Croq'Champs takes small company seminars, team retreats and wellness workshops for up to 25 people, with overnight space for 17 guests in six bedrooms. The whole gîte is booked by one group, so the team has the house, the meeting spaces and the garden to itself. The farm is at Saint-Alban-d'Hurtières, in the Hurtières massif of the Maurienne valley, Savoie.
Seminars and company events
Three spaces can host work sessions. A dedicated room of 60 m² was fitted out for meetings and for movement practice such as yoga or dance, with a large screen and a sound system. A second building of 100 m² holds another large workspace for up to 25 people, also with a large screen and sound for computer presentations. In the main house, a lounge with floor cushions and mats looks out over the Lauzière massif and turns into a work area for 15 with a video projector.
The site is self-catering by default, which suits a team that wants to cook together, but meals can be ordered from the farm. Wi-Fi, a TV and audio and video equipment are available. Outdoors there is a pétanque court, a garden, two terraces, a barbecue and a bike shed with a repair corner, which leaves room for informal breaks between sessions.
The hosts work with local partners for outdoor activities such as mountain guiding, mountain biking, fitness and fishing, for cultural outings and for massages and natural care. They can suggest half-day activities for a team-building program.
Rooms and capacities
The largest group figure on the site is 25 people, in the work area of the second building. The 60 m² room is the main room for meetings and practice. The lounge of the main house seats 15 in work mode. The covered terrace of 50 m² opens level with the kitchen.
Accommodation
The main house covers 300 m², including 120 m² of shared space with a large kitchen, a dining room and a lounge. It sleeps 15: two four-person rooms with two single beds below and two on a mezzanine, each with its own bathroom and dry toilet; one two-person room with private bathroom and dry toilet; one two-person room upstairs; and one room for three upstairs, the last two sharing a bathroom on the ground floor. The second building holds the sixth bedroom for two and a bathroom built to accessibility standards. Bed linen, towels and final cleaning are included. Baby equipment is available.
Catering
The owners are farmer-cooks. Prepared dishes can be ordered in advance, and a caterer is available on site. The farm grows certified organic vegetables, runs a small grocery with local products, and serves organic buckwheat galettes and crêpes on Friday evenings from April to October. Organic picnics can be prepared with farm produce.
History and setting
Claire and Ludo farmed and cooked in the Drôme for seven years before taking over this 19th-century farm. They rehabilitated it as a group gîte for families, associations and companies. The farm is ten minutes on foot from the Lac des Hurtières, where summer swimming is supervised, and five minutes from the climbing routes of Saint-Léger. Ski resorts, via ferratas and the first cycling passes are about 30 minutes away.
Getting there
The gîte is in Saint-Alban-d'Hurtières, in the lower Maurienne valley in Savoie. Parking is next to the building. Ask the hosts about access by train and the last stretch by road when you plan the trip.
