Domaine Melchior Philibert in Charly hosts professional events for up to 150 people, from a meeting of 12 to a plenary session. The estate lies 14 km southwest of Lyon, at the edge of the Monts et Coteaux du Lyonnais, about 20 minutes from the city. It offers six indoor spaces, seven hectares of garden and free parking. The town of Charly and Melchior Coworking manage it together.
Seminars and company events
The official offer is built around business events: working meetings, seminars, conferences, plenary sessions, training days, cocktails, company evenings, afterworks, product presentations and team building. The spaces are described as fully modular, so the layout follows the format of the day. A dedicated event project manager handles each request. Private individuals can also ask about renting a room for a family occasion, but the estate presents itself first as a professional venue.
Rooms and capacities
The estate lists six indoor spaces. Théâtre Melchior is an Italian-style theater with a light wood structure, an orchestra level and two balconies. It opened to the public in 2014 where the former barns stood, and the estate highlights its acoustics. Salle du Pressoir opens directly onto the main courtyard and the park, with Rhône pebbles, large exposed beams and a warm-colored floor. Salle Côté Cour and Salle Côté Jardin are two meeting rooms for 2 to 12 people each. Both have a paper board, fiber Wi-Fi and adaptable furniture. One faces the courtyard, the other the gardens, the greenhouse and the orangery.
Salle des Fresques is a vestibule decorated with paintings by D. Sarrabat, who won the Prix de Rome in 1688, and it is protected as a historic monument. The estate suggests it for cocktails, with a view of the Alps on clear days. Salle Marguerite Philibert sits in the attic of the farm building, above the theater. It suits study days, training sessions, meetings and round tables, with furniture on request. The estate states a maximum of 150 people across its events, but it does not publish a capacity room by room.
Gardens and outdoor space
The grounds cover seven hectares and are open to the public. They keep the remains of a French-style garden, with avenues of lime and chestnut trees, old trees, an orchard and a pétanque ground. A group can use the park for breaks between sessions, an outdoor cocktail or a team activity.
History and setting
The estate is a former farm complex built around a main courtyard, with a farmhouse, a greenhouse, an orangery and the theater that replaced the barns. The fresco vestibule gives it a protected heritage element rare in a seminar venue. Calm is the main argument of the official site: the estate sits in the village of Charly, with the Alps visible in good weather.
Getting there
The address is 275 rue de l'Église, 69390 Charly. The estate is 14 km southwest of Lyon, about 20 minutes away, and has one free car park. The official site does not describe public transport, so organizers of larger groups should confirm access options with the event manager.
