Château de Maulmont hosts residential seminars, study days, conferences, product launches, company evenings and weddings, and it takes only one event at a time, so the whole château is reserved for your group. The Grande Salle seats 100 in theatre style, and with the marquee the reception space takes 240 for a cocktail. There are 19 bedrooms on site. The château is on rue de Maulmont in Saint-Priest-Bramefant, Puy-de-Dôme, about 12 km from Vichy.
Seminars and company events
Four meeting rooms with daylight serve working sessions. Paperboards, a video projector, screen, paper, pens and mineral water are included. A residential seminar adds dinner, a room and breakfast to the welcome coffee, breaks and lunch of the study day. Breaks offer coffee, tea, juice, cake and fresh fruit.
Leisure facilities are included for the group: heated indoor pool, outdoor pool, sauna, table tennis, table football and pétanque. Partners run team-building activities on site, including a murder mystery, an escape game, a cooking workshop, orienteering, archery, a quiz, wine tasting and a helicopter flight. The sheltered pergola above the ponds can host a team activity.
Weddings and receptions
The whole château can be rented for one or several days. The oak-panelled Grande Salle and the custom-built marquee that extends it onto the terrace together take 240 for a cocktail and 100 at banquet with a dance floor. The bar beside the Grande Salle can turn into a dance room. Two small salons can be set up as a children's area with childminding. Civil and secular ceremonies take place under the pergola overlooking the ponds, or on the terrace, in the marquee or in the gardens.
Rooms and capacities
Grande Salle, 82 to 85 m²: 50 in classroom, 100 in theatre, 40 in U-shape, 70 at banquet, 120 for a cocktail. Salle Templiers, 30 m²: 18 in classroom, 25 in theatre. Salle Jeanne d'Arc, 20 m²: 14 in any layout, 20 standing. Salon Rond, 16 m²: 12 seated. Marquee, 82 m²: 70 at banquet, 120 for a cocktail. Bar, 45 m²: 70 standing. Salon Louis-Philippe, 31 m²: 24 at banquet. Terrace, 300 m²: 200 for a cocktail.
Accommodation
The château has 19 bedrooms, spread across the south, central and north towers, with 48 beds and 10 extra beds. They include family suites, an accessible suite and apartments.
Catering
Seminar packages include welcome coffee with Nespresso coffee and pastries, breaks, lunch and, for residential groups, dinner and breakfast. The site does not say whether wedding catering is handled in-house or by a caterer of your choice, so confirm this when you plan.
History and setting
The château was a hunting lodge of Princess Adélaïde (1777 to 1847), sister of King Louis-Philippe, and belonged to the royal estate of Randan. All the salons are panelled in oak. It stands in a private park of 22 hectares with ponds, next to the Randan estate, and looks over the Allier valley.
Getting there
Saint-Priest-Bramefant is about 12 km from Vichy and 35 km from Clermont-Ferrand, close to four motorways. Daily flights link Paris and Clermont-Ferrand. The château has private parking and a helipad.
