One estate, three settings
Our venues: the garden, the covered hall and the pool terrace
50,000 m² of garden holds three distinct settings, a few minutes' walk apart. A wedding day uses all of them in sequence — and a company offsite uses whichever two it needs.
Why this page is not three pages
One estate, three settings, one event
Venue websites usually make you open a page per room and reassemble the day in your head. There is no need here: the settings belong to a single property, they are used in a fixed sequence, and the walk between them is measured in minutes, not in transfers.
Each one has a Portuguese name that our couples in Rio use and that means nothing outside Brazil, so on this page the descriptive name comes first and the proper name follows it in brackets. If you hear the Portuguese name on the call, this is what it refers to.
Jardim das Palmeiras
The garden: an open-air ceremony among imperial palms
This is the outdoor setting and it is where ceremonies happen. The planting is by the landscape architect Marcos Ragazzi and brings together more than thirty botanical species, native and exotic, with imperial palms forming the approach.
It reads as a mature garden rather than a decorated lawn, and that changes two practical things. Much of the scenery is already there, which reduces how much structure a designer needs to build; and the late-afternoon light comes through the canopy in a way that photographers plan around. If a marquee is wanted for drizzle, one can be raised here — and if the rain is serious, the ceremony moves indoors.
Best for: the ceremony, vow renewals, group photographs and a daytime reception for a children's party.
Espaço Bougainville
The covered hall: high ceilings, and the rain plan that is a room
The covered hall sits among stone, bamboo and flowering bougainvillea. The ceiling is high, which solves two problems in one move: air circulation on a warm evening, and vertical room for suspended lighting and flowers. The floor is Portuguese stone, the finish matches the outdoor areas, and it takes a full ceremony and a full reception.
It is the estate's answer to rain — but that is the least interesting thing about it. Plenty of couples pick it as the main room and keep the garden for the ceremony and the photographs. What matters when you are booking from abroad is this: the plan B is a permanent building that already exists, already looks like the rest of the property, and does not have to be hired, raised or paid for on the morning of a storm.
Best for: dinner and dancing, ceremonies in the wet season, and any event where the sound needs to be contained.
Espaço Águas
The pool terrace: the cocktail hour, and the party after dark
The contemporary end of the estate: an infinity-edge pool with underwater lighting, a pale deck, a vertical garden and a covered lounge at one end. After sunset the light on the water does the work that decoration would otherwise have to do, which is why this is the setting that needs the least intervention to look like something.
Most events put the cocktail hour here, in the gap between the ceremony and dinner. It also works as the late part of the night, when the party spills out of the hall.
Best for: the cocktail hour, evening photographs, and receptions that want to be outdoors without being on grass.
How a wedding day moves between the three
The usual sequence is: get ready in the suites, marry in the garden, drink on the pool terrace, then dine and dance in the covered hall. Every leg of it is on foot, inside the property, with staff moving your guests along rather than a coach timetable.
If the weather turns, only the first leg changes — the ceremony moves into the hall, which is then reset for dinner while your guests are on the terrace. The rest of the evening runs exactly as planned.
The garden, set for a ceremony. The palms and the planting are permanent; only the aisle is built for the day. 
The covered hall at night. The height of the roof is what makes suspended lighting and flowers possible. 
The pool terrace. Most events put the cocktail hour here, between the ceremony and dinner.
Numbers, honestly
Capacity: what we publish and what we do not
The minimum is eighty guests, for any celebration, in any of the settings. That number is firm.
The maximum is 300 guests at a seated dinner, and up to 400 in a lounge format where not everyone has a seat. Each setting has its own ceiling inside that range, depending on the format — so send us your guest count and your preferred format, and you will get a specific answer for your date, in writing.
Getting-ready suites
There is a bride's suite, open from eight in the morning for the bride and two other people, and a groom's apartment — sitting room, pantry, bathrooms and a bedroom — released two hours before the invitation time, which also serves as the base for the wedding party.
They are preparation suites and nobody sleeps in them. The estate is not accommodation, and the count of rooms is not something we will state until it is confirmed: an earlier version of our own site said four, and the description that our team actually gives is the two above plus a support area. Two is what we can stand behind.
Infrastructure
What comes with the estate
- Backup generator, so the evening survives a power cut.
- Private on-site parking with valet, inside the gate.
- A security team for the duration of the event.
- Reception and cleaning staff, and furniture for both ceremony and reception.
- High-speed Wi-Fi across the property, with audiovisual, sound and lighting for company events.
- Air conditioning and air coolers in the covered areas.
- Access ramp, adapted bathroom, handrails and a lift between levels.
- The house DJ, who runs the lighting and the technical rider.
Smoking is not permitted inside the venue, and only indoor fireworks are allowed on the estate.
See it in a live video tour
Photographs flatten distance, and the one thing you cannot judge from them is how far the garden is from the hall — which is exactly the question that decides whether a destination wedding is comfortable for your guests. A live video call with our team fixes that in half an hour, from wherever you are.
Straight answers
Questions about the settings
Can we hold the whole wedding in the covered hall?
Yes. The covered hall at Além do Sonho Eventos takes a full ceremony and a full reception on its own, and plenty of couples choose it as the main room rather than as the rain plan. The open-air garden is then used for photographs and for the cocktail hour.
How many people fit in each setting?
Up to 300 guests at a seated dinner, and up to 400 in a lounge format where not everyone has a seat. The minimum is 80. Each setting has its own ceiling depending on the format — give us your guest count and your format on the call and you will get a direct answer for your date.
Is the pool available during the event?
It stays open as part of the setting, and by default nobody swims — the pool terrace is where the cocktail hour happens. Swimming is possible if agreed in advance, in the proposal, with the family or a lifeguard they hire keeping watch. Everything is settled before the day.
Are the covered areas air-conditioned?
The covered areas are climate-controlled, with air conditioning and air coolers through the house. The estate also sits at the foot of the Atlantic Forest, which takes the edge off in a way that a venue surrounded by asphalt cannot.
Is the estate accessible for guests with reduced mobility?
There is an access ramp, an adapted bathroom, handrails and a lift between levels, and parking is inside the property so nobody crosses a road. The ceremony lawn is a natural surface on a gentle slope, so tell us in advance if a guest uses a wheelchair and we will plan the route with you.
Written by Thatiane Pacobahyba, of the Além do Sonho Eventos team.Updated on .
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Visits are by appointment, Tuesday to Saturday, 9am to 5pm, guided by a consultant. You walk the whole property and leave with a proposal for your date.