Au Lion d'Or hosts study days and residential seminars for up to 100 people, with four meeting rooms, 38 bedrooms, a restaurant and a spa under one roof. The hotel stands at 15 rue Principale in La Petite-Pierre, a hilltop village in the Bas-Rhin, in northern Alsace.
Seminars and company events
The hotel sells three formats: the study day, with breaks and lunch or without lunch, the semi-residential seminar and the residential seminar with meals, overnight stays and spa access. Residential packages come in several versions, including a gastronomic one and a wellness one. Every package starts with a welcome coffee and the hire of an equipped room. For a management committee or a sales team, the combination of work sessions, dinner at the hotel and an evening at the pool keeps the whole group on site from arrival to departure. A hiking package is also offered, which can fill a morning or an afternoon outdoors.
Rooms and capacities
The four meeting rooms take up to 15, 30, 35 and 100 people. They can be set up for a meeting or a conference and are described as bright and comfortable. Each room comes with a flipchart and markers, a video projector, a screen, power strips and Wi-Fi. The largest room suits a plenary session, and the three smaller ones work for breakout groups or a board meeting.
Accommodation
The hotel has 38 bedrooms, each with a private bathroom or shower room, TV, Wi-Fi and telephone. Hotel guests have free access to the spa, which includes a covered heated pool, a sauna and a jacuzzi. Massages and treatments based on tree therapy can be booked, which gives a residential seminar a wellness element.
Catering
The panoramic restaurant serves cooking built on local produce, alongside traditional Alsatian dishes. Daily menus, themed menus and group menus are offered. Lunch and dinner are served from Tuesday to Sunday, and on Monday evenings the restaurant opens for hotel guests only, so a seminar group staying on a Monday is still fed on site.
History and setting
The house has welcomed travelers since 1650 and has always been a hotel. The same family has run it for several generations and holds the Logis label. La Petite-Pierre lies in the Northern Vosges, a wooded area of hills and sandstone castles, which makes the village a base for walking and for quiet working days away from the city.
Getting there
La Petite-Pierre is reached by car from Strasbourg, in about an hour, or from Saverne, the nearest town on the main rail line between Strasbourg and Paris. Strasbourg Airport and Strasbourg station, with high-speed trains to Paris, are the usual arrival points for groups coming from farther away. A coach transfer from Strasbourg or Saverne is the simplest option for a seminar group.
