The Gîte de Ségur hosts residential seminars for up to 25 participants and receptions for up to 80 guests, with beds for 18 to 26 people on site. Companies book it for an off-site meeting or a team-building stay, and families for weddings, reunions and birthday weekends. The house is a former farmhouse at Combaléran, in Marzens, in the Tarn, about 45 minutes from Toulouse and from Albi, near Lavaur.
Seminars and company events
The Gîte de Ségur is one of five houses of the Halte en Cocagne estate, which sells residential seminars, study days and team-building stays away from the office. The group has the house to itself from the first coffee to dinner. Professionals can book a single night.
Meetings take place in the Bergerie, an independent building 100 meters from the house, with two seminar rooms for up to 25 people, and in the 60-square-meter living room of the house. Equipment includes an interactive screen, a flipchart, free Wi-Fi, a sound system, and a microphone and a printer on request. Rooms can be set in theater style, as a U or in small workshop groups. The team can arrange team-building activities, a sports coach, yoga or massages. For groups above 29, the estate combines several houses while keeping the whole site private.
Weddings and receptions
The Bergerie also serves as a reception hall for up to 80 guests, with a caterer's kitchen. Furniture on request includes ten rectangular tables, eight round tables and 80 folding wooden chairs, and a projector can be supplied. The estate offers a wedding and reception package on request, and guests sleep on site. Outdoor spaces suit a secular ceremony or a meal in the open air.
Rooms and capacities
The Bergerie covers 120 square meters in two parts of 75 and 45 square meters. It takes 25 people for a seminar and 80 for a reception. The house living room covers 60 square meters, with a large fireplace and a sound system.
Accommodation
The main house covers 350 square meters, with 8 bedrooms, 7 bathrooms and 18 beds. The Annex, independent of the house, adds 3 bedrooms with their own bathroom and can be rented to bring the total to 26 guests. Beds are made on arrival, linen and towels are provided, and the house is heated a day ahead in winter.
Facilities include a pool of 11 by 6 meters heated from late May to early October, a 50-square-meter spa area with jacuzzi and hammam, rowing machines, a tennis court shared with the Domaine d'en Maury, a boules court, table tennis, table football and a 50-square-meter covered terrace.
Catering
The house has a large kitchen equipped for 26, with two dishwashers and a gas range, and a brazier for outdoor cooking. Meals for groups are handled by local caterers, by delivery or with a private chef on site. A dinner to reheat on the evening of arrival can be ordered a week ahead.
History and setting
The house stands on a farm run organically for 20 years, among the hills of the Pays de Cocagne. The owners restored the farmhouse after the last sharecropper, Jeannot, left in 2006. The house was renovated in 2007 and again in 2020. It was first split into two holiday homes, then joined again to welcome larger groups and big families. The estate is run by its owners with a small team on site, and the house is open all year.
Getting there
The address is Combaléran, 81500 Marzens. Toulouse and Albi are both about 45 minutes away by road, and Lavaur is the nearest town. Private outdoor parking is available, with an electric vehicle charging point.
