Château Carqueiranne hosts study days, seminars, team building, company cocktails and dinners, weddings and family celebrations, with up to 250 guests seated outdoors. The estate is a working Côtes de Provence vineyard at 100 Chemin du Château in Carqueiranne, in the Var, between Toulon and Hyères. It takes events all year, and every event is planned to order with the estate team.
Seminars and company events
The estate sells four formats to companies. A seminar or study day uses the reception salon for meetings, workshops and presentations, with breaks on the terraces and lunch on site. A teaching wine tasting, led by the estate team and paired with food, can be added to the day. Team building takes the form of a bike ride through the vineyard with views of the château. The evening can close with a cocktail on the terrace or a dinner in the park.
The reception salon has chandeliers, tall windows and a projection screen. The estate suggests nearby activities to combine with a seminar: mountain biking, a boat trip on the Mediterranean, olive oil tasting, paddle on the water, kitesurfing and diving. Transport for a group can be arranged with the team.
Weddings and receptions
Weddings are sold all year. Ceremony, cocktail, dinner under the trees and party can all take place on the estate, in front of the château façade and facing the vines. Up to 250 guests can be seated outdoors. A DJ can be booked, a security guard is present during the event and the estate pool is open to guests from May.
The same set-up serves birthdays, christenings, family gatherings and private parties, with the estate's own wines served at the reception.
Rooms and capacities
The largest published figure is 250 guests seated outdoors, across the gardens, terraces and park. Indoor capacity depends on the layout: the estate asks for the number of participants and the date to propose a set-up. Other facts for planning:
- Reception salon with projection screen, for meetings and presentations
- Terraces and gardens facing the vines and cypress trees, for breaks and cocktails
- Park for seated dinners
- Pool available from May
- Parking for 176 cars
Catering
Catering is open. You can bring your own caterer or use the one the estate proposes, for breaks, cocktails and meals. The estate serves its own wines under two labels, Château Carqueiranne and LAMOUR, in rosé, red, white and sparkling versions, including an alcohol-free sparkling white. No bedrooms are listed on the site, so overnight stays need to be booked elsewhere in the area.
History and setting
The estate dates its first written record to 1217, when Guillaume de Carcairana acquired the domain. It later passed through Provençal noble families, then in 1873 to the Richet family. Charles Richet, who received the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1913 for his work on anaphylaxis, built a steam airplane in a hangar on the estate in 1896. After a long decline and the partial collapse of the west tower in 2018, the Lamour family began restoring the château, chapel, dovecote, Eiffel greenhouse and farm buildings in 2023.
Today the estate farms 25 hectares of vines in Carqueiranne, La Crau and Hyères, under the AOP Côtes de Provence and IGP Var labels, with High Environmental Value (HVE) certification. A flock of sheep grazes between the rows. A seasonal shop called La Paillote, at the entrance of the estate, sells the wines and local products.
Getting there
The château is 15 minutes from Toulon and 10 minutes from Hyères. Toulon-Hyères airport, with flights to Paris and London, is about 10 minutes away. Toulon TGV station is 20 minutes by road, and bus line 39 stops nearby. The team speaks English.
