Domaine des Lys hosts seminars, meetings, conferences, press conferences, product launches, incentives and team-building days for groups from 2 to 400 people indoors, and states that the estate can receive up to 1,000 guests. It is a hotel set in the 18th-century Château de Guère and its outbuildings, in an 80-hectare wooded park at Ancenis, in Loire-Atlantique, between Nantes and Angers. There are 23 bedrooms on site.
Seminars and company events
Five meeting spaces are available, all with daylight and air-conditioning, from a 25-square-meter room for small groups to a 420-square-meter hall. The rooms can be set in classroom, U-shape, theatre or cocktail layout. Equipment listed by the hotel includes flip charts, a screen, video, telephone, Wi-Fi, a video projector and a seminar kit with water, pens and paper; other equipment can be requested.
An all-inclusive package combines meeting rooms, bedrooms and suites, and dinner at Le Preti, the estate's restaurant. For team building and incentives, sports and leisure activities can be added to the program, on the estate or in the area. Events can also be held in the park. Free parking holds 400 cars, and the hotel can receive a helicopter landing. The events team handles the file from first contact to the day itself.
Rooms and capacities
The Espace Maho is the largest room, at 420 square meters under a large glass roof: 180 in theatre, 90 in classroom, 50 in a U-shape and 400 for a cocktail. It suits evening events, dinners, product launches and trade shows. The Auditorium (150 square meters) has a sound system and two screens projecting the front of the room, for 130 people in theatre. The Salle Napoléon (140 square meters) looks onto the château facade and can be split in two by a door: 70 in theatre, 40 in classroom, 35 in a U-shape and 150 for a cocktail. The Salle Chevalerie (70 square meters) takes 50 in theatre, 40 in classroom and 30 in a U-shape. The Salle Quatre Saisons (25 square meters) takes 30 in theatre, 22 in classroom and 14 in a U-shape.
Accommodation
The hotel has 23 bedrooms and suites, all in the château outbuildings, from 20 to 62 square meters and for one to four people. Rooms have air-conditioning, HD TV, telephone, free Wi-Fi, a safe and an espresso machine. Some have a balneotherapy bath or a private jacuzzi. The Suite Prestige, in the former dovecote, sleeps four. A spa, Köraly, offers massages and treatments.
Catering
Le Preti is the restaurant on the estate and serves groups for lunch and dinner. The event booking form covers breakfasts, lunches, dinners, banquets and cocktail receptions, so all meals of a residential seminar can be taken on site.
History and setting
The château dates from the 18th century and its outbuildings have been fitted out in a modern style. The 80-hectare park surrounds the buildings, and the estate is a starting point for visits to Loire vineyards and châteaux.
Getting there
Ancenis station is the nearest, served by regional trains from Nantes and Angers in about 30 minutes; Paris is about two hours by TGV to Nantes or Angers. By road, the A11 links Paris, Le Mans, Angers and Nantes, and the A83 comes from Bordeaux. Nantes Atlantique airport is about 45 minutes away, and Ancenis has an airfield for private jets and small aircraft. Angers is about 40 minutes by car.
