Château d'Arcelot can host conferences, congresses, study days, training sessions, board meetings, general assemblies, press conferences, exhibitions, Christmas parties and weddings. Its largest space, the Trianon, takes events of up to 1,200 people, and two 18th-century rooms take 70 and 90 guests. The listed château stands at 2 rue de Champ Rosé in Arceau, Côte-d'Or, 15 km from Dijon.
Seminars and company events
The estate welcomes all kinds of business events: study days, conferences, congresses, workshops, training, executive committee meetings, general assemblies, press conferences, exhibitions and Christmas parties. The Trianon is the main room for large numbers. Its interior can be divided with movable screen panels into areas for a cocktail, a meal, a dance floor or a conference, so a plenary session and a lunch can share the same building. Smaller groups can use the Pressoir or the Caveau. The château team and its partners put together services to suit each brief.
Weddings and receptions
The estate hosts weddings, birthdays and other receptions. A clearing in the woods is set aside for outdoor ceremonies. The Pressoir suits a ceremony, a drinks reception or a brunch, the Caveau a seated meal, and the Trianon a large dinner with dancing. Two tents can be added for a drinks reception or a cocktail. The château lists selected partners for planning, flowers, entertainment and photography.
Rooms and capacities
The Trianon is a new building designed to echo the château. It uses brick, in the spirit of the garden follies built in the park in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, with a glass entrance and large windows onto the park. It takes events of up to 1,200 people. The Pressoir is an 18th-century room of 70 square meters for 70 guests, with a French beamed ceiling and Burgundy stone floor. The Caveau is an 18th-century cut-stone cellar of 130 square meters for 90 guests. Additional spaces include two tents, a cloakroom for the Caveau, kitchens and the ceremony clearing. A 360-degree virtual tour is available on the site.
Accommodation
Three gîtes stand on the estate. Le Colombier sleeps 15 in seven bedrooms, with a private walled garden of more than 1,000 square meters. La Soue, an outbuilding of the Colombier, adds 2 to 4 beds. A family gîte in the north wing of the château sleeps 9 adults and 4 children. Guests have access to the château park.
Catering
The château provides kitchens for caterers. Event catering is arranged through the team and its partners. Gîte guests can order meals from a local caterer, the Café de la Place in Beire-le-Châtel.
History and setting
Philibert Verchère, first president of the Dijon finance office, bought the Arcelot marquisate in 1711 and built the two wings in 1720. His grandson enlarged the house into a reception château, built from 1761 to 1765 by Thomas Dumorey, chief engineer of bridges and roads in Burgundy. It was the first neoclassical building in the region, and its stucco salon is its main room. Early in the 19th century, Jean-Marie Morel designed the landscape park, one of the best preserved of his works. The château has stayed in the same family since it was built.
Getting there
Arceau is 15 km from Dijon. Dijon has the nearest main train station. Guided visits of the château run in July and August, so plan event dates and site visits with the team.
