L'Orangerie du Mas hosts conferences, seminars, product launches, company evenings, galas, film and fashion shoots and weddings, for up to 400 guests in theater or banquet style and 500 at a cocktail. The venue is in Laudun-l'Ardoise, in the Gard, 30 minutes from Avignon and 20 minutes from Uzès, and the estate is always booked by one group at a time.
Seminars and company events
The estate combines two buildings. L'Orangerie du Mas is a glass hall built for events, with professional sound and lighting, a video projector and a 4 by 3 meter roll-down screen, Wi-Fi throughout, air conditioning and heating. Le Mas de So, the house next door, takes smaller groups for residential seminars, team building, incentive stays and launches, with 30 people in conference and 50 at a reception.
Three formats are offered: the orangery alone, the orangery with the outdoor grounds, or the orangery, grounds and accommodation at the mas. The team can deliver a turnkey event or support the suppliers you choose. Past clients listed include construction, media, banking and healthcare companies.
Weddings and receptions
Weddings, christenings, bar and bat mitzvahs, birthdays and concerts are hosted with no imposed suppliers. For private receptions the venue asks for a wedding planner, at least to coordinate the day. A typical sequence runs from a ceremony by the pool facing the vines, to drinks on the red terrace of the mas, to dinner in the orangery, reached along a lit path. Dinners among the olive trees, under a tunnel of lights in the woods or at the foot of the vines are also proposed.
Rooms and capacities
L'Orangerie du Mas covers 540 square meters, with 400 square meters free of columns, and can be divided into two spaces of 200 square meters with a curtain. Capacities: 400 theater, 400 classroom, 350 to 400 seated for dinner, 100 U-shape, 500 cocktail, and up to 700 on request. The main facade opens almost entirely onto a 200-square-meter wooden deck and 1,500 square meters of landscaped grounds. Le Mas de So holds 30 theater, 30 classroom, 18 U-shape, 40 banquet and 70 cocktail.
Accommodation
Le Mas de So, 650 square meters, has seven bedrooms, two of which can be set with twin beds. Tipis can be installed on the estate for extra guests, and partner hotels and guest houses are about five minutes away. The mas has a pool, a tennis court, a pétanque court, a home cinema, billiards, a sauna and a jacuzzi.
Catering
There is no in-house caterer. The orangery has a caterer area with a professional dishwashing station and separate access for caterers and staff. The team recommends partner caterers and suppliers, and the resident host cooks homemade meals for groups staying at the mas.
History and setting
The mas is a 19th-century Provençal house, renovated with a modern interior. The orangery was designed by Marysol, an Argentine architect, on a former car park along the woods, as a glass hall with wooden tiers in the style of an arena and a mirrored technical cube. At night the building and grounds are lit in custom colors. The estate lies among vines, lavender and olive trees, with an organic vegetable garden.
Getting there
The venue is 30 minutes from Avignon TGV station and 1 h 30 from Marseille Provence airport. Search for Le Mas de So in a navigation app. The site has two supplier car parks out of guests' sight, and parking and toilets for people with reduced mobility.
