Seminars and company events
Conventions of up to 300 people, sales meetings, training days and corporate banquets take place at the Galicia Palace, a four-star hotel with 85 bedrooms on Avenida de Vigo in Pontevedra, in the Rías Baixas region of Galicia. The hotel has more than 500 square meters of meeting space in four rooms, from a 12-seat boardroom to a hall for 200, and the two largest rooms open into one space for a plenary of 300.
The address helps with logistics. The hotel stands between Pontevedra's train and bus stations and the old town, so delegates arriving by rail can walk in with their luggage, and the evening program can move on foot to the squares and tapas bars of the historic center. Cars and coaches have private parking in the same building, with an electric vehicle charging point.
All rooms have audiovisual equipment, wifi and technical support on request. Climate control is by air conditioning or heating depending on the season, and the meeting rooms have natural light.
Rooms and capacities
The Salón Palace covers 260 square meters. It takes 200 people in theater style, about 190 in classroom style, and up to 200 at round tables for a banquet. The Salón Galicia, 150 square meters with daylight, takes 100 people in theater style and between 10 and 90 for a seated meal. Combined, the Palace and Galicia rooms seat 300 people in theater style, the hotel's largest configuration.
Two smaller rooms complete the set. The Salón Santiago takes 12 people around a U-shaped table, a good format for committees and interviews. The Salón Peregrina has a boardroom table for 12. Both can serve as breakout rooms during a larger meeting in the Palace.
Accommodation
The 85 bedrooms make it possible to house a whole convention on site. Check-in starts at 4 p.m., and pets are accepted, which matters for some multi-day trainings. A continental buffet breakfast is served from 7:30 a.m., early enough for a first session at nine.
Catering
Catering is in house. Restaurante Peregrina serves Galician cooking based on local produce and seats up to 80 guests, with a private room for 18 that suits a board dinner or a client lunch. The cafeteria offers tapas, sandwiches and set plates for a quick working lunch. For larger groups, banquets are served in the Salón Palace and the Salón Galicia.
History and setting
Pontevedra is known for its compact, largely pedestrian old town of granite streets and squares, and for its position at the head of the Pontevedra estuary. Groups can extend a meeting with visits to the Rías Baixas coast, the Albariño wine country and Santiago de Compostela, which lies to the north.
Getting there
Pontevedra station, on the Atlantic rail line between Vigo and A Coruña, is a short walk from the hotel. The nearest airports are Vigo, about half an hour by road, and Santiago de Compostela, a little farther north.
