Residential seminars, team days, weddings for up to 180 seated guests and large family gatherings can be organized at Château de la Flocellière, a fortress turned family home in La Flocellière, part of Sèvremont in the Vendée, 11 km from the Puy du Fou park. The château can be hired exclusively for a wedding, and about 170 people can sleep on the estate.
Seminars and company events
The château sells residential seminars, meetings, workshops, presentations and corporate evenings, as well as wellness retreats. The meeting room is lined with history and philosophy books, and the Galerie aux vitraux and the Orangerie come with a projector and screen. The grand salon can be set as a dining room for a working lunch. Between sessions, groups can book historical treasure hunts, yoga or qi gong, follow a fitness trail of several kilometers through the grounds, or attend a private concert on the house pianos, including a Steinway in the new wing.
Weddings and receptions
Smaller weddings of 30 to 50 guests take place in the château itself. The Galerie aux vitraux on the first floor seats about 40, the ground-floor Grand salon néo-renaissance up to 50, and the Galerie ogivale, which opens onto the courtyards, serves for dancing. Larger receptions move to the outbuildings, where three connecting rooms seat 180 for dinner next to a dance room. Secular ceremonies are held on the main stone steps, cocktails on the garden terrace among the ruins and, in summer, under the chestnut trees. The park in front of the reception rooms stays lit until 2 a.m.
Rooms and capacities
The Orangerie seats about 180 at round tables and comes with a room kept until 6 p.m. the next day. The Grange (82 m²) and the Véranda (78 m²) complete the reception area. Napoleon chairs and round or rectangular tables are included for large receptions, and about 60 cars can park inside the grounds.
Accommodation
The château, keep, pavilion and Logis sleep about 50. Rooms in the château are suites and doubles of 40 to 80 m². Independent lodgings include the Saint-Michel apartment (2 to 4 guests), the Échauguette (6), the Donjon (10), the Logis with its own pool (15) and the Néo-renaissance wing (15). Les Écuries du Marquis, in the former stables, add 120 beds in fitted boxes and twin rooms.
Catering
Caterers work from a semi-professional kitchen with a large cold room beside the reception rooms. In the Néo-renaissance wing, meals are cooked on site with local produce, with hotel service or a private kitchen on request. The stables lodging can be booked with meals or self-catered.
History and setting
The site has been a fortress since the 11th century, and its keep and ruined walls still stand. It became a seigneurial residence in the early 17th century. The family began restoring the ruins in 1978, and Sandrine Vignial now runs the estate. The 30-hectare park holds an arboretum, French and Italian gardens, a medieval kitchen garden and a saltwater pool.
