Le Relais de Saint-Preuil takes seminars of 15 to 35 people indoors, team days of more than 50 outdoors, and weddings of up to 45 guests seated inside or 100 in the courtyard and park, with up to 30 guests sleeping on site. The estate is a guesthouse with rooms and gîtes in Saint-Preuil, in the Grande Champagne vineyards of the Cognac area, in Charente.
Seminars and company events
The seminar offer is built for small teams: 15 to 20 people around a fully equipped table, up to 35 in a classic seminar layout, and more than 50 when part of the program moves outside onto the 4-hectare estate. The meeting room has natural light, air conditioning, a modular layout, high-speed Wi-Fi, a large mobile screen, a wireless sound system, USB and charging points, mobile whiteboards and flipcharts. All-inclusive packages are offered for groups of up to 15 over three days and two nights. Hosts can add a cooking class with tasting, cognac distillery visits or electric bike rides through the vines.
Weddings and receptions
For weddings the whole estate is booked by one party, with no other clients and no curfew. Dinner seats up to 45 guests in the reception room or up to 100 outdoors in the courtyard or the park. Couples bring their own caterer, who works in the professional kitchen, and the hosts can suggest caterers and florists. Guests who do not stay on site can find accommodation within 20 km. Fireworks over the vines, a hot-air balloon flight after the vows and a pool party with barbecue the next day can be arranged.
Rooms and capacities
The reception room measures about 75 m² and stands apart from the bedrooms and gîtes, so a late dinner does not disturb sleeping guests. It works for meals, cocktails and meetings. The courtyard and the wooded park take the larger outdoor dinners and team activities.
Accommodation
The estate has 15 rooms and three independent gîtes, sleeping up to 30 adults, or up to 15 people in single rooms for a seminar. Rooms sleep two to six and have private bathrooms, quality bedding and desks. The gîtes have two to four bedrooms each, a lounge, a terrace and an equipped kitchen. Facilities include an outdoor pool, generally open from May to early October, a sauna, a gym, a tennis court and barbecue areas.
Catering
Breakfast uses local and homemade products. For seminars, the chef writes menus around Charente produce and handles dietary needs, and table d'hôte dinners are served to guests. For weddings and private parties, the professional kitchen is placed at the disposal of the chosen caterer.
History and setting
The house stands among the cognac vineyards and is run by its owners, Stevan and Sven, who have hosted companies for more than 15 years. It belongs to The Originals group of independent hotels. The team speaks French, English, Dutch, German, Chinese and Bahasa, which helps international groups.
Getting there
The address is 10 rue du Bois Mongin, 16130 Saint-Preuil. Angoulême TGV station is about 30 minutes by road and Bordeaux airport about 1 h 15. Parking on site is free.
