Domaine de la Cour des Lys hosts seminars, conferences, company evenings and team building for 2 to 400 participants, and weddings for up to 300 seated and 500 standing. It has 800 m² of rooms, a walled courtyard of 1,500 m², a 2.5-hectare park and 72 beds on site. The estate is a former postal relay at Les Housses, Sainte-Croix-Grand-Tonne, in the commune of Thue et Mue, ten minutes from both Caen and Bayeux.
Seminars and company events
The rooms can be set up as theatre, classroom, U-shape, islands or separate workshops. For a seminar, the rooms, break areas and bedrooms used by the group are reserved for it alone. The estate lists very high-speed internet protected by a WatchGuard firewall, projectors with screens of 15 m², 6 m² and 3 m², flat screens and movable sound equipment, suited to videoconferences, streaming and hybrid seminars. Small workshop rooms for 1 to 8 people come with screens, flip charts and Wi-Fi. The Salle Richard, kept for professional events, offers a lounge with a library and period bar for up to 20 in a meeting or 35 for a cocktail. Team building with local partners includes escape games, treasure hunts, cooking workshops and team sports. A free car park holds 120 vehicles and takes coaches.
Weddings and receptions
Weddings come with exclusive use of the estate from Friday 2 p.m. to Sunday 6 p.m., with the wedding night included. A secular ceremony can take place around the fountain, drinks on the south-facing terrace, dinner in the Salle Louis XVI and dancing there with no set end time. A covered 155 m² préau is the fallback for rain. A single contact, Hélène, follows the couple through the preparation. A room is set aside for children during the evening.
Rooms and capacities
The estate gives these figures (theatre, cocktail, cabaret, U-shape): Salle Louis XVI 1, 130, 102, 96 and 45; Salle Louis XVI 2, 185, 170, 110 and 55; both together, 315, 400, 264 and 120; Salle Marie-Antoinette, 200, 230, 110 and 55. The Salle Louis XVI has underfloor heating, a four-meter screen and a parquet dance floor. The Salle Marie-Antoinette opens on one side to the courtyard and on the other to the park. The Cour d'Honneur takes 500 for a cocktail or 300 for a dinner under sail canopies, around a four-meter cast-iron fountain.
Accommodation
The estate has 72 beds rated four stars, rising to 82 from January 2027. Seven independent logis, each with a kitchen and lounge, hold 13 bedrooms for up to 40 people. A dormitory has 14 beds. The site also lists 26 private rooms and suites, including a bridal suite with a hot tub. Partner gîtes nearby add up to 50 beds, with an optional shuttle.
Catering
The estate has a professional caterer's kitchen. Clients bring the caterer of their choice or pick from the estate's Normandy partners, and no corkage fee is charged.
History and setting
The relay was built in Caen stone, and the estate places its origins in the 17th century. Louis XVI stopped here in June 1786 during his journey to Cherbourg. The family restored the buildings in 2018 and 2019.
Getting there
Caen and Bayeux stations are each about ten minutes away, Caen-Carpiquet airport seven minutes, and the Ouistreham ferry port twenty minutes. A shuttle can be booked. Paris is two and a half hours by the A13.
