La Vallée de la Roche can host weddings, birthdays, family reunions, business dinners, training days and small seminars. Its main barn takes up to 110 guests seated or 150 to 200 standing, a smaller room in the mill seats 20, and three gîtes sleep 30 people in nine bedrooms. The whole hamlet can be privatised for an event. It lies at La Roche, in Tiffauges, Vendée, on the banks of the Sèvre Nantaise.
Seminars and company events
The team organizes business events on request: business dinners, meetings, training sessions, seminars and festive evenings. For a small group, the room in the mill seats 20 people, or 30 standing, with a projection screen, a television and a kitchen, and opens onto a terrace at the water's edge. Larger groups use the barn, which has sound, lighting and a projector.
The owners also offer to coordinate a network of local suppliers for activities such as canoeing, hot-air balloon flights or helicopter rides, and for transfers by car or minibus. A seminar can run for a day, an evening or a stay of one night or more.
Weddings and receptions
Weddings, birthdays and family celebrations are the core of the offer. The hamlet is hired out in full, so guests have the barn, the gardens, the mill courtyard and the three gîtes to themselves. The barn comes with tables, chairs, stage equipment and a caterer's kitchen. The site lists entertainment options on request, from music and theater to concerts and fireworks.
The owners have scattered unusual corners around the site: a cellar with dinosaurs, a bus with garden gnomes, an entrance hall with puppets and a wrought-iron egg. They make good backdrops for photos.
Rooms and capacities
The Salle de la Grange was fully renovated in 2014. It includes a reception area and cloakroom, a 20-square-meter lounge, and the barn with its extension, 120 square meters in all. It seats up to 110 guests, or 150 to 200 standing, with round and rectangular tables. A covered terrace, a large lawn and a 60-space car park complete it.
The Salle du Moulin seats 20, or 30 standing, with 15 tables and 30 chairs. Its courtyard can receive 120 people for a drinks reception.
Accommodation
Three gîtes, each rated five stars, sleep 30 people in nine bedrooms. Le Moulin has three bedrooms including an 80-square-meter suite, and an outdoor spa for six to eight people. Le Clos du Meunier, a 17th-century farmhouse, sleeps up to ten in four bedrooms and has a pool heated from April 1. Le Fournil, the former bakehouse, sleeps up to 12. A gypsy caravan, La Roulotte, adds space for two.
Catering
There is no in-house restaurant. Your caterer works from the kitchen in the barn, which has stainless steel tables, a sink, a large fridge and two electric hobs. The owners can suggest caterers for seated meals, buffets or cocktails. The mill room and each gîte have their own kitchens.
History and setting
The Maindron family took on the restoration of the Moulin de la Roche in 2002. The mill wheel, stopped for more than a century, turns again. The first gîte opened to guests in 2009, and the hamlet now combines the mill, the farmhouse, the bakehouse and the reception barn along the river.
Getting there
The address is La Roche, 85130 Tiffauges. The barn has a 60-space car park. The site does not publish train or airport access; ask the owners about transfers for your guests.
