Le Clos de Saires hosts residential seminars for up to 14 people, study days for up to 25, country weddings and family gatherings, with the whole estate available to one group. Overnight capacity is 24 guests from October to March and 34 from April to September. The estate is a small hamlet of gîtes, safari lodges and a shared house in a wooded park at La Beuille, in Saires, in the Vienne department, at the edge of the Scévolles forest.
Seminars and company events
The estate has one seminar room, set for small working groups: coaching, training, team building or brainstorming. It takes up to 25 participants for a study day and up to 14 for a residential seminar. It is equipped with wifi, video projectors, a paperboard and a TV with DVD player. Other indoor and outdoor corners can be used for sub-groups.
Two formulas are sold. In the first, the estate prepares meals to your specification. In the second, a self-catering formula, the group has the kitchen, the dining room and the games areas to itself and runs its own timetable and meals. On-site activities can break up a working day: table tennis, badminton, pétanque, football, table football, bikes for rides in the forest, a fitness area, a sauna and massages on request.
Weddings and receptions
The estate sells weddings in a rustic setting. A reception room of 50 m² sits next to a semi-professional kitchen. Outside, a large marquee stands on the terrace, and a 90 m² barn gives a second covered space. The orchard is used for a secular ceremony under the trees, the drinks reception and photographs. For a larger guest list, a marquee can be put up in the park at extra cost. Guests can stay in the gîtes and lodges for the weekend. Music must stay indoors, at a reasonable volume.
Rooms and capacities
The shared house, La Sente, holds the 50 m² dining room with tables, chairs and tableware, a lounge on a mezzanine with TV and games, the kitchen and the fitness area. The seminar room takes 25. The barn covers 90 m². A Tivoli marquee in front of La Sente has six picnic tables from April to September. The estate gives no seated capacity for the barn or the marquee; ask for figures before planning a wedding dinner.
Accommodation
Four gîtes, rated three-star furnished tourist accommodation, form the core: L'Écurie for 8 (four bedrooms, three bathrooms), Le Scévolles for 6 to 8 (two bedrooms), La Petite Grange and Le Petit Manoir for 2 to 4 each (one bedroom). From April to September two safari lodges, La Clairière and La Briande, add room for five people each. A guest room, La Closerie, sleeps up to four. Linen and towels are included when the estate is hired as a whole, along with final cleaning of the lodgings.
Catering
For seminars, catering is set according to the group's brief. The estate also offers a bistro menu and drinks. In the self-catering formula, the semi-professional kitchen is at the group's disposal, and a wedding can bring its own caterer to work from it.
History and setting
The estate covers a wooded park in open countryside, with a salt-water outdoor pool open from June to September. The surrounding area offers the Futuroscope park, Loire Valley châteaux, historic towns and vineyards, and trails for walking, cycling and riding. Pets are not admitted.
Getting there
The estate is at La Beuille, 86420 Saires, near Monts-sur-Guesnes, in the north of the Vienne. A car is the practical way to arrive; ask the owners about pick-up from the nearest station.
