Company groups come for meetings in a historic palace, with the parkland setting and Vidago’s thermal heritage giving the stay a character beyond the conference room. Vidago Palace Hotel sits amid mountains and forest, with tree-lined avenues, paths and pools tracing a landscape that has retained its early twentieth-century character. At the park entrance, a separate conference centre houses meeting rooms, a multifunction room, a bar lounge and an auditorium for conferences, film screenings and concerts. For social events, the hotel can arrange the space, decoration and a bespoke menu. The palace’s history is paired with a modern spa and a golf course designed by Philip Mackenzie Ross. The hotel places Porto an hour away and the historic city of Chaves a fifteen-minute journey.