The Château de Saint-Maixant hosts weddings, birthdays, retirement parties, seminars and business dinners for up to 100 guests in its reception hall, or up to 30 in the Grand Salon of the castle, with five guest rooms for 15 people on site. The castle dates from the 14th century and stands in Saint-Maixant, a few kilometers from Aubusson, in the Creuse department of the Limousin.
Seminars and company events
The reception hall is offered for professional events, mainly seminars and business meals, on two weekdays or over a weekend. For a residential seminar, the owners also hire out the whole estate on request, which adds the castle, its outbuildings, the park, the private pond, the indoor pool and the spa to the meeting space. Leisure on site includes billiards, a cinema room with private screenings on request, fishing with equipment lent free and boating on the pond. Partners can arrange limousine transfers and helicopter flights from the castle's private helipad.
Weddings and receptions
The castle hosts weddings, secular ceremonies, communions and family or friends' celebrations, as banquets or evening parties. When the hall is hired for a weekend, from Friday afternoon to Sunday evening, the Marquise's room is given to the couple for their wedding night. Guests can stay in the castle's guest rooms. The courtyard serves for the vin d'honneur and other drinks. For couples who want an organizer, the castle works with a local wedding planning partner.
Rooms and capacities
The reception hall sits in the outbuildings, in a building 60 meters long. The hall itself covers 135 square meters, takes up to 100 guests, has new restrooms next to it and meets current safety standards. It is hired with a fully equipped professional kitchen and tableware and cutlery for 100. The hire also includes the Spanish Renaissance-style dining room, the castle courtyard, the closed private car park and access to the park and its animals. For a smaller or more formal reception, the Grand Salon on the first floor of the castle takes up to 30 guests and is reached by an elevator or by the spiral staircase of the square tower.
Accommodation
The castle has five guest rooms that sleep up to 15 people, and a separate gîte on the estate. Pets are accepted. Guests have a heated indoor pool at 25 degrees, a two-person jacuzzi with light therapy, a sauna and a small fitness room.
Catering
The professional kitchen lets an organizer bring a caterer. The castle also has a partnership with Monsieur Soulières, owner of Le Lion d'Or in Aubusson, who can cook for events on quotation.
History and setting
Saint-Maixant is a 14th-century castle and a listed historic monument. It has a private chapel, a French garden around the castle, and a park with a one-hectare pond, peacocks, a herd of about 70 fallow deer and two donkeys.
Getting there
The castle is in the village of Saint-Maixant, a few kilometers from Aubusson in Creuse. A closed private car park is included with the hire.
