Château du Chesnay-Haguest is hired in full for study days, executive committee retreats, company evenings for up to 200 people and weddings for 30 to 200 guests. The estate lies in Vexin-sur-Epte, in the Norman Vexin about one hour from Paris, and only one group uses it at a time.
Seminars and company events
Three salons in the château hold meetings of up to 30 people, with 75-inch and 85-inch screens, fast Wi-Fi and video conferencing. The Pavillon du Parc takes a plenary of 200, a seated dinner of 150 or a company evening of up to 200. The estate builds three main formats: a study day for 10 to 30 people with a plenary of up to 200, a 48-hour executive committee for 6 to 15 people with one night, and a three-day residential seminar with two nights for the same group size.
Activities take place in the grounds: archery, archery tag, kayaking on the Epte, tennis, a murder party and a telescope set on the lawn. The pool and tennis court are open to the group, and arrivals often begin with a tour of the park and its beehives.
Weddings and receptions
Weddings run from Friday evening to Sunday, with one couple per date. Ceremonies take place under a cedar about 250 years old, beside the basins, at a flower kiosk or a gloriette behind the château, or in the Salon Pulligny if it rains. The town hall is a few minutes away for the civil ceremony. Packages range from a single day, from 10 a.m. to 3 a.m., to a full weekend. From June to September, weekends are sold with at least one night, and high-season dates book 12 to 18 months ahead.
Rooms and capacities
The Salon Dumas, 60 m² in red tones, takes 35 standing or 14 seated. The Salon Pulligny, 60 m² with a monumental fireplace and a touch screen, takes 40 standing or 16 seated and opens onto the Salon Monet, 60 m² with a large meeting table, for 25 standing or 10 seated. The Pavillon du Parc covers 350 m², a 150 m² timber barn joined to a 200 m² covered and heated structure, with parquet floor and a dance floor.
Accommodation
The Maison des Invités has 10 bedrooms with 20 beds, five doubles and five twins, one of them on the ground floor and accessible, plus a lounge with fireplace and a dining corner. For seminars the estate counts 15 people, each in their own bed, with linen provided. A wedding couple stays in a room in the château. Partner lodgings nearby take larger groups, and at least five more rooms are planned in the farm cottage from 2028.
Catering
Breakfast, lunches and dinners are served in the château or the Pavillon du Parc, with buffet dinners for company evenings. Maison Erisay, the partner caterer, cooks local and seasonal food, live stations, seated dinners, wedding cakes and Sunday brunch. The estate works with other caterers for kosher, halal or specific family traditions.
History and setting
Félix Leclerc de Pulligny carved and built the neo-Gothic château between 1858 and 1863 on the ruins of a feudal estate, with gargoyles and symbolic friezes. Alexandre Dumas visited, and a salon bears his name. The 5-hectare park holds more than 70 rose varieties, basins and cascades. The estate belongs to the network of La Demeure Historique.
Getting there
Trains from Paris Saint-Lazare reach Vernon in about 45 minutes, followed by a 15-minute shuttle the estate can arrange. By car, allow about one hour from western Paris on the A13. Giverny and La Roche-Guyon are 20 minutes away.
