Residential seminars, team-building days, product launches, family celebrations and weddings with the whole estate booked can all take place at the Château de Monrecour, a hotel with 40 bedrooms, a 90 m² meeting room, a 200 m² marquee and its own restaurant. The estate lies in Saint-Vincent-de-Cosse, in the Périgord Noir, about 10 minutes from Sarlat.
Seminars and company events
The main meeting room covers 90 m² and can be rearranged to suit each session. It is air-conditioned and soundproofed, receives daylight, and comes with a screen, a video projector, Wi-Fi, a computer and a wireless microphone. Smaller rooms can be set aside for breakout groups. For an exhibition or a product launch, a 200 m² marquee and the outdoor areas can be added, and the site can be booked in full, away from public view.
Team-building options on the estate include a golf practice area, wine-tasting workshops and outdoor activities run with local partners. Two heated outdoor pools are open from May to October, which helps fill free time on a summer program.
Weddings and receptions
For a wedding, the estate can be reserved for the couple and their guests. The program the château describes runs from a secular ceremony and an outdoor vin d'honneur to a dinner and an evening party, with guests staying in the bedrooms on site. Christenings, birthdays and other family events are held in the restaurant with a menu built with the chef.
Accommodation
The 40 four-star bedrooms are divided between the château and its outbuildings. Categories in the château range from Luxe and Charme rooms to Tradition and family rooms, and the outbuildings include family rooms for up to four people and a suite. Check-in starts at 4:00 p.m.
Catering
La Table de Monrecour, opened in 2020, has three dining rooms, a wine cellar, two terraces and a bar, and looks over the park toward the Château de Beynac. Group menus start at 15 guests for lunch or dinner, from three to six courses up to a gala dinner, with standing lunch or dinner cocktails and brunch on request. Vegetarian and gluten-free dishes are offered, and drinks packages cover wines, water and hot drinks.
History and setting
The lords of Beynac built Monrecour as a more comfortable home than their fortress two kilometers away, and it was one of four farms that supplied the Beynac estate. It passed to the Mirandol family in 1808 and to the Escande family in 1847, whose descendants kept it until 1998. In 1912 Georges Escande had a Bordeaux architect restore it in neo-Renaissance style, adding two towers to the façade. In the 1920s, paneling from the Vauclaire charterhouse was installed in a first-floor salon and in the chapel. The château became a hotel after 1998, and the current owners renovated the rooms from 2016. The park covers 12 hectares.
Getting there
The estate is about 10 minutes by road from Sarlat and can be reached from Bordeaux, Périgueux and Brive. Two free car parks serve guests, with paid charging points for electric cars near the restaurant. Pets are not allowed.
