Château Chapeau Cornu hosts seminars, study days, company receptions and weddings for up to 250 guests, with 44 bedrooms on the same estate. The venue is a medieval château run as a four-star hotel at Vignieu, in the Isère department, between Lyon and Grenoble.
Seminars and company events
The château sells half study days, full study days, residential packages in single or twin rooms and an all-inclusive residential package. It states that it hosts more than 250 seminars and company events a year, and its sales team builds programs from a half day to a stay of several days.
Seven to eight meeting rooms are available. Two of them take up to 250 people theater-style: the Salle Voûtée, a stone-vaulted hall, and the Cour Intérieure, the inner courtyard, which is used from March to the end of October. A separate seminar center holds five rooms named Marquis, Barons, Vicomtes, Écuyers and Ducs, and two breakout rooms complete the set. Published layouts reach 250 in theater style, 40 in a U shape and 60 in classroom style.
Rooms are air-conditioned and come with a projector and screen, ClickShare wireless presentation, a sound system, cable adapters, a telephone, flip charts and Wi-Fi up to 50 Mb/s. The all-inclusive package adds a plenary room with a lectern, an all-day coffee break, drinks served in a games lounge with billiards, table football, darts and karaoke, and a dinner at La Rôtisserie.
For team building, the château runs wine tastings in its cellars with its sommelier, as well as outdoor activities.
Weddings and receptions
Weddings are sold as turnkey packages for up to 250 guests, from a ceremony in the park to a brunch the next day. Receptions take place in a hall inside the château or in the stone-vaulted cellar, and the evening party has no set end time. A cocktail with show cooking, a seated dinner, rooms for guests on site and breakfast are part of the offer, and the team works with partner decorators, singers and DJs.
Family events are also hosted, with group menus from 12 people, seated or as a buffet.
Rooms and capacities
The Salle Voûtée and the Cour Intérieure each take up to 250 people theater-style. The five seminar center rooms suit workshops and smaller sessions, and the two breakout rooms take sub-groups. Capacities of the smaller rooms are not published.
Accommodation
The château itself has 13 four-star rooms in three categories: Confort, Prestige and Royale. Les Dépendances, a one-star hotel inside the estate, adds 31 rooms, one of them accessible to guests with reduced mobility. Together they can sleep up to 100 participants in twin rooms. Guests also have a heated outdoor pool from May to September, a spa with hammam and sauna, a fitness room and free private parking.
Catering
Food is prepared on site. Le Capella is the gourmet restaurant under the stone vaults, La Rôtisserie serves bistro dishes, and an Italian restaurant, Le Cornuti, runs as a seasonal concept. Study day packages include a three-course lunch or dinner, and wedding menus come from the château's own kitchen.
History and setting
The château takes its name from its builders, the Capella and Cornuti families, and has stood on the site since the 13th century. It keeps its towers and stone vaults, set in a wooded park with a pond, a vegetable garden and terraces. The present team has run it as a hotel for about 20 years.
Getting there
The address is 312 Rue de la Garenne, 38890 Vignieu. Lyon is about one hour by road (55 km) and Grenoble about 1 h 05. Bourgoin-Jallieu station is 20 minutes away, Lyon Saint-Exupéry airport and its TGV station about 40 minutes, and Lyon Part-Dieu station about one hour.
