Biltmore Estate

This private event location, nestled beneath a forested hillside and overlooking fields sweeping down to the French Broad River, fuses rustic farm architecture with pristine open spaces to create the perfect setting for your casually elegant affair.

Tucked away inside Antler Hill Village guests enter through stunning wooden gates and begin your celebration with a private garden ceremony. Following the ceremony, guests walk the stone pathway to cocktail hour inside Cedric’s Loft with large windows and an intimate private terrace overlooking the Village. Guests then return to Cedric’s Garden to find the space transformed for dinner and dancing upon rich limestone underneath strands of lights.

While capturing breathtaking photographs of your special day, your guests relax with cocktails and hors d’ oeuvres on the Belvedere Terrace and in our Inn Gallery with floor to ceiling windows framing the Blue Ridge Mountains. Soon after, everyone proceeds into the Vanderbilt Ballroom with high ceilings and grand crystal chandeliers for dinner and dancing.

The glass-roofed Conservatory was designed by Richard Morris Hunt, rebuilt in 1957 and restored in 1999. It provides flowers and plants for Biltmore House and tender beddings plants for the gardens - just as it did in the Vanderbilt's day. Sheltered in the valley for protection, the Conservatory was constructed at the lower end of the Walled Garden so as not to obstruct views of from the house. Views of Biltmore House are visible from the Conservatory and Walled Garden.

Begin your celebration with a ceremony on the covered Veranda overlooking peaceful Deerpark woodlands. Then proceed up the grand spiral staircase to the ballroom with soaring, exposed beams, elegant wrought iron chandeliers, large etched glass windows, and sophisticated décor. The combination of our culinary selections and the unique setting of Lioncrest will undoubtedly please both you and your guests.

The ambiance of Deerpark is the perfect setting for your wedding ceremony and reception. Designed by Biltmore House architect, Richard Morris Hunt, originally used as calving barn, this space was converted in 1979 to a spacious restaurant. Floor to ceiling windows open to a courtyard providing an open-air, casual feeling and natural flow from ceremony to reception. The Lodge Room serves as an alternative ceremony location or pre-function area.

Set high atop a hill near an elegant marble statue of Diana, the Goddess of the Hunt, is a picturesque outdoor location which opens up to reveal sweeping views of America's largest home framed by the Blue Ridge Mountains rising in the background. Surrounded by a shady grove of hemlocks, this private, secluded venue offers full guest facilities in addition to spectacular vistas and an air of exclusivity.

Biltmore House will be opened for your guests to enjoy the first floor, walking through the Library into Cocktail Hour awaiting them on the Library Terrace. Even if your wedding ceremony is outside the estate, this venue is a perfect place to entertain your guests afterward. The South Terrace is an impeccable setting for an outdoor tented celebration.