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Set high on a Northern NSW mountaintop with sweeping views across sugarcane fields to Byron Bay, Palazzo Sophia Celestial offers a truly cinematic outdoor location for fashion, editorial, and commercial campaigns. This listing is for exclusive hire of the villa’s outdoor areas only—a sculptural, European-inspired setting designed to elevate visual storytelling at every turn.

Since its debut in 2015, Palazzo Sophia has hosted leading fashion brands and creative teams looking for a backdrop that fuses opulence with atmosphere. The villa’s exterior draws from Renaissance grandeur and Roman detailing—life-sized statues, arched colonnades, and bronze fountains unfold across a series of landscaped levels, each rich in visual texture and scale.

The centrepiece of the estate is a Roman bath–style pool surrounded by classical columns and full-scale Apollo and Diana statuary. Nearby, the white marble Parterre garden features bespoke Italian ceramics, an aged bronze fountain of the three muses, and ornate wrought-iron gates that frame entry with old-world charm.

Acres of manicured topiary and formal hedges include towering date palms, sculpted flowering trees, and a winding palm walk that leads to lush tropical gardens with a rainforest edge. A marble-roofed gazebo sits tucked among the greenery, with a cascading chandelier of rose-pink crystals suspended above a green onyx table—offering a one-of-a-kind setting for styled dining, portraiture, or brand moments.

Throughout the grounds, artisan black wrought-iron work detailed with 24ct gold accents complements pure gold-enrobed cherub fountains, adding layers of richness and contrast. Roman-style white marble surfaces, pale lemon render walls, and changing light across multiple levels ensure visual payoff from every angle.

This is an outdoor-only hire—perfect for large-scale fashion editorials, branding shoots, stills and film productions that want to capture the rare intersection of classical drama and open-air natural beauty. If your concept calls for grandeur, symmetry, and transportive elegance, Palazzo Sophia Celestial delivers with unrivalled presence.