Domaine de Christin hosts seminars, residential retreats, executive committees, company parties and weddings, with outdoor reception spaces for up to 250 seated guests or 300 at a cocktail and 101 beds on the historic site. The estate covers 60 hectares on chemin de Christin, route d'Aubais, at the entrance to Sommières, in the Gard, between Montpellier and Nîmes.
Seminars and company events
The estate offers three kinds of business event. Seminars and team building combine meetings, training and workshops with leisure. Executive and management committees use the Loft meeting room, the salons and the Chai d'Eden, with private hire of the site when the package includes it. Company evenings, year-end parties, galas, afterwork events and product launches take place in the Chai d'Eden and outdoors.
The Loft meeting room is bright and flexible and suits groups looking for a setting outside the usual office. Larger plenaries and presentations use the halls of the Chai d'Eden, and further salons take breakout groups. Equipment depends on the layout and includes tables, seating, a flip chart, a whiteboard, a projection screen and sound. For team building, the estate offers pétanque, beach volleyball, group games, walks, the pools and, on request, a collaborative cooking workshop.
Weddings and receptions
Weddings are often held over several days, with guests staying on site. Civil ceremonies take place outdoors or, when cover is needed, in La Cuverie. The Garden Féerie, a landscaped reception garden lit at night, is used from late April to early October. Indoors, there is no imposed end time for the dance party. Weekend and day-after formulas are offered, along with birthdays, family reunions and private receptions.
Rooms and capacities
The Chai d'Eden has two halls: La Rêverie, bright and neutral in decor, and La Cuverie, which keeps the old wine vats. Both are air-conditioned and soundproofed, with sound and lighting for the dance floor. Their seated capacity is not published. Outdoors, L'Ombrière takes 300 for drinks or a cocktail and 250 seated. The Garden Féerie takes about 200 for drinks or a seated meal. The Cour d'Honneur takes up to 130 for a ceremony, drinks or a meal.
Accommodation
The historic site has 101 beds, rising to 131 with two villas about 8 km away. All bedrooms are air-conditioned. Five gîtes sleep 9 to 15 each (Les Pins, Les Daims, Les Oliviers, Les Vignes and Les Lauriers Roses), alongside studio hotel units in the medieval farmhouse and the Loft, a 90 sq m apartment with a dormitory for up to 15. Two pools, one heated, and a hot tub are on site.
Catering
The estate leaves the choice of caterer to the client, within its technical and safety rules. A professional kitchen is available for caterers.
History and setting
The estate dates from the late 12th century, when it was a fortified wine farm; the date 1189 is carved in its stone. It was close to abandoned when Éric and Hélène Buray took it over at the end of 2014 to give space to their horses, including a Shire draught horse herd moved from Normandy. They restored the Mas Médiéval, the Mas Provençal and the Mas La Bastide, and turned the old winery, with its two tiers of vats and roof timbers almost 11 meters high, into the Chai d'Eden. The estate still farms, keeps an educational farm and has held the French HVE environmental label since 2021.
Getting there
The estate sits at the entrance to Sommières, between Montpellier and Nîmes. A shaded, enclosed car park serves guests.
