Discover our 4 best hotels to organize a seminar in the Spanish Basque Country
Ibis Bilbao Centro
The Guggenheim Museum sounds familiar, doesn’t it? Located just a 10-minute walk from the Ibis Bilbao Centro, the museum has already organized gala dinners with video mapping projections on the tables. An excellent idea to surprise participants who are used to (or even tired of) seeing mapping shows on facades and who’ll need a break after all those hours of training!
In general, Bilbao and its surroundings are simply spectacular and the gastronomic offer is no less so. We recommend that you include a visit in your event program: don’t hesitate to stop off at the Plaza Nueva or the Zubizuri, two of the city’s must-see sights right next to the hotel, which your participants will surely never forget.
The hotel has two meeting rooms – one 90 m² and the other 45 m² – which can be used separately or combined to form a single room for up to 95 participants.
Discover our 4 best hotels to organize a seminar in the Spanish Basque Country
You may not understand the Basque language but the Guggenheim Museum, La Concha beach and, of course, the pintxo bars are sure to ring a bell.
But beyond these clichés, the Spanish Basque Country also has a lot to offer when it comes to organizing events. Discover our 4 best hotels if you’re thinking of holding a seminar here.
The Guggenheim Museum sounds familiar, doesn’t it? Located just a 10-minute walk from the Ibis Bilbao Centro, the museum has already organized gala dinners with video mapping projections on the tables. An excellent idea to surprise participants who are used to (or even tired of) seeing mapping shows on facades and who’ll need a break after all those hours of training!
In general, Bilbao and its surroundings are simply spectacular and the gastronomic offer is no less so. We recommend that you include a visit in your event program: don’t hesitate to stop off at the Plaza Nueva or the Zubizuri, two of the city’s must-see sights right next to the hotel, which your participants will surely never forget.
The hotel has two meeting rooms – one 90 m² and the other 45 m² – which can be used separately or combined to form a single room for up to 95 participants.
We know it’s in Navarre, not the Basque Country, but this newly renovated hotel invites you to come and work. Its facilities and decor transport you to the thousand-year-old forests, man-made lakes, trails and greenest landscapes of northern Spain.
Located in a quiet area, just 1 minute from Pamplona airport, it offers 60 rooms and a 76 m² meeting room (for up to 50 people) for small-group seminars and highly personalized training courses.
As you’ll need to relax and take breaks during your sessions, take the opportunity to include in your program a visit to Parque de los Sentidos, a large botanical garden and tourist destination in the region just a few minutes’ walk away.
You’ll also find the historic center just 5 km away, served at all times by a city bus, and a restaurant in the hotel that changes its menu every season to bring you the best of Navarre.
Situated between the Albia Gardens and the Ria de Bilbao, this hotel is the ideal place to stimulate the concentration of participants who find themselves surrounded by greenery and sea. The hotel boasts 138 rooms, a spa for relaxation (and more if required), a restaurant and four meeting rooms of 115 m², 95 m², 76 m² and 44 m² for up to 130 people.
In between training sessions, you can invite participants to take part in water sports such as kayaking, stroll along the Ria or discover the historic center and local shops with “local discoveries”, a good way to fully immerse yourself in the culture and gastronomy.
Thanks to partnerships with local artisans and suppliers, the hotel team can help you organize cultural and gastronomic experiences: the Antonio Martín grocery store and its dried cod, the Leoz umbrella store or the Gorostiaga hat shop are just some of the “local discoveries” awaiting you in Bilbao.
At the top of the hill that gives it its name, with the bay of La Concha at its feet, the terrace with swimming pool of the Mercure San Sebastián Monte Igueldo hotel is linked to the city and therefore to all its places of visit, leisure and dining… by a century-old funicular!
This funicular is one of the city’s great tourist attractions and is undoubtedly an original means of transport for your participants who, at the end of a day’s training, can take a break and discover the pintxos-based gastronomy and the entire historic center: the Miramar palace, the San Telmo museum…
The hotel also has a restaurant, El Torreón, overlooking the bay, where you can organize a lunch or dinner for up to 250 people.
Take advantage of the terrace with swimming pool and its five meeting rooms (387 m², 200 m², 127 m², 93 m² and 89 m²) and plan your seminar in different parts of the hotel to oxygenate your brain and promote concentration.