Château de Changy hosts residential seminars for about 20 people, company evenings for up to 300 guests and weddings for 250 seated in its orangery, with 57 beds on site. It is a 17th-century château with a medieval tower at Gy-les-Nonains, in the Loiret, 110 km from Paris and 10 km from Montargis.
Seminars and company events
The château is suited above all to residential seminars of around 20 participants, who can stay in the château's bedrooms and work in its salons. Company evenings and parties are hosted for up to 300 guests. The site also takes study days, product launches and film shoots. Videoconferencing is available, and the salons can be set up in a U shape.
Leisure facilities on site include a heated outdoor pool, a tennis court, a gym, mountain bikes, billiards, karaoke and an escape game. Nearby, groups can book horse riding, treetop courses, paintball, golf or a hot-air balloon flight.
Weddings and receptions
Weddings, birthdays, christenings, bar mitzvahs and family reunions are hosted. Couples can hold a secular ceremony, the cocktail and the dinner in different parts of the estate: the lime tree avenue, the terraces, the park, the salons or the orangery. The orangery seats up to 250 guests for dinner and opens onto a 160 m² terrace along the river. The owners say the château has welcomed couples for decades, and the next-day gathering can use the pool and the park.
Rooms and capacities
The orangery covers 300 m² and seats 250 for a dinner or large reception, with modular spaces and very high windows onto the park. Two salons in the château, named on the site as the Salon Gris and the Salon Vert, serve for meetings and smaller receptions. The terrace by the river covers 160 m². The 12-hectare park offers several outdoor spots for ceremonies and cocktails.
Accommodation
The estate has 21 double bedrooms: ten in the château, seven in the Licorne cottage and four in the Stendhal cottage, plus a 14-bed dormitory, for a total of 57 beds. The bedrooms are reserved for guests of an event and are not sold to the general public. Each room is decorated in its own style; those shown on the site include the Chambre Royale, Jaune, Duchesse, Birmanie, Mansard and Marylin. Lodging part of the party on site means guests can stay for the evening without driving home, and a seminar group can be housed in the château itself.
History and setting
The château dates from the 17th century and keeps a medieval tower. Two branches of the Ouanne river cross the 12-hectare park, planted with old and rare trees such as sequoias, bald cypresses, ginkgos and copper beeches. The area is known as the Venice of the Gâtinais because of its waterways, and forests border the estate.
Getting there
The château stands on the Route de Conflans at Gy-les-Nonains, about 1 h 20 by road from Paris and 10 km from Montargis. Secure parking is available on site, and the château shows a minibus shuttle among its seminar services. Ask the owners about transfers from the nearest station when you plan a seminar.
