Palacio de Santoña hosts company meetings, training days, conferences, product launches, press conferences, business breakfasts and gala dinners for groups from 10 to about 125 guests. The palace stands at Calle de las Huertas 13, in the Barrio de las Letras of central Madrid, and serves as the institutional seat of the Madrid Chamber of Commerce. It is not open for visits, only for events.
Seminars and company events
The Chamber rents its salons by the half day or full day, alone or combined. The Salón de Actos, the former ballroom, is the main room for a plenary session: 120 m2, 99 in theatre layout and 72 at a banquet. The adjoining Salón Luis XV can serve as an overflow room and adds 50 people.
For training and workshops, two modern rooms, Sala Goya and Sala Velázquez, sit in the same 18th-century compound. Each takes 42 in theatre, 30 in classroom and 20 around a board table; with the dividing panel open they form one room of 90 m2 for 96 in theatre. Sala Cervantes adds 50 in theatre or 38 in classroom. A gallery outside these rooms holds the coffee break without interrupting work. All rooms have Wi-Fi, projection, a sound system, flip charts and whiteboards, and the Chamber can arrange hostesses, simultaneous interpreting, photography and security.
Weddings and receptions
The official site does not offer weddings. It sells gala lunches and dinners, cocktails and receptions for companies and institutions.
Rooms and capacities
Published figures, each room at 3.5 m ceiling height: Salón de Actos, 120 m2, 120 cocktail, 99 theatre, 72 banquet; Comedor de Gala, 85 m2, 100 cocktail, 82 theatre, 72 banquet; Salón Oriental, 90 m2, 85 cocktail, 66 theatre, 72 banquet; Salón Luis XV, 60 m2, 50 cocktail, 40 theatre, 36 banquet; Salón Turco, 49 m2, 40 cocktail, 24 theatre, 28 banquet; Salón Rotonda, 50 m2, 25 cocktail, 16 board or banquet; Salón Renacentista, 30 m2, 25 cocktail, 16 banquet. The open-air Patio covers 125 m2 and takes 125 for a welcome drink. The Escalera de Gala, a Carrara marble staircase, is listed for 60 and used for photo shoots and arrivals.
Accommodation
There are no bedrooms in the palace. Groups stay in central Madrid hotels.
Catering
The Chamber works with several caterers and also allows the client to bring its own. Breakfasts, cocktails, lunches and gala dinners are served in the salons.
History and setting
The salons keep their 19th-century decoration. The Comedor de Gala has six canvases painted in 1874 by Antonio Gomar and a ceiling allegory of abundance by Alejo de Vera from 1886. The Salón Luis XV has a ceiling canvas of 3 meters by José Vallejo Galeazo and a chandelier of more than 5,000 pieces from the Real Fábrica de Cristales de La Granja. The Salón Turco, a former smoking room, follows motifs from the Alhambra, and the oval Salón Rotonda, a former boudoir, has paintings by Plácido Francés. The stone Patio dates from the 17th century and once held the stables and coach houses.
The Chamber also rents meeting rooms at its headquarters on Plaza de la Independencia, facing the Puerta de Alcalá, and at its training center on Calle de Pedro Salinas.
Getting there
The address is Calle de las Huertas 13, Madrid, in the Barrio de las Letras, between Puerta del Sol and the Paseo del Prado. Antón Martín metro station and Madrid Atocha rail station are within walking distance, and Madrid-Barajas airport serves the city. Access is adapted for people with reduced mobility.
