A wedding at Quinta de São Thiago, Sintra
Marie and Matthew were married on the 21st of October 2025 at Quinta de São Thiago, an old manor house hidden in the forest of the Sintra hills. The weather was soft and misty, the way Sintra often is in autumn, and it suited the house perfectly.
The celebration started the night before, with a welcome dinner at a restaurant right in the centre of Sintra. We brought in Cantares de Coimbra to sing Coimbra fado for the guests. The room went quiet as soon as they started, and it was without a doubt the highlight of the evening.
On the wedding day there was time for photos in the library, a few notes on the piano and a dance on the veranda before the ceremony. The ceremony took place under the stone arches of the house, with white flowers on the floor and the garden behind. Marie and Matthew included the veil and cord ritual, a Filipino tradition in which a veil and a cord are placed over the couple as a sign of their union.
Dinner was served at long tables with white flowers in tall glass vases, and every guest found a menu and a photo of the couple on their plate. Blitz, their dog, was part of the night too: on a cushion printed with that happy face and in the two signature cocktails, the Aperol Blitz and the Blitzpresso Martini. Then the party moved to the old stone rooms of the house and went on late into the night.
We planned and coordinated the whole weekend, from the welcome dinner to the last song.
Photography: Conta-me Como Foi. Venue: Quinta de São Thiago. Fado at the welcome dinner: Cantares de Coimbra.
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