Château de Nitray can host company seminar days, receptions and weddings for 20 to 250 guests across 270 square meters of modular rooms, with a vineyard and a walled park around them. The Renaissance château stands in Athée-sur-Cher, in Touraine, 18 km from Tours and between Amboise and Chenonceau.
Seminars and company events
The estate sells seminar days for companies that want to thank clients or bring a team together. A typical day starts with coffee and croissants, a morning work session in one of the rooms and a mid-morning break. Lunch follows, with an aperitif and a choice of two set menus. The afternoon is for further work or optional leisure activities, and the day closes with a visit of the château and a tasting of the estate's wines. Rooms, furniture, a flipchart, a video projector, folders and bottled water are provided, along with access to the grounds. Groups can order bottles with personalized labels.
The estate also runs themed days that work for a team outing: a harvest day, a wine evening, a château-and-boat day and a three-in-one format.
Weddings and receptions
Weddings and family receptions are a core activity. The François Ier room takes up to 140 or 150 guests for dinner, and an adjoining room with a hull-shaped timber ceiling adds about 50 more. Meals are served on terracotta floors and dancing takes place on parquet. The two Bistro rooms let children eat apart and watch a film on a large screen, and the reception room can serve as a quiet space for the youngest. Photos can be taken in the courtyard and gardens. Cleaning of the rooms is included; guests are asked to fold tables and stack chairs before leaving.
Rooms and capacities
The François Ier room covers 150 square meters and the adjoining room 100 square meters. In the outbuildings, Bistro room 1, of 80 square meters, seats 50, and Bistro room 2, of 60 square meters, seats 40. Together with the reception room, the Bistro rooms hold 200 standing for a cocktail if the weather turns. The furniture stock includes 23 round tables, about 40 rectangular tables, 5 oval tables, 10 standing tables, 200 chairs, an easel and a lectern.
Accommodation
Weekend room packages include 21 beds for two nights, with linen and cleaning. On the estate, the 16th-century hunting lodge in the courtyard sleeps up to 14, with a large dining room decorated with a 16th-century fresco and a dormitory for eight. A 70-square-meter apartment in an outbuilding sleeps five.
Catering
You can bring the caterer of your choice. The kitchen has a refrigerator, an oven, a range, a dishwasher, work tables, a sink and a goods lift. The estate can also serve the meal itself: for groups of 30 or more, three set menus come with the estate's red and white wines, and cocktail formats are available. The on-site restaurant, La Table du Vigneron, specializes in dry-aged beef.
History and setting
Aimery Lopin, mayor of Tours and master of requests to Louise of Savoy, commissioned the château in the 16th century to replace an older castle. General Jean-Jacques Liébert bought it in 1807, and the Brebart d'Halluin family acquired it in 1955. Since 1989 Count Hubert de L'Espinay has developed the wine, tourism and venue businesses. The château has been listed as a historic monument since 1947. The 10-hectare vineyard produces AOC Touraine wines, and the estate has been certified organic since 2022.
Getting there
Saint-Pierre-des-Corps TGV station is about 15 minutes away by car. Tours is 17 km away, Amboise 14 km and Chenonceau 18 km. The estate lies on the Cher à Vélo cycle route.
