The Hôtel-Restaurant Les Lacs d'Halco hosts day and residential seminars for up to 100 people, as well as wedding dinners and family gatherings, with 19 bedrooms and a gastronomic restaurant on site. The four-star hotel stands on the Lac d'Halco, just outside Hagetmau, in the Chalosse area of the Landes, in southwest France.
Seminars and company events
Two bright, air-conditioned meeting rooms take up to 70 people in a classroom layout and up to 100 in theater rows. Smaller breakout rooms are available for group work. The rooms come with a video projector, a flipchart and wireless microphones, and further equipment can be rented on request. The day package covers a welcome coffee with juice and pastries, a morning and an afternoon break, and lunch. The residential package adds dinner, a single room and breakfast. Meals in the packages are designed by chef Annie Demen and come with a house aperitif and amuse-bouches, selected wines, and coffee with petits fours. The setting suits management retreats and team meetings that want quiet surroundings and walking trails between sessions.
Weddings and receptions
The hotel hosts wedding receptions with the meal prepared by its own kitchen: a cocktail aperitif with a dozen bites, a dinner of several courses, AOC wines and an evening with an open bar. Couples get priority on room bookings for their guests at preferential rates. The site does not publish a wedding capacity, so the number of seated guests should be confirmed with the hotel.
Rooms and capacities
The two seminar rooms take up to 100 people in theater rows and 70 in a classroom layout, with sub-committee rooms alongside. The restaurant dining room, set at water level, serves group meals.
Accommodation
The hotel has 15 bedrooms and 4 suites, facing either the lake or the forest: superior rooms with a lake view, classic rooms on the forest side, and suites on each side. A ground-floor room is adapted for guests with reduced mobility, and the whole building is accessible. A 50 m² half-moon indoor pool with a 180-degree view opens to the outside in warm weather. Parking is private and on site.
Catering
La Table d'Annie, the restaurant run by chef Annie Demen, serves light, original cooking built on regional produce, with fish and shellfish bought from Breton fishermen and wholesalers. The dining room sits on the water with a 360-degree view of the lake and woods. Lunch and dinner are served every day except Sunday evening, and the hotel is open all year.
History and setting
The building was designed by the architect Eric Raffy, with a restaurant that rests on the lake like a water lily. It stands in a private park of 2.5 hectares inside a 30-hectare estate crossed by two walking trails. The hotel belongs to the Logis network.
Getting there
The nearest train station is Orthez, 20 km away. Mont-de-Marsan station is 30 km away, and Dax, served by TGV high-speed trains, is 40 km away. Pau is also within driving range, and the hotel has private parking for participants who come by car.
