Hostellerie du Château les Muids hosts study days, residential seminars, business stopovers, weddings and receptions for up to 200 guests. Its largest room, the Salle Eugénie, takes 200 for a cocktail and 70 in theatre style, and the whole château can be hired with the Salle Eugénie. The four-star hotel stands on the D2020 at La Ferté-Saint-Aubin, in the Loiret, in a 33-hectare park in Sologne.
Seminars and company events
The hotel sells study days, residential seminars in single or twin rooms, seminar meals and evening stopover packages for traveling teams. The study day includes a video projector, flipchart, screen, paper, pens and water. Other equipment can be rented.
Four rooms serve meetings. The Salle Eugénie, 190 m², seats 70 in U-shape, classroom or theatre. Half of it, 80 m², can be used alone. The Glycines room, 80 m², takes 25 in U-shape and 40 in classroom. The Grand Salon, 64 m², suits a board of 12 around a U-shaped table.
Activities can be added on site or nearby: a yoga workshop, a breathing session in the château forest, a beer tasting course, golf initiation at Golf des Aisses and clay shooting at Ball-trap du Rabot. The park also offers a summer pool, sauna, gym, tennis court, mini-golf and fitness trail.
Weddings and receptions
The hotel hosts weddings and receptions in its rooms or outdoors in the park. The Salle Eugénie takes 200 for a cocktail and 190 at round tables, or 150 with a dance floor. Hire of the room runs from 5 pm through the night, or until 5 pm the next day with a brunch. Two exclusive packages are sold: all bedrooms with breakfast for 46 guests, or the whole château with breakfast and the Salle Eugénie.
Rooms and capacities
Salle Eugénie: 190 m², 70 in U-shape, classroom or theatre, 200 for a cocktail, up to 190 at round tables. Half Salle Eugénie: 80 m², 40 in U-shape or theatre, 100 for a cocktail, 50 at round tables with a dance floor. Glycines: 80 m², 25 in U-shape, 40 in classroom, 30 standing. Grand Salon: 64 m², 12 in U-shape, 36 at round tables, 100 for a cocktail. The Salons du Château can also be hired for an evening.
Accommodation
The hotel has 20 rooms, 11 in the château and 9 in the Aile Chazelle next to it. Categories run from Standard to Suite, and one Charme room is accessible to guests with reduced mobility. The Maison du Parc, a 196 m² house in the grounds with two bedrooms, can be added.
Catering
Meals are cooked by the house. The restaurant La Cuisine des Muids and its bar are open every day, all year. Seminar meals include a starter, main course, dessert, wine and coffee. Buffets and cocktails are available on request, and wedding menus are built with the couple.
History and setting
The first stones of the manor were laid around 1745 on land of the Abbey of Saint-Loup, sold in 1791. In 1828 Thomas Skottowe created the Domaine des Muids on about 2,000 hectares. Louis Joseph Maës, founder of the Cristallerie de Clichy, bought it in 1869, and Napoleon III stayed several times. Claudy Boileau turned it into a hotel-restaurant in 1983.
Getting there
From Paris, take the A10 then the A71, exit at Olivet and follow the D2020 through La Ferté-Saint-Aubin toward Vierzon. The château is about 4 km further on the right. From the south, leave the A71 at Lamotte-Beuvron and drive about 15 km north on the D2020.
