L'Escale en Arz hosts study days, residential seminars, team building, conferences, weddings and family celebrations for up to 120 guests. It has two modular seminar rooms, a restaurant room for 120 facing the water, a large waterside terrace, nine bedrooms and two apartments that sleep 13. The hotel-restaurant stands at the Cale de Béluré, the ferry slipway of the Île d'Arz, an island in the Gulf of Morbihan in Brittany, 30 minutes by boat from Vannes.
Seminars and company events
The two equipped seminar rooms measure 20 m² each and can be arranged in several layouts; the hotel says they take up to around fifty people depending on the set-up. Both have views over the gulf. They are sold for study day packages, residential seminars with overnight stays and simple room hire. The hotel also hosts coworking days, team building and conferences.
The island is explored on foot or by bicycle. A 17 km coastal path circles it, and the hotel works with a local bike rental partner. Boat trips on the gulf, hiking and visits to medieval castles on the mainland can be added to a program.
Weddings and receptions
The hotel organizes family meals, weddings, birthdays, christenings and cocktail receptions. The two modular rooms open directly onto a large terrace at the water's edge for a cocktail, and the restaurant room takes up to 120 guests for the dinner. When the hotel is privatized, its nine bedrooms take around twenty guests, and the hotel's residence, 1.5 km away, sleeps 13 more.
Rooms and capacities
- Seminar rooms (2): 20 m² each, modular, equipped, opening onto the terrace.
- Restaurant room: modular, up to 120 guests, panoramic view over the gulf.
- Waterside terrace: used for cocktails and outdoor meals.
Accommodation
The hotel has nine rooms facing the sea or the courtyard: sea-view doubles with a king-size bed, sea-view twins, sea-view family rooms and standard doubles on the courtyard side. L'Annexe de l'Escale, a hotel residence in the center of the island, 500 meters from the beach, has two apartments with private terraces for 5 and 6 people and a private room for 2. Apartments require a two-night minimum stay.
Catering
The kitchen serves traditional cooking focused on fish and seafood, made in-house and sourced from local and regional producers. Group menus are served from 15 people, with one choice for the whole table, and a crêpe menu is available for groups of up to 30. Children's menus are available up to age 12.
History and setting
The house was founded in 1963 and is the only hotel on the Île d'Arz. It is run by Catherine Le Garrec with her family. The terrace sits right at the water's edge, among the small islands of the gulf. In 2026 the hotel is open from March 14 to January 1, 2027.
Getting there
Bateaux Bus du Golfe runs crossings all year from the Vannes ferry terminal, about 30 minutes, and from the Barrarac'h slipway in Séné, about 15 minutes. Car parks are available near both departure points. On arrival, the hotel faces the landing slipway.
