Château de la Rairie hosts seminars, training days, client evenings, company parties and weddings for up to 110 guests, seated or for a standing cocktail. The estate is booked exclusively for each event, and there is no minimum number of guests. The château stands in a 9.5-hectare landscaped park at Pont-Saint-Martin, south of Nantes, in Loire-Atlantique.
Seminars and company events
Three formats are offered to companies: dry hire of the rooms, a per-person seminar package with welcome coffee, breaks and lunch, and a turnkey day that combines rooms, catering and activities. The rooms are equipped with a 248 cm screen, a 165 cm connected screen, a JBL sound system with four wireless microphones, fiber Wi-Fi with a wired port, two flipcharts and indoor and outdoor furniture. A technical manager stays on site throughout the event.
The château lists training days, team evenings, works council meals, Christmas and year-end parties and team-building activities, which can use the park. The venue works with companies, works councils, event agencies, clubs and networks.
Weddings and receptions
For weddings, the Salle des Lustres serves as the dining room and the Salle Blanche as the dance floor, with a fallback for the cocktail if the weather turns. Secular ceremonies can be held in the park, along a path the venue calls the Allée des Amoureux. The owners run the music themselves, with a resident DJ and live options for the cocktail, a piano and voice duo or a jazz trio. The venue also refers couples to wedding planners, photographers, decorators and florists.
Rooms and capacities
The two reception rooms adjoin each other and together take up to 110 guests. The Salle Blanche, 125 m², has a large fireplace and a secured swimming pool that runs into the room and out to the terrace. The Salle des Lustres, 115 m², has a polished concrete floor, exposed beams, large chandeliers and gilded mirrors, and seats up to 110 at round tables.
The terrace covers 230 m²: 130 m² of landscaped space under century-old oaks and 100 m² beside the pool, covered by a white tent in high season. It has its own sound system and evening lighting. Underfloor heating and the fireplace serve winter events, and a dedicated area is set aside for the caterer.
Accommodation
Up to 20 people can sleep on site. The bridal room, Symphonie, is a 30 m² room with a private bathroom on the first floor of the château. Three tiny houses in the park sleep up to 18 guests in total. About a hundred further beds are available with partner establishments less than 10 minutes away, with optional private driver shuttles. Camper vans and tents are not allowed on the estate.
Catering
The château does not cook. Clients work with a caterer, and for weddings the venue publishes a list of ten local caterers it has selected, based in Nantes, Rezé, Les Sorinières and nearby towns. The seminar package includes coffee breaks and lunch.
History and setting
The château was built in 1830 by the architect of the town of Clisson, which explains its Italian look, and has been listed as a historic monument since 1989. It has operated as a reception venue since 2018. Guests arrive along an avenue of plane trees nearly 400 meters long.
Getting there
The estate is 15 minutes from Nantes, 5 minutes from the Porte de Rezé, 8 minutes from Nantes Atlantique airport and 10 minutes from the motorway. A free, lit car park holds 62 cars, plus 20 spaces in summer, with a 7 kW charging point. Visits are by appointment.
