Château de Farcheville can host residential seminars, company retreats, private celebrations and weddings for up to 450 guests, seated under the glass roof of its Orangerie. Smaller groups use four lounges for 12 to 50 people and a 24-seat theater, and 22 bedrooms inside the walls let a team stay together. The château stands on a 200-hectare estate in Bouville, in the Essonne, about one hour by road south of Paris.
Seminars and company events
The estate sells seminars and full private hire for business groups, from a leadership meeting to a plenary of 450. The Orangerie holds the plenary: 600 square meters of steel and glass, air-conditioned, with sound, lighting and fiber internet, looking over the gardens and the moat. Workshops move into the lounges. The Salon des Rois takes 50 in theater layout or 40 around tables, the Fumoir 20, the Salon Rouge 16 and the Salon des Femmes 12. The velvet Theater, on two levels, seats 24 for a talk or a screening.
Between sessions, teams can use the 25-meter heated indoor pool, the hammam, five treatment rooms, a small gym, a tennis court and a pétanque ground. Evenings can end with a tasting in the vaulted cellars or a film in the Theater. Fiber internet has been in place since 2021, and the estate has its own helipad.
Weddings and receptions
Weddings run from ceremony to brunch without leaving the estate. Secular ceremonies take place at the Nymphée, an open-air space by the water, or, on request, in the chapel consecrated in 1304; the Salon des Rois is the fallback in rain. Cocktails move to the main courtyard, the gardens and the rose pergola. Dinner and dancing take place in the Orangerie for up to 450 seated guests, or in the Salon des Rois for about 80. The civil ceremony is held at Bouville town hall.
The estate for the day and night, the reception rooms, furniture, lighting, security and cleaning are included in a wedding hire. Planning support, fireworks above the château, a helicopter arrival, music and a horse-drawn carriage are available on request.
Rooms and capacities
The Orangerie is the largest space, at 450 seated. The Salon des Rois covers 138 square meters, with a painted fireplace, and takes 80 for dinner. The Fumoir, the Salon Rouge and the Salon des Femmes suit meetings of 12 to 20. The vaulted cellars serve as a bar and late-night space.
Accommodation
The château has 22 bedrooms, 15 of them suites, including the Suite du Roi, the Suite de la Reine and the Grande Suite. The Pigeonnier, inside the walls, adds four bedrooms and 15 beds. The Presbytère in Bouville, a few minutes away, has five air-conditioned bedrooms and 15 beds. The Gîte du Gâtinais, 2 km away, sleeps 24 in five bedrooms across two wings and can also be rented on its own.
Catering
A professional kitchen on site serves either a chef or the caterer of your choice, depending on the project.
History and setting
Hugues II de Bouville, chamberlain to Philip the Fair, built the fortress in 1291. It passed to the Coligny family in 1407. Jean Chalopin restored it from 1987 to 2006 with the architect Pierre-André Lablaude, and the Bouniol family took over in 2009. The Orangerie was completed in 2019. The rectangular enclosure, with corner towers and machicolations on pointed arches, has been a listed historic monument since 1948. The park includes formal French gardens, an 18th-century flower garden, a lime-tree avenue and a pond.
Getting there
By road, take the A6 then the N20: about one hour from Paris and 50 minutes from Orly. Charles de Gaulle airport is about 1 h 30 away. By train, take the RER C to Étampes, then a 15-minute taxi ride. Parking is on site.
