The Palace Art Hotel Pezinok with its artistic atmosphere reminiscent of the noble House of Pálffy brings life to the 800-year-old castle. The energy of the cycle of human life, the garden of the four seasons and the space of centuries. Cultivated privacy reserved for the clients in the comfort of the rooms and suites.

History of Pezinok Chateau

The circle of the chateau is closing. In the 13^th century, the original water castle with double walls and moats was the seat of the noblemen from Svätý Jur and Pezinok. For almost eight hundred years it served as a hallmark of wealth and power. The first written mention of the fortified castle dates back to 1271. In the 14^th and 15^th centuries, the local counts defended the king against the Turks and Hussites. They ruled for three hundred years until they died by the sword. After that, the owners, supporters and enemies of the kings, and the rulers themselves took turns owning it. It was only the Pálffy family that rebuilt the castle in Pezinok into a chateau-like form. And the last of them, Ján, left unique collections in the chateau. After his death, more than 110 years ago, they were to become the basis of the Pezinok Chateau museums… The dissolution of Austria-Hungary and the emergence of Czechoslovakia, as well as the two world wars, brought hard times. In 1930 the Pálffy family sold the chateau to the town. At that time it was already in a ruinous state. Since 1936, the Slovak Vineyard Cooperative, later the state-owned Wine Works, operated here. The legacy of the last member of the Pálffy family is fulfilled by Štefan, the first of the owners of the Šimák family – a philanthropist who not only improved the state of the chateau, but also made his own collections of art glass and other historical objects available to the general public.