Château le Fresne in Bouchemaine hosts seminars, study days, weddings and private events. Three indoor rooms take from 12 to 49 guests, and a marquee in the 5-hectare park raises the figure to 150 for a cocktail. The house also has five guest rooms and a lodge, so a group can stay on site, 10 minutes from Angers.
Seminars and company events
The house can be rented by the day, the half day or for a residential stay, and it can be privatized in full for a professional event. The official site lists meetings, study days, seminars, residential seminars, team building and incentive stays. The Grand Salon measures 61 m² and takes 25 people in a U layout and 49 in theatre or cocktail layout. The Small Living Room measures 24 m² and takes 6 in a U or 12 in theatre layout. The Library measures 23 m² and takes 6 in classroom layout or 12 in theatre layout.
Rooms come with tables, chairs, Wi-Fi, pens and a flipchart. For a larger gathering, a marquee in the park serves up to 150 people for a cocktail. The team can advise on activity providers in the area for team building.
Weddings and receptions
A wedding can be organized entirely on site: civil or secular ceremony, reception, meal, evening party, rooms for guests and a brunch the next day. The Grand Salon seats up to 50 guests at a wedding meal and the dining room, 24 m², seats 30. In the warmer months a furnished tent in the park seats about 100. The house also hosts birthdays, christenings, communions and other private events.
A turnkey wedding option is available, in which the team books the florist, musicians, decorator and babysitter on the couple's behalf.
Rooms and capacities
The Grand Salon, Small Living Room, Library and the park are the event spaces. Capacity depends on layout, from 6 people in a U-shaped meeting to 150 people at a cocktail in a marquee. The wedding page and the seminar page do not give the same dimensions for the smaller living room, so confirm the room and layout when you request a quote.
Accommodation
When the château is privatized, a group can sleep in the five guest rooms and in the gîte. The house also takes individual guests, with a table d'hôtes, a restaurant offer and a brunch.
Catering
Meals are prepared in house. Seminar groups can order coffee breaks with hot drinks, juices, pastries and homemade cakes, and lunch as a buffet, a served meal or a cocktail. Menus can be adapted to the group. For weddings, the house acts as the caterer, cooking from local products.
History and setting
The house stands in a 5-hectare park on the banks of the Maine and the Loire, in the village of Bouchemaine. It operates as a guest house, with a lodge in the grounds.
Getting there
The address is 2 rue des Frères Gasnier in Bouchemaine, 10 minutes from Angers.
