Château Bayard in Éghezée, between Brussels and Namur, can be rented for company seminars, product launches, client receptions, weddings and private parties. Its orangery holds 400 people for a cocktail and 220 at the table, and the château adds a series of reception rooms and five bedrooms. It sits in a park with a pond, 25 minutes from Brussels and 10 minutes from Namur.
Seminars and company events
The château lists board meetings, product launches, sales meetings, incentive days, client receptions, negotiation retreats and press conferences among the events it hosts. The seminar rooms open onto the park and are equipped with underfloor heating, Wi-Fi, projection screens built into the ceilings, a Bose sound installation, podiums, lecterns and flipcharts. Full HD screens can be added to any room.
The orangery works as a large seminar room. It can host symposia and conferences, show large objects such as cars, or receive 400 people for a cocktail, and it looks over the pond. Companies from Wallonia, Brussels and Flanders use the château, as do companies from the Netherlands and Luxembourg.
Weddings and receptions
Weddings and private events are the second main use. The orangery takes 220 guests at the table or 400 for a cocktail. Besides it, the château offers the Great Living Room with an open fire, the Four Seasons Living Room, the Great Hall, the Arts Living Room and the Countess of Namur Living Room. The last one is on the first floor and opens at 9 a.m. so the bride can get ready. On Saturdays the château is rented together with the orangery. The grounds include a large porch, a pond and two boats.
Rooms and capacities
On the ground floor are three reception rooms: the Italian-style Great Hall, the Baroque bar and the library. On the first floor, five bedrooms lie on one side of the gallery and the lounges used for seminars on the other. The orangery is the only space with stated figures: 400 for a cocktail, 220 seated. Ask the château for the capacity of the other rooms in the layout you need.
Accommodation
Château Bayard has five bedrooms on the first floor, which it also rents as a bed and breakfast. A wedding party or a seminar team can therefore sleep on site, within the limit of those five rooms.
Catering
The château works with partner caterers rather than an in-house kitchen. The partners come from a short supply chain and use fresh, seasonal products. They serve buffets, Viennese pastries, walking dinners and seated dinners, for lunch meetings, team-building days, incentives and weddings.
History and setting
The château dates from the 18th century and stands in a park with century-old trees, English-style gardens and a pond. The grounds are green and quiet, which suits teams that want to leave the office for a day.
Getting there
The château is in Wallonia, on the border with Walloon Brabant, 25 minutes from Carrefour Léonard in Brussels and 10 minutes from Namur. It is 1.6 km from exit 12 of the E411, direction Éghezée, at the crossroads of the E411 Brussels to Namur and the E42 Mons to Liège.
