The Château de Marson hosts seminars, conferences, meetings, team building days, product presentations, business dinners and weddings, with a reception room that seats up to 260 guests. The château stands in a park at Rou-Marson, in Anjou, near Saumur, above the small church of Sainte-Croix.
Seminars and company events
The château sells seminars and professional events as well as private celebrations. Its reception room is flexible and fully equipped, and can be set up for working meetings, a conference, a product presentation or a business dinner. A dedicated team handles the organization. For a company, the main asset is size: a single room that seats 260 lets a large sales convention, an annual staff meeting or a client evening take place under one roof, with the inner courtyard and the park available for breaks, a cocktail or outdoor team activities in good weather. Requests go through the contact page, and the château also publishes a brochure on its site.
Weddings and receptions
Weddings are a large part of the château's activity. The official site presents a gala hall, a spacious inner courtyard and a garden for ceremonies and receptions, from small ceremonies to large celebrations. The team advises couples ahead of the day. Other private events of a similar standard, such as anniversaries or family receptions, can be organized in the same spaces.
Rooms and capacities
The reception room opened in 2019 and seats up to 260 people. It is described as modular and fully equipped, suitable for seated dinners as well as working sessions. The inner courtyard and the park complete the event spaces; the site gives no separate capacity for them. Ask the château for floor plans, layout options for theater or classroom seating, and the technical equipment included.
History and setting
The village of Marson was an old fief that depended on the Tour de Ménives, a few kilometers away. It belonged in turn to the Grézille family from the 12th to the 15th century, the Quatrebarbes from 1481 to 1644, the Maillé-Brézé, the Bourbons from 1650 to 1747 and the Baillou de la Brosse from 1814 to 1915. In 1635 the estate passed to Urbain de Maillé-Brézé, brother-in-law of Cardinal Richelieu; through his daughter's marriage in 1641 to Louis II de Bourbon, the Grand Condé, the prince became lord of Marson. The present château was built around 1860 by the architect Charles Joly-Leterme and is listed as a historic monument.
In 1927 the industrialist Henri Fricotelle had a swimming pool built in the park, inspired by ancient baths and by Hardouin-Mansart's semicircular colonnade at Versailles, in an Art Deco spirit. It was designed by the architects Jacques-Maurice Prévot and Pierre-Victor Brunel and decorated with mosaics by the workshop of Isidore Odorico. The pool is classified as a historic monument and gives the estate an unusual backdrop for photographs and receptions.
Getting there
The château is at Montée du Château, 49400 Rou-Marson, a village attached to Saumur in the Maine-et-Loire department. Saumur and its railway station are a short drive away. Ask the château about parking and the best route for coaches when booking.
