Bastide des Tourelles hosts residential seminars for up to 16 participants, board retreats and small receptions of about 30 guests, with the house booked in full. It is a 19th-century house with two turrets and 9 en-suite bedrooms, part of the Halte en Cocagne estate at Marzens in the Tarn, 45 minutes from Albi and Toulouse.
Seminars and company events
Companies book the house for at least one night. Two rooms can be used for work sessions: the salon with its library and fireplace, and the Chai, an annex with a bar lounge and a sound system. Each covers about 50 m². Equipment includes a video projector, a paperboard, free Wi-Fi and a sound system, with a microphone and a printer on request. The rooms can be set out in a U, in classroom style or as a small conference.
The team helps build the programme, from arrival and meals to activities. Options listed on the estate's site include sports activities, yoga classes, cooking classes, a tourist guide and wine tasting. A shared padel court and walks from the door complete the list.
For a group larger than one house allows, the estate rents up to five houses located within 500 meters of each other. Together they can take groups of up to 50 people in single rooms.
Weddings and receptions
The house is offered for small private receptions, family gatherings and celebrations, and the estate proposes a wedding and reception package on request. The Chai, with its covered terrace, is the reception room. For larger weddings, the estate has two other reception rooms on nearby houses: the Bergerie at Gîte de Ségur for up to 80 guests and the Montfaucon room at La Bélonie for up to 100. Across its five houses the estate has 50 bedrooms to lodge guests after the party.
Rooms and capacities
The house covers 700 m². The ground floor and the upper floor are each served by a long corridor. The dining room seats 20. There is a TV room, the salon with library and fireplace, and the Chai with its kitchen corner, bar lounge and covered terrace. Outdoors are a terrace, a wooded park with a protected oak, a pétanque court and a heated pool of 14 by 6 meters, open from late May to early October.
Accommodation
The main house has 6 bedrooms, each with its own bathroom, and the Chai annex has 3 more, also with bathrooms. Beds are made on arrival and towels are provided. The 100 m² wellness area, open all year, has a spa bath, a sauna, a hammam, an aquabike pool, a counter-current swimming pool and a weight room.
Catering
The house has a large equipped kitchen with two ovens, a gas range and tableware for 20, but no dedicated caterer's kitchen. The estate can arrange a delivering caterer or a private chef for the meals, and a dinner to reheat on arrival night if ordered at least one week ahead. There is also an outdoor brazier.
History and setting
The owners bought the house in 2013, when it had not been maintained for more than 30 years and neighbours called it the château. They kept the structure, the doors, the cement tile floors and much of the furniture, and opened it in 2015 after more than a year of work.
Getting there
The estate is at Combaléran, 81500 Marzens, about 45 minutes by road from Albi and from Toulouse. Private parking is on site, with a charging point for electric cars.
