Hôtel d'Europe

Board meetings, seminars, business dinners, cocktails and wedding receptions can be organised at the Hôtel d'Europe, a 16th-century house on Place Crillon in the historic centre of Avignon. The hotel has five meeting rooms and salons, a courtyard for breaks and dinners, 44 rooms and suites, and its own gastronomic restaurant, La Vieille Fontaine. The whole hotel or individual spaces can be privatised on request.

Seminars and company events

Meetings take place in two places. Inside the hotel, the Salon Massenet (30 m²) sits on the ground floor next to the bar and the restaurant and takes up to 12 people, a size suited to a board meeting or a confidential business dinner. Facing the hotel, the Centre Stuart Mill groups the Salon Cocteau and the Salons Victor Hugo 1 and 2, modular rooms with daylight. Rooms come with projectors and a screen, a video-conference unit, a flipchart, a microphone, a sound system, a conference phone, stationery, water and free Wi-Fi. Breaks are served in the cour d'honneur. For more than two centuries the hotel's salons have hosted cocktails, galas, concerts, radio broadcasts, showrooms, exhibitions and press conferences.

Weddings and receptions

For weddings the hotel organises a brunch, a cocktail dinner, a wedding or rehearsal dinner, or a dinner in the courtyard, sheltered from the street. Service is arranged to each couple's wishes, and guests can stay on site after the event.

Rooms and capacities

The hotel lists five salons in all. The Salon Massenet takes 12. Capacities for the Salon Cocteau and the Salons Victor Hugo, and for courtyard dinners, are given by the sales team according to the layout.

Accommodation

The 44 rooms and suites are each decorated differently, so a seminar group, a board or a wedding party can sleep in the same building as the event. A fitness room is free for hotel guests.

Catering

All food comes from the kitchen of La Vieille Fontaine, the hotel's gastronomic restaurant, where chef Pascal Auger cooks with local produce. Meals can be served in the restaurant, the Salon Massenet or the courtyard.

History and setting

The house was built in the 16th century as a noble residence. In 1799 Catherine Pierron bought it and turned it into an inn for travellers, and the hotel's name is said to come from a visit by Napoleon Bonaparte. It stands between the Palais des Papes and the Pont Saint-Bénézet, a few minutes' walk from the Rhône, so delegates can visit the old town between sessions.

Getting there

Avignon TGV station is about 15 minutes away by car, and Marseille Provence airport about one hour. The hotel offers valet parking and a private closed garage, and several public car parks are close by, near the Oratoire and the Palais des Papes.