16 venues
Orangeries and glasshouses
Châteaux and houses that hold receptions in an orangery or glasshouse: dinners for 230 at La Ferté-Saint-Aubin, 220 at Ancy-le-Franc, 190 at Serrant, and wedding breakfasts for 150 at Sudeley Castle.
The venues
Valençay, France
Château de Valençay
Orangerie, private salons, dining room and main courtyard of Talleyrand's Renaissance château for seminars and receptions in the Indre
Ancy-le-Franc, France
Château d'Ancy-le-Franc
An orangery seating 220, over 800 m² indoors and a 50-hectare park at a Renaissance château by Serlio in northern Burgundy
3 rooms
Saint-Georges-sur-Loire, France
Château de Serrant
A 17th-century orangery for 190 seated or 220 standing, a 3,500 m² walled garden and 19 beds beside a furnished Anjou château
La Ferté-Saint-Aubin, France
Château de la Ferté-Saint-Aubin
An orangery for 230 seated or 384 standing, two smaller rooms and 57 beds in gîtes, less than 20 minutes from Orléans
Montlouis-sur-Loire, France
Château de la Bourdaisière
An orangery seating 180, a vaulted room for 40 and beds for 38 guests at a Renaissance estate between Tours and Amboise
8 rooms
Haute-Goulaine, France
Château de Goulaine
An orangery for 250 seated, Renaissance rooms for 150 and gardens for 2,000, 15 minutes south-east of Nantes
Cellettes, France
Château de Beauregard
Two rooms for 70 and 140 seated guests plus 1,000 m² of marquees in a Loire château park near Blois
Belœil, Belgium
Château de Belœil
Seminars in the salons of the Ligne family's château and weddings in its orangery, set in 25 hectares of formal gardens
Hastière, Belgium
Domaine de Freÿr
A 240 m² barn for 150 guests and two orangeries on the Meuse, in the grounds of the Freÿr château
Glücksburg, Germany
Schloss Glücksburg
Seven rooms for 30 to 300 guests, a chapel for ceremonies and apartments on site, in a Renaissance castle on the Flensburg Fjord
Since 1583
Eisenstadt, Austria
Schloss Esterházy
The Haydnsaal for up to 650 guests and state rooms for 20 to 225 in a Baroque palace in Eisenstadt, 40 minutes from Vienna airport
Mikulov, Czech Republic
Mikulov Castle
Nine historic spaces for congresses, banquets, weddings and wine tastings in a baroque castle in South Moravia
Since 1300
Winchcombe, United Kingdom
Sudeley Castle
Wedding breakfasts for 150 in the Orangery, a chapel for 130 and 19 estate cottages at a Cotswold castle near Winchcombe
Since 1443
Dunblane, United Kingdom
Cromlix
Exclusive-use Victorian country house near Dunblane for retreats, boards of 18 and weddings up to 60, with a private chapel
Fochabers, United Kingdom
Gordon Castle
Exclusive-use Moray castle with a Tower Hall for 250 guests, an Orangery for 80 and beds for 54 on the estate
Staindrop, United Kingdom
Raby Castle
A 500 sq m Riding School, a Vinery for 200 diners and a 500-seat amphitheater on a castle estate near the A1 in County Durham
Since 1378