Sacred Mountain Julian

I have been dreaming of this wedding venue for years, and let me tell you, it did not disappoint. We got married here in April 2023 and it was absolutely magical. First of all, the staff are fabulous. Michelle was so easy to work with and made all the details of our day so easy! They were fabulous during the wedding day and made sure all of our guests with mobility limitations were taken care of and driven around in golf carts as needed. The venue IS SO STUNNING. The grass fields were green and there were flowers around the whole property. We loved all the different areas to take photos around the property; especially the secret garden, the pool area, and the sunset plateau. The reception area was set up beautifully and our cocktail hour was also seamless. Having a lot of the decor included (chairs, lanterns, tables, linens, cocktail belly bar tables, the sweetheart table and couch, the couches in the cocktail area, etc.) made planning our day so much easier. They have weddings down to an art and it was so worth it to make our day stress free! We rented the whole property for the weekend and it was so nice to have our immediate family with us both the night before and stuffed the wedding. It spread out the festivities over 3 days and made the whole process even more enjoyable! Highly highly recommend this wedding venue!

Sacred is an apt name. My wife and I were married at Sacred Mountain on August 20th, 2022. We went with the full mountain package and had the run of the property for the weekend, using it for both our rehearsal dinner as well as the ceremony/reception. Weddings go by so fast and the weekend experience allowed us to celebrate with friends and family and enjoy our big day just a little bit longer. As a couple who didn’t want to have a traditional religious ceremony, but still found it very important to find a location that felt special and spiritual in its own way. Sacred Mountain delivered in spades. The ceremony site on the plateau was magical and felt truly special amongst the many venues we toured. Add to that the incredible accommodations on-site and a multitude of beautiful spaces to gather for all parts of the reception and this place really rounded out to be the full package. Marti and her staff were all wonderful and worked to make sure every detail was perfect for us on the day. From decor to refreshments, they thought of everything. We ended up having rain in the forecast and had to move last minute to tent our dinner on the patio of the Meadow House. The staff helped us every step of the way with the unexpected change and we ended up enjoying the beauty of the tented setup even more. The weather cleared just in time for our ceremony, with the sun peaking out as the bride made her way down the aisle. The beauty of this place cannot be overstated and we will surely return to celebrate future anniversaries now that we know it’s possible to stay on-site as a rental. Julian gave us everything we could have asked for in terms of a unique mini-destination wedding venue and we could not have been happier with the Sacred Mountain experience and everything this wonderful little mountain town had to offer.

We had the wedding of our absolute DREAMS at Sacred Mountain!!!! We chose the full mountain retreat where we had access to all of the houses!! This was so amazing because the boys had the barn/cottage/carriage house and the girls had the bridal suite and meadow house! It was surreal. The boys all loooooved having the barn to get ready in, they felt so manly! The carriage house was perfect for our flower girls and their parents (it has a cute little kid bed)!! We had our rehearsal dinner on the pergola lawn on the boys side and holy cow it couldn’t have been more beautiful!!! The whole staff made everything so easy and soooo amazing. Our whole wedding weekend felt like a real fairytale. We will cherish this venue for our whole lives! The wedding itself was the most magical day of our lives and I am a pretty detail oriented, worried person so planning was so crazy for me. Anytime I had a question the sacred mountain team responded so quick and made me feel so amazing! Michelle was in touch with me the most and she was our day of contact/the staff members there and she was so incredible. So happy to help with anything and made us feel so special. We love the whole sacred mountain staff!!!!

Gorgeous venue no matter what the weather does. As a wedding photographer, I got to tour and shoot at this venue while it was super cold and rainy, and I fell in love. Michelle was amazing and she let us know where to go within the venue. The ceremony site at the top of the mountain overlooking the layers of mountains is stunning. The getting ready rooms are so comfortable, with plenty of outlets, and extra things for guests like Bobby pins, hangers, etc. (Which I don’t see in many other venues) Thank you so much for being amazing ❤️

From the moment my husband and I toured Sacred Mountain, we knew that it was where we wanted to get married. It's located in the very small and charming town of Julian, CA. The whole town feels like you've stepped back in time, and onto the set of an old western. There's adorable little shops/diners/cafes along Main St. that our guests enjoyed during their stay over our wedding weekend. Julian Pie Co. has the BEST apple pie most of us ever tasted.. we served it at our wedding and many guests went back for seconds throughout the weekend. The drive out to Julian is scenic and magical as well. The venue itself, is breathtaking. We loved that there are different areas to entertain, but all within the same property. We were married on July 8, 2022 at the Sunset Plateau (stunning backdrop for a ceremony.. and we loved the circle arch that Sacred Mountain provides), and then had our cocktail hour in the beautiful meadow and dinner just up the gorgeous staircase in the courtyard area. The flow was so nice, we loved that our guests were able to walk around and explore the grounds a bit. People enjoyed taking photos on the wooden swing, and many guests walked over to watch the sunset at the ceremony location, overlooking the spectacular mountain range. The venue has so much natural beauty, you really don't need to do anything to decorate if you don't want to. We added some flowers to the arch and a few on our tables, but that was it, and everything looked incredible. Saved us a ton on florals (would highly recommend Alie with Peach Florals if you land on this venue or anywhere in San Diego county). We enjoyed that we were able to choose our own vendors (some from a list that Sacred Mountain provided) and really customize our day to our specific tastes. We served wood fired pizza and apple pie, which was really fun and not your typical "wedding food". My husband was also super sold on this venue when they told us that we could rent a horse to ride down the aisle on.. it made for an amazing entrance. We would highly recommend adding this unforgettable experience to your day; Jennifer at Integrity Stables (next door to the venue) was incredible to work with and her horse was soo sweet. We also chose Sacred Mountain Julian as our wedding venue because they allowed us to include our rescue dog in our ceremony. This was so important to us, and we wouldn't have felt right getting married without her there. Sacred Mountain Julian is a little pricey, but there are different packages you can choose from (we chose the small wedding package for 60 or less guests), and they really do include a LOT of things that you would otherwise need to rent. For example, they include: Ceremony chairs, tables for the cocktail hour and dinner, chairs, linens, benches, a couch, space heaters, the bar, dessert table, the ceremony arch, tables that you can use for the welcome table, seating chart, etc., some decor items (lanterns, candle holders, some signage), and more. One of my only complaints is that our contract stated that we could arrive on site at 12pm, and we negotiated to arrive an hour earlier, but I felt SO rushed trying to get everything unloaded before my hair and makeup started. Luckily I didn't have bridesmaids, so I was the only one needing to get my hair and makeup done.. but if you have a bridal party you'll need to get ready together off-site and then head there after everyone is ready OR you can rent the meadow house and/or honeymoon suite the night before, but it's very expensive. They do provide golf carts with drivers to get your guests from the sunset plateau down to the cocktail hour area, and the main guy who drove us all around, named Freedom, was SO nice. Thanks again Freedom! And I had excellent communication from Ashley and Summer in the office. Overall super beautiful venue and an unforgettable wedding day! Photos by Vee Taylor Photography (she's the BEST).