Château d'Artigny hosts seminars, business meetings, company banquets, weddings and family receptions for 25 to 200 guests, with 56 rooms, a restaurant and a spa on site. The venue is a five-star château hotel built for the perfumer François Coty, in a 25-hectare park above the Indre valley at Montbazon, 15 km from Tours.
Seminars and company events
The seminar page lists four rooms for seminars and private events, from 25 to 200 people, while the events page mentions eight air-conditioned meeting rooms with daylight, split between the château and the Cité des Parfums, a building 150 m across from it. The rooms of the Cité des Parfums are laid out for working sessions and can be rearranged. Coffee breaks can be taken in the formal French garden.
The events team works with outside suppliers who set the technical, logistical and artistic details of each event with the client. At the end of the year, the château also sells a company banquet on weekdays from mid-November to late December, with a private room from 12 guests.
Weddings and receptions
The park, the large lawn, the formal garden and the terrace over the Indre valley serve for the cocktail, the dinner and the ceremony. For family events, from an intimate dinner to a large reception for a birthday, communion or christening, the château provides its private salons, dishes from its chef, access to the park for drinks and photos, and a large car park. A single contact shows the hotel and prepares an offer.
Rooms and capacities
The Rotonde, on the first floor, takes up to 200 guests. Its tall windows face the Indre valley and its dome, 9.20 m high, carries a trompe-l'œil fresco by Charles Hoffbauer showing a costume ball with Coty's friends and family painted life size. The Grand Salon Régence measures 16 by 9 m and takes up to 140. The Salon Coty (12 by 9 m) takes up to 60 and the Salon Royal (11.6 by 6.5 m) up to 50. The seminar page also names the Salon Vertige, the Salon Complice and the Salon Émeraude, without published capacities.
Accommodation
The hotel has 56 rooms in four categories, Junior Suite, Deluxe, Superior and Tradition, spread between the château, the Pavillon Ariane and the Cité des Parfums. Some look over the formal gardens. The spa has a sauna, hammam, hot tubs and massages with essential oils, booked in two-hour slots.
Catering
Meals come from the château's restaurant, L'Origan, run by chef Hervé Guttin since September 2017. His menu combines traditional dishes, regional produce and influences from world cuisine. For seminars, the restaurant builds menus from fresh local produce, and private salons are set aside for group meals.
History and setting
A fortress first stood on the hill during the Hundred Years' War. François Coty had the old building pulled down in 1912 and replaced it with a château in 18th-century style, close to the Château de Champlâtreux, with marble floors, carved paneling and a chapel modeled on the one at Versailles. Work lasted until 1929. After serving the navy staff, German troops and a hospital annex during the Second World War, the château was bought by René Traversac and opened as a hotel on March 27, 1961.
Getting there
The address is 92 Rue de Monts, 37250 Montbazon. Tours station is 15 km away, and Saint-Pierre-des-Corps TGV station 18 km. Tours airport is 17 km away. By road, take the A10, exit Chambray-Montbazon. The hotel can help arrange taxis from the stations.
