Domaine La Pierre à Sel can host a seminar, a team retreat, a wedding or a family celebration for up to 60 guests, with sleeping space for 45 on site. The estate groups three gîtes of 15 beds each and a reception room. It stands at 1017 route du Col de Champ-Laurent in Le Pontet, a village in Savoie, with views over the Belledonne range and the Lauzière massif.
Seminars and company events
The owners sell seminars and set up the reception room for working sessions. It has wifi, a video projector, a paperboard and a sound system, plus a lounge corner and a table football. Meals can be served with or without staff, along with coffee breaks and aperitifs.
Activities can be booked through the estate's partners: snowshoeing, wine tasting, guided hikes with a mountain leader, biathlon, cable water-skiing and electric mountain bikes are listed. Yoga, orienteering and zumba sessions are also offered. A team of 40 can work in the room by day and sleep in the three gîtes at night, without leaving the site.
Weddings and receptions
Weddings, birthdays, christenings and other family occasions are part of what the estate rents. From March to October, weekends are rented for the whole estate only, which gives a wedding party sole use of the gîtes, the room and the grounds. Hay bales can be supplied to dress an outdoor reception, and a caterer can roast a pig on the estate's spit.
Rooms and capacities
The reception room seats up to 60 guests at eight long tables of 2.40 m in old wood, with bistro chairs. It comes with a professional kitchen; tableware is rented from the estate or brought by the caterer. Capacity depends on what is booked: 20 guests in the room with one gîte, 40 with two, 60 when the whole estate is taken. The room is rented from 10 am to 8 am the next morning. For a larger party, the owners point to the village halls of Champ-Laurent and Le Pontet.
Accommodation
Each gîte sleeps 15 and seats about 17 at its dining table. La Grange à Line has four bedrooms, a mezzanine and three shower rooms. La Grange à Lou has bedrooms with their own bathrooms, a semi-professional kitchen and step-free access. Le Chalet à Mahé has eight bedrooms, mostly twins. Every gîte has its own terrace with a gas plancha and a seven-seat hot tub, heated all year. A sauna and a small summer pool are shared.
Catering
The estate can provide breakfasts, meals, aperitifs, cold buffets and seminar breaks, and sends a menu on request. For a wedding dinner, couples contact a caterer directly, either one the owners work with or their own. A 6-litre beer tap is available with the estate's kegs.
Getting there
The estate lies on the road to the Col de Champ-Laurent, above Le Pontet in the Savoie department. The site is quiet: outdoor music stops at 10 pm and the room's doors and windows stay closed after that hour.
