Hospes Palacio de Arenales & Spa hosts conventions, company meetings, banquets and weddings for up to 600 guests in its garden, or 300 seated indoors in Salón Golfín. The hotel occupies a 17th-century palace in the Extremadura dehesa outside Cáceres, on the N-521 road, with a restaurant, a spa and three pools.
Seminars and company events
Salón Golfín, 350 square meters with daylight and views, seats 320 theatre style or 200 classroom style, which covers plenaries and conventions. Two smaller rooms serve as breakouts or board rooms: the Palacio de Arenales room takes 50 theatre style or 22 around a board table, and Sala Palacitos, 32 square meters, takes 30 theatre style. For an outdoor session or a launch, the marquee in the garden, 220 square meters, seats 180 theatre style. The events team gives technical advice, sets up the rooms and coordinates the day, and delegates can use the spa and the pools between sessions.
Weddings and receptions
The hotel hosts weddings, baptisms and communions as well as company events. The garden holds up to 600 guests for a banquet or a cocktail. Salón Golfín seats 300 for a banquet and 350 for a cocktail, and the garden marquee seats 135 for dinner, a covered option for spring and autumn. Menus are designed for each event, from the welcome drink to the last toast, and the team coordinates set-up and timing.
Rooms and capacities
Salón Golfín: 350 square meters, theatre 320, classroom 200, banquet 300, cocktail 350. Palacio de Arenales room: theatre 50, classroom 36, banquet 32, cocktail 60, imperial table 22. Sala Palacitos: 32 square meters, theatre 30, banquet 22, cocktail 30. Garden marquee: 220 square meters, theatre 180, classroom 80, banquet 135, cocktail 180. Garden: banquet and cocktail for 600.
Accommodation
Rooms range from standard doubles and deluxe rooms to triples, junior suites, the Los Golfines suite and a presidential suite that also works as a family suite. The hotel does not publish a total room count. Guests have the Bodyna spa with an indoor pool, an outdoor pool and an infinity pool, a library, a terrace with food service and free Wi-Fi. Parking is limited and has an electric car charger, and dogs are accepted.
Catering
Catering is in-house. Las Corchuelas, the hotel restaurant, cooks dishes from Extremadura with local, seasonal produce, and event menus draw on the same regional tradition.
History and setting
The palace was built in the 17th century as a country retreat for the Golfín family, one of the noble families of Cáceres, whose name the main hall keeps. It stands in the dehesa, the open oak woodland of Extremadura, away from traffic, while the walled old town of Cáceres, listed by UNESCO, is close enough for a guided visit before dinner.
Getting there
The hotel is at kilometer 52.1 of the N-521 road, just outside Cáceres. Cáceres has a railway station with trains to Madrid. Most groups arrive by car or coach, and the hotel has its own parking.
