The Château des Ducs de Joyeuse hosts seminars, study days, team building, product launches, family receptions and weddings, with 34 bedrooms that sleep about 80 guests on site. The four-star hotel occupies a listed 16th-century château on Allée Georges Roux in Couiza, in the upper Aude valley, about 10 minutes from Limoux and within reach of Carcassonne.
Seminars and company events
The château sells meetings, study days, residential seminars, team building and corporate events. The offer combines reception rooms, outdoor spaces for cocktails and team activities, a gastronomic restaurant and accommodation for residential programmes. The team proposes turnkey solutions and can add activities to build team spirit. A coworking room is listed among the hotel's facilities.
The former chapel, now a wine cellar with more than 100 labels, regularly hosts tastings for groups and seminars. Outdoors, the grounds include a pétanque court, a tennis court, a heated pool and access to the river. Canoeing, kayaking and hiking start nearby, and the Cathar castles, Rennes-le-Château and the vineyards of Limoux are short drives away.
Weddings and receptions
The château hosts weddings, with the Renaissance inner courtyard used for the cocktail or the ceremony and the park for receptions and wine of honor. Gastronomic catering, accommodation on site and personal support are part of the offer. The house also hosts birthdays, family reunions, baptisms, communions and bachelor parties in its reception rooms and outdoor spaces.
Rooms and capacities
The hotel does not publish seated or standing capacities for its reception rooms. The spaces named on the site are the Renaissance courtyard, the restaurant's main room, divided into two areas by a central fireplace, the wine cellar in the former chapel, a coworking room and the park. Ask the team for a layout matched to your group.
Accommodation
The hotel has 34 air-conditioned, non-smoking rooms that sleep about 80 people in total, with rooms for up to five. Services include reception from 7:30 a.m. to 11 p.m., room service, free wifi, a bar and a shop of local produce. The listed building has no rooms adapted to wheelchair users; guests with hearing or mental disabilities are welcome. The hotel is a member of BW Signature Collection by Best Western and holds the Clef Verte eco-label.
Catering
The restaurant, La Cour des Ducs, is led by chef Benoît Ricouart and holds the Table Remarquable label. Cooking is homemade, seasonal and based on local suppliers from the upper Aude valley. In fine weather, meals are served in the Renaissance courtyard. Dinner is served every evening from early March to the end of October, and lunch on Saturdays and Sundays.
History and setting
Construction began between 1540 and 1550, after the marriage of Françoise de Voisins and Jean de Joyeuse, governor of Narbonne. Their son Guillaume de Joyeuse, bishop of Alet, continued the work. The château was looted in 1577 during the Wars of Religion, then served as a military hospital, a police station and an industrial building. It was listed as a historic monument in 1913 and restored about 50 years ago.
Getting there
Limoux railway station is the nearest, and Carcassonne airport serves the area. Taxis and LIO regional buses link both to the hotel. By road, the A61 motorway serves the area from Toulouse, and Perpignan is reached by departmental roads. The hotel has closed parking, free bicycles and three charging points for electric cars. It closes for the winter and reopens in March 2027.
