Château de Berthenonville takes small seminars of up to 20 people, board meetings of 10, team-building days and private receptions, with a 4-hectare park and two guest bedrooms. The house stands in Berthenonville, part of the commune of Vexin-sur-Epte in the Norman Vexin, close to the border between Normandy and the Île-de-France, less than an hour from Paris and Rouen.
Seminars and company events
The family who owns the château rents two meeting rooms by the day or half-day, or the whole house for a private seminar. A full hire gives a group a main meeting room and two rooms for breakout sessions. The Galerie seats up to 20 people and comes with a video projector, a paperboard, notepads and Wi-Fi. The Grand Salon takes up to 10 people around a monitor, with the same stationery and Wi-Fi. The château also offers half-day remote-work bookings for very small teams.
Activities can be added to a seminar day. A fencing master runs two-hour sessions in the park for 6 to 14 participants. Horse-drawn carriage rides of 45 minutes leave from the château, and a partner can arrange hot-air balloon flights that may take off from the grounds. The park can also be rented by the day for exhibitions.
Weddings and receptions
The Galerie, the house or the park can be booked for private events such as weddings and birthdays, on a quote. The site shows a long table set for 20 guests and refreshments prepared by the caterer. It does not publish a standing or seated maximum for receptions, so organisers should confirm numbers when they ask for a quote.
Rooms and capacities
The Galerie is the largest room, at 20 people. The Grand Salon suits a board of 10. Meals are taken in the Salle à Manger or outdoors in the park, which covers 4 hectares of century-old trees.
Accommodation
The château lets a suite of two guest bedrooms that share a bathroom, bookable together or one at a time. One has a queen-size double bed, the other two single beds. A baby cot is available on request, and breakfast is served in the Salle à Manger. Some rooms are still under restoration, and the owners plan holiday cottages in the outbuildings, including the gatehouse and the stables.
Catering
Seminar days start with coffee, tea and pastries, followed by morning and afternoon breaks built on local products. Lunches and dinners are served indoors or in the park, with menus set together with the château's caterer.
History and setting
From the 14th century to the Revolution, the estate was shared between the Carthusian monks of Paris and local lords. After 1848 the house was largely rebuilt in a more classical form with an Empire interior, while the press house, cellar and barn survive from the older farm. The 1976 general inventory of cultural heritage lists an 18th-century manor and a 19th-century château. The Méry family held the property for about two centuries, and the current owners took it over in May 2019 and restored it over about two and a half years.
Getting there
Berthenonville lies about 20 minutes from Giverny, La Roche-Guyon, Villarceaux and Château Gaillard. The house sits on the Paris to London greenway for cyclists and walkers, and guests can borrow bicycles at the château.
