Europarque takes congresses, conventions, trade fairs, gala dinners and corporate meetings, from small working groups up to more than 12,000 people at once. The center stands in Santa Maria da Feira, south of Porto, on a site of over 500,000 m², and has hosted mainly corporate and institutional events for more than 30 years. Its auditorium, pavilions, meeting rooms, reception halls and gardens can be booked one by one or combined into a single program.
Seminars and company events
The Congress Center rooms are the starting point for seminars and breakout sessions. They are grouped into Sala SA, which divides into five independent rooms, and Sala SB, which divides into four, with adaptable layouts in each. The Salas de Apoio, each around 50 m², work for training, workshops and small meetings. For a plenary, the auditorium seats 1,390 people and has 11 interpretation booths, so a multilingual congress can run without temporary installations.
Larger formats move to the pavilions. Pavilhão 1+2+3 covers 7,200 m² and operates as one hall or as three separate areas, which suits a trade fair, a product launch or a company convention followed by a gala dinner. It has 30 technical control rooms, interpretation booths, direct access for TIR trucks, modular stages, retractable screens, climate control, blackout and floor channels for power, water, gas and compressed air.
Rooms and capacities
The auditorium covers 4,730 m² with 1,390 seats, a 19 by 10 m cyclorama, six shared and two individual dressing rooms, ten technical compartments and separate sound and lighting control booths. The Grande Hall is a wide entrance space with natural light, an information desk and a cloakroom, used for banquets, exhibitions and meetings. The Foyer and the Meeting Point take cocktails, coffee breaks and exhibitions. The Grande Galeria hosts banquets, coffee breaks, fashion shows and exhibitions. Sala da Cascata is set up for banquets, team building and workshops, and Sala do Jardim for cocktails, training and meetings. Outside, a lake, a river and several gardens are used for leisure activities and sports. Capacities by layout for each room are given in the technical sheets the venue publishes for each space.
Catering
Restaurante Lago, on site, serves business lunches and dinners and also caters for meetings, parties and events. Banquets, coffee breaks and cocktails can be held in several of the halls. The service list also covers audiovisual equipment, internet and communications infrastructure, furniture and stand rental, security, and tourist services with transfers, delivered largely with partner companies.
Getting there
Europarque is about 30 km south of central Porto, with direct access to the A1, A29, A41 and A25 motorways. Porto airport is about 35 minutes away by road, and Espinho railway station about 20 minutes. The venue does not list a hotel of its own, so groups staying overnight book accommodation in the area or in Porto, and the events team can arrange transfers.
