The Invitation That Started With a Pavilion: Belvedere at Son Marroig, Mallorca
There's a marble pavilion on a cliff above the sea in Mallorca that has no equal. It stands at the edge of the Son Marroig estate — white, circular, classical — and on a clear day you can see the peninsula of Sa Foradada through the columns and the Mediterranean beyond. It was built by Archduke Ludwig Salvator of Austria in the 19th century, and it is, in the most literal sense, a belvedere: a structure built purely to look at a beautiful view. When we were designing a new suite for destination weddings, we kept coming back to this place. The name wrote itself.
Son Marroig, and why this place matters
Son Marroig sits in the Serra de Tramuntana between Valldemossa and Deià — the stretch of Mallorca's northwest coast that has drawn writers, artists, and Habsburgs for over two centuries. The estate has been a museum since 1928, and today it is one of the most coveted ceremony settings on the island: couples marry on the terrace or beneath the pavilion itself, with the sea behind them and the cliffs dropping away on three sides.
What makes it extraordinary as a wedding venue isn't just the view — it's the specificity of it. The pavilion is unmistakable. Unlike a generic clifftop or a generic garden, Son Marroig has a silhouette you recognise immediately: the dome, the columns, the stone platform, the sea. It is the kind of place that turns a photograph into something you'd frame. And it is, we felt, exactly the kind of place that deserved an invitation to match.
How the suite is made
The Belvedere invitation suite is built around a custom stencil illustration of the Son Marroig pavilion — the dome, the columns, the classical proportions — rendered as a fine line drawing and hot foil-stamped in gold onto the invitation card. The card itself is 127x178 mm, made from heavy 600gsm cotton paper. The weight of it is the first thing people notice when they pick it up.
The card is wrapped in a semi-transparent vellum tri-fold. The vellum is printed with the same pavilion illustration — so the gold line drawing is visible before the suite is even opened, hovering through the translucent layer above the cotton card beneath. It is a small thing, but it changes the entire experience of receiving the envelope and lifting out the invitation.
The outer envelope is a premium textured paper envelope. Guest address printing is available if you'd like it — names and addresses printed in a matching font, so the whole suite arrives looking considered from the moment it lands on the doormat.
The full suite
What you see in the photographs is not just an invitation card — it is a complete stationery suite, and every element has been made to the same standard.
The gold foil monogram on the vellum wrap is bespoke — your initials, set in a wreath crest that we design for you. The wax seal on the outer envelope is pressed by hand. The details card, the RSVP, the information insert — every element finished to the same standard as the invitation itself. Nothing in the suite looks like an afterthought, because nothing is.
The velvet inner envelope — and how to make it yours
The suite can be elevated further with a velvet inner envelope — a lining envelope in velvet that sits inside the outer paper envelope, embellished with your gold foil monogram. When a guest opens the outer envelope, they find the velvet beneath before they even reach the invitation itself. It is an entirely unnecessary detail, which is precisely why it works so well.
The velvet comes in all 20 colours from our palette — from deep Burgundy and Forest Green to Navy Blue, Moss, Sage Green, Dusty Pink, Blush, Cream, and White. If you want something darker, there is Black, Moka, and Antracit. Colours 17–20 (Copper, Caviar, Soft Ochre, and Mist) are crafted from suede leather rather than velvet, offering a distinctive textured finish. The choice of colour changes everything about how the suite feels — a cream velvet inner envelope reads as quiet luxury; a navy one reads as a statement.
— Velvet inner envelope with bespoke gold foil monogram, available in all 20 palette colours
— Guest address printing on outer envelopes
— Bespoke monogram crest design for vellum wrap
— Wax seal in your choice of design
You don't have to be getting married at Son Marroig
This is the thing we want to say clearly: the Belvedere suite is not a venue-specific product. It is a suite designed for destination weddings — for couples marrying somewhere that feels like it belongs on a different continent from the ordinary. Son Marroig is the inspiration, and the pavilion illustration is the signature detail. But the suite travels.
If you're marrying at a villa in Tuscany, a château in the south of France, a finca in Andalusia, a hotel in Greece — the Belvedere works. The pavilion illustration speaks of the Mediterranean broadly, not of a specific address. Couples have ordered it for weddings in Spain, Italy, and France, as well as for destination celebrations that have nothing to do with the Balearics at all. What matters is the feeling: that this is a wedding that has been thought about, in a place that deserves it, announced with something equal to the occasion.
Production and ordering
Every Belvedere suite is handcrafted in our studio. Minimum order is 30 suites. Standard production is 3 weeks from proof approval; if your date is close, get in touch and we'll tell you honestly what is possible.
If you'd like to see and feel the quality before committing to a full order, we offer a Belvedere sample — a single invitation card printed to the same specification, dispatched quickly so you can hold it before you decide. It is the best way to understand what 600gsm cotton with foil press printing actually feels like in your hands, rather than trusting a photograph.
The Belvedere suite is part of our Venue Invitations collection, and also sits within our broader Vellum & Lace range for couples drawn to the semi-transparent layering effect of the vellum wrap.
A belvedere is a place built to look at something beautiful. We think your wedding invitation should do the same thing — give your guests something worth looking at, before the day itself has even begun. If you'd like to discuss the Belvedere suite, or if you have questions about customisation and ordering, get in touch.