Domaine Le Mesnil hosts seminars, management meetings, team building days, conferences and wedding weekends for up to 150 seated guests with a dance floor, or 215 at a cocktail. Groups can sleep on site, with 35 beds in the main building and up to 50 with the manor house. The estate is a former 18th-century cider farm in Argences, in the Calvados, about 20 minutes from Caen, and each event has the whole property to itself.
Seminars and company events
The reception hall can be hired for the day without accommodation, or combined with the bedrooms for a residential seminar. A video projector, a screen and Wi-Fi are available, and furniture, high tables and a lectern are included in the hire. The estate suggests two formats: a two-day residential seminar with a plenary afternoon, a gala dinner in the main hall, a night on site and a working morning; and a day seminar from 8:30 with plenary sessions or workshops, a catered lunch and a closing cocktail.
The park and orchards suit team building, from outdoor games to cider and calvados tastings, run by the provider of your choice. The hall also takes conferences, general meetings, company Christmas parties and some shows. For a board or a small leadership group, the estate offers an executive seminar formula in the manor house.
Weddings and receptions
Weddings run over a full weekend. Couples arrive on Friday, prepare on site on Saturday, use the terrace or the park for a secular ceremony and the cocktail, then move to the barn for dinner and dancing. Sunday can continue with breakfast or brunch. Couples choose their own suppliers, and the owners welcome them on the day while staying in the background. The manor house's 55 square meter bridal suite is used for preparations.
Rooms and capacities
The old barn offers 215 square meters of reception space: the cathedral room of 147 square meters under its exposed roof and the arched room of 72 square meters, part of which holds a staircase. It seats 150 with a dance floor or takes 215 standing. The covered terrace, over 140 square meters with a wooden floor, faces south over the pond and takes 150 at a cocktail. The barn also has a 20 square meter children's area, a cloakroom, a closed entrance and a fitted catering office. Outside, the estate has 6,000 square meters of green space and a fenced pond.
Accommodation
The main building has 35 beds: six private bedrooms including one accessible room on the ground floor, a family room for up to six and a dormitory for up to 11, each with its own bathroom. Bed and bath linen and cleaning are included. The manor house adds 15 beds in six bedrooms, for a total of 50. Temporary lodging such as tents may be possible in the park after approval.
Catering
There is no in-house caterer. You bring the caterer of your choice, who works from the fitted catering office next to the hall.
History and setting
The farm dates from the 18th century and produced cider. Owner Sonia Benedetti and her husband Rémy restored it from early 2022, keeping the Caen stone, the timber frames and the original volumes, and reroofing the barn in local Bavent tiles. The estate has welcomed events since May 2024.
Getting there
The estate is about 20 minutes from Caen, 20 to 30 minutes from Cabourg, 40 minutes from Deauville and about 2 hours 30 minutes from Paris. A private parking area holds about 80 cars. The spaces are accessible to people with reduced mobility.
