Hotel The Grand Vígľaš
Hotel The Grand Vígľaš**** In the heart of Slovakia, near the town of Zvolen in the village of Vígľaš, lies the castle hotel The Grand Vígľaš****. A hotel and castle in one is a place where history is combined with luxury services. The hotel has 55 rooms in eight categories. The ubiquitous touch of history and elegance enhances the feeling of staying at the castle. You can enjoy a tasty lunch or a romantic dinner in the ala carte restaurant Ava Simone. The hotel restaurant Anjou Court is also available for staying guests. You can perfectly enjoy high-quality whiskey, rum and cigars in the Dragon Cigar bar. Say your YES in a Gothic chapel or in a knight’s hall and live a fairytale wedding until dawn. Combine the past with the present during your congresses, seminars and trainings in an undisturbed environment. Relax with us in the hotel’s wellness center. Move back in time with your family, friends and acquaintances to medieval times and take part in a guided tour of the castle. The residence of the Hungarian kings is waiting for you!
Hotel The Grand Vígľaš
962 02 Vígľaš
Slovakia
ACCOMMODATION /capacity 55 rooms, 110 beds/
Each of our comfortable rooms hides a piece of history, but at the same time they provide the comfort and standard of a four-star hotel. Eight categories of rooms are available, differing in layout and equipment details. The rooms are located in the main castle building, but also in the adjacent bastions of the castle fortifications. They offer a view of the courtyard or the surrounding nature. Dracula’s room is worth mentioning. Internal wireless connection is available both in the rooms and in the entire hotel area.
GASTRONOMY
Restaurant Anjou Court /capacity 150 seats/The luxurious restaurant named after the royal family of Anjou is characterized by ubiquitous family lilies and a hand-painted ceiling. It is available mainly to hotel guests.
Restaurant Ava Simone /capacity 60 seats/The restaurant with historical vaults is also a place for a pleasant sitting with a coffee. For the gastronomic experience of our guests, the Ava Simone restaurant is open daily. Both restaurants provide spaces for organizing your family and company events. Modern gastronomy with an emphasis on quality and freshness, but at the same time taking into account the historical character of the place, is a matter of course.
Dragon cigar bar / capacity 30 seats/ A space for a more demanding clientele hidden under the walls in the entrance courtyard, where you can enjoy tastings of various kinds, sports broadcasts and outdoor seating in the summer months.
WELLNESS
The wellness of King Barbara, overlooking the private summer terrace of the castle, offers a 10-meter swimming pool with a counter current, a whirlpool, an infrared sauna, a Finnish sauna with a cooling tub, and a number of additional wellness procedures.
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Informations
Stays
CASTLE STAY
from €179 / person / 2 nights
- Pleasant accommodation in historical rooms for 2 nights
- Breakfast served in the form of buffet tables
- 1x Dinner served in the form of buffet tables or a selection from the menu
- 1x period dinner
- 2-hour entrance to the wellness center during each day of your stay
- Tour of the castle with a guide
- Royal massage
- 10% discount on other procedures
- Welcome drink
- A bottle of Prosecco in the room
- Carriage ride
- Wifi and Parking
ROMANTIC STAY
from €169 / person / 2 nights
- Pleasant accommodation in historical rooms for 2 nights
- Breakfast served in the form of buffet tables
- 1x Dinner served in the form of buffet tables or a selection from the menu
- 1x 4-course romantic candlelight dinner
- 2-hour entrance to the wellness center during each day of your stay
- Tour of the castle with a guide
- Classic back massage
- 10% discount on other procedures
- Welcome drink
- A sweet surprise
- A bottle of Prosecco in the room
- Wifi and Parking
DRACULA’S STAY
from €199/person/2 nights
- Accommodation in Dracula’s apartment
- Breakfast served in the form of buffet tables or a selection from the menu
- 1x Dinner served in the form of buffet tables or a selection from the menu
- 1x Dracula’s bloody dinner
- A bottle of Dracula’s blood in the room
- Nocturnal spooky tour of the castle
- Dracula’s massage
- 2-hour entrance to the wellness center during each day of your stay
- Welcome drink
- Wifi and Parking
WELLNESS STAY
from €149/person/2 nights
- Pleasant accommodation in historic rooms for 2 nights
- Breakfast served in the form of buffet tables or a selection from the menu
- Dinners served in the form of buffet tables or a selection from the menu
- Tour of the castle with a guide
- 2-hour entrance to the wellness center during each day of your stay
- Classic back massage
- 10% discount on other procedures
- Welcome drink
- Wifi and Parking
SENIOR STAY (from 60 years)
from €109/person/2 nights
- Pleasant accommodation in historical rooms for 2 nights
- Breakfast served in the form of buffet tables or a selection from the menu
- Dinners served in the form of buffet tables or a selection from the menu
- Tour of the castle with a guide
- Borrowing board games
- 1x coffee
- Map with tips for trips
- Transfer from the train station on request
- 4-hour entrance to the wellness center during each day of your stay
- 25% discount on wellness procedures
- Welcome drink
- Wifi and Parking
Weddings
WEDDINGS / CEREMONY EVENTS/
Great knight’s hall /capacity 50 seats/
Small knight’s hall /capacity 12 places/
Knight’s halls decorated with historical vaults are destined for special and festive events.
Chapel /capacity 100 seats/ Gothic chapel dedicated to St. For Michael, it is the right place for a wedding ceremony at the castle.
Conferences
CONGRESS
King Sigismund Congress Hall /capacity 250 seats/
King Matej Korvín Congress Hall /capacity 40 seats/
White lounge /capacity 10 seats/
Red lounge /capacity 30 seats/
The castle has both historical and modern congress facilities and is therefore an ideal place for unique corporate events, meetings, conferences, private celebrations, weddings or receptions.
Hotel Facilities
- Swimming pool
- Restaurant
- Children playroom
- Wellness
- Non-smoking rooms
- Nonstop reception desk
- Parking
- Smoking room
- Conference room
- Conference hall
- Patio
- Sauna
- Jacuzzi
- Snooker
- WiFi
Room Facilities
- Minibar
- Internet
History
The beginnings of the habitation of the rocky promontory date back to the 13th century. Later, a monastic building was created here, managed by the Templars. Subsequently, it came under the rule of King Charles Robert. In 1325, Karol Róbert founded the first secular order of knights in Europe – the Order of the Knights of St. George. His son Ľudovít I builds a castle in Víľaš, later completed by Sigismund of Luxemburg. Sigismund of Luxemburg and his wife Barbara Celjska founded the Order of the Dragon in 1408. In the 16th century, they built a fortification with four towers for protection against the Turks and maintained a permanent military garrison there. It was owned by the Csáky family from 1636 and the Esterházy family from 1690 until the end of feudalism. They rebuilt it into a castle mansion in the 18th century. The castle was last restored in the 19th century. It was damaged and burned down during World War II.
In 2009, the ruins of the castle were bought by the Rekitar family. We owe the castle’s current appearance to the extensive reconstruction that was completed in 2013 and which was carried out by the family of the current owners.