The five-star Hotel Palafox is located in a residential neighbourhood just a few metres away from one of Saragossa’s main shopping and business thoroughfares: the Paseo de la Independencia. It is also close to the main government buildings and just 10 minutes’ walk from the BasÃlica del Pilar – one of the city’s main landmarks – and just over 1 km away from the Palacio de Congresos. The hotel combines tradition, prestige and design and is decorated with a painstaking eye for detail in minimalist shades, and offers the most modern amenities. Pascua Ortega, who has overseen the decoration and furnishings, has used elements from regional Aragonese arts and crafts. This is shown in the atrium, a space featuring a replica of the former city gates which frame the entrance to the Salón Victoria. The Hotel Palafox has a Fitness Centre which includes two saunas, a fitness suite featuring the latest equipment, and an outdoor swimming pool with a sun deck. The Hotel – which is also home to the Casino de Zaragoza – also has a Business Centre and banqueting rooms.
EVENTS
One of the hotel’s main amenities is its Business Centre (CompañÃa Real de Zaragoza), which covers a surface area of 1,000 m2. It has a reception area, private offices, meeting rooms of different capacities and layouts (from 20m2 to 120 m2). It is equipped with modern communication systems: ADSL connections, TV sockets, fax and modem, videoconferencing, as well as a secretariat service, simultaneous translation service, couriers, hostesses and personalised assistance to ensure every need is catered for.
The accommodation at the Palafox comprises 179 rooms on seven floors, made up of three Hotel-class floors, three Club-class floors, one Ducal-class floor. In addition to the services you would expect of a five-star hotel, the rooms at the Hotel Palafox have queen- and king-size beds.
Club-class floor
The rooms on the Club-class floor feature additional amenities such as thermostatic showers, bathrobes and piped music in the bathrooms, special work desk and tea and coffee service. They also have queen-size beds.
Ducal-class floor
The rooms on the Ducal-class floor are decorated in warm colours and meet the needs of the most discerning guests.
Metal, wood, marble and glass have been some of the materials that were used with those rooms. The most espectacular is the Suite Pignatelli, with more than 200 m2 located in the Ducal floor. It has got a hall, two large lounges, two auxiliary bedrooms with bathroom and a main room with jacuzzi and a booth with termo-shower.
Function Rooms
The conference and banqueting hall, the Salón Victoria, holds up to 700 people and can be divided into 11 separate rooms, making it an extremely versatile venue. Finally, the Auditorio Cervantes can accommodate up to 375 conference delegates and is directly accessible from the hotel lobby and the street.
3 DESPACHOS
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0
3 SALAS
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15
AUDITORIO CERVANTES
0
375
CASINO ZARAGOZA
400
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CONDE DE SOBRADIEL
0
35
GOICOECHEA
0
35
IGNACIO DE ASSO
100
75
NORMANTE
0
35
SALON JAPONES
0
0
SALON VICTORIA
1000
800
How to get there
Take Avenida de Navarra to the centre. Turn right into Paseo Maria Agustin. Continue until Plaza Aragon roundabout where there are signs for the hotel.
Airport: 8 km
Centre: 25 mts
Train: 3 km
Bus: 300 mts
Golf: 10 km
Information Destination: Saragossa
Saragossa, the city of the Ebro and the Virgin of El Pilar – LaPilarica – offers visitors a major architectural and artistic heritage: the legacy of the many civilisations that founded and shaped the capital of Aragon. Saragossa is one of the most important cities in the world when it comes to worshipping the Virgin, and this can be seen in the devout veneration of La Pilarica at the landmark BasÃlica de Nuestra Señora del Pilar, the city’s most important architectural ensemble and the symbol of the people of Saragossa and the Aragonese. The Roman walls that enclosed the ancient city of Saragossa for many centuries were 3 km long.
Visitors can also stop and marvel at the 11th-century palace and fortress of the AlfarerÃa in the El Portillo district, which is one of the most important buildings in the Western Islamic style from the era of the Taifas. La Seo, the foremost example of Saragossan Gothic style, is the local name for the Catedral del Salvador, a valuable architectural legacy consisting of a number of styles which have been superimposed throughout history. You can’t talk about Saragossa without mentioning tapas, fine wine and narrow streets… In short, a visit to the Aragonese capital wouldn’t be the same without stopping off at El Tubo, one of the most famous and popular areas in the city’s old quarter.
This maze of narrow streets is crammed with restaurants, bars, bookshops and cake shops. The meeting place for locals, particularly at night, its bars are the city’s temples to the art of the tapa. The Fiestas del Pilar, which have been declared a festival of National Tourist Interest, are Saragossa’s most important celebration. On 12th October, thousands of locals and visitors flock to worship La Pilarica.
Saragossa, the city of the
