Domaine du Kelenn hosts study days, residential seminars, leadership retreats, workshops and private stays for groups of 6 to 15 people. The guesthouse is reserved for the group alone during a seminar, which keeps discussions confidential, and the host cooks the meals. It is a 19th-century Breton farmhouse renovated in a contemporary style, at Le Ballo in Caden, in southern Morbihan, 8 minutes from Rochefort-en-Terre and about 30 minutes from Vannes and Redon. Mylène and Antoine run the house.
Seminars and company events
Two formats are sold. The study day takes up to 15 people, who use the dining room and the lounge as meeting spaces, equipped with the material the group needs, and the garden for outdoor sessions in season; lunch is included. The residential seminar takes up to 15 people on a turnkey basis, with nights, meals, working sessions and activities. In practice the estate suits a team of about 8 over several days or 15 for a single day.
Mylène handles the logistics from the brief onward and can arrange team-building activities through local partners. The schedule can bend: if a session runs long, lunch waits. Groups of ten or more can also book a barbecue evening or a crêpe stand in the garden. Massages and treatments can be booked with the host.
Rooms and capacities
There is no dedicated meeting room. The dining room and the lounge turn into meeting rooms and seat up to 15 people. The lounge has a very large fireplace and a library. Outside, the garden, a lounge area facing the sunset and the pool area give space for breaks and informal work.
Accommodation
The house has five guest rooms for two to five people, including a family suite split into two bedrooms. Flanelle and Velours have a queen-size bed, Astrakan sleeps three on the garden level with a private entrance, Pashmina sits under the roof, and the Cachemire suite has a parents' room and a children's room with separate bathrooms. Every room has its own bathroom with a bath or a balneo shower, private toilet, free Wi-Fi, linen and towels. For a residential seminar, the house offers six bedrooms and eight beds with separate bathrooms; participants who need single rooms beyond that are lodged in a gîte 5 minutes away by car. Pets are not accepted.
Catering
The host cooks all meals, alone or with local professionals, using homemade dishes and short supply chains. Breakfast is made with fresh, homemade, organic and local products and served in the dining room or outside. For private stays, a table d'hôtes dinner is offered on some weekday evenings on request.
History and setting
Kelenn means holly in Breton, a plant that Celtic tradition links to protection and welcome. The farmhouse mixes old stone, wood and metal, with exposed beams. It stands in open country with a large garden, a heated pool among the fields in summer and old oaks for shade. The beaches of southern Brittany and the Vilaine are about 20 minutes away, and the small towns of Rochefort-en-Terre, La Roche-Bernard and La Gacilly are close.
Getting there
By car, the estate is about 30 minutes from Vannes and Redon and an hour from Nantes and Rennes. Malansac station is 10 minutes away and connects to the high-speed stations of Redon and Vannes, putting Paris about 2 h 30 away. Nantes and Rennes airports are about an hour away, Lorient about 1 h 15. Free parking and electric car charging are available on site.
