With a whole range of factors, and a qualification in this sector, singular accommodations to make the stay a real experience, numerous complementary activities for MICE groups, an unrivalled cuisine… Stay with us and discover why, in the end, your MICE destination will be Granada.
If we start to list all the ideal Spanish cities for meetings, congresses or conferences, one of the best will certainly be Granada, which has recently consolidated its status thanks to the growth of the MICE sector, alongside with added values such as expertise, commitment and very professional people.
Granada is among the 175 international cities with the highest number of meetings, in the top 100 leading cities in Europe and among the 8 with the biggest fulcrum for events in Spain, hosting international, famous conferences such as the European Meetings & Events Conference, one of the most relevant European events related to MICE Tourism.
Clearly enough, Granada has a great potential to keep growing in this sector.
This is all Granada has to offer for your event:
Granada has MICE qualification
The perfect city to host a great amount of conferences regarding different issues, national as well as international, since it has an exclusive Conference Centre located in the core of city, with meeting halls, numerous catering companies for these events, hotels and much more.
Even complementary activities for MICE groups such as: tapas route, beach games, hiking trails, adventure sports …
Plus, the airport is just 17km far from the city.
Accommodations everywhere
The city has over 4.000 hotel chains very close to the city center, whose companies are constantly improving their services, such as Barceló hotel chain, which has incorporated 4 hotels in the city, improving and providing new services so to reach the quality standard required.
But not all of them are hotels, since there are also las casas cuevas (cave houses), with more than 2000 underground homes (where you can also stay) in Guadix, Europe’s cave-dwelling capital.
A wide range of accommodations different both in size and typology, perfect for both large events and small meetings.
Restaurant Carmen de Los Chapiteles, so yummy!
With a capacity of 500 people in the summer and 350 in the winter, Carmen de los Chapiteles is the best option to surprise all your guests with gyozas, cartuchito, cod, shawarma, ranges, shrimps … food from all continents!
Its location is unbeatable, overlooking the gardens of the Alhambra and facing the neighborhoods of Albaicín and El Sacromonte, both from the 14th century!
Inside we find several well-preserved antiques and incredible rooms perfect to host any kind of celebration.
La Finca La Marquesa, surely the best of the province
Sala de Cristal, Patio de Los Cipreses, Palacio La Marquesa, Patio Nazarí, Jardín Del Estanque, Jardín Norte, Falsa Pimienta and Patio de La Cruz are just a couple of the spaces this venue has, all still emboding the magic of the Nazarì era.
The estate is an exclusive venue to carry out an event only 10 minutes far from the city center, being always surrounded by gardens, fountains, swimming-pools, parking spaces and even accommodations.
This palace allows you to organize all kinds of events since its facilities, perfectly adaptable, guarantee the success of the event, with a range of cocktail drinks meeting everyone’s tastes to make that day lingering on the palate.
Of course you can go sight-seeing!
The good thing about the city is that you can visit it all in a few days, though its various tourist attractions and great historical heritage. Granada is full of dozens of white villages, narrow streets and slopes that make the Alpujarra Granadina an amazing sight.
There is a wide variety of landscapes, going from the desert to the coast and mountains, with also environments recognized and safeguarded by the UNESCO, such as the famous Alhambra.
And all with 320 days of sun each year and an average temperature of 20° C!
Lucky those who love sports
Alongside with tourism, there are sports, and this city in particular offers tons of opportunities such as: golf, paragliding, hiking through the villages, diving and water sports, which have their centers in the marina of Marina del Este and in the Real Club Náutico de Motril.
We cannot forget about food
What’s typical in Granada is tapas, a fusion of local cuisine and avant-garde, to be found in the most traditional restaurants as well as in those of haute cuisine,
A totally diverse cuisine which includes plates such as: olla de San Antón (traditional soup of Granada), beans and jamón, sacromote tortilla, zalamandroña salad, sardine moraga de sardinas or the alpujarreño dish.
But that’s not all, we know there are many other reasons to make Granada your MICE destination and achieve the results you dream, but now we stop talking, we’ll let you decide but still remember, at Perfect Venue we’ll help you to carry everything out properly.
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Photo1,4: via pinterest, photo2: via restaurante Carmen de Los Chapiteles, photo3: via Finca La Marquesa