Château de Courcelles hosts meetings, study days, seminars, product showcases, gala evenings and weddings for 5 to 400 guests. Small groups meet in the Library or the Winter Garden, and larger events move to the Orangery, which seats 250 for dinner and takes 400 for a cocktail. The château is a 17th-century Relais & Châteaux hotel in Courcelles-sur-Vesle, in the Aisne, between Soissons and Reims and about 1 h 15 from Paris.
Seminars and company events
The château sells formal and informal meetings, year-end reviews, customer presentations and study days. Published capacities for meetings are 250 in conference layout, 15 to 100 in a U-shape and 30 to 400 for a cocktail. Wi-Fi, outdoor parking, a space for breaks and an LCD screen or video projector are provided. The sales team can find outside suppliers or arrange a champagne tasting. Groups can take a private lounge for an informal lunch or dinner, or book a dinner at the restaurant before or after the meeting.
Weddings and receptions
Weddings use either the existing reception rooms of the château or the Orangery. Published capacities for weddings and private receptions are 320 for a seated dinner and 400 for a cocktail party. Private hire starts from 10 rooms. The team helps couples choose their suppliers. Christenings, birthdays and family dinners are hosted as well, with champagne aperitifs in the three lounges.
Rooms and capacities
The Orangery, opened in 2022 in the park, covers 630 m², with a 420 m² reception area facing the château, the forest and the canal. It seats 250 for dinner and takes 400 for a cocktail, with Wi-Fi and a video projector. Inside the château are the Library, three lounges for aperitifs, the Winter Garden built in 2000 and the restaurant rooms: a historic dining room, an intermediate room and the Winter Garden. Capacities of the smaller rooms are not published individually.
Accommodation
The château has 20 rooms and suites, facing the French garden or the village. Categories are Tradition, Superior and Prestige rooms, Suites, the Royal Suite and the Marie-Louise Suite, opened in October 2020. Larger suites sit in the outbuildings, and some on the ground floor have private terraces. Bicycles are lent free of charge.
Catering
La Table de Courcelles, led by chef Massimiliano Sena, holds a Michelin star since 2025, and the hotel received a MICHELIN Key in 2024. The restaurant is open every day for breakfast, lunch and dinner, with seasonal menus that use produce from the estate's vegetable garden. Event catering is prepared by the chef and his brigade.
History and setting
Baron Jacques de la Grange, an adviser to Louis XIV, built the château between 1690 and 1694. Napoleon met Marie-Louise here in 1810. German forces occupied the house in 1917 and again in 1939 and 1940. Bernard Anthonioz bought the property in 1988 and opened it as a four-star hotel in 1989; it joined Relais & Châteaux in 1992 and is still run by the family. The 25-hectare park includes a French garden, a canal lined with plane trees, a hornbeam maze and a forest.
Getting there
The address is 8 rue du Château, 02220 Courcelles-sur-Vesle. Reims is 40 km away (30 minutes) and Soissons 20 km (20 minutes). By train, travel from Paris Gare du Nord to Soissons, then take a 20-minute taxi, or take a 30-minute taxi from Reims station. Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport is about one hour by car. Helicopters can land on the estate.
