Château de La Sarraz rents rooms and gardens for company events, seminars, weddings and private celebrations. Capacities run from 20 seated at a meal in a small room to 280 standing in the garden with the largest hall. The castle is a class A Swiss cultural property of national significance, at Le Château 1 in La Sarraz.
Seminars and company events
The Salle de La Débridée is the largest room, about 300 m². It seats 200 for a seminar, 250 standing for an aperitif, 180 at tables, or 140 at tables with a dance floor. It has a bar, wifi, a sound system with a wireless microphone and a projector. It sits on the ground floor and is accessible to people with reduced mobility. The castle suggests it for conferences, seminars, assemblies, team building and year-end parties.
The Salle Hélène de Mandrot, about 130 m², was renovated in 2023. It was insulated and fitted with acoustic ceiling panels, a new projection system, sound and a projector. It takes 70 to 80 seated and 120 standing, 50 in a general assembly layout and 20 around U-shaped tables for a seminar. The castle also lists garden parties and team building among its company events.
Weddings and receptions
The castle offers a civil or secular ceremony, an aperitif and a banquet. The Salle des Chevaliers is reserved for civil or private ceremonies and can be heated on request in winter. In the gardens, private ceremonies, secular or religious, are possible from April to October. The gardens cannot be rented without an indoor room in case of rain.
For the banquet, the Grand Cellier, the press room and the Caveau take 100 seated, 80 in the Grand Cellier and 20 in the Caveau. The Débridée takes 140 or 180 seated. Mandrot is listed for wedding aperitifs and meals, without a stated meal capacity.
Rooms and capacities
The Ancienne cuisine and the adjoining dining room suit small groups. The old kitchen has a working fireplace. Capacity is 60 standing for an aperitif and 20 plus 15 seated for a meal, by room. The Grand Cellier, press room and Caveau cover about 200 m² of stone and exposed beams. They take 150 standing for an aperitif and 100 at table, and the reception hall has a bar and an old wine press.
The garden is open from April to October for aperitifs, concerts, fashion shows and team building. Standing capacity depends on the room rented with it: 110 with Mandrot, 150 with the Grand Cellier and 280 with the Débridée.
Catering
The site gives no details on catering rules or arrangements. It lists a bar in the Grand Cellier reception hall and in the Débridée entrance. Ask the castle which caterers it works with.
History and setting
La Sarraz is a castle of national significance, classed A in the Swiss inventory. It also runs exhibitions and a program of events, and the rooms for rent are part of the castle estate. Medieval themed evenings and murder parties are among the formats the castle proposes in its cellar rooms.
Getting there
The address is Le Château 1, 1315 La Sarraz. The castle can be reached by telephone at +41 21 866 64 23.
