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Bernardus Lodge & Spa is a classic wedding venue in Carmel Valley, California. It offers a panoramic view of the Santa Lucia Mountains and vineyards. The venue is a 90-minute drive from the San Jose International Airport (SJC) and 15 minutes from Carmel-by-the-Sea. Couples and guests can have their dream wedding in a sun-dappled rose garden overlooking magnificent mountains and lush vineyards.
Facilities and Equipment
Couples can host up to 200 guests at the venue's classic wedding pavilion, ballroom, and other sites. The venue has 73 luxurious guestrooms and villas, with stone fireplaces, feather beds, and a complimentary wine bar and butler's pantry. The green, sprawling wedding garden offers a backdrop of majestic oak trees, lavender, roses, organic gardens, and beautiful views of Carmel Valley and the Santa Lucia Mountains. The 2,160-square-foot Meritage Ballroom is ideal for weddings, receptions, outdoor cocktail parties, and banquets. The venue's wedding professionals customize all aspects of a wedding to a couple’s preferences.
Services Offered
Bernardus Lodge & Spa provides various services for wedding events such as bridal showers, engagement parties, ceremonies, and receptions. Its services include:
- Accommodations
- Bar services
- Event planning
- Lighting/sound
- Set up
- Clean up
Other Services
Aside from wedding events, the venue offers several outdoor fun activities, such as bocce, croquet, hiking and horseback riding, wine tasting, kayaking, whale watching, and deep-sea fishing in Monterey Bay.
What You'll Love About Bernardus Lodge & Spa
Couples who tied the knot at this stunning location rave about the dreamy ceremony setup and beautiful charm featured throughout. They especially appreciated the helpful and accommodating staff, who were quick to respond and answer any questions. Have a look through the photo gallery to envision your wedding in this picturesque setting.
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Reviews of Bernardus Lodge & Spa
An Amazing Wedding Venue
The service was outstanding from start to finish. Every staff member we encountered was attentive and ensured our guests were well taken care of throughout the event. They even provided sun umbrellas to our guests during our ceremony! Special thanks to Briana, who helped with coordination and making sure that everything ran smoothly. Her experience with weddings at Bernardus Lodge took a lot of the stress off our shoulders, allowing us to truly enjoy our day.
Finally, the suite we stayed in at Bernardus Lodge was spacious, luxurious, and designed with comfort in mind. Our stay was as memorable as the event itself and we can’t recommend Bernardus Lodge enough for anyone looking for a wedding venue.
Heavenly in every way.
Experience. All our guests loved it. But more importantly, the venue created such an intimate feeling amongst our guests. We were married in the Rose Garden and the beauty of that day will live in our hearts forever. The staff (especially Nicole Cabantes) were outstanding in helping us create a wedding we will continue to love for the rest of our lives. I am writing this five YEARS later and I am filled with gratitude.
Perfect Wedding Venue!
The hall for dinner and dancing were well-suited to our needs as well and the staff were amazingly kind and professional. In particular, Nicole Cabantac, our main point of contact and coordinator the day of our wedding was an endlessly warm, responsive, and thoughtful guide through a complex and at times overwhelming process. She laid out all the options for us in our first meeting, kindly walked us through a number of questions around details and specific requests and organized everything with patience and finesse.
The day of she was calming and engaged. She helped to coordinate all the various vendors to ensure we could focus on our guests and enjoying the experience fully. We also enjoyed the discounted night stays before and after the ceremony to give the bride and party a space to get ready in a relaxed way, and for us to enjoy a relaxing couple of days following the wedding to bask in the glow of the warm Carmel Valley sun and Bernardus’s beautiful surroundings.
We can’t recommend Nicole and Bernardus highly enough!
Exceptional Wedding Location and Team
Stacey is so responsive, organized, and kind. She always had an answer to our questions and personalized the entire experience for us. We didn't worry about a thing on our wedding day thanks to Stacey. We highly recommend choosing Bernardus for your wedding! It was perfect!
Wow. I was honestly stunned at how beautiful the Rose Garden was, and was SO pleased at how well Bernardus handled the details. Even though it was Nillybeth’s first wedding at Bernardus, it was literally flawless. She went out of her way to make things work—like getting the suite early enough for us to take pictures in—and was super responsible and friendly. She was incredibly helpful with all my questions and concerns, and was organized enough to cover my difficulty with that subject. :P Everything went so smoothly, and we were treated incredibly well.
The Vineyard Villa Suite we stayed in was honestly fairy-tale worthy. It was easily the most beautiful place I’ve ever stayed in. It was gorgeous, I almost can’t even describle how luxe and amazing it was. The awesome outdoor-indoor shower was a big hit!
The wedding staff handled absolutely everything during the wedding, and it was so seamless and effortless for us. Food and cake was packaged, small decorations around the garden were packed for us, everything. They organized with the vendors so we didn’t have to coordinate, were great when working with those vendors, and it was just an awesome experience.
Highly recommend. The quality of service and the sheer luxuriousness of the venue were honestly unbeatable for the price.
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Bernardus Lodge is one of my favorite venues for a wedding or vow renewal. Their wedding site is beautiful surrounded by vineyards and gardens with roses and fountains. The wedding party stands on a raised platform so everyone is able to see and hear the ceremony well. And the people who work there, from the guys who greet you when you arrive to everyone in the Lodge, are dedicated to customer service. Bernardus is a gem to be treasured!
I have had many Brides have their wedding at Bernardus Lodge and have attended weddings there myself. It's an amazing place, professional staff, and you won't be disappointed. My son also has his wedding here. Cathy Montante, Collezione Fortuna Fashion Boutique and Bridals, Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA 93921, www.collezionefortuna.com
This is one of my most favorite venues. It is so beautiful and the staff takes such great care of all my clients. Working with their professional, friendly, and knowledgeable coordinators makes the day go smooth. Their new guest rooms and remodel make the property amazing. Don't forget to enjoy their spa!
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