Domaine Le Sherwood hosts company seminars, leadership committee meetings, study days and team cohesion days for small groups. Its largest villa has a reception room of more than 110 m² with about 30 seats, and teams can stay in villas with private spas. The estate is a residence of 17 themed villas at Notre-Dame-de-Monts, in Vendée, between the Pays de Monts state forest and the Atlantic coast.
Seminars and company events
Two large villas are offered to companies. Each comes with Wi-Fi, a paperboard and meeting accessories, and both have their own outdoor relaxation areas. The estate prepares a tailored proposal for each group and can show organisers around before they book. Weekday rates apply for business travellers who need lodging during work trips in the area.
Team activities combine sport and food, with discovery of Vendée produce. Nearby natural sites include the salt marshes of Noirmoutier, the Île d'Yeu and the Pays de Monts state forest.
Rooms and capacities
Villa Santa Maria covers 280 m². Its bright reception room of more than 110 m² looks over a private garden and has about 30 seats, with a lounge, an equipped kitchen and a bar for an end-of-day aperitif. It is suited to meetings, seminars and meals. Outside are a private swim spa and a wooden terrace of more than 340 m² with plants, hammocks and a gas plancha. A private wellness room has a spa bath and a sauna, and the villa has its own parking.
Villa Santa Teresa covers 250 m². Its 65 m² living room has natural light, about 20 seats and a counter. A smaller lounge can serve as a screening room, with a 4K screen and blackout curtains. Outside are a jacuzzi, a private swim spa, a wooden terrace of more than 200 m² with hammocks, a beach volleyball court and a gas plancha, with a view of the forest.
Accommodation
Villa Santa Maria sleeps up to 15 people in 8 bedrooms with 4 bathrooms. Villa Santa Teresa sleeps up to 14 in 7 bedrooms with 2 bathrooms. The estate also rents 15 smaller themed villas for 4 to 10 people, each with 2 to 4 bedrooms and a private spa, which can lodge extra participants. A shared wellness area, the Jungle Spa, is on site.
Catering
The estate team can prepare breakfasts, seminar coffee breaks and welcome coffees. For lunches and dinners, it puts organisers in touch with trusted caterers and private chefs. Both group villas have an equipped kitchen.
History and setting
The estate occupies a former holiday camp that belonged to the town of Riom, near Clermont-Ferrand. Built at the end of the 1950s, it welcomed children for about 40 years in six separate buildings on a plot of more than 18,000 m². Rising costs and falling numbers led Riom to sell the site at the end of the 1990s. After renovation, it reopened as Domaine Le Sherwood in April 2017. The name refers to Sherwood Forest and the legend of Robin Hood, a nod to the forest that surrounds it.
Getting there
The address is 78 rue de la Braie, 85690 Notre-Dame-de-Monts. The estate is 15 minutes from Saint-Jean-de-Monts, 10 minutes from the Noirmoutier bridge, 30 minutes from Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie and Challans, under 1 hour 10 minutes from Nantes and about 1 hour 10 minutes from Les Sables-d'Olonne.
