Château Salavaux in Salavaux, canton of Vaud, hosts seminars, company events, private dinners and wedding ceremonies for groups of up to 150 guests standing and 95 seated theatre-style. It is a hotel and restaurant set in a historic building among the Vully vines, on the shore region of Lake Morat. The site presents five centuries of history and the hotel carries the Swiss Historic Hotel label.
Seminars and company events
The château runs residential seminars with overnight stays as well as day formats. It has one seminar room, fully equipped with technical material. Capacities listed by the hotel are 32 in a U shape, 32 in classroom style, 40 in a half-moon, 95 in theatre style, 80 for a banquet and 150 for a standing cocktail without chairs.
There is a single seminar room, so there is no dedicated break-out room. Groups can split up in the two historic salons, on the terrace or in the aromatic garden when the weather allows. The hotel can organize activities on request: wakeboarding on Lake Morat, an e-bike tour in the Vully vines with a tasting, an aperitif boat trip, a guided visit of Morat and Avenches, private yoga in the château, a visit of the military aviation museum, rowing and fishing.
Weddings and receptions
Wedding ceremonies and aperitifs are accepted all year. Ceremonies take place inside the event hall, which seats 120 guests. The aperitif follows on the terrace in good weather or in the hall if it rains. Full weddings are accepted from October to April, excluding public holidays, and on Fridays only in summer. A wedding requires the full privatization of the place, bedrooms included.
Rooms and capacities
The event hall seats 120 guests for a ceremony. The seminar room reaches 95 in theatre layout and 80 at banquet tables. Two historic salons and a terrace with an aromatic garden complete the spaces for small groups, coffee breaks and receptions.
Accommodation
The hotel has 23 bedrooms that combine heritage walls with modern fittings. For seminars, rooms are booked on single occupancy, so the house sleeps up to 23 participants. For larger groups, the château works with several hotels less than 10 minutes away by car. The hotel is closed every year in January and February.
Catering
The restaurant serves seasonal cuisine from the in-house kitchen. It opens on weekend lunches and from Wednesday to Sunday evenings, and every day for lunch and dinner from May to October. A second restaurant, Belle 5, sits one minute away by car. The house also stages evening formats such as barbecue nights at the fire ring, candlelight concerts and tasting dinners.
History and setting
The château stands in the Vully wine region, in the Three Lakes area near Lake Morat. The site describes a building where five centuries of history can be read in the walls, with bedrooms and salons that mix heritage and modern comfort.
Getting there
Salavaux is about 25 minutes from Bern and close to Neuchâtel, Fribourg and Lausanne. The hotel lists Geneva and Zurich as reachable as well. Two charging stations for electric cars are available in the hotel car park.
