Lyon Country House can host executive committees, residential seminars, study days, team building and product showrooms, with a plenary room for 24, breakout lounges and an event tent for up to 80 guests. Weddings, birthdays, christenings and other private celebrations are also organized. The estate covers 12 hectares of park and woodland on the banks of the Saône, at Montée du Vernay in Caluire-et-Cuire, about 10 minutes from central Lyon, and can be booked for exclusive use.
Seminars and company events
The estate sells board and executive committee meetings, day or residential seminars, study days, team-building days, product launches, conferences and private viewings. Former guests include companies that held two-day executive committees and a six-day private showroom for key accounts. The house plans each event with a single contact.
Team-building options include outdoor games and challenges, yoga and sports coaching, escape games, electric bikes, private cruises on the Saône and guest speakers. The park is used for outdoor workshops and breaks between sessions.
Weddings and receptions
The estate hosts weddings, birthdays, christenings, first communions and bachelorette parties. Receptions take place in the park and under the event tent, which seats up to 80, with tables and flowers set for cocktails, lunches and dinners. Live music under the trees is part of the offer.
Rooms and capacities
The Louis Breguet plenary room seats up to 24 people. Three separate lounges serve breakout groups. The Tour de Garde house can host meetings of up to 8. The château's large salon can be arranged on request. The event tent takes up to 80 guests, and the entire 12-hectare park and woodland can be reserved. A spa with a hot tub, a Finnish sauna and stone pools is available, and there is parking on site.
Accommodation
The seminar site lists 7 bedrooms and 3 unusual lodgings, sleeping up to 28 people. They include the Tour de Garde, a 120 square meter three-level country house for 6; two 25 square meter guest suites in the Maison des Cèdres; a treehouse 6 meters up facing the Monts d'Or, for 4; a safari-style lodge tent for 4; and a small trapper's cabin for 2. The owners live in the château.
Catering
Breaks, lunches and dinners are provided on request. For company events, a private chef can cook French cuisine on site. There is no shop or bar selling food on the estate for individual guests, so meals are arranged in advance with the team.
History and setting
The owners bought and restored the estate with the aim of combining countryside and city in one place. The park mixes many species of trees, flowers, fruit trees and conifers, with paths, hammocks, pétanque and mölkky. The site is rated 4.9 out of 5 by more than 250 Google reviewers.
Getting there
The estate is about 10 minutes from central Lyon by car and offers quick access from Lyon Part-Dieu station. Lyon-Saint Exupéry airport serves domestic and international flights. Parking spaces are limited, so groups are asked to arrive together and in as few cars as possible.
