Château de Janzé hosts seminars, conferences, general meetings, company evenings and weddings for 40 to 600 guests, in several heated rooms and a 10-hectare walled park. The estate stands in Marcilly-d'Azergues, about 15 minutes from the center of Lyon, on a hillside facing the Monts du Beaujolais. It is hired on an exclusive basis, so one group has the site to itself.
Seminars and company events
The château sells day seminars, residential seminars, conferences, general meetings, product launches, gala evenings and incentive days. For a plenary session it offers a setup for up to 300 people with a stage, a projection screen of 5 by 2.8 meters, a gooseneck lectern and handheld microphones. A technician can stay on site if needed, and the rooms can be set up the day before. A multipurpose room adapts to groups of 40 to 300, and lunch can be served outdoors under the trees in good weather.
Team building activities are run on the grounds by an outside provider. Smaller rooms work as breakout spaces next to the main room, and the Auvent, a covered outdoor area, takes coffee breaks and buffets whatever the weather.
Weddings and receptions
Weddings are a large part of the estate's business. Couples hire the rooms and grounds for the cocktail, the dinner and a Sunday brunch. The cocktail can be held on the terrace facing the Beaujolais hills, under the Auvent or along the Allée des Marronniers, an avenue of chestnut trees. Dinner can also be served outdoors in the main courtyard. The estate lends decorative items such as wrought-iron candelabras, cast-iron Medici vases and wicker baskets, and can provide a room for preparing flowers on site.
Rooms and capacities
The Salle du Cuvage is the largest room: 320 square meters of golden stone on one level, for up to 300 seated or 600 at a cocktail. The Salle du Parc covers 250 square meters under an exposed timber roof, with 220 seated or 500 standing, heating and a sound system. The Salle du Pressoir, an 18th-century press house beside the main courtyard, takes 80 to 300 guests. The Bergerie covers 120 square meters for 100 seated or 200 standing, with level access. The Caveau, a 15th-century cellar under the Pressoir, serves as an extra room.
Staff set up the rooms. The furniture on site includes 400 upholstered chairs, 72 round tables from 150 to 180 cm, 25 buffet tables, 10 high tables, wrought-iron cocktail furniture and 80 outdoor lanterns.
Accommodation
A house of 140 square meters in the outbuildings sleeps 8 people. It is air-conditioned, has bedrooms with 180 cm double beds, and household linen is provided. It suits a wedding couple and close family or a small organizing team. Larger groups will need hotels in the Lyon area.
Catering
The château works with outside caterers rather than an in-house kitchen. Its list of partners names the Lyon events caterer Ambiance et Saveur. Ask the team which caterers are accepted for your date and what the kitchen area provides.
History and setting
The site goes back to the 12th century, when it guarded the northern approach to Lyon. The estate grew over the following centuries and took its present layout in the 17th and 18th centuries. The buildings are in the warm yellow stone of the Beaujolais, set in an English-style park of 10 enclosed hectares with century-old trees and a small wood.
Getting there
The address is 315 Chemin de Janzé, 69380 Marcilly-d'Azergues. The château gives the drive from central Lyon as 15 to 20 minutes. Access is by road, so plan a coach or shuttle for groups arriving at Lyon train stations or the airport.
