A legal civil wedding here in Portugal, or a legal ceremony at home and a symbolic ceremony in our gardens. Both end the same way: with the people you love, at Quinta do Alferes.
A civil wedding in Portugal, step by step
Open the process
At a Portuguese Civil Registry Office (Conservatória do Registo Civil), or at a Portuguese consulate in your country.
Start early
Ideally 3 to 6 months before the date: some documents, such as the certificate of capacity to marry, have a limited validity.
Gather the documents
Apostilled and with a certified translation into Portuguese where needed. The checklist is just below.
File from abroad
If you cannot be in Portugal to file the papers, many couples use a local representative with a power of attorney.
Choose the spot
We choose the place in the garden with you and take care of the whole set-up.
Celebrate
The registrar conducts the ceremony at the estate, with full legal validity.
What foreign couples usually need
Requirements vary by nationality and by registry office. Always confirm with the Conservatória or your consulate, and count on us to guide you through each step.
Many couples marry legally in their own country and celebrate here. We host symbolic ceremonies in our gardens: your vows, your words, the people you love, with no paperwork in Portugal.
from Porto Airport, so your guests arrive easily from anywhere.
the whole estate is yours alone, from the ceremony to the last dance.
our team speaks Portuguese, English, French and Spanish.
“Start with the date. Everything else, we plan together, from wherever you are.”
