Château de Mercuès hosts seminars, board meetings, company retreats and weddings, with two fully equipped meeting rooms, a restaurant of 100 seats across two dining rooms and the option of taking the whole hotel and restaurant for a private group. The castle stands above the Lot valley in Mercuès, a few kilometers from Cahors, in the southwest of France.
Seminars and company events
The hotel sells meetings and events as a full offer: work sessions in one of its two equipped meeting rooms, then meals, wine activities and wellness on the same estate. For a company that wants the place to itself, Mercuès offers private use of the hotel and of the restaurant, which turns the castle into a closed setting for a board, a leadership team or an incentive group. The estate puts its wine activities forward for team building: vineyard walks, cellar visits and tastings of the family's wines, with the spa and the pool for the free hours. A brochure for meetings can be requested from the hotel, and the team confirms room sizes and layouts on request.
Weddings and receptions
Weddings are a listed offer. The Prestige package is designed for gatherings of 20 people or more and can combine accommodation, dinner and drinks for the whole evening. The restaurant, with 100 places in two dining rooms, serves as the main reception space. Guests also have the swimming pool and the tennis courts during their stay. The official site also points couples to an outside wedding planner.
Rooms and capacities
The largest stated figure is the restaurant, with 100 seats over two dining rooms. The two meeting rooms are described as fully equipped, without published capacities, so an organizer should give the number of participants and the layout wanted (theater, U-shape, boardroom) when sending a request.
Accommodation
Bedrooms are sold in five categories: Classic, Superior, Deluxe, Prestige and the Signature Suite. Classic and Deluxe rooms sleep two, Prestige rooms up to three, and the Signature Suite up to four, which helps when a group mixes executives, couples and families. The site does not publish the total number of rooms.
Catering
Food is a core part of the house. La Table de Mercuès is the gastronomic restaurant, alongside La Table du Chef and Le Festin du Château. A weekend lunch with a three-course seasonal menu runs on Saturdays and Sundays. Every winter, from January 15 to February 28, the Toques & Truffes program puts the black truffle of the Lot at the center of the menus. The estate also runs a wine store with tastings.
History and setting
Mercuès is a 13th-century castle and a listed historic monument. The Vigouroux family has owned it since 1983 and makes wine on the estate, with cuvées such as Les Évêques, Les Ailes de Mercuès, L'Arpège de Mercuès, Le Chenin de Mercuès, Icône WOW and 6666. The hotel is a member of Relais & Châteaux and holds a Michelin Key, awarded in 2024.
Getting there
Cahors is the nearest train station, about five and a half hours from Paris Austerlitz, with a taxi or bus for the last stretch. Brive Vallée de la Dordogne airport is about 45 minutes away, Toulouse Blagnac about 1 hour 15 minutes, Bergerac about 1 hour 30 minutes and Bordeaux Mérignac about 2 hours 45 minutes. By road, leave the A20 at exit 57 for Cahors, then take the D811 toward Puy-l'Évêque for 5 kilometers.
