Pezinok Castle can host conferences, workshops, gala dinners, team-building days and private celebrations for groups of up to 450 guests at a standing party, with 48 rooms and apartments in the same building. The castle stands in the center of Pezinok, a wine town 20 km from Bratislava, and operates as the Palace Art Hotel Pezinok.
Seminars and company events
The castle sells business events as a complete package: meeting rooms, bedrooms, meals, wine, wellness, parking and a discreet setting. Its sales team lists conferences, congresses, workshops, working breakfasts, company parties, team-building and guided wine tastings with food. A group that wants the building to itself can hire the whole castle.
The Golden Hall is the main plenary room. It seats 280 people theatre-style or 100 in classroom layout, and is equipped with a built-in projector with wireless HDMI, a screen, built-in sound, a wireless microphone, a lectern, flipcharts, air conditioning and optical internet. Interpreting equipment and a podium are available on request. The smaller Knights' Hall suits breakout sessions and workshops, with a terrace that opens onto the outdoor seating area.
Team-building can be built around wine, local history or sport. The castle offers a courtyard, terraces and a large park for outdoor programs, and the winery in the cellars for tastings.
Weddings and receptions
Weddings and family celebrations are sold under their own section, with the Golden Hall and the Knights' Hall presented as the two wedding rooms. The Golden Hall holds 200 guests seated for dinner and 450 at a party. The Knights' Hall holds 50 for dinner and 80 at a party.
Rooms and capacities
The Golden Hall covers 442 m2 according to the capacity sheet: a main part of 224 m2, a second part of 83 m2 and a balcony of 97 m2. Layouts range from 60 people in a single-table setup and 70 in a U shape to 100 in classroom, 200 for dinner, 280 theatre and 450 at a party. The Knights' Hall measures 96 m2 (8 by 11.8 meters, 5.6 meters high) and takes 28 in a single-table setup, 36 in a U shape, 50 in classroom or for dinner, 70 theatre and 80 at a party.
Other spaces can be booked for smaller or more informal moments: the Palace Lounge under old timber beams, the courtyard of 800 m2, the Palffy Restaurant and its park terrace, the glass art gallery, the Pálffy apartments exhibition and the wine cellars.
Accommodation
The hotel has 48 rooms and apartments with 120 beds, in a boutique standard. Categories are the Premiere, Palace and Palace King doubles, a Family room for two adults and two children under 12, a Junior Suite, a Tower Suite and a Royal Apartment.
Catering
Meals can be served in the Palffy Restaurant, which has a terrace overlooking the park, or in the castle tavern. The kitchen works with local ingredients, and the castle winery produces wine in the cellars, so tastings and pairings can be added to a program.
History and setting
The castle began as a water castle in the 13th century and was the seat of the lords of Svätý Jur and Pezinok. After restoration it reopened under the Šimák family, who built the winery, the hotel and the exhibitions on wine, glass and the Pálffy family. The cellars are described as 800 years old. The glass gallery is presented by the castle as the largest of its kind in Europe.
Getting there
The castle is at Mladoboleslavská 5 in the center of Pezinok, 20 km from Bratislava. Parking is free for guests. The official site gives directions by train, by car and by taxi.
