Demeure de Corsaire can host seminars and conferences for up to 200 people, seated dinners for 300 and standing receptions for 600, along with weddings and private parties. The venue is a town mansion built in 1725 for a Saint-Malo shipowner and privateer, fully listed as a historic monument. It stands at 5 Rue d'Asfeld, inside the walled old town of Saint-Malo, in Brittany.
Seminars and company events
The house sells seminars, meetings, symposiums, conferences, training days and team days for groups of up to 200. It lists six meeting rooms with daylight and eleven rooms that can be used for breakout sessions. Wi-Fi is available, and some rooms can be offered without network access for teams that want to focus. Projectors, screens, microphones, speakers, lecterns and stages can be hired. Tables and chairs are included for up to 100 participants, and a short tour of the house is part of the day.
For company evenings, the venue offers gala dinners, product launches, welcome receptions, sponsorship evenings, casino-themed nights and historical receptions with actors and a quiz. The vaulted cellars are naturally soundproofed and can host a dance party until 5 a.m. Cultural team-building activities linked to the history of the house and the town are also available.
Weddings and receptions
The house hosts weddings, family gatherings and private parties. The site states seated dinners of up to 300 guests in its table of spaces, and cocktail dinners of up to 600. Couples can also book only the drinks reception, a day-after gathering or a bachelor party. The town hall and the cathedral are close by, as are several hotels.
Rooms and capacities
The covered main courtyard, 200 square meters, seats 200 for a dinner or a conference in theater layout and holds 250 for a cocktail. The ground floor, 180 square meters, takes 90 seated and 200 standing; the first basement level takes 140 seated and 180 standing. Among the meeting rooms, the Salle des Épices seats 110 in theater layout, the Salle des Indiennes 85 and the Grand Salon 60 to 70. The Petit Salon, the dining room and the Salle du Cacao each seat 45. In all, the event areas cover 773 square meters, including two covered and heated courtyards.
Catering
Coffee breaks, lunches and dinners can be served on site. For weddings, the team coordinates its usual caterers, florists and musicians and also welcomes the couple's own suppliers. The site does not name an exclusive caterer.
History and setting
The house was built in 1725 for François-Auguste Magon de la Lande, a shipowner and privateer to the king. Its eight levels reflect its trade: lower cellars for precious metals, dry basements for spices, fabrics and porcelain from the East India Company, paneled salons for sales, and private apartments above. It is described as the last of the large shipowners' houses in the town to survive the 1944 bombings. After the Revolution the building was split into apartments, and Olivier and Jeanne de la Rivière reunited it from 2005. Guided tours are also offered.
Getting there
Saint-Malo station is about two hours and fifteen minutes from Paris by train. The house is inside the walls, a five-minute walk from the Palais du Grand Large congress center and close to many hotels, which makes it a practical evening venue for a congress held in town.
