9 venues
Abbeys and cloisters
Cistercian abbeys, convents and monasteries that host receptions under their vaults: Fontfroide in the Corbières, Royaumont north of Paris, Valmagne, whose church became a wine cellar, and two Spanish cloisters.
The venues
Narbonne, France
Abbaye de Fontfroide
Ten meeting rooms from 50 to 1,850 m² for up to 800 people in a Cistercian abbey founded in 1093, 10 minutes from Narbonne
Asnières-sur-Oise, France
Abbaye de Royaumont
10 meeting rooms, 5 vaulted halls for up to 600 guests and 53 bedrooms in a 13th-century Cistercian abbey, 30 km north of Paris
53 rooms
Pontpoint, France
Abbaye Royale du Moncel
Vaulted 14th-century cellars for 500 and a 420 m² hall for 300 in a royal abbey with a 6-hectare park, 40 minutes from Paris
Villeveyrac, France
Abbaye de Valmagne
Gothic abbey church for 950 seated or 1,200 standing, a cloister for 350 at dinner and an organic vineyard, near Montpellier
Roujan, France
Château-Abbaye de Cassan
A priory church for 480, a gallery for 150 and a row of salons for 35 each, in a 12th-century priory near Pézenas
Barbentane, France
Couvent de Barbentane
Restored 17th-century chapel for 110 seated or 210 standing, with a cloister garden and guest rooms for 10, 15 minutes from Avignon
5 rooms
Lupiana, Spain
Monasterio de Lupiana
Exclusive hire of a 14th-century monastery with a 1535 Renaissance cloister and its own kitchens, 35 minutes from Madrid
Santa Gadea del Cid, Spain
Monasterio del Espino
A 15th-century Gothic monastery near Burgos with bedrooms on site, its own kitchen and work rooms for conventions and weddings
Los Angeles, United States
Vibiana
Former cathedral hall for 550 seated, five private dining rooms and a garden, up to 1,500 on a buyout in Downtown LA