La Maison du Haut can host seminars, general assemblies, weddings, birthdays and family gatherings for up to 40 guests seated in its auberge, and the whole site can be hired with a gîte for 19 people and 4 mini-chalets. It is an eco-site at Les Bordes, in Saint-Lothain, in the Jura, about 10 km from Poligny.
Seminars and company events
The site sells green seminars for teams who want to work away from the office. Work sessions can take place in the auberge hall, under a shaded pergola near a spring, in a corner of the gîte lounge or on the gîte terrace under a large lime tree. A paperboard, a whiteboard, a screen and a projector are provided.
The program can mix work and team activities. Two game facilitators run sessions with wooden games, cooperative games or board games, drawing on a games library of several hundred titles. Partners offer caving, forest bathing, graphic facilitation, tastings of local wine, a visit of a cheese dairy with Comté tasting, massages and bike rides. Groups can stay overnight on site, and the site can be privatized for the duration of the seminar.
Weddings and receptions
The auberge room can be hired for weddings, birthdays and family gatherings, with the terrace and the barbecue included. For a larger celebration, the whole site can be privatized from 4 pm on the first day to 2 pm the next day, with the gîte, the 4 mini-chalets, a sanitary block, the 7,000 m² plot and the auberge. Tableware, napkins and tablecloths can be rented on site as part of a zero-waste approach, and a decoration kit is in preparation.
Rooms and capacities
The auberge dining room measures 70 m², with an open fireplace, exposed beams and stone walls. It seats up to 40 guests indoors and has a bar area. In summer the shaded terrace extends it outdoors. In winter, evenings are held by the fire. The pergola, the gîte lounge and the gîte terrace serve as smaller work spaces for breakout groups.
Accommodation
The gîte, open all year, sleeps 19 people in 5 rooms, with a shared lounge. The site also has 4 mini-chalets and 14 tent pitches, which can widen the group in the warm season. A group that hires the whole site has the gîte and the mini-chalets to itself.
Catering
The auberge cooks only vegetarian food, organic, local and seasonal. The kitchen uses low-tech methods such as a solar oven, Norwegian cooking pots and a solar dryer. Meals are served by reservation for up to 40 covers, in half board or full board for guests staying on site, and as two-course or three-course menus.
History and setting
The site describes itself as an eco-site built on ecological and social values, linked to the association Hissez-Haut. Beyond private events, the auberge holds concerts, debates, game nights and film screenings with discussions through the year, and it opens only by reservation or for its own program. It stands on hiking, horse-riding and cycling routes, including the GR 39 and the Grande Traversée du Jura.
Getting there
Saint-Lothain lies about 10 km from Poligny, 15 km from Château-Chalon and 17 km from Arbois. Baume-les-Messieurs is about 20 km away, and the Jura lakes and the Pic de l'Aigle about 30 minutes by car. The site gives no public transport directions, so plan the group's arrival by car or ask the team how to organize it.
