Hôtel Le Sauvage hosts meetings, training days, study evenings and small company gatherings in two rooms of 55 and 80 m², with 24 bedrooms, a restaurant and a spa under the same roof. The four-star hotel occupies a former convent of the Poor Clares at 6 rue du Chapitre in Besançon, at the foot of the Citadelle, and is surrounded by a large private park.
Seminars and company events
The hotel is set up for work sessions rather than large conferences. The meeting room has the equipment needed for presentations and team workshops, and the Grand Salon is used for study days and evening sessions. A team can work in one room and use the other for breakouts, lunch or a closing drink. Because the hotel has its own bedrooms, restaurant and spa, a two-day seminar can be held without moving the group: arrival in the evening, a working day, dinner on site and time at the spa after the last session. The park gives room for breaks outdoors in fine weather.
Rooms and capacities
The meeting room measures 55 m² and is equipped for presentations and workshops. The Grand Salon covers 80 m² and hosts study days and evening sessions. The website does not publish seated capacities for either room, so the number of participants and the layout should be confirmed with the hotel when sending a request. Rooms of this size usually suit board meetings, workshops and training groups rather than plenary sessions.
Accommodation
The hotel has 24 bedrooms, from classic rooms to suites. A small seminar group can therefore take a large share of the house for one or two nights and stay together between sessions.
Catering
Breakfast is served on site, and the hotel offers a catering service for meetings, set as a menu or a buffet. Le Sauvage also runs its own restaurant, which can host a working lunch or a team dinner, and a spa that participants can use after the sessions.
History and setting
The building was once a monastery of the Poor Clares, the order of nuns founded by Clare of Assisi, and was later turned into a hotel. It sits at the bottom of the hill crowned by the Citadelle of Besançon, the fortress built by Vauban that overlooks the old town and the loop of the Doubs. The private park around the hotel keeps the site quiet although the historic center is close by, which makes it a calm base for a working retreat in the city.
Getting there
The hotel is in the old town of Besançon, below the Citadelle. Besançon Viotte station serves the city center, and Besançon Franche-Comté TGV station connects the city to Paris, Lyon and Strasbourg, with a shuttle train between the two stations. The address for drivers is 6 rue du Chapitre, 25000 Besançon.
