Estates in Healdsburg, CA
  11. Charles Krug Winery in St. Helena, CA
  12. Chateau St. Jean in Kenwood, CA
  13. CIA Greystone in St. Helena, CA
  14. Cornerstone Sonoma in Sonoma, CA
  15. Deer Park Villa in Fairfax, CA
  16. Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn in Sonoma, CA
  17. Ferry Building in San Francisco, CA
  18. Filoli Garden in Woodside, CA
  19. Flood Mansion in San Francisco, CA
  20. Gardener Ranch in Carmel, CA
  21. Holman Ranch in Carmel, CA
  22. Island Farm in San Gregorio, CA
  23. Kohl Mansion in Burlingame, CA
  24. Kunde Family Winery in Kenwood, CA
  25. Los Altos History Museum in Los Altos, CA
  26. McEvoy Ranch in Petaluma, CA
  27. Meadowood in St. Helena, CA
  28. Menlo Circus Club in Atherton, CA
  29. Montalvo Arts Center in Saratoga, CA
  30. Mountain Winery in Saratoga, CA
  31. Nestldown in Los Gatos, CA
  32. Olympia’s Valley Estate in Petaluma, CA
  33. Park Winters in Winters, CA
  34. Peace Barn in Bolinas, CA
  35. San Francisco City Hall in San Francisco, CA
  36. San Francisco Mint in San Francisco, CA
  37. Sand Rock Farm in Aptos, CA
  38. Santa Lucia Preserve in Carmel, CA
  39. Solage in Calistoga, CA
  40. Terra Gallery in San Francisco, CA
  41. The Barn at Green Valley in Fairfield, CA
  42. The Barn at Tyge William Cellars in Sonoma, CA
  43. The Battery in San Francisco, CA
  44. The Estate Yountville in Yountville, CA
  45. The Green Room in San Francisco, CA
  46. The Pearl in San Francisco, CA
  47. Thomas Fogarty in Woodside, CA
  48. Trentadue Winery in Geyserville, CA
  49. V. Sattui Winery in St. Helena, CA
  50. Viansa Winery in Sonoma, CA

Hopefully you found this list helpful in your search for the perfect wedding venue in the San Francisco Bay Area. If you are planning a wedding for any of these locations, please contact me or email me at alice@aliceche.com because I would LOVE to photograph it!


Alice Che is a San Francisco Wedding Photographer based in the Bay Area specializing in intimate, emotional wedding, engagement, couple and boudoir photography. Serving the South Bay, Peninsula, and East Bay: San Jose, Sunnyvale, Mountain View, Palo Alto, Redwood City, San Carlos, Burlingame, Los Altos, Milpitas, Union City, Fremont, Berkeley, El Cerrito, Carmel, Monterey, Santa Cruz and surrounding areas. She is available for destination weddings and engagement sessions! Contact her for more detailed pricing.

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  1. […] Contact me or email me at alice@aliceche.com to book photography for your Filoli Garden wedding now. For photos from an editorial wedding shoot at Filoli Garden, see this blog post. For other high-end wedding venues in the Bay Area, take a look at this post featuring the best wedding venues in the SF Bay Area. […]