The Château de Maubreuil hosts seminars, company meetings, corporate evenings, family celebrations and weddings for up to 250 guests. Its six event spaces run from an 8-seat boardroom to the Salon Nomade, a 300-square-meter lounge by the pools for 200 at a cocktail, and the whole château can be hired for a weekend. The hotel has 17 rooms, suites and apartments, and stands at Allée de Maubreuil in Carquefou, 15 minutes from the center of Nantes.
Seminars and company events
The Salon Tropical, 100 square meters in the outbuildings, overlooks the château courtyard. It takes 26 in a U-shape, 60 in theater and 90 for a cocktail, with a microphone, video projector, screen, hi-fi speakers, daylight and flipchart. The Boudoir Chinois and the Cabinet des Curiosités, two 35-square-meter rooms inside the château, each take 14 around a boardroom table, 20 in theater, 24 at round tables and 25 for a cocktail.
The Route des Indes is a set of small rooms named the Palais du Maharaja, the Rivière Sacrée de Bénarès and the Balade à Jaipur, each for 8 around a table, suited to brainstorming and team sessions. The Grand Salon, 180 square meters with a view over the gardens, seats 100 for a meal and 150 for a cocktail. Team activities offered by the hotel include wine and mixology workshops, yoga and sophrology, and electric bike hire on the estate.
Weddings and receptions
For weddings, the hotel offers full hire of the château for a weekend: rooms and suites, lounges, gardens and reception spaces, from the preparations to the brunch the next day. An outdoor ceremony, dinner, cocktail and brunch can all take place on site. The Grand Salon seats 100 for dinner and the Salon Nomade takes 200 for a cocktail. The events team selects suppliers and advises on layout and menus.
Rooms and capacities
Salon Nomade: 300 square meters, 200 for a cocktail. Grand Salon: 180 square meters, 100 seated, 150 cocktail. Salon Tropical: 100 square meters, 60 theater, 90 cocktail. Boudoir Chinois and Cabinet des Curiosités: 35 square meters each, 20 theater, 25 cocktail. Route des Indes: 8 per room around a table. The hotel gives 250 guests as its overall event capacity.
Accommodation
The 17 rooms, suites and apartments are each decorated after a destination, such as the Japanese Suite, the Venetian Room or the Prince of Wales room. Apartments of two or three bedrooms suit families or small teams. The spa, a Cinq Mondes partner, sits in the vaulted cellars, and two naturally heated outdoor pools open from May to September.
Catering
Catering is in-house. La Table du Marquis, led by Chef Bertrand Patté, cooks world-inspired dishes with produce from the Ferme de Maubreuil, and serves a buffet breakfast and a Sunday brunch. The Bar Zélélé serves cocktails, and the wine cellar is kept in the château chapel.
History and setting
The château is a member of Small Luxury Hotels of the World and holds a Michelin Key; it describes itself as the only five-star hotel in the Nantes metropolitan area. The park is laid out after gardens of the world, with an aviary, an orchard, vines, an alley of citrus trees and a mandala-shaped vegetable garden. Each room in the château evokes a distant culture through objects and fabrics.
Getting there
Nantes Atlantique airport is about 20 minutes away by car and Nantes station about 30 minutes, with a chauffeur service available to both. Paris is about two hours away by high-speed train to Nantes. Check-in starts at 4 p.m. and check-out is by 11 a.m. An electric car charging station is available.
