Domaine des Roches hosts seminars, study days, executive committees, product launches, evening events, weddings and private receptions for 5 to 100 people. The whole hotel can be privatized. This four-star hotel with restaurant, spa and cottages stands at 2 rue de la Plaine in Briare, in the Loiret, in a park of about 12 hectares, 350 meters from the train station.
Seminars and company events
The hotel sells residential seminars, study days, executive committee meetings, incentives, training, award ceremonies and evening events. Three meeting rooms of 15 to 45 m² and a 100 m² marquee take 5 to 100 participants depending on layout. The main room is on the ground floor, opens onto the garden and has daylight. Rooms come with a video projector, flipchart, Wi-Fi, air conditioning and a flat-screen TV, and they are accessible to guests with reduced mobility.
Breaks and meals are taken at the on-site restaurant. Between sessions, groups can use the spa, the heated indoor pool and sauna, and the tennis court. Cycling routes along the Loire and barge hire at the port of Briare are close by for an afternoon out.
Weddings and receptions
The hotel hosts weddings, engagements, birthdays, family gatherings and christenings for up to 100 people, with menus built for each event. Receptions use the lounge, the terrace, the restaurant and a marquee overlooking the park, indoors or out. A party with dancing requires privatization of the hotel, which gives the group exclusive use of the venue and all services.
Rooms and capacities
The Grande Salle covers 45 m², the Petite Salle 25 m² and the Salon 15 m². The marquee under canvas covers 100 m². The hotel gives a global range of 5 to 100 people and no capacity per room or per layout, so ask the team to confirm the setup for your group.
Accommodation
Rooms are offered in four categories: Supérieure (20 m²), Deluxe Terrasse (25 m²), Junior Suite (35 to 55 m²) and Suite Deluxe Familiale (66 m², for four). Cottages in the park add further capacity. The total number of rooms is not published.
Catering
Food is handled in-house. The restaurant Le Séquoia serves bistronomic cuisine with a terrace, and the bar and tea room Le 1845 completes the offer. Business lunches are served, and private receptions get custom menus.
History and setting
Jean-Félix Bapterosses, the industrialist behind the Émaux de Briare, settled in Briare in 1851. In 1867 he bought a Norwegian-style villa shown at the Paris Universal Exhibition, had it dismantled, rebuilt in Briare and named Villa des Roches. The house keeps 19th-century mosaics. His descendants lived there for generations. It became a hotel in 2006, and the current owners bought it in 2022, opening Le Séquoia, Le 1845 and the spa Le Jardin des Sens.
Getting there
Briare station is 350 meters from the hotel entrance, a four-minute walk, with direct TER trains from Paris Bercy in about 1 hour 30. By road, take the A6 and A77 to exit 20, about 1 hour 45 from Paris. Orléans is about 1 hour 10 away and Montargis about 35 minutes. The hotel can arrange transfers from the station or from Paris Orly and Charles de Gaulle airports.
