Itala & Francisco

The place

Alentejo

Cork oaks, olive groves and white villages under enormous skies — country estates for long, slow weddings.

July works here with a little planning.

The light

How the light falls there

Big skies and a low horizon mean long sunsets and a deep blue hour afterwards. The midday sun is hard and high; the photographs everyone loves here are taken in the last hour of light, and under the stars.