Village Vacances La Bolle hosts day meetings, short residential seminars and weekend retreats for companies, associations and cooperatives, with a plenary room for up to 180 people and six meeting rooms for 20 to 60. Groups sleep and eat on site, in 85 bedrooms on full board or half board. The village stands at 34 chemin du Réservoir in Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, in the Vosges, between Lorraine and Alsace.
Seminars and company events
La Bolle sells seminars by the day, as short stays or over a weekend, and its team builds the program with the organizer. The format mixes working sessions with rest and leisure, which suits team retreats where the time spent together after the meetings counts as much as the agenda. The site names companies, associations, cooperatives and collectives among the groups it receives.
After the sessions, groups can use the wellness area and the pools. Activities on site include archery, aqua aerobics, petanque tournaments and fishing on a private pond, led by qualified instructors. Archery is charged and must be booked before the stay. Local partners offer other sports and excursions, and evening entertainment is organized for guests.
Rooms and capacities
Six meeting rooms are fully equipped and can be rearranged, each for 20 to 60 people. A plenary room takes up to 180. The site does not publish room names, floor areas or the equipment of each room, so ask for the layout that matches your agenda and the number of breakout groups you need.
Accommodation
The village has 85 bedrooms in two places: the main building and a group of Vosges-style chalets. Rooms have a TV and wifi. Pets are accepted only in the chalets and outdoors, not in the main building. The village is open all year, so a winter seminar is as possible as a summer stay.
Leisure facilities include heated indoor and outdoor pools, a hot tub, a sauna, a massage room, a fitness room, sports grounds and a mini golf course. A private car park is on site.
Catering
Meals are served in the village restaurant, which looks out over the Massif du Kemberg. The chef cooks home-made traditional dishes with a regional accent: choucroute, baeckeoffe, Munster tart, pâté lorrain and blueberry tart. A bar with an outdoor terrace completes the offer. Groups stay on full board or half board, so lunch and dinner can follow the working sessions without leaving the site.
History and setting
La Bolle sits at the foot of the Massif de la Madeleine, in a green setting under fir trees, with a view of the Massif du Kemberg from the rooms and the restaurant. From the village, groups can reach the Route des Crêtes, the Alsace wine route, the lakes of Gérardmer and Pierre-Percée, and the city of Nancy for an afternoon out. The village also runs family holidays, hiking stays, themed weekends and school trips, so it is used to receiving groups of different sizes throughout the year.
Getting there
The address is 34 chemin du Réservoir, 88100 Saint-Dié-des-Vosges. The site does not publish train connections or road times, so check transfer options with the team when you plan a group arrival. Parking is private and on site.
