Maison de l'Île Blanche hosts company seminars, association meetings, general assemblies and family gatherings for up to 100 people, with 63 bedrooms and full board on site. The house stands on the Douron in Locquirec, on the north coast of Finistère in Brittany, and is run as a hospitality and spiritual center by the Filles du Saint-Esprit, a lay team and a chaplain.
Seminars and company events
Professional groups book a half-day, a day or a stay of several days. The main conference room takes 100 people and has a stage, a large screen, sound and image projection, video conferencing, four simultaneous interpretation stations, about 40 table microphones and headsets for hearing-impaired guests. Eight further rooms serve workshops and breakouts. Flip charts, overhead projectors and a mobile screen are available on request, along with a secretariat space for breaks, a photocopier and fiber Wi-Fi. The park and outdoor areas leave room for team building and informal discussion.
Rooms can be booked by the hour, the half-day, the day or for several days, with preferential rates from one week, and regular bookings are possible for recurring classes or meetings.
Rooms and capacities
The house rents nine rooms from 20 to 136 m². The large conference room covers 136 m² for up to 100 people. Three medium rooms of 60 to 68 m² take up to 50 each. Five small rooms of 20 to 40 m² suit groups under 20. Le Préau, 60 m² with large tables and a concrete floor, works for painting, mosaic and other art sessions, and the 40 m² salon next to it serves breaks and aperitifs. A TV room, a library and chapels are open to all guests.
Accommodation
There are 63 bedrooms for up to 92 people on two floors, 25 of them renovated in 2024. The mix covers 44 single rooms, most with private bathroom, 15 doubles or twins, three triples and one room for four. Four rooms are adapted for guests with reduced mobility. Some rooms look over the Douron, others face the château or the park. Bed linen and towels are provided for adults.
Catering
The house kitchen cooks for residents and for outside guests by reservation. Two dining rooms seat 30 and 90, and buffets can be served in Le Préau overlooking the river. Lunch is a set menu with starter, main course, cheese, dessert, wine and coffee, and dinner has soup, main course and dessert. Groups can order plated meals, buffets for 15 or more, picnics, snacks and receptions, with overnight stays on bed and breakfast, half board or full board. Private use of a dining room is mostly possible from October to April.
History and setting
A shipowner built the manor in 1661 in local Locquirec stone, a blue-green schist, when the port of Toul an Héry across the Douron traded actively. Early in the 20th century an English couple, the Nortons, enlarged it before leaving in 1924. The Congregation of the Filles du Saint-Esprit bought the property in 1926 and added buildings behind the manor for a school. After the school closed in the 1970s, the site became a guesthouse, then a hospitality and spiritual center. The manor is listed in the general inventory of cultural heritage.
Getting there
Bus line 30 between Morlaix and Lannion serves Locquirec, and local taxis cover the last stretch. Morlaix station, on the line from Paris, is the nearest main rail stop, and Brest Bretagne is the closest large airport.
