Seminars and company events
Villa Madruzzo hosts business meetings, conferences, training days and company dinners for up to 100 people in ten rooms of different sizes. The hotel is built around a 16th-century noble residence on the hillside of Cognola, on the eastern side of Trento, with further rooms in its Belvedere and Classic and Garden areas. The staff advise which room suits each meeting, and the on-site restaurant and bedrooms make it possible to run a two-day seminar without moving the group.
The range of room sizes is the practical strength here. A small board meeting can use the Chiesetta, 24 square meters for 15 people, or the Sagrestia for 6. A workshop of 40 fits the Caminetto, the Angeli or the Belvedere room, a group of 55 the Carlo Emanuele or Ludovico Madruzzo 2, and a plenary of 90 to 100 moves into the Veranda or the Cardinale. Two or three rooms can be combined for a plenary with breakouts.
Weddings and receptions
The villa organizes wedding lunches and dinners, as well as aperitifs, lunches and dinners for birthdays, graduations, anniversaries and family gatherings. The ground-floor rooms of the historic villa, such as the Cardinale and the Veranda, take the larger receptions, and the garden on the hillside provides space for photographs and an aperitif in good weather.
Rooms and capacities
On the ground floor of the villa, the Cardinale measures 124 square meters for up to 100 people and the Veranda 146 square meters for 90. The Caminetto (57 m²) and the Angeli (50 m²) each take 40, the Chiesetta 15 and the Sagrestia 6. The Carlo Emanuele, on the lower floor of the villa, covers 80 square meters for 55. In the Classic and Garden area, Ludovico Madruzzo 1 holds 20 in 47 square meters and Ludovico Madruzzo 2 holds 55 in 88 square meters, while the Belvedere area has a 71-square-meter room for 40. These figures are the maximum the hotel states for each room; the layout is agreed with the team.
Accommodation
Bedrooms come in several categories, Madruzzo, Mansarda, Belvedere, Classic and Garden rooms, plus suites, which lets organisers house speakers and participants at different levels. Group stays are quoted separately from the event rooms.
Catering
Ristorante Villa Madruzzo, open to outside guests as well as hotel residents, serves Italian and Trentino cooking. It handles the lunches and dinners of meetings and private events, with menus agreed in advance.
History and setting
The main building dates from the 16th century and is presented by the hotel as a noble residence. It carries the name of the Madruzzo, the family of prince-bishops who governed Trento in that century, and it is run today by a family with long ties to the house.
Getting there
The hotel is at Via Ponte Alto 26 in Cognola, a few minutes by car from central Trento. Trento railway station lies on the line between Verona and the Brenner Pass, and the A22 motorway serves the city.
