Le Cloître hosts seminars, conferences, team days, company cocktails, gala dinners, weddings and concerts, for groups from a small committee to 600 guests. It offers five private spaces, including a conference hall, plus a central tree-lined patio and a south-facing terrace. The site is a former convent at 20 boulevard Madeleine Rémusat, in the 13th arrondissement of Marseille, set in 6 hectares of grounds about 15 minutes from the city center.
Seminars and company events
The venue sells team seminars, business lunches, conferences and video conferences, themed evenings, buffets, dinner cocktails in the cloister galleries and company galas. The Salle Saint Jérôme is the main room for a plenary: it is listed for up to 350 people and can be set at 160 or 250 square meters. It has wifi, a projector and 4:3 screen, a 24-square-meter modular stage, a sound system, microphones, a fixed TV screen, HDMI and VGA cables, flip charts, movable tables and chairs, air conditioning and a cloakroom.
Two smaller rooms suit breakout groups and committees. The Salle Chevalier Roze, 45 square meters, takes up to 40 people. The Salle Madeleine Rémusat, 35 square meters, takes up to 30. Both have wifi, a projector, microphones, a TV screen and air conditioning. A dedicated events project manager prepares each booking.
Weddings and receptions
The venue also sells private events: weddings, birthdays, concerts and other celebrations. For a wedding, the patio, the south terrace, the galleries, the Salle Saint Jérôme and the restaurant room are offered.
Rooms and capacities
The patio covers 635 square meters of lawn under palm trees and holds up to 600 people. The restaurant room, 240 square meters, set in the cloister galleries, takes up to 350 standing or 180 seated, with a projector and microphones for a working lunch. The south terrace, also 240 square meters, takes the same numbers and looks over Marseille and Notre-Dame de la Garde. The galleries that surround the patio can hold buffets, standing dinners and exhibitions.
Catering
Catering is provided by Les Jardins du Cloître, the restaurant at the heart of the site. It holds the Écotable label and has been selected by the Michelin Guide since 2021. Formats offered for groups are lunch, dinner, buffet, cocktail and a private table d'hôte. The restaurant opened on April 8, 2019 and trains apprentices through the programs of Apprentis d'Auteuil.
History and setting
The Sisters of the Visitation built their monastery here, known then as Saint-François de Sales, and lived in it from 1932 to 1985. The foundation Apprentis d'Auteuil bought the site in 1989 and used it to house and train young people until 2017. A renovation from November 2017 to December 2018 restored 4,000 of the building's 6,000 square meters. Today Le Cloître hosts resident companies and a training program that links employers with young people from the northern districts of Marseille. The venue was named among 25 innovative places in France.
Getting there
The site stands on the Saint-Bruno hill above northern Marseille, about 15 minutes from the city center. Ask the team for directions and parking details when you book.
