Seminars and company events
Hotel Reina Petronila handles congresses, conventions, product launches and gala dinners with a 582-seat auditorium, a daylit hall for 400 guests and nine meeting rooms, plus 177 bedrooms on site. The Palafox group hotel stands at Avenida de Ramón Sainz de Varanda 2 in Zaragoza, beside the Aragonia shopping center and the Torre Aragonia, in a building designed by Rafael Moneo.
An auditorium with this many breakout rooms under the same roof lets a congress of several hundred people run plenary sessions, workshops, lunches and the evening dinner without moving. The Compañía Real de Zaragoza business center, on the first and second floors, has its own entrance, eight meeting rooms and offices, which suits a company that needs a private floor for its team during a long event. A downloadable dossier with floor plans is available from the hotel.
Weddings and receptions
The hotel lists weddings among the events its team organises. The Salón Inés de Poitiers, with 540 square meters, natural light and an 8-meter glass corner, is the room for a large banquet of up to 400 guests. For a smaller celebration, the Zaragoza room takes 150 at a banquet or 200 for a cocktail.
Rooms and capacities
The Auditorio Condes de Barcelona covers 734 square meters with 582 seats, 12 of them for guests with reduced mobility. It has a stage, a 15-meter screen, digital projection and simultaneous interpretation, and wood paneling helps the acoustics. Its foyer works for coffee breaks, cocktails and exhibitions.
The Zaragoza room (335 square meters) seats 150 in theatre or at a banquet, 105 in cabaret and 80 in classroom. Don Alfonso (100 square meters) takes 100 in theatre and 60 at a banquet, and Ribagorza (95 square meters) 85 in theatre. Urgel, Sobrarbe, Doña Leonor and Doña Dulce, each about 70 square meters, seat 40 in theatre or at a banquet. Don Sancho (55 square meters) and Don Pedro (40 square meters) suit committees of 15 to 40. Urgel, Ribagorza, Sobrarbe, Don Alfonso and Doña Leonor have daylight, and ceiling heights run from 3 to 3.4 meters.
Accommodation
All 177 rooms face outward, and the hotel counts 23 suites. A spa on the top floor looks out over the city, which is useful for delegates staying two or three nights.
Catering
Café de la Reina, with interiors by Belén Moneo's studio, serves breakfast, tapas, lunch and dinner. Breakfast is a buffet with options for coeliac guests and for food intolerances and allergies. Coffee breaks, cocktails and banquets for events are arranged by the hotel's events team.
History and setting
The building is the work of Rafael Moneo, winner of the Pritzker Prize. It sits near the Auditorio de Zaragoza, La Romareda stadium and the Parque Grande José Antonio Labordeta, in a district of wide avenues south of the center. The Basílica del Pilar and the old town are a few minutes away by car or public transport, which helps for an evening visit with a group.
Getting there
Zaragoza-Delicias station, served by high-speed trains from Madrid and Barcelona, is about 10 minutes away by car. Zaragoza airport is about 15 minutes by car. Buses also leave from the Delicias complex.
