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15 of San Diego’s Best Wedding Venues
San Diego is a popular playland—and wedding destination—for lots of reasons, starting with its natural beauty, great weather, and more than 68 miles of beaches. In addition to all its other assets, the San Diego Area is home to some stellar places to get married, from beachfront properties and ballrooms, to gardens and barns. To help you kick off your search, we’ve put together a list of some of the best wedding venues the region has to offer.
ALL-INCLUSIVE
Lakehouse Hotel and Resort
San Marcos, California
Style: Luxury and comfort on the shores of Lake Marcos.
Fab Feature: This 200-acre resort delivers terrific lake and golf course views, and captivating indoor and outdoor wedding venues.Catering: In-house
Price: $ • $$
AFFORDABLE
The Pannikin Building
San Diego, CA
Style: Downtown building with historic charm—a great blank canvas for weddings, corporate events, parties, and photo shoots.
Fab Feature: The event space is not only large, it’s got wonderful details like exposed-brick walls, a vaulted open-beamed ceiling, and a beautiful wood floor.
Catering: Preferred list, BYO
Price: $ • $$
PRIVATE ESTATE
Grand Tradition Estate and Gardens
Fallbrook, California
Style: Secluded garden estate
Fab Feature: This wildly popular venue boasts seven stunning waterfalls throughout the botanical reserve, and each garden site has its own personality.
Catering: In-house
Price: $ • $$ • $$$
WATERFRONT
Cape Rey Carlsbad Beach, A Hilton Resort & Spa
Carlsbad, CA
Style: Oceanfront getaway
Fab Feature: Their Ocean Crest Spa not only provides an “environmentally-sensitive spa experience”, the products they use are naturally-sourced, and often custom-blended and derived from the ocean.
Catering: In-house
Price: $ • $$ • $$$
MOST INSTAGRAMMABLE
The New Children’s Museum
San Diego, CA
Style: Eclectic museum with loft-like characteristics and one-of-a-kind art installations
Fab Features: Experience 3 floors of interactive event space – complete with open studios, garden views, expansive gallery spaces, and outdoor terraces.Catering: Preferred list
Price: $ • $$
SMALL WEDDING
Sacred Mountain Julian
Julian, CA
Style: Rustic elegance surrounded by natural beauty.
Fab Feature: Sacred Mountain is within walking distance to downtown Julian, a quaint town where you’ll find shopping, wineries, and apple picking. It’s also just a short drive to Lake Cuyamaca, carriage rides, museums, festivals, more dining options, and breweries.Catering: Preferred list, BYO
Price: $ • $$
INDUSTRIAL-CHIC
BRICK
San Diego, California
Style: Cool, industrial-chic space
Fab Feature: The warm, brick-walled, window-lined interior is filled with natural light during the day and lit by dimmable market lights at night.Catering: BYO
Price: $ • $$
OUTDOOR CEREMONY
Rancho Bernardo Inn
San Diego, California
Style: California Rancho history combined with four-star luxury
Fab Feature: This 280-acre resort can host your entire wedding weekend, from rehearsal dinner and spa bridal party to post-wedding brunch and round of golf.
Catering: In-house
Price: $ • $$ • $$$
BALLROOM
The University Club Atop Symphony Towers
San Diego, California
Style: Chic downtown penthouse
Fab Feature: Jaw-dropping, panoramic views of the entire city.
Catering: In-house
Price: $ • $$ • $$$
BARN
Ethereal Gardens
Escondido, California
Style: “Out of the box” vintage venue
Fab Feature: It’s set on 40 acres of edible gardens, surrounded by old-growth orchards and 100 acres of organic herb and vegetable farms.
Catering: In-house, Preferred list, BYO
Price: $ • $$ • $$$
RANCH/FARM
The Condor’s Nest Ranch
Pala, CA
Style: “Old California” estate
Fab Feature: There’s a large enclosed barnyard that’s home to an extended family of llamas, horses, donkeys, pigs, chickens, goats, lambs, peacocks, an alpaca and more!
Catering: Preferred list
Price: $$ • $$$
DIY
LUCE on Kettner
San Diego, CA
Style: Reimagined warehouse in Little Italy
Fab Feature: This raw event space is completely customized, allows for BYO, and can accommodate up to 300 people! Catering: BYO
Price: $ • $$ • $$$
UNIQUE
San Diego Natural History Museum
San Diego, CA
Style: Historic architecture meets natural history
Fab Feature: Not only do rental fees include neat perks like access to exhibits during cocktail hour, a childcare room, and unlimited site visits, but they also go towards supporting the museum’s mission of conservation and education. Catering: Preferred list, BYO
Price: $ • $$
WINERY
Orfila Vineyards and Winery
Escondido, California
Style: Classic wine country setting surrounded by gorgeous grapevines
Fab Feature: There are tons of photo opportunities—down in the vineyard…in the sprawling, grassy rose park among white, pink, peach, yellow and red roses…and up in the aromatic barrel room.Catering: Preferred list
Price: $ • $$
MOST ROMANTIC
Vista Valley Country Club
Vista, CA
Style: Old World warmth and charm thanks to European-inspired architecture.
Fab Features: Total privacy throughout, not to mention stunning views of lush rolling hills, and spectacular sunsets.Catering: In-house
Price: $ • $$ • $$$
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