The Alcázar of Jerez de la Frontera is a municipal monument whose halls and courtyards can be requested for private, institutional and protocol events. The largest indoor option is the run of noble halls on the first floor of the Villavicencio palace, with a stated maximum of 150 people. Two further halls take 80 people each, and the mill hall and courtyard accept up to 50 for standing receptions. Every request goes through the city's tourism department.
Seminars and company events
The city accepts private and institutional acts, and the rules apply to any kind of act, event or exhibition. A company event here is a request to the Delegación de Turismo, Comercio y Consumo, which states the type of act, its purpose, the organizer, the number of attendees, the spaces wanted, the program and the timetable. The department may accept or refuse according to availability, capacity, compatibility with visits to the monument and the safety of the building. Decoration, sound, lighting or temporary structures need a short project submitted in advance.
Rooms and capacities
The official capacity limits are as follows. Salón de los Arcos: 80 people. Salón Salvador Díaz: 80 people. The connected noble halls of the first floor: 150 people. The Patio de Armas and the Patio de San Fernando: the limit is set according to the act that is authorized. The mill hall and its courtyard: 50 people, only for cocktails and standing receptions.
Catering
The Alcázar has no kitchen and no auxiliary areas for food preparation. Cooking of any kind is not allowed, and food may only be reheated on equipment without fire. Organizers therefore work with an outside caterer who delivers prepared food. The organizer installs everything needed and is responsible for cleaning and removing waste during and after the act.
History and setting
The Alcázar complex is a protected cultural heritage site, declared a historic-artistic monument on June 3, 1931 and covered by the highest legal protection under Andalusian heritage law. It stays open to the public as a monument, with a camera obscura, a mill and a tower among its visits. This is why events are scheduled around the visiting hours.
Operating conditions
Set-up, dismantling, loading and unloading must take place in the time slot given by the Alcázar management, so that visitors are not disturbed. Start and end times are agreed in advance. A request is not a booking until the department authorizes it.
Getting there
The monument is at Calle Alameda Vieja, s/n, in the historic center of Jerez de la Frontera, in the province of Cádiz. The reception team can be reached by phone at 956 149 955 and by e-mail at recepcion.alcazar@aytojerez.es.
Accommodation
No overnight rooms are offered. Hotels in the town are the option for guests.
