A Merida Hacienda Elopement
The restored henequen estates around the city offer faded grandeur, private chapels, and cenotes on their own grounds, a whole world behind a single gate, entirely yours for the day.
You picture a Yucatan elopement as a public plaza or a beach.
The most extraordinary option is a private estate with its own chapel and cenote.
A Merida hacienda gives you a whole world of faded grandeur behind one gate, entirely yours for the day.
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The old henequen haciendas around Merida were grand plantation estates, and the restored ones are extraordinary: colonnaded main houses in ochre and rose, private chapels, sweeping grounds, and often a cenote hidden on the property. Many are now boutique hotels, so the whole estate can be yours.
The estate
The old henequen haciendas around Merida were grand plantation estates, and the restored ones are extraordinary: colonnaded main houses in ochre and rose, private chapels, sweeping grounds, and often a cenote hidden on the property. Many are now boutique hotels, so the whole estate can be yours.
Why it works for an elopement
A hacienda gives total privacy and a self-contained day: the ceremony in the chapel or the courtyard, portraits through the faded-grand rooms and grounds, a swim in the private cenote, and a dinner under the arches. Everything happens in one beautiful, exclusive place, with no crowds anywhere near.
As your Elopement Curator I arrange the private hacienda, plan the whole day within it, coordinate the ceremony, and both shoot and film it. Twelve years and 240+ couples in, a hacienda elopement is one of the most luxurious and private days I create in Mexico.
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