Hôtel Le Prieuré hosts study days, seminars, retreats and group stays for up to 80 people theatre-style or 90 standing, with four seminar rooms and 69 bedrooms under one roof. The hotel is at 8 avenue Jean-Paul II in Paray-le-Monial, in southern Burgundy, close to the station and the main roads.
Seminars and company events
The hotel was built for groups: it opened in 1987 to receive congresses, retreats and international seminars linked to the pilgrimage site of Paray-le-Monial. All four rooms have daylight and air conditioning, with a flipchart, a video projector and a screen as standard; microphones and bottled water can be added on request. The day package covers a welcome coffee, room hire, morning and afternoon breaks and fiber Wi-Fi, and the restaurant can serve lunch to the whole group on site. For a two-day seminar, delegates sleep upstairs and meet downstairs without any transfer, which keeps the schedule simple.
Rooms and capacities
Salon Gaidon is the largest at 104 m²: theatre 80, classroom 48, U-shape 28, boardroom 32, cocktail 90. Salon Carillon covers 85 m²: theatre 80, classroom 32, U-shape 26, boardroom 28, cocktail 80. La Chapelle, 68 m², takes 58 people theatre-style. Salon Emmanuel, 65 m², completes the set; the hotel does not publish its capacity. With two rooms of 80 theatre-style, a group can run a plenary and a parallel session at the same time.
Accommodation
The hotel has 61 rooms and 8 suites, three of them adapted for guests with reduced mobility, and some rooms look onto the garden. Breakfast is a continental buffet served from 7 to 10 a.m. The hotel reopened in April 2023 after a major renovation. It closes each year from December 20 to January 10, which matters for end-of-year events.
Catering
La Bourbince, the hotel restaurant, is a brasserie with an indoor dining room and a sunny terrace beside the river that gives it its name. It is open to outside guests by reservation. The menu follows the seasons and changes every month. For groups, formats run from a standing dinner cocktail to a barbecue. The bar is open daily from 11 a.m. to midnight, useful for an informal evening after the sessions.
History and setting
Paray-le-Monial is a pilgrimage town tied to Marguerite-Marie Alacoque, a 17th-century nun whose visions spread devotion to the Sacred Heart; she was canonized on May 13, 1920. The hotel grew out of that history, as a place to host the congresses and retreats that come with it, which explains why it has more meeting rooms than a typical small-town hotel. Room names such as La Chapelle and Salon Carillon recall that background.
Getting there
The address is 8 avenue Jean-Paul II, 71600 Paray-le-Monial. The hotel states that it is close to Paray-le-Monial station and to the main roads of the area.
