La Borde en Sologne, a château hotel in Vernou-en-Sologne in the Loire Valley, organizes seminars, lunches, dinners, cocktails, weddings and anniversaries. The Salon de la Chouette holds up to 60 guests in theater layout, and 35 rooms and suites, a restaurant and a spa on the estate allow a full residential program.
Seminars and company events
The hotel presents its meeting space as a green seminar room. It offers 75 square meters of work space with direct access to the park, plus 40 square meters of relaxation space, for a total of 115 square meters in the Salon de la Chouette. The hotel lists these capacities: 30 guests in U-shape, 20 around a board table, 60 in theater layout and 30 for a cocktail. The room is equipped for work in a setting aimed at team building. Equipment listed for study days includes a screen, a Clickshare system, a flipchart and an octopus speaker.
The residential seminar formula combines accommodation with one person per room, breakfast, a study day with continuous breaks and equipment, and dinner in the hotel restaurant Mémoire. The events team supports requests for transfers and access. Activities proposed around a program include a prestige visit of the Château de Chambord, a wine tasting, a hot-air balloon flight and a visit to a chocolate maker.
Weddings and receptions
The events team organizes and personalizes private events from start to finish, including weddings, anniversaries, lunches, dinners and cocktails. The hotel's event brochure and a request form are available on the site. The park, the farm and the vegetable garden give outdoor settings for a reception, and the spa and pools are on the same grounds for guests staying over.
Rooms and capacities
The Salon de la Chouette is the dedicated meeting room. Its listed layouts are U-shape for 30, board room for 20, theater for 60 and cocktail for 30. Larger events depend on the park and on the hotel's other spaces, which the site does not detail, so ask the events team for outdoor and dining options.
Accommodation
The château has 35 rooms and suites, averaging 40 square meters. Rooms have high ceilings, large windows and spacious bathrooms. Categories listed on the site include Classic, Deluxe, Junior Suite, Écurie Suite and Family Suites. The domain has two swimming pools, a fitness room in the former English-style greenhouse, a tennis court designed by Guy Forget, bikes for guests and a kids club. Dogs are welcome on a leash on the grounds.
Catering
The restaurant is called Mémoire. The chef works with seasonal vegetables and fruit, often picked in the castle's kitchen garden, and the menu is short. The restaurant takes evening reservations only because of its limited capacity. Pets are not allowed inside it.
History and setting
The estate keeps the layout of a working domain with a farm, a vegetable garden, a pond and woodland paths. The spa is installed in the former orangery and offers a sauna, a hammam and massage rooms.
Getting there
The address is Château de la Borde, 41230 Vernou-en-Sologne. Walks in the forest and along the Loire are possible from the hotel.
