Ariel and Stephanie walk hand-in-hand beneath Castle Ottis's wooden spiral staircase with stone walls surrounding them.

Highlights

Stephanie & Ariel

June 20, 2026

Stephanie and Ariel got married at Castle Ottis with just their moms and a small group of family — exactly the low-key day they were after. The ceremony took place inside the castle's stone chapel, with a wooden cross at the altar and a spiral staircase winding up behind them. After, they did portraits inside the tower — her veil trailing across the stone floors, him stationed at the railing while she stood in the background — and we also got introduced to the tortoise that lives on the grounds. The reception wrapped up the evening at Casa Monica, where the two of them were framed through a Moorish arch next to a floor-to-ceiling wine wall.

Stone tower of Castle Ottis rising against blue sky with climbing ivy.

Stephanie in white wedding dress holding hands with Ariel in blue suit near tall castle windows.

Officiant in dark suit holding book beside Ariel during ceremony at Castle Ottis.

Four family members sit together on a wooden bench inside Castle Ottis, holding blue and white bouquets.

Stephanie stands alone in her white wedding dress in Castle Ottis's stone chapel, facing the wooden staircase.

Stephanie leans against a woman in a navy dress while holding a white bouquet inside Castle Ottis's chapel.

Stephanie and Ariel exchange vows with their officiant at the altar, lined with candles at Castle Ottis.

Stephanie's train flows across the stone floor as she stands at the altar before the cross at Castle Ottis.

Stephanie and Ariel pose together in the stone chapel with arched windows at Castle Ottis, Stephanie holding white flowers.

Stephanie and Ariel stand with their family members in the vaulted stone chapel at Castle Ottis after their ceremony.

Ariel holds her white bouquet while posing in the stone interior of Castle Ottis, her train spread across the floor.

Stephanie holds her white bouquet, standing alone beneath the tall arched windows of Castle Ottis's chapel.

Stephanie and Ariel stand together at Castle Ottis, she in her white gown and he in a dark suit, holding her bouquet between them.

Stephanie in her white gown stands on an upper level of Castle Ottis's stone interior with exposed wooden beams overhead.

Ariel in a black suit and Stephanie in a flowing white wedding dress walk hand-in-hand through Castle Ottis's stone courtyard.

Ariel adjusts his tie in front of a wine cellar wall, wearing a charcoal suit and boutonniere.

Stephanie in her off-shoulder wedding dress and Ariel in his suit cut their cake together at their reception.

Stephanie and Ariel cut their tiered wedding cake with a young flower girl and page boy at Castle Ottis.

Ariel in dark suit standing between wooden doors inside Castle Ottis.

Stephanie wearing off-shoulder white wedding dress and holding white bouquet in Castle Ottis hall.

Ariel in blue suit walking through sunlit stone hall of Castle Ottis.

Stephanie's white veil flows as Ariel watches from across the chapel during their elopement ceremony at Castle Ottis.

Ariel and Stephanie stand before an officiant during their ceremony inside Castle Ottis's stone chapel with family seated nearby.

Stephanie in her lace wedding dress exchanges vows with Ariel at the altar inside Castle Ottis's stone chapel.

Ariel holds the microphone as their young child helps Stephanie during the ceremony at Castle Ottis.

Ariel descends a narrow stone staircase in his dark suit while Stephanie follows in her white gown at Castle Ottis.

Stephanie adjusts her veil while chatting with a bridesmaid inside Castle Ottis's stone tower, holding a white bouquet.

Ariel stands alone at Castle Ottis, her flowing white gown and veil trailing across the wooden floor beneath arched windows.

Ariel's groom stands with a young child in matching dark suits on the wooden floor of Castle Ottis.

Ariel smiles in a navy suit with boutonnière while Stephanie stands behind him in her wedding dress inside Castle Ottis.

Stephanie and Ariel stand together on the chapel floor beneath a large cross at Castle Ottis during their elopement.

Stephanie in an off-shoulder lace gown and Ariel in a navy suit hold hands and smile at Castle Ottis.

Stephanie and Ariel stand together at Castle Ottis's stone entrance archway with her train flowing behind her.

Ariel and Stephanie stand on the lawn at Castle Ottis, she in a white cap-sleeve gown and he in a dark suit with boutonniere.

Stephanie and Ariel exchange vows framed through a wooden barrel archway at Castle Ottis.

Two-tier wedding cake with "Mr & Mrs" topper, ivory roses, and gold leaf detail sits on a dark table.

Stephanie and Ariel pose together beside a vintage black car outside Castle Ottis's stone building.

Rob and Jill Futrell, St. Augustine photographers

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Castle Ottis Casa Monica Hotel Elopement Photography

Photographed by Rob & Jill Futrell, your St. Augustine elopement photographer team.