Corporate meetings, conventions, gala dinners and weddings for up to 150 guests can be held at Castello Papadopoli Giol in San Polo di Piave, near Treviso, either in the neo-Gothic villa and its 12-hectare park or in the historic cellars of the Giol wine estate.
Seminars and company events
Both settings are equipped for business use. In the castle, the halls have climate control, an audio system, a conference stage, a projector and a mobile screen, with tables and chairs for up to 150 people. The estate lists conventions, business meetings and company meetings among its uses. In the cellars, the winery hosts company events, training sessions and team building for up to 150, with two TVs, Wi-Fi and a projector with a mobile screen. A program can combine a work session with a guided visit of the farm and the old cellars, followed by a tasting of the estate's wines, which are organic and vegan. Staff speak Italian and English, and also German in the cellars.
Weddings and receptions
For weddings the castle is reserved for one reception at a time. The ceremony can take place by the lake or in the frescoed gallery, the aperitif in the garden and the banquet in the first-floor halls. Guests can walk the park, cycle through it or cross the lake by rowing boat. The cellars offer a second, more rustic option for a wedding party, with a wisteria pergola and a garden shaded by a century-old wisteria. Guided tours and personalized wine bottles can be added on request.
Rooms and capacities
In the castle, the central hall and two dining rooms seat 150 in total. Guests arrive through the entrance hall and foyer, which has a nineteenth-century cloakroom. The halls are spread over two floors and served by professional kitchens. At the winery, the Cantina Granda holds 80 barrels, the shop sits among barrels and stone walls near the old aging crypts, and the granary covers 1,320 square meters. Indoor seating there also goes up to 150.
Accommodation
The Barchessa, a farm building in the historic park, is rented as a house with four double bedrooms, a mezzanine with a sofa bed for two more guests, three bathrooms, a full kitchen and a living room.
Catering
There is no compulsory in-house caterer. The team recommends caterers and other suppliers on request, leaves the client free to choose, and helps plan the day.
History and setting
A castle stood here as early as 1192. It passed to the Counts of Tolentino and then to the Gabrieli family before Count Spiridione Papadopoli replaced it with a new building. In 1888 Nicolò Papadopoli enlarged the square castle with two side wings and gave it its English neo-Gothic look, with bow windows, crenellated turrets, Tudor arches and gargoyles. In 1850 Spiridione commissioned a romantic landscape park from Francesco Bagnara, a stage designer at La Fenice, who enlarged the lake and shaped three hills, one of them holding an ice house. A Cedar of Lebanon and a ginkgo date from 1860. The Giol farm traces its origins to 1427 and has made organic wine since 1987.
Getting there
The castle is at Piazza Papadopoli 2, 31020 San Polo di Piave, in the province of Treviso. It has its own parking for 150 cars and three coaches. The winery is at Viale della Repubblica 1/6, with public parking 100 meters from the entrance.
