Le Manège de Saint-Cloud is a listed former riding hall on the Fouilleuse estate, above the Saint-Cloud racecourse, a few minutes from Place de l'Étoile. It hosts conferences, product launches, showrooms, dinners and weddings in two air-conditioned circular spaces, the Grand Manège and the Petit Manège. The venue states capacities of 450 for a conference, 400 for a seated dinner and up to 700 for a cocktail in the main hall.
Seminars and company events
The Grand Manège is a 700 m² hall that can be divided with curtains and has an integrated sound, lighting and video control room. It takes 450 people for a conference, which makes it a candidate for plenaries, conventions and general assemblies. Showrooms and product launches fit the same hall. The Petit Manège adds 200 m² connected to the main space and suits workshops, business meetings, lounge areas or cocktails for up to 280 people. A 1,000 m² garden allows team-building activities and outdoor catering such as a barbecue in fine weather.
Weddings and receptions
The operator, Paris Country Club Meetings and Events, offers four venues for weddings, and the Manège is one of them. The large hall gives room for a seated dinner of 400 and the garden gives room for a drinks reception outdoors. The official text also mentions a cloakroom, a caterer's office and services for decoration and entertainment, which are the elements a wedding planner will ask about first.
Rooms and capacities
Grand Manège: 700 m², 450 seated for a conference, 400 for a seated dinner, up to 700 for a cocktail. Petit Manège: 200 m², up to 280 people for a cocktail or lounge, linked to the Grand Manège. The brochure header gives a combined 900 m² indoors, 550 for a dinner and 800 for a cocktail, and 2,100 m² of garden and outdoor space. Free Wi-Fi, a technical control room, furniture, access for people with reduced mobility and 200 free parking places complete the offer.
Catering
The venue lists catering, technical support, reception and security staff, entertainment and decoration among its services, and it has a caterer's office on site. The official text does not state whether you must use a named caterer. Ask for the list of accepted caterers and the rules for drinks.
History and setting
The domain of Fouilleuse was once called Foliosa and belonged to the Châtellerie of Rueil under King Dagobert I, between 628 and 638. Edmond Blanc bought it in 1898 and opened the Manège de Saint-Cloud in 1902. The building, a former riding hall of the Marcel Boussac stud, is a listed monument surrounded by 55 hectares of greenery.
Getting there
The address is 121 bis rue du Lieutenant-Colonel de Montbrison, 92500 Rueil-Malmaison, on the hill of the Saint-Cloud racecourse. The site says it is a few minutes from Place de l'Étoile and a short drive from Boulogne-Billancourt over the Pont de Suresnes. Parking is free with 200 places.
