El Avenida Palace in Barcelona can host seminars, conventions, banquets and parties for 20 to 280 guests across five event rooms. The hotel is a four-star property of 153 bedrooms on Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes, in the Eixample district, and it combines meeting space, accommodation and a rooftop terrace under one roof.
Seminars and company events
The hotel presents its corporate offer around rooms with large windows and high ceilings, and an in-house team of event planners who follow a booking from first request to the day itself. The Terraza meeting room is the most flexible space. It covers 150 square meters on the main floor, with daylight and a small private terrace, and holds up to 160 people. It can be used as one plenary room or split into three independent areas of 50 square meters each, which suits a morning plenary followed by breakout groups.
For smaller sessions, the Dorado room covers 20 square meters, has a 4 meter ceiling and takes up to 20 people. It has no daylight and is meant for board meetings and private conversations. All rooms share the same base services: wifi, writing material, air conditioning and an elevator, with audiovisual equipment available on request.
Weddings and receptions
The hotel describes its social events offer as banquets and rooms where guests can dance late into the night. The Gran Salon and the Parrilla room are the two spaces most often presented for parties. The site does not use the word wedding, so couples should ask the events team whether a ceremony or wedding banquet fits the date they have in mind.
Rooms and capacities
The Gran Salon is the largest room. It covers 350 square meters on the main floor, has a 4.20 meter ceiling, daylight through tall windows onto Gran Via, and a maximum capacity of 280 people.
The Foyer covers 200 square meters with a 3.5 meter ceiling and no daylight. It takes up to 150 people and is used for networking and the food and beverage service around meetings, conventions and banquets.
The Parrilla room sits on level minus 1. It covers 180 square meters, with a 3.75 meter ceiling, no daylight and a capacity of 110 people. The site says the Beatles held a press conference there during one of their two concerts in Spain, which gives the room a story to tell guests.
The Rooftop Lazotea is an outdoor terrace on the tenth floor with views over Barcelona, organised on three levels for bar, pool and solarium. The hotel runs it as a summer terrace.
Accommodation
The hotel has 153 bedrooms in several categories, from classic rooms to renovated rooms with private terraces, family and connecting rooms, and suites. The largest, the Tibidabo Suite, has 91 square meters indoors and two private terraces.
Catering
The hotel works with GAU Catering, one of the larger caterers in Barcelona. It states that it has no exclusivity with any supplier and is open to working with other caterers. On site, the hotel also has a seafood bistro called Batea, the Casa Llibre bar in the lobby and a breakfast room.
History and setting
The hotel stands where the Casa Llibre confectionery and terrace once stood, and it keeps the name in its lobby bar. The site describes more than 70 years of history in the building and a recent renovation of the event spaces and part of the rooms. The Gran Salon was once a dance hall and nightclub.
Getting there
The hotel is at Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes 605, ground floor, 08007 Barcelona, in the Eixample. Ask the events team for transport details for your guests.
