Les Maisons de Léa hosts seminars, board meetings, receptions and weddings for up to 120 guests, with eight event rooms covering 260 square meters, two restaurants and 46 bedrooms and suites in the center of Honfleur. The four-star hotel stands on Place Sainte-Catherine, facing the wooden church, a few steps from the Vieux Bassin, about two hours from Paris.
Seminars and company events
The main seminar building is the Maison du Jardin, a renovated former Honfleur school at 10 rue Albert Premier, two minutes on foot from the main house. It has three equipped, flexible reception rooms that together take up to 120 people, five bedrooms that can be reserved for the group, and a hanging garden with a terrace for breaks outdoors. The library room, with its wall of books, is the largest single room.
During a seminar the chef prepares homemade breaks with hot drinks and fresh juices, served as a self-service buffet so the group keeps control of its timing. A dedicated events team handles the program, the menus and the room set-up.
Weddings and receptions
The hotel organizes weddings, receptions and celebration weekends. Couples can privatize a private lounge, the restaurant La Table de Léa, which takes up to 75 guests, or the whole Maison du Jardin with its five suites, garden, terrace and two reception rooms. Catering formats include a seated meal, a lunch or dinner cocktail and a tapas evening around a buffet.
Rooms and capacities
In the Maison du Jardin, the Salle Bibliothèque measures 70 square meters and takes up to 80 people depending on layout. The Salle des Maîtres and the Réfectoire measure 35 square meters each, for up to 30 and 25 people. Combined, they form a 70-square-meter room for up to 50. Four smaller rooms sit in the other houses: the Salon Cheminée (40 square meters, up to 30), Le Ponton (30 square meters, up to 15), and the dining room and lounge of La Grande Maison (10 and 8). The dining room of La Petite Maison seats 6.
Accommodation
The 46 bedrooms and suites are spread over six houses: 35 rooms, 10 suites including 3 apartments, and La Grande Maison, a 200-square-meter villa with five bedrooms for 12 people that can be booked as a whole. Room sizes range from 12 square meters to a 70-square-meter rooftop suite. Wi-Fi is included. A Thalgo spa with a duo treatment room in a vaulted cellar and a hammam completes the stay.
Catering
Two restaurants are run by chef Benoît Gripon. La Table de Léa, on the square, seats 60 with a fireplace lounge and a terrace of 30 facing the church, and can be privatized for up to 75. Tourbillon, the gastronomic restaurant 100 meters away at 7 rue du Puits, seats 50 with a covered private terrace for 24, and can also be privatized.
History and setting
The hotel combines an old salt storehouse and 16th-century houses in the protected historic center. The Saturday market fills Place Sainte-Catherine.
Getting there
From Paris Saint-Lazare, trains run to Deauville-Trouville or Le Havre, then a bus or taxi completes the trip. Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport is 210 kilometers away. A private car park 300 meters from the hotel is available on reservation. Coaches face access rules in the historic center, so check drop-off points with the hotel.
