Monasterio de Lupiana hosts weddings, company meetings, conventions, board sessions, product presentations, incentives, company parties and private celebrations such as christenings, anniversaries and birthdays. The venue holds one event per day, so the monastery and its grounds are reserved for a single client. It is the Real Monasterio de San Bartolomé de Lupiana, in the province of Guadalajara, about 35 minutes from Madrid.
Seminars and company events
The monastery sells meetings, conventions, board meetings, presentations, activities, incentives, company parties and trade fairs. The team adapts the spaces to each format and offers tailored catering for the day: coffee breaks, cocktails, lunches, dinners and gala dinners. It also gives advice on the best set-up for the type of event and the profile of guests, and works with the client on branding and guest experience. The official site does not publish room capacities or a list of audiovisual equipment, so ask for the layout that fits your program.
Weddings and receptions
Weddings are the core of the offer. Religious ceremonies can take place in the 16th-century church of Lupiana, with a Plateresque portal and a Gothic-inspired interior, decorated by the couple and reserved for them. Civil ceremonies are held inside the monastery, in the old church. The gardens, with views over the valley, host the cocktail. The Renaissance cloister is the most requested setting for the banquet, and the former refectory of the monks serves as a winter dining hall.
The venue designs a wedding plan for each couple and lists optional services, among them an officiant, guest transport, hotel bookings for the couple and guests, a private room for the bride, hostesses and translators, childcare, security, hair and makeup, and stationery.
Rooms and capacities
Spaces named on the site: the Renaissance cloister, the refectory, the 16th-century church, the old church and the gardens. No capacities are published.
Accommodation
The monastery has no bedrooms listed on its site. The team can arrange hotel bookings for the couple and guests.
Catering
Food is prepared in the monastery's own kitchens. Menus are personalized, and the cocktail can include stations such as show cooking, a sushi bar, a ham carver, oysters, cocktails, cheeses and buffets. Special menus are prepared for celiac, vegetarian and diabetic guests and for allergies and intolerances.
History and setting
The monastery was founded in the 14th century on the site of a hermitage dedicated to Saint Bartholomew, recorded in 1330. Pedro Fernández Pecha, a knight of Guadalajara and one of the founders of the Hieronymite order, gave his family lands at Lupiana in 1331, and the house became the first monastery of the order. Kings from Juan I and Enrique III to the Catholic Monarchs supported it, and in 1569 Philip II accepted the patronage of the main chapel. Monks from Lupiana went on to found El Escorial, and for more than 400 years the order elected its superior here.
The main cloister, designed by Alonso de Covarrubias in 1535, has two floors on three sides and three on the south side, with round arches below and mixtilinear arches above. It was declared a national monument in 1931.
Getting there
The address is Carretera Monasterio de Lupiana s/n, 19142 Lupiana, Guadalajara. The venue gives a drive of about 35 minutes from Madrid. Guadalajara is the nearest town with rail services, and Madrid-Barajas is the nearest airport. Guest transport can be arranged.
