A & G

Alyssa & Giovanni

27–29 May 2027
Villa Scorzi · Calci · Pisa · Toscana

Sit pacis. The Scorzi family motto — a place of peace

Alyssa and Giovanni on garden steps

L'invito — The invitation

Three days at the foot
of Monte Pisano.

We're getting married at Villa Scorzi, a 14th-century manor in the Valgraziosa valley outside Pisa — six hectares of park, two courtyards, a rose garden that comes into bloom in May, and a 17th-century grotto encrusted with shells and amber stone. We'd love you there for all of it.

Pisa airport is fifteen minutes away. Florence is an hour. Come early, stay late, and let us feed you.

Alyssa and Giovanni walking hand in hand down Railroad Street
The walkway up to Villa Scorzi, the arch on one side and the clock tower above the façade
Alyssa and Giovanni looking at each other at their engagement party

La villa — The place

Villa Scorzi

Built in the 1300s as a rural holding and taken over by the Scorzi, Counts of Pisa, as their country house. It has been added to for seven centuries — you can read the styles stacking up on top of each other as you walk through it. The view runs from the Arno to the Leaning Tower.

Everything across the three days happens inside the estate or a short walk from it.

Via Lungomonte Pisano 2, Calci (PI)
Directions ↗

Villa Scorzi and its Italian garden below the hills of Monte Pisano

Dove dormire — Where to stay

Somewhere to sleep
in the valley.

Two places a few minutes from the villa, both easy to reach from Pisa.

Reach out to us directly or Miranda if you need more recommendations in the area!

La nostra storia — Our story

How we got
from there to here.

A girl walks into a bar…

Alyssa walked into Velvet Belly on a snowy Thursday in February, where Gio had been bartending for a little under a year since moving back to Rochester. Glances were exchanged across the room, and an unassuming winter night quietly turned into the one that changed everything.

Over the months that followed, Gio slowly won her over, and the two of them began building what would become the foundation of everything since.

This February marked five years of adventures and growing up together — as a family, Athena very much included.

Why Italy?

On the first of July, 2024, on a terrace above Sorrento, Giovanni asked Alyssa to marry him — just days before his birthday, and the best gift he could ever have asked for: a promise to spend the rest of his life beside his best friend.

Between Alyssa's life as a sommelier and the love of all things Italian they've always shared, the country had long since become their happy place. There's nowhere they'd rather keep making memories, and nowhere they can imagine beginning this next chapter but here.

Everyone we love, in one valley, for three days. That's the whole idea.

Some of you are flying a very long way for this. We know what that costs, and we're not taking it lightly. We picked three days on purpose — one dinner was never going to be enough time with the people who got us here.

So come hungry, bring shoes you can walk a gravel courtyard in, and we'll see you in Tuscany.

— Alyssa & Giovanni

Giovanni proposing to Alyssa on a terrace in Sorrento at sunset
Alyssa and Giovanni at home with their dog Athena
Alyssa and Giovanni in a Tuscan village courtyard

Il programma — The three days

Thursday 27 to
Saturday 29 May.

Each day sits in a different part of the villa. Nothing is compulsory except Friday.

Day IThu 27

Arrivals & welcome party

Corte Monumentale The great court & the Grottesco

  • 16:00

    Arrivals

    We suggest you arrive to your accommodations close to the venue by 4 PM on Thursday.

  • 19:00

    Welcome party & aperitivo

    Around the well, next to the Grottesco — the rocaille cave in the corner, all shells and amber stone. Spritz, vermouth, olive-oil bread from the valley. Pizzas handcrafted by our own private chefs on the property.

    Dress: cocktail attire
Day IIFri 28

The wedding

Giardino all'Italiana → Corte Interna → Limonaia The whole estate

  • 15:00

    Guest arrival

    Begin our day's festivities at the arch with an aperitif. Mingle, share stories and take in the sights.

  • 15:55

    Guests seated in the Italian garden

    The geometric parterre in front of the main façade. Please be seated promptly by five minutes before four.

  • 16:00

    The ceremony

    Short. Outdoors. Bring sunglasses.

    Dress: formal · grass & gravel underfoot
  • 16:45

    Aperitivo in the Italian garden

    Stay where you are and the drinks come to you — clipped hedges, long light, cold glasses.

  • 18:00

    Dinner & dancing in the Inner Court

    Long tables in the inner court, then the floor clears. Seating plan at the door.

  • 23:00

    Afterparty in the Limonaia

    Late night food & more dancing.

Day IIISat 29

Wine Tasting and Long Goodbyes

Fattoria San Vito The slow one

  • Morning

    Roam Freely

    Spend the day doing what you'd like.

  • Afternoon into evening

    Wine Tasting

    Join us 15:00 at Fattoria San Vito for a wine tasting and small bites.

Draft schedule — times will firm up closer to the date.

La conferma — RSVP

Let us know
you're coming.

One reply per guest. It helps us plan the tables, the food, and the wine — so the sooner the better.

Kindly reply by 1 March 2027. Questions? Email us any time.

L'Arancera — Staying on the estate

You're staying
with us.

A handful of rooms sit inside the villa itself and in the Arancera, the old orange house across the court. You're in one of them — which means you don't leave at the end of the night, you just walk upstairs.

This page isn't linked anywhere — it's just for the two dozen of you on the estate.

La camera — Your room

Where you'll sleep.

Rooms are spread between the main house and the Arancera. They're old rooms in a 14th-century building, so no two are the same — beamed ceilings, tiled floors, windows onto either the great court or the park.

We've matched people to rooms ourselves. If something about yours doesn't work, tell us early and we'll shuffle.

Villa Scorzi and its Italian garden below the hills of Monte Pisano
Villa Scorzi
A bedroom in the main house — chandelier, terracotta floor, tall shuttered windows
A room in the main house
A bedroom with a terracotta bedspread, a gilt mirror and an antique chest of drawers
Another of the rooms
The salon: two large family portraits above a velvet sofa, rugs over a tiled floor
The salon
The vaulted dining room, tables laid, doors open onto the garden
The dining room, open to the garden
Looking out through a brick arch to the garden, the pool and the hills beyond
Looking out to the garden
A long water basin beside the old orangery, under a plane tree, lined with potted lemon trees
Lemon trees and the long basin
The pool on the lawn, a statue at one corner and the villa behind
The pool
Sun loungers and parasols beside the pool, cypresses beyond
The pool and the park
The villa's main façade lit at dusk, at the end of a hedge-lined gravel path
The façade at dusk
The estate from above — the pool, the clipped parterre and the rooftops
The estate from above
Check in

Thursday 27, from 15:00

Someone will be in the great court to meet you and take your bags up.

Check out

Sunday 30, at 11:00

We will arrange check-out so we can all depart as easily as possible.

Included

Meals, drinks and stay

Please refer to the itinerary listed under the Schedule page for events throughout the weekend, and feel free to reach out with any questions.

L'arrivo — Getting here

Travel & arrival.

Villa Scorzi sits in the Valgraziosa valley at Calci, at the foot of Monte Pisano. It's closer to Pisa airport than most Pisa hotels are.

Address

Via Lungomonte Pisano 2
56011 Calci (PI), Toscana

From Pisa airport (PSA)

15 minutes by car. Transfers from anywhere in Pisa to the villa are included in your package. Please reach out to Miranda to schedule.

From Florence (FLR)

About an hour by car, or train to Pisa Centrale and 20 minutes onward by taxi.

If something goes wrong

E-mail Miranda at eventswithmir@gmail.com.

Il deposito — Securing your room

Holding your room.

Rooms on the estate are limited and held under our name, so they're settled directly rather than through a booking site.

$1,950Per room
$300Deposit to secure the room
15 Jan 2027Deposit due by
What the rate covers

It isn't a nightly room rate — it's the whole stay, for the room, with almost nothing left to pay once you land.

  • Three nights on the estate, Thursday through Sunday morning
  • All meals across the three days, from the Thursday welcome party to Sunday breakfast
  • Drinks throughout
  • Transport to and from the villa
  • Saturday's wine tasting at Fattoria San Vito

To secure your room, please email our wedding planner Miranda directly for payment details at eventswithmir@gmail.com. Include your name and how many of you are coming, and she'll send everything you need.

Email Miranda

Please don't send money to anyone else, and don't act on payment details that arrive from any other address — if anything looks off, check with us first.