Hotel ILUNION Mérida Palace hosts meetings, training days, conferences, company dinners and private celebrations for groups of a dozen to 200 people. It offers eight meeting rooms, the largest taking 200 guests for a cocktail, and 76 bedrooms for attendees. The hotel occupies a historic building on Plaza de España, the main square of Mérida, in Extremadura in western Spain.
Seminars and company events
The range of room sizes suits a program that mixes plenary sessions and workshops. Los Ibores seats 60 theater style or 60 around a boardroom table, El Rincón de Baco seats 80 theater style, and Magacela can host a conference for 50 or a standing reception for 200. Peraleda and Trujillo, for 16 each, work for committees and interviews. The hotel describes itself as suited to corporate events, meetings, congresses and private celebrations, and it is part of the ILUNION group's Heritage Hotel collection.
Rooms and capacities
Magacela is the largest room: 200 for a cocktail, 100 at a banquet, 66 at a boardroom table and 50 theater or classroom style. El Rincón de Baco takes 80 for a cocktail or theater style and 50 at a banquet. El Paso takes 50 for a cocktail, 40 at a banquet or theater style and 35 in a U-shape. Los Ibores seats 60 theater style and 50 classroom style. Almoharin takes 28 theater style, 25 for a cocktail and 22 at a banquet. Los Brezos seats 25 theater style. Peraleda and Trujillo each seat 16 theater style or 14 in a U-shape. Banquet layouts are listed only for Magacela, El Rincón de Baco, El Paso and Almoharin.
Accommodation
The hotel has 76 bedrooms. Standard and Corporate rooms measure 25 m², Triple rooms 30 m² and Junior Suites 45 m². Two rooms are adapted for guests with reduced mobility. A rooftop pool and sun terrace overlooks the old town; it opens in season only and is not accessible to guests with reduced mobility.
Catering
The restaurant cooks with local produce from Extremadura. For events, the banquet layouts in Magacela, El Rincón de Baco, El Paso and Almoharin allow seated lunches and dinners next to the meeting rooms, and cocktails can be served in the larger rooms.
History and setting
The hotel stands in a historic building in the heart of Mérida, a city founded by the Romans whose archaeological ensemble is listed by UNESCO. Plaza de España is the city's main square, and the Guadiana riverbank lies a few minutes away on foot.
Getting there
The address is Plaza de España 19, 06800 Mérida. The Roman bridge is 0.5 km from the hotel and Mérida train station 0.6 km, so attendees arriving by rail can walk. Groups by road reach the center of the city from the main highways that serve Extremadura.
