Le Bois Dormant hosts day meetings, residential seminars and group stays for 10 to 150 people, with five equipped rooms, 40 bedrooms and full board on site. The three-star hotel, restaurant and spa stands in a 6-hectare wooded park on Route de Pontarlier in Champagnole, in the Jura mountains of eastern France.
Seminars and company events
The hotel sells two formats. Day seminars come as a package or à la carte, with lunch and drinks included in the package. Residential seminars add a night in the hotel, meals and access to the spa, so a team can work in the morning and use the pool or the sauna in the evening. Extras include morning coffee and pastries, a standing buffet or lunch trays in the room. Staff are present seven days a week from 8 am to 9 pm. For evenings, the team books a DJ, an entertainer, a wine tasting or a barrel organ player. Outdoors, groups can hike in the surrounding forests, visit a Comté cheese dairy or taste Jura wines. Because the hotel is also registered as a travel operator, it can sell all-inclusive group stays with visits, itineraries and meals.
Rooms and capacities
Five seminar rooms carry the names of forest animals and places. Cerf is the largest at 130 m², with 150 in theater layout, 80 in classroom or U-shape and 120 for a seated reception. Chalet covers 82.5 m² and takes 100 in theater. Salon (61.6 m²) and Renard (50.8 m²) take 70 each in theater, and Lynx (33.6 m²) suits 30 to 40. Each room has an interactive screen, Bluetooth sound, fiber Wi-Fi and connected TVs, and a projector and sound system can be added. A multipurpose room is also available for private events.
Accommodation
The hotel has 40 rooms with a double bed or twin beds, on the ground floor or upstairs, all overlooking the park. They come in two categories, Comfort and Privilege. Among the Privilege rooms, three 35 m² suites have air conditioning and a private terrace; one has an outdoor Nordic bath and another a whirlpool tub. Half board and full board are offered for groups.
Catering
The restaurant, Le Bois Gourmand, cooks regional home-style dishes and serves lunch from noon and dinner from 7 pm every day. Seminar meals, buffets, breaks and lunch trays all come from this kitchen.
History and setting
The Sclafer family has run Le Bois Dormant for more than 30 years. It began with rooms and a restaurant, then added seminar rooms, the spa, a zen garden and new suites. The spa has an indoor pool, a jacuzzi, a hammam, a sauna, a sensory shower, a solarium, a fitness room and a treatment room. Within about 30 km lie the Hérisson waterfalls, the lakes of the Petite Écosse Jurassienne, the Pertes de l'Ain, the Maison du Comté and Louis Pasteur's house.
Getting there
The address is 443 Route de Pontarlier, 39300 Champagnole. The nearest high-speed rail stations are Frasne and Dole, and Geneva Airport is the closest international airport. Day trips toward the lakes and waterfalls of the Jura start from the hotel by road.
