The Château d'Auvers hosts seminars, study days, team lunches and corporate evenings for up to 100 people in its largest room. It is a 17th-century château on a 9-hectare estate at Auvers-sur-Oise, about 30 minutes from Paris. The château stopped organizing weddings in June 2023.
Seminars and company events
Two meeting rooms on the ground floor are offered for seminars, conventions, incentives and team meetings. Half-day and full-day packages combine the room, coffee breaks and a three-course lunch with drinks at the château's restaurant, for a minimum of 15 people. Team lunches can be paired with a visit of the current exhibition, "Van Gogh influenceur, héritages en mouvement". For evenings, the château offers cocktails, company parties and gala dinners, with details in a downloadable brochure. The park can also host a barbecue, and a cocktail can be served on the terrace above the formal French garden.
Weddings and receptions
Weddings are no longer held here. The château still takes family events and wedding photo sessions, according to its private events page.
Rooms and capacities
The Salle Van Gogh measures more than 120 square meters and seats up to 100 in theater style, with a layout that can be adapted. The Salon Nadar, 48 square meters, takes 20 in a U shape or 40 in theater style and suits small committees. Both rooms are equipped for meetings. Outside, the terrace and the 9-hectare wooded park are used for receptions in good weather.
Catering
Meals are served at Le Nymphée, the château's café-restaurant. Group menus are published each year. Seminar packages include a welcome coffee, a three-course menu with drinks and, for full days, an afternoon break.
History and setting
Zanobi Lioni, an Italian financier close to Marie de Médicis, built the château around 1635 with a flat roof terrace in the Italian manner. Jean de Léry bought it in 1662 and gave it a French look. Around 1756 the south front was rebuilt and two pavilions were added, while the north front kept its Louis XIII style. Later owners included the prince de Conti and the Gosselin family. The terraced gardens kept a shell-decorated grotto, the nymphée, north of the entrance. The Val-d'Oise department bought the estate in 1987 and restored it. From 1994 to 2016 it housed a multimedia show on the Impressionist painters of the Oise valley. The château is listed as a historic monument.
Getting there
The address is Chemin des Berthelées, 95430 Auvers-sur-Oise. From Paris Gare du Nord, line H runs to Valmondois, with a change for Auvers-sur-Oise; RER C and line J reach Pontoise, where line H continues to Auvers. A direct weekend train runs from Gare du Nord in season. By car, take the A15 and then the A115 and exit at Méry-sur-Oise Centre. A free 200-space car park is open from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.
