Domaine de Fompeyre hosts seminars, training days and company events in eight modular meeting rooms, and weddings and family celebrations for up to 140 guests at table. With about 50 rooms and suites, it can house up to 100 seminar participants. The hotel stands on Rampe du Pont des Arches in Bazas, Gironde, in a four-hectare wooded park facing the town's cathedral.
Seminars and company events
The eight meeting rooms are independent and modular, with daylight and set-ups for meetings, theatre, U-shape and classroom. Each comes with Wi-Fi, a projector and screen, and a flipchart. Four rooms on one level, Muscadelle, Merlot, Cabernet and Sémillon, open into one 195 m² space for a cocktail of 140.
The hotel publishes a team-building brochure and works with outside partners for a treasure hunt, boot camp, archery, paintball, treetop course, bubble football, a wine casino or a DJ evening. On site, groups have a heated indoor pool with hammam, an outdoor pool, billiards, table football and table tennis. Free private parking is under video surveillance.
Weddings and receptions
The estate offers full exclusive hire or individual services. Three reception rooms with views of the park and the cathedral seat up to 140 guests for the meal. Cocktails are served on terraces above the park and its fountain, or under a marquee in bad weather. Ceremonies and photo sessions take place in the park. A single contact follows the couple from planning to the day, with a list of partner florists, musicians, photographers and hairdressers. Brunch is served at the restaurant the next day.
Rooms and capacities
Vetyver, 60 m²: 16 in U-shape, 30 in classroom, 50 in conference, 40 standing. Vanille, 50 m²: 15 in U-shape, 25 in classroom, 40 in conference. Safran, 40 m²: 13 in U-shape. Citronnelle, 40 m²: 12 in U-shape. Muscadelle A, 90 m²: 35 in U-shape, 55 in classroom, 90 in conference. Merlot B, Cabernet C and Sémillon D, 35 m² each: 15 in U-shape. The four combined: 195 m², 140 for a cocktail.
Accommodation
The hotel has about 50 rooms and suites: Confort, Supérieure, Privilège, Triple, Prestige and Family Suite. Some rooms are accessible to guests with reduced mobility. Wedding guests receive a preferential rate.
Catering
The catering team is in-house and cooks with produce from the Gironde. The restaurant La Table de Fompeyre, led by chef Thomas Quichaud, serves traditional southwest cuisine on a shaded terrace, in a lounge bar and in a veranda with a panoramic view over Bazas and its cathedral. A wine bar pours regional wines. Barbecues can be set up on the terraces.
History and setting
The estate lies on the edge of the Sauternes and Graves vineyards, south of Bordeaux. Its four-hectare park with a fountain looks across to Bazas, a small medieval town known for its cathedral. The hotel holds the Logis label.
Getting there
Bazas is less than an hour from Bordeaux by car and about two hours from Toulouse. Bordeaux-Mérignac airport and Bordeaux Saint-Jean station are the main arrival points for groups traveling by air or train.
