Château du Bois-Guy hosts all-inclusive seminars for 2 to 300 participants, team-building programs, sports training camps and weekend weddings for up to 300 guests. The four-star château-hotel is privatized for each group and combines seven meeting spaces, 60 bedrooms, an in-house restaurant and leisure facilities on the same estate. It stands in Parigné, in Ille-et-Vilaine, 10 minutes from Fougères and about 40 minutes from Rennes and the Mont-Saint-Michel.
Seminars and company events
The all-inclusive seminar formula covers the meeting rooms, accommodation, gourmet meals with drinks, welcome coffee, afternoon snacks, breaks and an open bar. A seminar coordinator handles the schedule, the meetings and transport. Rooms come with a giant screen, ClickShare, a projector, a whiteboard, paperboards, free Wi-Fi, a computer and printer, and a Nespresso machine. The chef can serve a working lunch.
For downtime and team-building, the estate offers massages and treatments, a sauna and relaxation area, a pool, bicycles, golf, table tennis and horse riding, plus team activities run in and around the grounds. Companies including large industrial and insurance groups have held seminars here.
Weddings and receptions
Couples privatize the château from Friday to Sunday. Cocktails take place on the terraces, in the inner courtyard and on the first floor, ceremonies in the gardens and dinner in the château rooms or the Orangerie. Tables, chairs, linen and tableware are supplied, set up and cleared, and a large modern kitchen adjoins the reception rooms. The wedding planner follows the project from the first visit, and the weekend can include golf practice, bicycles, pétanque and the fitness room. Extra services include a champagne fountain, a vintage car with driver, babysitting, a bartender and shuttles to hotels and gîtes in Fougères.
Rooms and capacities
The Orangerie, a contemporary glass hall of 320 square meters opening onto the park and the château, takes 300 in theatre layout, 280 in classroom and 300 for a cocktail. The Salle Rennes (200 square meters) takes 200 in theatre, 150 in classroom and 200 standing. The Salle Fougères (65 square meters) takes 60 in theatre, 40 in classroom and 80 standing. Two breakout rooms of 50 square meters, the Atelier des Saveurs and the Bibliothèque des Idées, each take 40 in theatre, 30 in classroom and 50 standing. Five small rooms of 10 square meters, two in the tower and three in the Lécousse room, suit groups of five to ten. For weddings, the château rooms are two connecting Renaissance-style rooms for up to 100 guests, with original beams and parquet.
Accommodation
The seminar formula includes 60 rooms to lodge teams on site. Guests have a pool, a jacuzzi, a sauna and two cold baths in the relaxation area, as well as a gym with Technogym machines.
Catering
Catering is in-house. The gourmet restaurant serves the seminar meals and the wedding cocktail with show-cooking, a dinner of three to six courses, drinks, breakfast and the Sunday brunch buffet. Couples may also bring the caterer of their choice, and a tasting meal can be booked beforehand.
History and setting
The château dates from the 17th century and sits on an estate of about 100 hectares of meadows and forest. Its current owners, Michael Linhoff and Mathias Haefeli, converted it into a hotel for work and leisure. A 9-hole golf course, run with ecological practices, has surrounded the château since 2018, with a club house. A FIFA-standard football pitch, opened in September 2020 by Eduardo Camavinga, hosts professional teams for training camps.
Getting there
By car the château is 10 minutes from Fougères, about 40 minutes from Rennes, 2 hours from Nantes and 3 hours 30 from Paris.
