Study days, residential seminars, team building, staff dinners and weddings can be held at the Domaine de Suzel, which offers four event spaces for groups of 15 to 400 guests. The largest, the Jardin de Marie, seats 200 or takes 400 for a cocktail. The estate is a four-star hotel domain in Vignieu, in Isère, between Lyon, Grenoble and Chambéry, set in a park of 8.5 hectares.
Seminars and company events
The estate groups working sessions, meals, accommodation and team activities on one site. It sells study days, residential seminars, strategy meetings and team events, and it can coordinate rooms, meals and breaks, accommodation and activities. An all-inclusive seminar package exists for groups that want one contact for everything. Team building can be adapted to the group, from a relaxed activity to a sports-oriented format, and the stretch tent in the garden hosts outdoor sessions and barbecue cooking classes. The estate also sells business stopover nights from Monday to Thursday and business lunches.
Weddings and receptions
The estate hosts weddings with a lay ceremony in the park, a reception hall for up to 200 guests and accommodation for the wedding party on site. The chef meets the couple to build a seasonal menu, and the sommelier helps choose the wines. The estate also hosts birthdays, christenings, communions and company Christmas parties.
Rooms and capacities
The Jardin de Marie is the newest room, set beside the main pool with a view of the mountains. It is listed at 200 square meters on the summary and 250 square meters in the details, seats 200 and takes 400 for a cocktail. It has a projector, screen, sound system, heating and air conditioning.
The Salle de la Demeure covers 35 square meters and seats 15, with a projector, screen and sound, a small lounge and a coffee corner. It suits a board meeting or a breakout group. The Galerie covers 40 square meters and seats 20, with the same equipment plus an interactive Samsung Flip screen.
The Jardin des 5 Sens is a stretch tent in the garden, from 70 to 140 square meters, set up cabaret or theater style. The summary gives up to 140 people and the detail 100 at most.
Accommodation
The estate has about 50 bedrooms and more than 100 beds, in three forms: four-star hotel rooms, four-star furnished villas and houses, and unusual lodgings such as a tree house, bubble rooms and a vintage caravan. The seminar page states that the accommodation can house up to 120 participants. Guests have access to the pools, the gardens and a spa.
Catering
The estate runs two restaurants. La Grange de Pépé serves gastronomic cuisine based on fresh local produce, and a bistro, Chez Mémé, offers traditional dishes. Both cook with regional cheese, meat, vegetables and fruit. Breakfast is included in hotel stays.
History and setting
The great-grandfather of the current owner bought the Suzel farm in 1929. The family lived and worked there, with cattle, vines, an orchard and a pond, before the estate was renovated and turned into a hotel, reception venue and holiday lodgings. The site describes the building as eighteenth century on one page and as a thirteenth-century farm on another. A new generation of the family now works on the estate.
Getting there
The Domaine de Suzel is at 267 Route de Suzel, 38890 Vignieu, near Bourgoin-Jallieu, Morestel and La Tour-du-Pin. It is within driving distance of Lyon, Grenoble and Chambéry.
