The Domaine de Châtonnay hosts seminars, conferences, team building and weddings for up to 250 guests in Châtonnay, in the Isère department, 45 minutes from Lyon. The estate is built around a 17th-century mill and sits in a park of 4 hectares of meadow and forest. A gîte sleeps about 30 guests on site, and the hall can be hired alone or as part of a turnkey package.
Seminars and company events
The estate hosts team building days, seminars, conferences and room hire for business groups. The formula is flexible. You can choose a turnkey offer that includes the hire of the spaces, full catering and entertainment, or rent the room only and select your own providers and options. Hire runs by half day, day or evening, and activities are possible without time limits.
The team lists audiovisual equipment and a professional kitchen for breaks and tailored meals. For team building the site names paintball, outdoor laser game, bubble football, axe throwing, multi-activity olympics and murder party games.
Weddings and receptions
The estate is also a wedding venue, hired as a whole with the gîte. The hosts, Johan and Johanna, state that the guests are received in privacy and that the caterer is a free choice. The grounds allow a ceremony in the field or under trees by the river, a drinks reception in the garden, a meal in the glass-roofed hall and dancing in the back room. Arrival the day before to decorate is possible.
Rooms and capacities
The main space is L'Orée des Bois and its veranda. The business page gives 250 square meters for groups of 20 to 250 people, which suits conferences, workshops and product launches. The wedding page describes a 125 square meter hall extended by a 125 square meter veranda. La salle du moulin is a room of 50 square meters, suited to meetings of 5 to 30 people, training or small brainstorming sessions. It has a bar area and a professional kitchen. The park offers further outdoor space.
Accommodation
The Gîte du Moulin is an independent building with about thirty beds. It lets colleagues rest on site after a working day, or wedding guests stay near the party.
Catering
The kitchen space is professional, and the caterer is a free choice for room-only hire. A turnkey package includes the full catering service.
History and setting
The estate was built around a 17th-century mill. A stream runs through the park. The hosts live on the premises and run the place themselves.
Getting there
The address is 155 impasse des Terreaux, Châtonnay. It is 15 minutes from Bourgoin, 30 minutes from Vienne and 45 minutes from Lyon and Grenoble. Bourgoin station is 15 minutes away, and Lyon Saint-Exupéry airport and TGV station 40 minutes. Free parking is on site.
