The Château de Bellet is hired as a whole for seminars, study days, product launches, award evenings, gala dinners and weddings. Its reception hall of 250 square meters seats up to 180 guests at dinner, and a panoramic terrace and a deconsecrated chapel complete the site. The estate stands on the hills above Nice, at 482 chemin de Saquier, in the Bellet wine appellation.
Seminars and company events
The estate sells full privatization for corporate events: seminars and conventions, study days, team building, product launches, lunches, cocktails, gala dinners and award evenings. The reception hall is a single open space of 250 square meters with a semicircular shape. It comes with tables and chairs, a video projector with HDMI input, a fixed wall screen, microphones and a speaker. The furniture stock includes 208 chairs, rectangular tables and round tables of 150 and 180 cm.
For team building and group programs, the estate team runs guided visits and tastings, tasting initiation, picnics, pétanque and Mölkky, and can build a tailored program. The on-site team helps with logistics and with suppliers.
Weddings and receptions
The estate sells weddings with full privatization. The reception hall seats up to 180 guests for dinner and dancing, and according to the estate its acoustics allow the party to continue with no time limit. The terrace hosts the cocktail and photo sessions, with a view over Cap d'Antibes and the Alps. The chapel suits a civil-style ceremony, or the dinner of a smaller wedding together with the terrace. The estate's wines can be served at the cocktail and dinner.
Rooms and capacities
Reception hall: 250 square meters, up to 180 at dinner, equipped for conferences. Terrace: 300 square meters, open air, used for cocktails and launches. Chapel: 70 square meters, 19th century, deconsecrated, suited to an intimate dinner or ceremony. The three spaces can be combined during a full hire.
Catering
The estate does not cook. Its brochure lists five referenced caterers: De Bouche en Bouche, Le Boudoir, La Passion des Mets, Jérôme Ravel Traiteur and Pavillon Traiteur. It also lists partners for sound and lighting, live music and photography. The estate's own wines accompany the meal.
History and setting
The Barons of Bellet founded the estate on the heights of Nice in the 18th century, and the family gave its name to the Bellet appellation, recognized in 1941. The chapel, visible from far away among the vines, was built in 1873 in memory of Agnès de Roissard, who died at the age of 23. A semicircular, partly underground cellar was added in 2015. The vineyard is planted in terraces on a soil of sand, clay and pebbles, with Rolle for the white wines and Braquet and Folle Noire for the reds and rosés. The estate says its wines were served at the wedding of Prince Albert and Princess Charlène of Monaco.
Getting there
The estate is less than 25 minutes from the center of Nice and from Nice Côte d'Azur airport. Coaches up to 12 meters long can reach the site from central Nice by the route de Canta Galet. Organizers should plan a coach or shuttle for guests, as the estate sits on a hillside lane.
