Domaine de Rochemontès can host company dinners, study days, seminars, Christmas parties and weddings for 50 to 250 seated guests, and cocktails for up to 300. Smaller meetings of 10 to 45 people take place in a second building, La Cerisaie. The estate, listed as a historic monument, stands above the Garonne at Seilh, 15 km from the center of Toulouse.
Seminars and company events
The Orangerie seats up to 250 for a company dinner, which clients can decorate in their own colors and theme. The room is fully modular, so one part can be set for a meeting and another for meals. For study days, the estate sells all-inclusive packages. Breaks, and sometimes lunch, move out onto the lawns in good weather. The park can host activities of a few hours to a full day: mountain biking, quad rides, running, team olympics and a treasure hunt built around riddles and wine. Marquees can be put up on the lawns to add space.
La Cerisaie takes 10 to 45 people for a study day, a lunch or a dinner. It has two rooms, one of them a meeting room with a screen and a video projector, a fireplace for winter, and a wooden terrace for lunch outside. Both buildings are booked with exclusive use.
Weddings and receptions
The Orangerie has hosted private events, a large share of them weddings, for almost 25 years. Secular ceremonies can be held in front of the château, above the river, and as an option the château terrace overlooking the Garonne can host the ceremony or the cocktail. Clients may work with the estate's recommended suppliers or bring their own. Furniture is provided for weddings: 20 round tables for eight, five round tables for ten, 15 rectangular tables and 200 white resin chairs.
Rooms and capacities
The Orangerie covers 300 square meters on one level and opens directly onto the gardens through seven French windows. It faces due south, has original Toulouse brick walls and a concrete floor set with terracotta, and its restrooms meet accessibility standards. It seats 50 to 250 and takes 300 at a cocktail. La Cerisaie takes 10 to 45. A private car park holds 120 vehicles and is accessible to coaches.
Catering
The estate works with outside caterers. The Orangerie has a caterers' area of more than 50 square meters, independent from the room, with truck access, a washing-up station, worktops, a freezer, a refrigerator and 220 V and 380 V sockets. La Cerisaie has its own large independent kitchen.
Accommodation
There are no bedrooms on the estate. The estate lists hotels nearby, including the Mercure Golf de Seilh 2 km away and several hotels in Blagnac, 8 km away.
History and setting
The estate has stayed in the same family for more than three centuries. In 1684, Catherine de Lombrail, granddaughter of Pierre-Paul Riquet, builder of the Canal du Midi, married Gabriel-Amable du Bourg, a member of the Toulouse parliament. The château, private and not open for events, is in a regional Louis XIII style with four brick towers. The Orangerie was built in the 18th century and restored about 20 years ago, earning a prize from the Vieilles Maisons Françaises. The 9-hectare formal park, drawn from a notebook by Le Nôtre, follows the Garonne with clipped box hedges, topiaries and century-old plane and hackberry trees.
Getting there
The estate is 1 km past Seilh on the road toward Grenade, 15 km from central Toulouse and 10 minutes from Toulouse-Blagnac airport.
