Château des Marais rents reception rooms and meeting spaces for 8 to 150 guests, and can be hired as a whole with bedrooms for up to 20 people. The château dates from 1755 and stands on a 12-hectare estate with a view over Lac de Grand Lieu, at Saint-Philbert-de-Grand-Lieu, 20 minutes from Nantes airport and 35 minutes from the Atlantic coast.
Seminars and company events
The château offers rooms for meetings, private or professional meals and receptions. Smaller groups use the rooms inside the château. Larger groups can use the park, where an equipped reception tent stands for more than 100 people, or a separate hall a short drive away. Outside caterers are accepted after approval by the management.
Before booking, ask which rooms are free on your date, since the château is also run as a hotel particulier with a wine cellar, an art gallery and a bar.
Rooms and capacities
Salon des Douves is an 80 m² room in the moat of the château, with a bar and a large fireplace, for 8 to 40 people. Salon d'Honneur is a 50 m² room inside the château for 10 to 50 people, suited to meetings and receptions. Salon Belem, also 50 m² inside the château, takes 10 to 50 people for private or professional meals. Salon Bel Air is the outdoor reception tent in the park, fully equipped, for more than 100 people. Salle du Mas is a 250 m² hall ten minutes by car from the château, for 30 to 150 people.
The whole château can be privatized: 800 m² of living space, two reception rooms with fireplaces, an entrance hall, a housekeeping service and video-monitored parking, together with a park of more than 100,000 m².
Accommodation
Exclusive hire includes eight bedrooms and apartments, double and triple, for up to 20 people. For larger groups, the Réseau des Marais has 45 other lodgings ten minutes away, with room for 80 to 100 people, in the Hôtel particulier Villa des Marais and Le Mas des Marais. At Pornic, 30 minutes away, Le Rocher des Marais offers 24 lodgings by the sea.
Catering
The estate produces and sells regional products and wines from Lac de Grand Lieu. A seafood platter, Le Royal, is served as a single menu. Pricing depends on the services chosen.
Getting there
The château is 20 minutes from Nantes airport and 35 minutes from the coast. Nearby are the lake, a nature reserve ten minutes away, a swin golf course five minutes away, and Atlantic beaches 15 minutes away.
