Domaine des Escaunes is a hotel estate at Sernhac, in the Gard, between Avignon, Nîmes and Uzès. It hosts seminars of up to 80 people and weddings of up to 100, with 22 bedrooms, three named meeting rooms, a restaurant and a six-hectare park with a swimming pool. The whole estate can be hired, or a single room.
Seminars and company events
The domain handles study days, meetings, residential seminars and team-building days. An organizer can rent one of three meeting rooms or hire the whole estate. The rooms are equipped with a video projector, projection screen, flipchart, markers and an internet connection. Capacity depends on the layout and reaches 80 people at most. Teams who hire the estate also have the 22 bedrooms, the restaurant, the garden, the pool and the rest areas. For team building, the venue points to activities on site and in the countryside nearby, such as mountain biking, hiking around the Pont du Gard and canoeing on nearby rivers. The venue also offers a table for guests that can be hired for a private or business meal of up to 20 people.
Weddings and receptions
The estate covers every stage of a wedding: secular ceremony, photo session, cocktail, seated dinner, evening dance, lodging for guests and a brunch the next day. The garden and terraces, shaded by mulberry and plane trees, host the ceremony, photos, cocktail and brunch. The reception continues in the large reception rooms, and the venue states room for up to 100 guests. One contact person, with more than 15 years of experience, follows the couple from the first message to the day itself. The estate also lends itself to birthdays, communions, baptisms and other family parties, and to film or advertising shoots.
Rooms and capacities
Henri IV room: 95 square meters.
François I room: 75 square meters.
Richelieu room: 27 square meters.
The three rooms together reach 80 people for a seminar, depending on the layout. The guest table seats up to 20 for a private or business meal.
Accommodation
The estate has 22 bedrooms, from 27 to 78 square meters, each with a bathroom. After a wedding or a seminar day, guests sleep on site. The venue also offers a brunch the morning after a wedding.
Catering
The restaurant serves market cuisine in a locavore spirit, with Provençal flavors. The estate also acts as a caterer for receptions: the couple or the company shares its tastes, wishes and budget, and the kitchen proposes a menu. For wedding services, the venue works with local professionals such as florists, photographers, videographers, musicians, entertainers, childminders and drivers.
History and setting
The venue describes a historic house set among vineyards, with a six-hectare park, a large swimming pool and areas for rest. The setting is the Gard countryside, around twenty kilometers from Nîmes, Avignon and Uzès.
Getting there
The address is 5 Rue des Bourgades, 30210 Sernhac. The venue gives 35 minutes from the Avignon TGV station, 25 minutes from Nîmes station and 30 minutes from Nîmes-Alès-Camargue-Cévennes airport. Montpellier-Méditerranée airport is 45 minutes away, and Marseille-Provence airport 1 hour 15 minutes.
