Château Hermitage de Combas hosts conventions, residential seminars, study days and weddings, with an orangery that seats up to 580 people in theatre layout or 300 for a wedding dinner, and 44 lodgings for up to 132 guests. The château stands at Servian, in the Hérault, on a 75-hectare wine estate a few kilometers from Béziers.
Seminars and company events
The estate sells turnkey residential seminars, plenary conferences, training courses, product launches, general assemblies and company parties. The orangery takes the plenary, the Salon des Vignes and the Salon Renaissance take workshops, and two pavilions next to the orangery serve as briefing rooms or a production office. The rooms have sound, video projection, Wi-Fi, air conditioning and modular furniture for U-shape, island or row layouts. The park, the meadow and the terraces can host outdoor sessions and team exercises. The team works with local caterers, technicians, photographers and video makers, and builds the program from the client's brief.
Weddings and receptions
Weddings take place across the estate: a secular ceremony in the park, the cocktail in the Mediterranean garden facing the château and the dinner in the orangery, which has furniture for 300 guests. One of the two adjoining salons can become a children's area and the other a lounge. The wedding package includes 14 lodgings for 52 people, and the rest of the lodgings can be added to privatize the estate for a weekend. A brunch the next day can be held on the orangery terrace or in the garden. No supplier is imposed.
Rooms and capacities
The Orangerie covers 500 m², seats up to 580 in theatre layout and opens onto an 800 m² planted terrace. The two pavilions, Nord and Sud, cover 45 m² each and take 15 to 50 people. The Salon des Vignes covers 108 m² for 33 to 116 people, and the Salon Renaissance covers 67 m² for 21 to 80 people under exposed beams. The upper floors and period rooms of the château are a private home and cannot be booked.
Accommodation
The estate has 44 lodgings for up to 132 people: apartments above the orangery, cottages in the restored hamlet, studios in the wine store, lodges and independent houses, some with a private pool. The cottages are rated four and five stars by Atout France. Each unit has an equipped kitchen, and guests share a pool, a spa and a tennis court.
Catering
The orangery has a built-in catering kitchen. The estate works with partner caterers but leaves the choice free for weddings. For seminars it can arrange breaks, lunches and dinners through its partners.
History and setting
The château was built in 1260 on the foundations of an older fortress. In 1826 the Marquis and Marquise de Thézan-Saint Géniès added two towers, a grand staircase, a chapel and large halls, and laid out the French garden and a lake. The estate passed to the Duc de Lévis-Mirepoix in 1943. Since 2020 Jean-Marc Bardou has restored the buildings and gardens and opened them to events. The domain also produces its own wines.
Getting there
Béziers station is 21 km away, about 25 minutes by road, and is four hours from Paris Gare de Lyon by direct TGV. Béziers Cap d'Agde airport is 13 km away and Montpellier airport 54 km. Montpellier is about 55 minutes by road. Group transfers from the stations can be arranged, and there is parking on site.
