Palácio de Tancos hosts seminars, offsite meetings, weddings and private receptions in the center of Lisbon. The corporate floor takes 5 to 80 guests across five rooms, and the palace as a whole offers more than ten event spaces, two outdoor areas and 14 bedrooms. The building is a 16th-century palace on Calçada do Marquês de Tancos, listed as a historical monument.
Seminars and company events
The corporate offer sits on its own floor, the third. Organizers book a room, choose the layout and prepare their content, and the team handles the rest. The site states capacities from 5 to 80 guests and equipped rooms for business meetings, conferences, seminars and team building.
Five rooms are available on this floor: Conde de Castanheira (39 m²), Conde de Atalaia (53 m²), D. João Manuel de Noronha (39 m²) and Carlos Botelho, which is split into two parts of 68 and 28 m². An accessible rooftop terrace works for cocktails between sessions or at the end of the day, with a view of the city.
Weddings and receptions
The palace also hosts ceremonies and private events, from small gatherings to large celebrations. It can be hired dry, for organizers who bring their own decoration and suppliers, or furnished. The private-events floor, the fourth, has six event rooms and two outdoor spaces, plus a fully equipped kitchen and a bar.
Two bridal suites are part of the accommodation, which makes the palace workable for a couple who wants the ceremony, the dinner and the night in one place.
Rooms and capacities
On the fourth floor the named rooms are Dona Amélia (51 m²), Gabriel del Barco (97 m²), Raimundo do Couto (76 m²), António de Oliveira Bernardes (76 m²), Jean Lapautre (93 m²), the Shell Room (20 m²), the Snooker Room (28 m²) and the Mirror Room (97 m²). Two outdoor spaces complete the list: the pool patio and the rooftop with its view over Lisbon and the Tagus.
Accommodation
The palace has 14 en-suite bedrooms and 34 beds in total, including the two bridal suites. For a seminar with an overnight stay, part of the group can sleep on site.
Catering
A fully equipped kitchen and a bar are on the premises. The venue also runs a kitchen service under the name Tancos Kitchen. Organizers should confirm with the team whether they bring their own caterer or use the venue's.
History and setting
The palace began in 1539 as a noble house and became a palace in the 17th century. It was later a school, a factory, the seat of several local institutions and an art and dance studio. It is one of the few 16th-century buildings in Lisbon that stood through the 1755 earthquake. Its mannerist architecture and its large pink façade are easy to recognize, and a collection of 17th and 18th-century tiles (azulejos) is still in place inside. After a renovation, the building reopened as an events venue.
