Château de Montpoupon

Château de Montpoupon hosts seminars, study days and professional meetings for up to 70 people seated or 100 standing, in its hunting room. The château stands in Céré-la-Ronde, in the Indre-et-Loire, between Chenonceau and the Beauval zoo, in the south of Touraine. It is a private house still lived in by its owners, the La Motte Saint-Pierre family, who have held it since 1857.

Seminars and company events

The hunting room is equipped for a working day: high-speed Wi-Fi, a video projector and screen, a paperboard and speakers with microphones are included. A welcome coffee with pastries can be served on arrival. The estate gives groups something to do between sessions: the furnished rooms of the château, the Musée du Veneur and a forest walk through the woods, open from April to October. Guided visits, classic or unusual, last about an hour and can be booked for a group. In season, the château also runs murder-mystery evenings and tastings with a local winemaker, which give ideas for an evening programme.

Rooms and capacities

The salle de chasse is the room offered for seminars and events. It seats up to 70 people and takes 100 for a standing reception. The château is only partly accessible because of its historic staircases, though ramps serve some routes and adapted toilets are on site. Benches are set out on the terrace and in some rooms.

Catering

The château provides the welcome coffee. For meals, L'Auberge de Montpoupon, set in the Moulin Bailly at the foot of the château, serves home-made regional cooking with a terrace facing the château; it opens for lunch and dinner from Thursday to Monday. La Cérénade, another restaurant, is 4 km away. Ask the château how to arrange lunch for your group.

History and setting

Montpoupon was a fortified place in the Middle Ages. Destroyed during the Hundred Years' War, it was rebuilt in the Renaissance by the de Prie family as a residence, with a logis of the 15th century. Before the Revolution it was run as an income-producing estate. The La Motte Saint-Pierre family acquired it in 1857 and still lives there. The Musée du Veneur, devoted to hunting with hounds, sets out the traditions of French venery, and the château's furnished rooms show how the house is lived in today. The château is a classified historical monument.

Getting there

From Tours, the château is about 45 minutes by the A85, exit 11 at Bléré. From Paris, allow about 2 h 15 by car on the A10, leaving at Blois or Amboise. By train, take the TGV from Paris-Montparnasse to Saint-Pierre-des-Corps, about 55 minutes, then a regional train to Montrichard, the nearest station, about 20 minutes. A free shaded car park lies 180 m from the entrance, with an electric charging point and spaces for disabled visitors.