Seminars, conferences, workshops, company dinners and cocktail receptions for up to 250 guests are organised at the Château de Meung-sur-Loire, in the centre of Meung-sur-Loire, 18 km from Orléans. The castle was the residence of the bishops of Orléans from the Middle Ages to the Revolution and is a listed historic monument overlooking the Loire.
Seminars and company events
The château runs company events with a single contact following the project from start to finish. Its rooms suit plenary sessions, meals and shows, and smaller salons take break-out groups. A 4 m by 3 m screen, a projector, sound with two hand microphones and a paperboard are provided. Team building runs in the park and the house: rallies, sports olympiads, a life-size escape game, quizzes and blind tests, treasure hunts. Entertainment can be added, from a singer or living statues to a cocktail or flower bar and a DJ. For groups, the château also runs guided tours in French or English, including a wine-themed visit with tastings of historical drinks, and can add a cocktail, a dinner in one of the château rooms, fireworks or a hot-air balloon take-off from the park.
Rooms and capacities
L'Orangerie, 260 m², looks onto the medieval façade. It seats 230 for dinner and takes 250 for a cocktail, with a caterer's kitchen alongside, five toilets including one accessible, screens to divide the space, heating and cooling. La Médiévale, 130 m², takes 100 for a meal, a conference or a show. The Salle d'Exposition, 90 m², takes 80 and suits workshops and small meetings. Three further salons have no published capacity: the Salon Guido, 36 m², the Salle du Conseil, 68 m², and the Salon Rouge, 37 m². The 7-hectare park can take marquees, from crystal tents to bamboo structures, for cocktails and outdoor shows.
Catering
A caterer's kitchen adjoins the Orangerie. The château does not name an in-house caterer on its pages, so menus are arranged with the team when the event is planned.
History and setting
The site is first recorded in 861, when it hosted a treaty between Robert the Strong and Charles the Bald. The present castle was built from 1209 by and for the bishops of Orléans. Joan of Arc freed the town in 1429. Louis XI, who stayed here while the basilica of Cléry-Saint-André was being built, had the poet François Villon released from its dungeons. In the 18th century Bishop Jarente de la Bruyère turned the west front into a classical residence, with Versailles parquet in the salons and library. After the Revolution the castle was bought by one of the founders of the Banque de France. Today it is furnished throughout, with more than 2,000 objects, and visits run from the attics to the underground galleries, which keep a steady 12°C. The owners have restored the chapel roof, the north pavilion and the park paths, where 120 trees were replanted in 2025.
Getting there
Meung-sur-Loire station is about 10 minutes on foot, with direct regional trains from Paris-Austerlitz. By road the château is 135 km from Paris, off exit 15 of the A10, and 96 km from Tours. There is parking in front of the château and free parking on the Loire bank, two minutes away.
At a glance
What sets it apart
- 01L'Orangerie, 260 m²: 230 seated dinner, 250 cocktail, caterer's kitchen
- 02Six rooms from 36 to 260 m² plus a 7-hectare park for marquees
- 0310 minutes on foot from the station, direct trains from Paris-Austerlitz
- 04Screen, projector and sound with two microphones provided
- 05Residence of the bishops of Orléans from 1209 to the Revolution
