Domaine de Tardais can host seminars, residential retreats, team days and weddings for up to 120 guests, in a barn of the 16th century and a smaller second room. The estate is never let to two groups at once: the grounds, the rooms, the gîte and the pool are reserved for one client. It is a former manor farm of the 14th and 16th centuries at 21 route des Étangs, Tardais, in the town of Senonches (Eure-et-Loir), inside the Perche regional nature park.
Seminars and company events
The estate sells study days, half-residential seminars and residential seminars. The Grange is the plenary room, and the Étable serves as a breakout room. Both rooms are on one level and accessible to guests with reduced mobility. Each comes with round and rectangular tables, white Napoléon chairs, a flip chart, a screen and projector, free Wi-Fi, a cloakroom, a caterer's kitchen and heating all year. In the evening the Grange turns into a party room with a dance floor, DJ and sound.
On the 7,000 square meters of grounds, teams can play pétanque, table tennis, badminton or mölkky, or walk to the pond and the Senonches state forest. The owners stay present during the stay and can put organizers in touch with tested caterers, private chefs, musicians, DJs, photographers and videographers.
Weddings and receptions
Only one wedding is held at a time. The wedding package runs three days and two nights, from Friday to Sunday, and covers both rooms, the furniture, the caterer's area, the grounds, the parking, the gîte and cleaning. Weekday weddings are also offered. A walled garden with a wooden stage takes the secular ceremony, the pool terrace with its outdoor bar and reception tents takes the drinks, and the Grange seats 120 for dinner at round tables or long banquet tables. Couples choose their own caterer from a list of recommended names.
Rooms and capacities
The Grange covers 145 square meters, with stone walls, exposed beams, an old wooden floor and a large glass bay. It was renovated in 2020. It holds 120 in classroom, conference or theatre style, 100 in islands or a U-shape, and 120 for a meal. The Étable covers 45 square meters in the former cow sheds, with the original feeding troughs kept. It holds 45 in classroom, conference or theatre style, 35 in islands or a U-shape, and 30 for a meal.
Accommodation
The gîte is a 4-star furnished rental of 300 square meters on two floors. It has five bedrooms and 15 beds, which means 12 participants in separate beds for a seminar, plus three bathrooms, a lounge with fireplace, a kitchen and a 70 square meter games room. Beds are made on arrival and linen is provided. Another 11 beds lie one minute away by car, and about 100 more within 6 km; the owners provide the list. The heated pool measures 7.5 by 3.5 meters and opens from May to September. The gîte is not adapted for reduced mobility.
Catering
There is no restaurant on site. Seminar meals are served at a restaurant in Senonches, 3 km away, as meal trays on site, as shared dishes such as spit-roast pork or paella, or by a private chef.
Getting there
The estate is about 1 h 30 from Paris by car, 40 minutes from Chartres and 35 minutes from Dreux. The nearest station is La Loupe, 10 km away, served by regional trains from Paris-Montparnasse in about 1 h 30, with a shuttle to the estate on request in about 15 minutes. A private lit parking lot holds 50 cars.
