Château de Pray hosts small seminars and committee meetings of up to 20 people, company meals of 8 to 50 and weddings of 30 to 80 guests, with all 19 rooms on site. The venue is a four-star château hotel with a Michelin-starred restaurant, on the hillside of the south bank of the Loire at Chargé, 2 km from Amboise.
Seminars and company events
The château suits teams that want to work, eat and sleep in one place. It offers a working day with a meeting room, breaks and meals on site, residential and semi-residential seminars with rooms in the château, and a short format for business clubs and professional meetings that can open with a welcome coffee or close with drinks.
Meetings take place in Le Caveau, an independent space set in the former cellars, with natural light, for up to 20 people. The restaurant also hosts company meals and year-end dinners for 8 to 50 people, with entertainment on request. A market menu is served at lunch on Thursdays and Fridays, outside public and school holidays.
For team building, some activities run on the estate with a partner specialist. Nearby options include bike or horse rides, a hot-air balloon flight, visits to Loire châteaux, wine tastings and escape games at the Clos Lucé or the Château d'Amboise. The team helps choose activities to fit the group and the format.
Weddings and receptions
For a wedding, the whole château is reserved: the 19 rooms, the restaurant, the gardens and the reception spaces. The day can include a secular ceremony, drinks, a seated dinner and a dance, followed by a brunch the next morning. Weddings take 30 to 80 guests. Above 50, an additional covered space can be set up to enlarge the reception and keep room for dancing, also useful when the weather is uncertain; it is charged as an extra.
Christenings, communions, birthdays and family meals are hosted too, with the option of staying overnight.
Rooms and capacities
Le Caveau seats up to 20 for meetings. For meals, Le Petit Salon takes up to 23 guests, with a single oval table up to 17 and two tables beyond that. L'Orangerie, brighter and larger, opens onto the main courtyard; for groups of more than 23, its use is studied case by case.
Accommodation
The 19 rooms are spread between the château and its outbuildings, from small rooms to classic, superior and deluxe rooms, a junior suite, a family room and the Pavillon Renaissance. One room is adapted for guests with reduced mobility. Reception is open from 7:30 a.m. to 11 p.m., and the hotel offers a concierge service, bike storage with charging points, free parking and an electric vehicle charger.
Catering
L'Orangerie, the gourmet restaurant, holds one Michelin star. Chef Arnaud Philippon and his team cook in a dining room carved into the tuffeau rock, open from Wednesday dinner to Sunday lunch. On closing days, the chef prepares meal trays. Breakfast is a buffet.
History and setting
The château dates from the 13th century and was reworked during the Renaissance, framed by two towers. It looks over the Loire valley from a 5-hectare wooded park with formal French gardens, terraces, a vegetable garden and a heated pool. The hotel closes each year in January.
Getting there
The address is Rue du Cèdre, 37530 Chargé. From Paris, take the A10 to exit 18, Amboise. Amboise station is 4 km away and is served by Intercités trains from Paris Austerlitz in 1 h 51. TGVs from Paris Montparnasse reach Saint-Pierre-des-Corps, 25 km away, in about one hour. Tours Val de Loire airport is 25 km away.
