Casa de los Bates hosts board and management meetings, executive retreats, training programs, product launches, client hospitality, gala dinners and weddings, with the whole estate reserved for one event at a time. The setting is an Italian-style palacete from 1898, about 20,000 square meters of historic gardens and seven bedrooms for up to 12 guests. The estate sits above the Costa Tropical at Motril, in the province of Granada, looking over the sea, the Vega de Motril and Salobreña.
Seminars and company events
The estate sells confidential board meetings, leadership summits, strategy sessions and executive retreats, as well as courses, workshops, coaching and team building for executive and international groups. It also hosts product presentations, automotive and international launches, press events, hospitality for clients and distributors, shareholder meetings, corporate anniversaries and multi-day programs. A board meeting of Caja Granada was held here. Historic interiors, terraces and botanical gardens let a group work, dine and meet on one private property. Each request is assessed individually, and the estate asks for the guest count at the first inquiry.
Weddings and receptions
Weddings run from April to November. Both gardens are closed to anyone but the couple and their guests on the day. The marble staircase of the palacete is a favorite backdrop for photographs. The Grand Suite is included for the couple on the wedding night, and other guests can book the remaining rooms at a special rate. The magazine Telva listed the estate in 2006 among the ten most romantic places to marry in Spain. The process runs from a first inquiry to a site visit, a date reservation and the wedding day.
Rooms and capacities
The event spaces are the palacete itself, the 18th-century botanical garden, the 19th-century Italian Romantic garden with tropical plants, and the terraces. The site does not publish guest numbers, so share your count and format with your request.
Accommodation
Seven rooms sleep up to 12 guests: the Grand Suite, with a marble bathroom, a dressing room and balconies over the coast and the mountains; a junior suite with a sitting area; and five double rooms. Breakfast is served on the terrace with fruit from the estate's orchard. In 2008 Condé Nast listed the house among the five best guesthouses in Europe.
Catering
Wedding catering comes from an approved outside caterer chosen by the couple, not from an in-house kitchen. For house guests, the estate prepares dinners and menus on request with produce from the Costa Tropical, and offers a private wine tasting for at least six people.
History and setting
The palacete dates from 1898. The estate also keeps a protected 15th-century Arab wall and the remains of an Arab farmstead, and it has stayed in the same family for generations. The gardens, planted over two centuries, mix a botanical collection with a Romantic layout.
Getting there
The address is N-340, km 329.5, Motril. Málaga airport is about 1 hour 10 minutes away by road.
