Vadstena Klosterhotel hosts conferences and events for 2 to 600 people in a medieval monastery on the shore of Lake Vättern in Östergötland. The offer covers boardroom meetings for eight, kickoffs for several hundred in Vadstena Castle, weddings and private parties. Meeting rooms, bedrooms, a spa and the restaurant sit in the same monastery district, a short walk apart.
Seminars and company events
The hotel lists ten conference rooms, a large number of breakout rooms and the whole of Vadstena Castle for larger gatherings. Rooms range from small private rooms for a management team to halls for kickoffs with music and visual effects, and a dedicated retreat room is available for a more relaxed format. The staff are certified by Svenska Möten and advise on planning from first inquiry to the day itself.
Conference packages are built around the purpose of the meeting: a decision meeting for management and boards, a relationship meeting for a team, an information meeting for a kickoff or staff day, a working meeting, a conference in silence, and a Christmas buffet conference. A takeover option gives your group the whole hotel. The day conference comes in a Standard and a Lyx version, both with morning coffee and fresh bread, a two-course lunch buffet and afternoon coffee; Lyx adds KlosterSPA entry with robe and slippers. Add-ons include a drink in the wine cellar and a two, three or five-course dinner.
Weddings and receptions
Weddings are held at the hotel and at Vadstena Castle. Ceremony locations named by the hotel are the monastery church, the nuns' chapter house, the herb garden, the lakeshore and the castle. Reception halls vary in size with the number of guests, and a party floor with a bar is available. The couple can use a suite in Stora Slottsvillan or the castle wing, and guests can book single and double rooms.
Rooms and capacities
The largest spaces are in Vadstena Castle: Västra Vallen takes 50 to 600 people, Stora Rikssalen 30 to 350 and Herreköket 30 to 180. In the monastery buildings, Kungasalen seats 180 for a party, Konvent takes 30 to 80 and Kapitelsalen 30 to 70. The Festsalen in the castle wing takes 35 to 110 seated, and Arken, at the neighboring Vadstena Folkhögskola, takes 30 to 150 with a raised stage and a piano. Smaller rooms in the Munkklostret building seat 2 to 40, and Stora Slottsvillan has a boardroom for up to 18.
Accommodation
Bedrooms are spread over several buildings. The conference page lists 31 rooms in the Nunneklostret, 19 in the castle wing, 11 plus 6 in Klostergården and 7 in Stora Slottsvillan. The hotel also offers conference and lodging in a house of your own.
Catering
Dinner is served in Restaurant Munkklostret, under the vaults of the monks' former dormitory, with a large wine cellar below the floor. Coffee breaks use bread baked in the hotel's own bakery. The bar and bistro occupy the 1700s floor, and the wine cellar hosts tastings.
History and setting
The monastery goes back to the 1200s, and the nunnery was founded in 1384 under Saint Birgitta. Kungasalen belongs to the oldest non-religious building in Sweden, a former royal palace. The 1700s floor was added in the 1760s to a house that later served as a home for wounded soldiers. Today the district holds the hotel, the restaurant and KlosterSPA.
Getting there
The address is Lasarettsgatan 3, 592 30 Vadstena. Trains serve Motala (16 km), Skänninge (16 km), Mjölby (24 km) and Linköping (51 km), followed by a bus or taxi. The nearest airport is in Linköping. Electric vehicle chargers are at Lasarettsgatan 5.
