Garrigae Abbaye de Sainte-Croix hosts seminars, study days, banquets and receptions for groups of 12 to 200 people. The venue is a 12th-century abbey on a hill outside Salon-de-Provence, in the Bouches-du-Rhône. It has three event rooms, 25 bedrooms on site and its own restaurant, so a residential seminar fits in one place.
Seminars and company events
The abbey sells meeting rooms, meals and team activities together. Montgallet is the largest room at 180 m² and takes 100 people in theater layout, 48 in classroom, 35 in a U shape and 30 around a boardroom table. La Chapelle covers 90 m² and Bernard 68 m², which suits a steering committee of 12 to 16 people. Activities are run with local partners: paramotor flights, buggy or electric bike rides, murder parties, escape games, multi-activity challenges and visits of nearby estates and heritage sites.
Weddings and receptions
The Garrigae site lists weddings at the abbey on a dedicated page. For a seated dinner, Montgallet holds 145 guests at banquet tables and La Chapelle holds 80. For a cocktail, the figures are 200 and 120. The restaurant terrace has a panoramic view and seats 120.
Rooms and capacities
Montgallet: 180 m², banquet 145, theater 100, classroom 48, U 35, boardroom 30, cocktail 200. La Chapelle: 90 m², banquet 80, theater 100, classroom 30, boardroom 40, cocktail 120. Bernard: 68 m², banquet 32, theater 30, classroom 16, U 15, boardroom 12, cocktail 40. The restaurant, with 70 seats inside, can also be set up for private banquets, as can the three rooms above.
Accommodation
The hotel has 25 bedrooms and suites, fitted into the former Cistercian cells. Each is decorated differently in the style of a Provençal house. On the grounds you will find a pool heated from April to October with a pool house, a pétanque court and a park for outdoor sessions. A wellness area sits among the pines, and massages can be booked by the pool.
Catering
The restaurant, La Table de l'Abbaye, is run by the hotel's own chef and cooks with regional produce. It seats 70 inside and 120 on the terrace. Banquets for groups can also be served in Montgallet, Bernard and La Chapelle.
History and setting
The abbey stands between the Alpilles and the Camargue, and between Avignon and Aix-en-Provence. Its 20 hectares of pine forest and garrigue give groups room to walk between sessions, and the hill offers wide views over the region toward Marseille, Aix, Arles, Avignon, the Étang de Berre and the Sainte-Victoire.
Getting there
The abbey is on Route du Val de Cuech, 13300 Salon-de-Provence. Because it sits between Avignon, Aix-en-Provence and Marseille, many groups arrive by road from those cities. Ask the events team about transfers from the nearest station.
