A small, chef-led hotel on the island of Korpo in the Turku Archipelago, Hotel Nestor and its celebrated restaurant Back Pocket combine rural romance and modern gastronomy for weddings of up to 90 guests — with a beach, sauna, outdoor jacuzzi, and bridal suite all on site. Accommodation for 16 people lets you keep part of your wedding group together on site, beyond the celebration itself.
Korpo is the kind of Finnish island that takes an effort to reach — a ferry crossing, a narrow road winding between summer cottages and pine forest — and Hotel Nestor is the reward at the end of it. The hotel and its restaurant Back Pocket have built a reputation that draws guests from Helsinki and beyond for the cooking alone: archipelago ingredients, modern technique, menus that change with the catch and the season.
For a wedding, the island setting does what no amount of decoration can. The ceremony happens on the terrace or beach, the dinner happens inside with the water visible through the windows, and the evening ends in the sauna by the shore. With room for up to 16 guests at the hotel and around 40 more rooms elsewhere on the island, Nestor works best for the couple who wants quality over scale — an intimate celebration where the food is genuinely worth talking about.
Enquire about Hotel Nestor →Up to 90 guests seated in the main dining room, or up to 45 in the banquet room for smaller celebrations.
Yes — terrace, beach, and garden gazebo ceremonies are available. A covered tent can also be arranged, weather and season permitting.
Restaurant Back Pocket provides all wedding catering — tasting menus, 3-course table service, archipelago buffets, canapés, night snacks, and fully custom arrangements.
Up to 16 guests stay at Hotel Nestor itself. Other accommodation on the island adds around 40 more rooms, which takes some planning and a few taxi rides.
Hotel Nestor is at Österretaisvägen 53, 21710 Korpo — accessible by car via the free archipelago ferry network from Turku, or by private boat.
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