The Château de Kerfily rents its period salons for weddings and private receptions: up to 120 guests for a cocktail and dinner indoors, or 170 for a seated dinner indoors with the cocktail held outside. For larger parties, tents can be added in the courtyard. The château stands in a century-old park at Elven, in the Morbihan department of Brittany, 15 minutes from Vannes.
Weddings and receptions
The reception takes place in a row of connecting period salons with a total surface of 180 square meters. The main salon alone holds 70 people, so a toast or a speech can gather a large part of the guests in a single room while the others follow from the adjoining salons. Furniture is included in the hire for receptions of up to 120 guests. A nursery is available for children, which helps families plan an evening with young guests. The day after the wedding, the hosts can return to the château for a lunch, a format many couples use to extend the celebration with close family.
The owners present Kerfily as a place to receive family and friends. The official site does not describe an offer for company seminars, so the château is best suited to weddings, anniversaries and family celebrations.
Rooms and capacities
The enfilade of salons covers 180 square meters. The main salon seats 70 people in one room. Indoors, the château takes 120 guests for both the cocktail and the dinner. With the cocktail moved outside, the salons take a seated dinner of 170. Tents in the courtyard extend the capacity for larger receptions.
Accommodation
The château does not offer bedrooms to guests. Accommodation is available nearby, and Vannes, 15 minutes away, has a wide choice of hotels for a wedding party.
Catering
The official site does not name an in-house caterer. Organizers should confirm the catering arrangements and the caterer's access with the owner when they ask for a date.
History and setting
The present château was built in the 19th century on the site of earlier castles dating from the 15th and 17th centuries. In 1733 Marie-Madeleine de Charette married Louis de Sérent-Kerfily. Their son Armand-Louis de Sérent-Kerfily married a Montmorency-Luxembourg; as marquis and later duke, he was governor of the Dukes of Angoulême and Berry, sons of the Count of Artois, the future Charles X. In 1778 the duchess of Sérent-Kerfily became lady-in-waiting to Madame Élisabeth, sister of Louis XVI. Their daughter Anne married Raymond-Jacques de Narbonne-Pelet in 1799. When she died without heirs in 1856, she left her estates to her godson, Armand de Charette de la Contrie, who became the owner of Kerfily. He was the great-great-grandfather of the present owner, and the family still receives guests today.
Getting there
Kerfily is at Elven, 15 minutes from Vannes and 4 kilometers from the RN 166 expressway, which links Vannes and Rennes. Guests coming from Vannes or from the expressway reach the château quickly by car.
