Le Moulin des Etrebières, a restored water mill in the Vendée countryside, is rented exclusively for seminars, training sessions, work meetings and team building. It welcomes up to 20 people for the day and 7 to 16 people overnight. An 80 m² work room opens onto a shaded terrace, and the house has 8 bedrooms and 6 bathrooms.
Seminars and company events
The mill can be privatized for a day or for several days. The format suits small teams: up to 20 people during the day, and between 7 and 16 people for overnight stays. The 80 m² work room has natural light and opens onto a shaded terrace with a view, where meals can be served. The room is modular, and different areas of the house allow you to create sub-groups.
The house has high-speed fiber internet throughout. Furniture is chosen for productive work. The venue also offers skill workshops that can be added to a seminar to stimulate creativity before a brainstorm or a strategy session. The workshops listed are tree planting, an introduction to permaculture in the vegetable garden, basketry, dry stone wall building, a cooking workshop, and sewing, mosaic or candle making.
Rooms and capacities
The work room measures 80 m². The main house has 7 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms and a large living room. Adding the miller's lodge, the logis du meunier, brings the total to 8 bedrooms, 6 bathrooms and 2 lounges. The house is a gîte, not a conference center, so it is best for teams who want to work and stay together in one place. The venue states no standing or banquet capacity and does not host weddings on its pages.
Accommodation
Four bedrooms have their own desk and private bathroom. The other four share two bathrooms and two separate toilets. All bedrooms have a double bed or twin beds. The main gîte and the miller's lodge can host up to 19 people for a stay, and the seminar page cites 7 to 16 people overnight.
Catering
A caterer is available. Breakfast is continental. Lunch is home-cooked with local products. Dinner is prepared by a local organic caterer. The terrace is used for relaxed meals during the stay.
History and setting
The mill is on the Colline des Moulins, in the Vendée bocage. The estate has nine hectares of hillside meadow lined with old trees, crossed by a stream. Guests can learn about the history of milling through the hamlet's old water mill and the windmills on the hill. The area has little light pollution, which makes stargazing possible, and the property is recognized by the Ligue de Protection des Oiseaux as a biodiversity refuge.
Getting there
The address is 2 Les Etrebières, 85390 Cheffois, in the Vendée. The mill is about 30 minutes from the Puy du Fou. Cycle paths and hiking trails start nearby. The pages we reviewed give no train station or airport, so ask the owner for travel advice.
