Château de Mazan hosts study days, residential seminars, incentives and business meals for groups of up to 35 people, and weddings and private parties for up to 55 guests. The 4-star hotel has 31 rooms and suites, a restaurant, gardens and an outdoor pool. It stands at 8 Place Napoléon in Mazan, a village of the Vaucluse near Carpentras, at the foot of Mont Ventoux. It is open from April to October and belongs to the Handwritten Collection.
Seminars and company events
The hotel lists management seminars, study days, residential seminars, incentives, product launches, business meals, working breakfasts, association meetings and company evenings. Packages combine meeting room hire, accommodation and meals. Meetings take place in the Botanique salon, a 40 m² room with natural light and Wi-Fi. The study day package includes the salon, conference equipment, a welcome coffee with pastries, morning and afternoon breaks and a three-course lunch at La Cour du Château.
The region suits cycling and wine tourism, and the team arranges activities: rallies, treasure hunts, a wine challenge, tastings of local products, nougat making, go-karting, a balloon flight or a visit to a château and mines.
Weddings and receptions
The château sells weddings, birthdays, christenings, family reunions and weekends with friends. For a wedding, private hire of the château includes all 31 rooms for a minimum of one or two nights depending on the date, and the hotel's wedding brochure gives a maximum of 55 guests. The day can run from welcome drinks and a lay ceremony to a cocktail hour, a buffet or seated dinner and a dance party, with a brunch the next morning. The team helps choose a wedding planner, florist, DJ and photographer.
Rooms and capacities
The Botanique salon measures 40 m² and takes 35 in theater layout, 30 around a square table, 25 in a U-shape and 20 in classroom layout. Receptions use the courtyard, the garden and the restaurant's dining room, up to 55 guests. The lounges La Causerie and the Gallery of Curiosities, a library with more than 400 books, an aromatic garden and a pétanque court complete the site.
Accommodation
The 31 rooms and suites, 20 of them twins, are split between the château and an annex. Categories run from Classic and Superior rooms to Junior Suites and suites, some with a lounge, and the Signature Suite has a private terrace over the garden. Every room has air conditioning, a minibar, a safe, a flat-screen TV and Wi-Fi. There is an outdoor pool, massage cabins and paid secure parking.
Catering
La Cour du Château serves bistro cooking in the shade of mulberry trees or in the lounges, with produce sourced within 200 km. From May to September it opens Wednesday to Sunday for lunch and dinner. Breakfast is a buffet of local products in the Gallery of Curiosities. Groups can add Provençal aperitifs, set menus and a wedding dinner in six courses.
History and setting
The Sade family owned land in Mazan from the 14th century. Jean Baptiste de Sade bought a house on this site in August 1634, later replaced in the early 18th century by the present château, designed by the Franque brothers in Crillon limestone. The father of the Marquis de Sade died here in 1767. In 1772 the Marquis staged plays in a theater built in the garden, from May 3 onward. Looted during the Revolution, the château became a school, then a hospice and a retirement home from 1924, and a hotel in 2001. An independent French hotel group bought it in 2019, renovated it and reopened it in 2020.
Getting there
Avignon TGV station is 30 km away, about 30 minutes by car. Avignon airport is 32 km away and Marseille Provence airport 102 km. By road, leave the A7 at exit 22 or 23 and drive through Carpentras.
