Weddings, private parties, business meetings and workshops for up to 120 seated guests or 150 at a standing reception can be held at Fortaleza do Guincho, a five-star boutique hotel inside a 17th-century fortress on the Atlantic coast at Guincho, in the municipality of Cascais, Portugal. The hotel has two event rooms, bedrooms on site and a Michelin-starred restaurant.
Seminars and company events
The hotel sells a meeting package for companies and hosts board meetings, workshops and corporate events. The Medieval Room takes 40 around a boardroom table, 50 in a U-shape, 80 in classroom layout or 100 theatre style, with wireless internet. For smaller groups, the Pateo Room on the first floor has natural light and a screen, and suits a board meeting of 14 or a presentation to 20. Meetings can be followed by lunch or dinner in the hotel's two restaurants.
Weddings and receptions
The hotel hosts weddings and wedding receptions. The Medieval Room seats 120 for a wedding banquet and takes 150 for a standing reception. The hotel also offers a honeymoon package, so a couple can spend the wedding night in a room overlooking the ocean.
Rooms and capacities
The Medieval Room covers 2,152 square feet, about 200 square meters. It takes 120 at a banquet, 150 standing, 100 theatre style, 80 in classroom layout, 50 in a U-shape and 40 in boardroom layout. The Pateo Room covers 40 square meters, about 430 square feet, on the first floor, with daylight and a screen. It takes 14 in boardroom layout or 20 theatre style. Both rooms can be booked through the hotel's event request form.
Accommodation
The hotel is a member of Relais & Châteaux. Rooms come in five types. Classic rooms of 20 to 23 square meters are on the ground floor, with a partial beach view through a small fortress window. Superior rooms of 25 to 28 square meters are on the first floor, with an open or closed balcony and an ocean view. Junior suites of 33 to 38 square meters, also on the first floor, face the ocean and have a king bed.
Catering
The gastronomic restaurant Fortaleza do Guincho holds one Michelin star. Its cooking is based on Portuguese products and inspired by the Atlantic, under executive chef Gil Fernandes. A second, casual restaurant, Spot, serves lunch, dinner, cocktails and afternoon tea with a view over the ocean.
History and setting
The building is a 17th-century fortification converted into a hotel, with two large cannons at the entrance and preserved interiors. It stands on the rocks above the Atlantic in the Sintra-Cascais Natural Park, and with the Cabo da Roca lighthouse it is among the most westerly points of Europe. Guincho beach and its dunes lie beside the fortress.
Getting there
The address is Estrada do Guincho 2413, 2750-642 Cascais. Lisbon international airport is about 60 minutes away by road.
