The Domaine de Neuville hosts seminars, galas, product launches and weddings for 20 to 400 guests, in two separate venues that can be hired alone or together: the château, with five salons for 300 seated, and the Relais, a farm built in 1701 with two halls for 230 seated. The estate lies in Gambais, in the Yvelines west of Paris, inside a wooded park of 110 hectares.
Seminars and company events
The estate takes day seminars as well as longer private hire for a company. Its own list of formats includes team building, auctions, consumer fairs, product launches, galas, exhibitions, concerts and Christmas parties. The château and the Relais stand at the edge of an enclosed park of about 100 hectares, which leaves room for outdoor and sports activities between sessions. For the largest groups, organizers can take the château, the Relais, both together, or add a tent outside.
Weddings and receptions
The château and the Relais have hosted weddings for more than 40 years. Couples choose the venue and the timing, on a weekday or as a weekend package, for a seated meal or a cocktail format. The caterer is free to choose and no corkage is charged. The estate imposes no supplier for decoration, music or lodging, and shares its partner network at no cost. Both venues are hired exclusively, and receptions can run until 5 a.m.
Rooms and capacities
The château rises over three levels, surrounded by dry moats laid to lawn and crossed by a stone bridge at the front and a drawbridge at the back. Its five salons open one into the next around a central hall and two symmetrical wings, with large fireplaces, old paintings and period floors. They seat 300 for dinner and take up to 400 for a cocktail. Two bedrooms can be set aside during the event for young children or belongings. On the south side, a lawn of more than three hectares, lined by double rows of lime trees about 300 years old, takes tents, outdoor buffets, stands or shows.
The Relais is a Louis XIV farm around a square, grassed courtyard with monumental porches and its original dovecote. Its two halls, the Salle des Silos, 15 meters high under heavy beams, and the Salle du Pressoir, with a large central fireplace, seat 230 for dinner and up to 350 for a cocktail. The Relais receives up to 300 indoors all year. An esplanade beside the halls suits cocktails, and a second large garden behind the Pressoir suits outdoor activities or a tent. Upstairs, two salons totaling 80 square meters give a quiet space for children. The kitchen is large, with its own entrance for caterers.
History and setting
Building began around 1560 for Joachim de Bellengreville, provost of the royal household under Henri IV, and the château is attributed to the architect Androuet du Cerceau. In 1690 it passed to François de Nyert, first valet to Louis XIV. His daughter Agnès de Revol gave the façades their present form around 1750. Clément de Laverdy, finance minister to Louis XV, bought the estate in 1765 and was guillotined in 1793. His son-in-law, the Marquis de Labriffe, bought it back in 1795, and his descendants still own it. The family began restoring the house in 1960. Films shot here include Peau d'Âne by Jacques Demy, Cyrano de Bergerac by Jean-Paul Rappeneau, Dangerous Liaisons by Stephen Frears and Ridicule by Patrice Leconte.
