Château de Caumont

Seminars, team building days, company evenings and weddings for 10 to 400 guests are organised at the Château de Caumont, in Cazaux-Savès, in the Gers, about 35 minutes from Toulouse. The Renaissance castle is a classified historic monument set in a 50-hectare wooded estate with a romantic park.

Seminars and company events

Company days include a tailored welcome, morning and afternoon breaks and a lunch cooked on site by the château's chef. Staff can stay overnight in the château's bedrooms or in the estate's gîtes. Activities draw on the house and the region: a guided tour, a tasting of wine or Armagnac in the Renaissance kitchens, a foie gras workshop, an escape game in the basements, an investigation trail through the park, team sports and an electric scooter route through the woods. Further activities can be arranged on request. Evening receptions take place in the reception rooms, the cour d'honneur or the park.

Weddings and receptions

The château has hosted weddings for more than a century, and a 1927 photograph of the Vicomtesse de Castelbajac is kept as a record of that tradition. Hire runs from Friday to Sunday: guests arrive on Friday, the wedding is on Saturday and a brunch follows on Sunday. Ceremonies and drinks can be held under the old cedars, in front of the orangery or in the cour d'honneur, with the Galerie Louis XIII and its Pompeian-style mosaic floor as a cover for rain or sun. Couples choose their own suppliers, and the château recommends professionals who know the site.

Rooms and capacities

The Salle des Lustres, in the 15th-century part of the château, has high ceilings and Napoleon III chandeliers, and the porch and the orangery can extend it for dinner. Dinners can also be laid in front of the orangery under the sky or in the lit courtyard. The parterre beside the orangery, close to the kitchens, suits a brunch for a smaller group. The château gives a range of 10 to 400 guests for the estate as a whole but no capacity per room.

Accommodation

Five rooms, two bedrooms and three suites, are reached by a 16th-century spiral staircase, each with its own bathroom. The Chambre du Roi is the room where Henri IV slept, the Chambre Epernon recalls the Duc d'Épernon, born at the château, and brides often prepare in the Chambre Reine, named after Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, who once lunched at Caumont. Two independent gîtes stand in the park, and a 1.5-hectare field can take tents or yurts. The château can arrange shuttles to nearby guest houses and hotels.

History and setting

The castle is attributed to the Renaissance architect Nicolas Bachelier. Its links with the French court run through the Duc d'Épernon, adviser to Henri III and Henri IV. The house was restored over several generations, and its room names recall members of the Castelbajac family, among them Marquis Arnaud de Castelbajac, an Olympic shooting champion. A restored hamlet on the estate holds further lodgings.

Getting there

Cazaux-Savès is 40 km from Toulouse by road, about 35 minutes, 35 km from Muret and 45 km from Auch.