Château de Valençay

Château de Valençay can be booked for seminars, private dinners, receptions and filming, using the Orangerie, the private salons, the dining room, the kitchen office, the main courtyard and part of the park. The château stands in the small town of Valençay, in the Indre, on the southern edge of the Loire Valley. Capacities depend on the spaces combined and are set with the sales manager for each project.

Seminars and company events

The rentable spaces cover the needs of a company day: the private salons for meetings, the Orangerie for a plenary or a lunch, the dining room for a seated dinner in a historic interior, and the main courtyard for a reception in the open air. The château also runs a seasonal programme of visits and shows, including equestrian performances, evening openings and a Christmas market, which can give a group outing a cultural element. Requests go to the sales manager in charge of private hire and groups, who follows the project through to the day.

Weddings and receptions

The official site lists private receptions among the uses of the château but does not describe a wedding offer. Couples should check with the sales team which spaces and dates are possible.

Rooms and capacities

The spaces that can be hired or privatised are the Orangerie, the kitchen office, the private salons, the dining room, the cour d'honneur and part of the park. The château does not publish capacities for them. For filming, the interiors furnished in the Empire and Restoration styles, the kitchens, the exteriors and the wooded park can be used as sets, and the team helps with location scouting and during the shoot. Drone filming is possible with prior approval.

Accommodation

There is no accommodation in the château. Groups stay in hotels in Valençay and the surrounding towns.

Catering

The château does not describe a catering offer on its site. Ask the sales team which caterers can work in the Orangerie and the dining room, and how the kitchen office can be used.

History and setting

Building began in the mid-16th century for the d'Estampes family, on the site of an older castle. In 1803 Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand bought the estate, with Napoleon's encouragement, to receive foreign diplomats. The Spanish king Ferdinand VII and his family were held there from 1808 to 1814. The interiors still carry the furniture of the First Empire and the Restoration that the filming offer describes. The château is a classified historical monument, set in a wooded park that visitors walk after the tour.

Getting there

From Tours, take the A85 and leave at exit 13; from Paris, exit 14. From the south, the A20 serves the town at exit 10. Valençay station is about ten minutes' walk from the château. Free parking is available near the tourist office and along the avenue de la Résistance, and coaches park free about 100 m from the entrance.