Château de Candie can host study days, residential seminars, product launches, gala dinners and weddings. Its meeting rooms take up to 120 people theater style and 180 at a standing cocktail, and the hotel has 25 bedrooms. The château is a four-star hotel on the hills of Chambéry-le-Vieux, about ten minutes from the center of Chambéry, in Savoie.
Seminars and company events
The hotel sells study days, study evenings and residential seminars, with a welcome coffee, breaks and either a three-course lunch at the restaurant La Cantine de Candie or a standing lunch or dinner. Rooms come with a screen, projector, flip chart, notepads and free Wi-Fi.
For team building, the château works with partners on murder parties, escape games, outdoor games in the park and treasure hunts. Wine tasting workshops feature the estate's own white, a Viognier from the vines at the entrance. For multi-day seminars, the team also offers dinner at Le Lido, its restaurant on the shore of Lac du Bourget in Tresserve, which can be reserved in full for a gala evening, with a shuttle from the château. The hotel also sells end-of-year meals for companies.
Weddings and receptions
The château can be reserved in full for a wedding. Secular ceremonies take place in the gardens, the drinks reception on one of the terraces, and the dinner in the Salle des Glaces. Chef Badara Gueye prepares the meal, from cocktail bites to the wedding cake, and the sommelier pairs the wines. A late-night snack, a shuttle and a list of partner suppliers are available, and the team can organize a dinner at Le Lido the evening before.
Rooms and capacities
The Salle des Glaces is the largest room, at 120 square meters, named for the mirrors that cover one wall. It takes 120 people theater style, 100 at a banquet, 50 classroom style, 30 in a U-shape and 180 at a cocktail. It adjoins the Salle des Grilles and the two can be combined.
The Salle des Grilles covers 66 square meters with daylight, its own entrance from the restaurant terrace, private restrooms and a garden corner. It takes 60 theater style, 40 at a banquet, 30 classroom and 90 at a cocktail. The Salle Château, 40 square meters on the floor above reception, opens onto the upper terrace and takes up to 30 classroom style or 20 at a board table. The Honesty Bar, behind reception, is a lounge with sofas and an old fireplace for informal meetings of 6 to 10, without daylight.
Accommodation
The hotel has 25 bedrooms and suites, which the château says can sleep more than 50 guests. Categories run from Junior Cosy rooms of 22 to 25 square meters to suites of 65 to 80 square meters for four to six people, and the Tour de la Duchesse, a 70-square-meter round tower suite. Some rooms are adapted for guests with reduced mobility.
Catering
La Cantine de Candie serves local, seasonal produce for lunch and dinner every day. For groups it offers a one-hour working lunch, standing dinners and a longer feast menu.
History and setting
The first records of a fortified house here date from the 14th century, when it belonged to the Candie family, close to the House of Savoy. The Piedmontese merchant Jean André Sarde bought it in 1664, and the Trédicini family in 1844. Didier Lhostis restored it over almost four years and opened it as a hotel in 1994. The current owners bought it in 2016. The six-hectare park has old trees, fountains, vines, a pool and views over Chambéry and the mountains.
Getting there
The château is at 533 rue du Bois de Candie, 73000 Chambéry, about 15 minutes from Chambéry–Challes-les-Eaux station. Private parking is available on site.
