Axis Ofir Beach Resort Hotel can seat up to 400 delegates in its auditorium, serve banquets for up to 800 guests and buffets for up to 1,200, and sleep a residential group in 192 bedrooms. The hotel stands directly on the beach at Ofir, in the municipality of Esposende, on the north coast of Portugal between Porto and Viana do Castelo.
Seminars and company events
The hotel runs its own congress center, and its meetings page states that every room has direct daylight. The main space is the Auditório Ofir, 310 m² with 400 audience seats, which can be opened onto adjacent rooms, a shared exhibition area and the outdoor spaces. Sala Atlântico sits on the third floor next to the restaurant. For congresses held in the Atlântico spaces the hotel quotes up to 800 participants.
The equipment list covers a stage, sound system, video projector and screen, whiteboards and flipcharts, video conferencing and simultaneous interpretation. Secretarial support, photocopying and an exhibition hall are available on request. For incentive and team programs the hotel offers outdoor training areas, entertainment programs, excursions, wine tours and adventure sports, and the football lawn and tennis courts can be used for group activities.
Weddings and receptions
Weddings are sold here. The Restaurante Atlântico is offered for weddings, christenings, company dinners and group meals, with stated figures of 800 guests for a seated banquet, 900 for lunches and 1,200 for buffets. The Garden-bar terrace and the gardens suit a drinks reception before the meal. The hotel also stages its own New Year's Eve evening each year.
Rooms and capacities
The Auditório Ofir is the reference room for plenary sessions, with 400 seats over 310 m². Smaller congress rooms surround it, and the hotel does not publish their individual names or sizes, so breakout needs are best stated in the request. The Restaurante Atlântico and the adjoining Sala Atlântico on the third floor take the large dinners and banquets.
Accommodation
The hotel has 192 bedrooms. Guests have two outdoor pools, two tennis courts, a spa, a football lawn and a dune and pine forest area with direct access to the beach.
Catering
Catering is in-house. The Restaurante Atlântico, on the third floor with views over Ofir beach, serves regional and international cooking for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Its à la carte room seats 350, and a buffet dinner runs from May to September. The Garden-bar opens daily from 10:00 to midnight, with a terrace in the gardens, a games room and live music on summer evenings. A snack bar serves the pool area.
History and setting
The resort lies inside the Parque Natural do Litoral Norte, a protected strip of coast where dunes, pine forest and beach meet the estuary of the Cávado river. The town of Esposende is 3 km away.
Getting there
Porto Francisco Sá Carneiro airport is 35 km away, Braga is 35 km away, and the Port wine cellars in Vila Nova de Gaia are about 45 km by road. Most groups arrive by coach or car from Porto airport.
