Château des Barrenques can host seminars, leadership retreats, training days, weddings and private parties for 10 to 198 guests, and lodge 42 of them on site in 14 bedrooms. The estate counts 15 indoor and outdoor event spaces, led by a former silk farm of the 19th century, listed as a historic monument and now an air-conditioned reception hall. It stands at 6 Quartier des Barrinques in Lamotte-du-Rhône, in the Vaucluse, where Provence meets the Drôme, the Ardèche and the Gard, on the Rhône wine route.
Seminars and company events
The estate sells corporate events through a dedicated sales team and a director on site. Three rooms are set aside for work. The Salle du Silo takes up to 70 people for meetings, seminars or training sessions. The Salle du Moulin takes up to 50 for a working meeting or a cocktail. The Salle l'Atelier takes up to 35 for a team meeting, an executive seminar or a working group. For a plenary session or a gala dinner, the two floors of the Magnanerie take 198 and 120. Three lounges, a television lounge, a billiards lounge and an Art Deco lounge, give space for breaks, small cocktails or wine tastings.
Weddings and receptions
Weddings are the estate's main business, with a wedding sales manager and a stage manager present from start to finish. Ceremonies can take place in the park, with views toward Mont Ventoux, and dinners are held in the Magnanerie, on its terrace, under a nomad tent or in front of the château. A grove of old plane trees, called the Cathédrale des Platanes, suits a smaller dinner. Parties can run until 4 a.m. in the Magnanerie, with music kept indoors at night. Round tables for 8 to 10 and chairs for 200 are included. The next-day brunch is usually set by the pool, or in the Silo or the Moulin in bad weather.
Rooms and capacities
The ground floor of the Magnanerie covers 200 square meters and takes up to 198 guests for a cocktail or a dinner. It is bright and opens onto the park through large windows. The upper floor covers 160 square meters under exposed beams and takes up to 120 for a cocktail or a dinner. The Silo takes 70, the Moulin 50 and the Atelier 35.
Accommodation
The 14 bedrooms sleep 42: 15 beds in the château and 27 in the estate houses, which have their own kitchen, dining room and lounge. There are no rooms adapted for reduced mobility. The estate points to other lodgings nearby, with 29, 23 and 22 beds. Two pools are available, one of them heated at the start and end of the season.
Catering
There is no imposed caterer. Many caterers are already referenced and recommended by the estate. An outside caterer who has not worked there before must make a technical visit with the director and sign the estate's charter. A caterer's kitchen is on site.
History and setting
The estate says the château was founded in 1324 by the Saint Roch family, at the head of 300 hectares and 22 farms. River water drove a mill and an aqueduct that served silk production, and its 4,000 mulberry trees supplied the weavers of Lyon. The Magnanerie is 35 meters long. The château was later home to the Marquis de Balincourt. Since 2022 it has been run by the Domaines & Événements group, which manages eight event estates.
Getting there
The estate is 40 minutes from Avignon by the A7 and 30 minutes from Montélimar. Bollène-la-Croisière station is 7 minutes away by car, with taxis and shuttles on request. Free parking holds 80 cars.
