The Domaine Baruteau hosts company seminars, leadership committee meetings, team building stays, weddings, birthdays and family receptions. The estate can be fully privatized for up to 50 guests and has five guest rooms, a meeting room and its own catering service. It is a guest house at 369 route de Chon in Soustons, in the Landes, set in 2.5 hectares between the Landes forest, a private lake and the Atlantic coast.
Seminars and company events
The meeting room is equipped with a video projector, wifi and a flip chart, for presentations, workshops and working sessions. The owners build tailored packages for residential seminars, leadership meetings and team retreats, combining the meeting room, the guest rooms and meals at the host table. Programs are adjusted to the size of the group and its constraints.
Team building can take place on site: pétanque tournaments, tastings of regional products, wellness workshops, yoga or an outdoor escape game. Through local partners, the estate can add golf, surfing, forest walks, team challenges or cultural visits. Electric bikes are available, and the Vélodyssée cycle route passes nearby. An electric vehicle charging point is installed on the estate.
Weddings and receptions
The estate markets itself for weddings, birthdays, family receptions and celebrations with friends. It can be privatized for up to 50 guests, with the five guest rooms, the outdoor areas and the reception spaces reserved for the party. Menus are drawn up for each event from local, seasonal produce, and activities such as tastings, pétanque or wellness sessions can be added.
Rooms and capacities
The whole estate takes up to 50 guests for a private event. Indoors, there is a meeting room for seminars; its seated capacity is not published. Outdoors, the wooded park, the gardens, the terraces and the private lake give space for cocktails, breaks and outdoor sessions. A pool and a jacuzzi are on site.
Accommodation
The five guest rooms are the Chambre Prestige Sable, the Chambre Prestige Lande, the Chambre Family Forêt, the Suite Domaine and the Chambre de Luxe Family Océan. Each has a private terrace or balcony. The house is rated 5 épis by Gîtes de France. For a group larger than the room count, guests can stay in nearby towns along the coast.
Catering
Cathy and Xavier, the owners, ran a brasserie in Vieux-Boucau and have more than 20 years of experience in restaurants. Their host table, open by reservation from eight people, serves home cooking based on Landes and southwestern produce, with selected wines. The in-house catering service handles events at the estate or at another site, with service, logistics and tableware if needed. Menus cover weddings, cocktail dinners, brunches, family meals and seminars, with seasonal vegetables, quality meat and fish from Capbreton.
History and setting
The owners come from the region and created the estate after years in hospitality. Massages and outdoor yoga sessions can be booked on site, and an aperitif served in the treetops is offered with a partner specializing in nature experiences. Soorts-Hossegor, Capbreton, Seignosse, Moliets-et-Maa and Dax are a short drive away.
Getting there
The estate is reached from Biarritz airport or Dax railway station. Soustons lies between the ocean and the Landes forest, a few minutes from the coastal resorts of Hossegor and Capbreton.
