Grand Vígľaš can host company events for up to 400 people across eight separate rooms, with 55 historic bedrooms on site. The venue is a 13th-century castle, rebuilt and opened as a four-star hotel in 2014, in the village of Vígľaš in central Slovakia, near the town of Zvolen. Organisers use it for conferences, congresses, training days, seminars and company dinners, and couples use it for weddings and private celebrations.
Seminars and company events
The castle sells its conference space together with bedrooms, meals and activities, so one team handles the whole event. The congress areas are stated at up to 400 people in total, and a large event can be split across several independent rooms, each with modern technical equipment. That layout suits a plenary session followed by workshops, a symposium, a training day or a short board meeting.
The team also arranges team-building programs and company evenings in and around the castle. For events of any size, the hotel prepares an offer from the date, the number of guests and the program.
Weddings and receptions
The hotel offers a wedding package, ceremony rooms, a wedding banquet and photo sessions on the grounds. It also hosts birthdays and other private celebrations in the castle. The Knights' halls and the Sigismund hall serve for banquets and formal dinners, as described below.
Rooms and capacities
The Sigismund congress hall is the largest room. It is cut into the rock, measures 20 by 12 meters, has a built-in projector and screen, and takes 220 people in theatre layout, 120 in classroom layout and 160 seated for a banquet. The Matthias Corvinus hall, on the entrance courtyard, measures 8 by 6.5 meters and takes 40 in theatre layout and 32 in classroom layout.
The Great Knights' hall has a Gothic star-vaulted ceiling and takes 70 in theatre layout and 40 in classroom layout. It is used for meetings, training, workshops and gala dinners. The Small Knights' hall, with a round table, seats 12 in a Geneva layout. The Red salon takes 30 in theatre layout and 24 in classroom layout, and the White salon seats 10 for meetings. The Dragon Bar takes 30 in theatre layout. The Barbara of Celje salon, a former winery 14 by 5.2 meters, takes 48 in theatre layout. It has no step-free access.
Accommodation
The hotel has 55 rooms of different types: Classic, Superior and Deluxe rooms, and apartments named Classic, Superior, Dracula, Kastelán and Deluxe. Congress guests can stay on site, which keeps a seminar group under one roof. The wellness area has a pool, a whirlpool, saunas, a relaxation zone and massage rooms, which is useful for an evening after a working day.
Catering
The castle has two restaurants, Anjou Court and Ava Simone, as well as the Dragon Bar and a cigar bar. The site presents a dedicated catering offer for congress groups and a castle menu.
History and setting
The rock spur above the Slatina river was probably settled by a Slavic fortification in the early Middle Ages, and the castle dates from the 13th century. The Rekitar family bought the ruins in 2009 and finished a large reconstruction in 2013. The hotel opened in 2014 in the valley of the Slatina, in the center of Slovakia.
