Day seminars, residential seminars, training sessions, management meetings, conferences and product launches can be held here for groups of 6 to 180 people. L'Île du Gua is a four-star hotel residence at 28 rue de l'Aude in Narbonne, set by a lock on the Canal de la Robine, next to the Brasserie du Moulin du Gua, which serves the meals.
Seminars and company events
The venue sells day study packages, residential seminars, training and collaborative workshops, team meetings, and conferences or product launches. Four rooms are available, all with natural light and views over the canal. Each comes with Wi-Fi, a screen, a video projector and a flipchart, and furniture can be reset between sessions. Layouts include theatre, classroom, U-shape, banquet and cocktail. Extra audiovisual equipment can be hired on request.
The team suggests activities that use the setting: walks or bike rides along the canal, wine tastings and cocktail workshops. Reception is staffed from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m., seven days a week.
Weddings and receptions
The brasserie site lists weddings by the canal, birthdays under the pergolas, christenings and corporate evenings among the events it hosts. Formats include a seated meal, a buffet on the rooftop and a standing dinner outdoors. Capacities for private receptions are not published; the 150 m² terrace and the veranda are the main spaces.
Rooms and capacities
The Salon Riquet is the plenary room, listed for 10 to 180 people. The Salon de l'Écluse takes 10 to 30, the Salon de Preville 17 to 30, and the Salon de Riva 6 to 8, which suits a board meeting or a small working group. Capacity per layout is not given, so ask the team to confirm the number for theatre, classroom or banquet before choosing a room. Room sizes are not published either.
Accommodation
The hotel residence offers suites arranged around a medieval mill, with a garden and views over the canal. Two categories exist. Confort suites have a 180 cm bed, a corner jacuzzi, a bathroom with walk-in shower and a kitchenette. Prestige suites are larger, with a king-size bed, a round jacuzzi, a semi-open bathroom and a large private terrace; bikes and a boat that needs no license are available to Prestige guests. Every suite has a kitchenette. Massages can be booked. The total number of suites is not stated, so a large group may need to check availability early.
Catering
Meals come from the Brasserie du Moulin du Gua, which holds the Maître Restaurateur label. The kitchen cooks everything in-house, with produce from the Occitanie region, fish from the Mediterranean and herbs grown on site. For seminars the team serves breakfasts, seated lunches and dinners, and cocktails on the terrace, rooftop or veranda. The chef designs the coffee breaks, and menus can be adapted to tastes and dietary needs.
The brasserie dining room has a glass veranda that opens onto the terrace, and a 150 m² terrace shaded by pergolas faces the canal. From mid-June, a brazier is lit at lunchtime and the chef grills meat or fish to order.
History and setting
The site sits on the Canal de la Robine, which crosses Narbonne, and the suites are laid out around an old mill. Boats pass in front of the terrace. A guest review quoted by the hotel puts the town center about 15 minutes away on foot along the canal.
Getting there
The address is 28 rue de l'Aude, 11000 Narbonne. Narbonne has a main line train station, and the venue sits within reach of the town center along the canal towpath. Parking details are not published on the seminar page.
