Domaine de Biar in Lavérune hosts seminars, study days, private dinners and weddings in six spaces that seat from 20 to 80 people, with 13 rooms and suites on the estate. It is a four-star hotel estate at the gates of Montpellier, with a restaurant, a spa and a park. Organisers can book a single room or the whole domain.
Seminars and company events
The domain welcomes residential seminars, study days, conferences, training sessions and product launches, with several meeting rooms for different formats. The Goya Room (35 m²) takes up to 20 people and is described for executive meetings and small committees. The Music Room (50 m²) and the Taison Room (75 m²) take up to 50 each, and the Taison Room is the largest meeting room, open to the outdoors. A seminar terrace (50 m²) takes 30 people for workshops and brainstorming. Beyond the rooms, the estate offers team coaching with horses, a land and sea sensory programme, and a theatre session on communication.
Weddings and receptions
Weddings use the complete privatisation of the estate with its 13 rooms and suites. The programme includes a secular ceremony outdoors, a reception, a dinner and a brunch with personalised menus, and optional entertainment such as an equestrian show, live music and a DJ. For birthdays, baptisms, communions and family gatherings, the estate states a capacity of up to 80 people, indoors and outdoors, and allows a single room or the entire domain to be privatised.
Rooms and capacities
La Table de Biar is a former 18th-century building of 160 m² that seats 80 for banquets, gala dinners and wedding meals. The terrace of La Table de Biar (90 m²) takes 50 for cocktails or dinners outdoors. The Music Room (50 m²) takes 50 for a cocktail or a private dinner and opens onto the garden. The Taison Room (75 m²) takes 50 for conferences. The Goya Room (35 m²) takes 20, and the seminar terrace (50 m²) takes 30.
Accommodation
The estate has 13 named rooms and suites, each listed for two people, from 18 m² to 56 m². Names include Maguelone, Augustin Coste, Magali, Genesis and Canopée. The spa carries the Nuxe brand and has a heated sensory pool with eight zones of jets and a tea room. The outdoor pool is open from May to September.
Catering
The restaurant, La Table de Biar, is led by chef Mathieu Garcin and cooks local and organic products. It holds two Gault & Millau toques for 2024, the Ecotable label and two Keys in the Michelin Guide. Meals for events, from gourmet breaks to lunch and aperitif, are cooked in-house and use a locavore menu.
History and setting
The estate is a former folly of the Montpellier area, a type of country house built by wealthy families around the city. It sits at the gates of Montpellier in a park, and it holds the Green Key label.
Getting there
The estate is on Chemin du Mas de Biar in Lavérune, a few minutes from Montpellier. The site does not give station or airport details, so check the transfer from the city with the team.
