The Domaine de Chaumont-sur-Loire hosts executive committees, residential seminars, conventions and client events for groups of 8 to 100, with a conference room seating up to 100 and four smaller rooms for 20 to 30 people. Owned by the Centre-Val de Loire Region, the estate combines a Loire château, landscaped parks, the International Garden Festival and a 39-room hotel, all within walking distance of each other in Chaumont-sur-Loire, between Blois and Tours.
Seminars and company events
The estate has its own seminar department and sells day meetings, residential seminars, executive committees, conventions and client events, from a single day to a full week. Programs are built to measure, with ready-made formulas for larger groups. Every meeting room comes with a video projector, screen, lectern, wired or wireless microphones and wifi, with other technical equipment on request, and is accessible to guests with reduced mobility.
Because the hotel, meeting rooms, restaurants, château and exhibition spaces share one site, participants move between sessions on foot. Free parking for cars and coaches sits near the entrance. The estate also runs creative workshops for groups: land art made from natural materials gathered in the parks, a relaxation session in the gardens with a partner, and a treasure hunt with a route booklet.
Rooms and capacities
The conference room, also called Espace Jean-Paul Pigeat, stands in the Cour de la Ferme. It covers 185 square meters and seats up to 100 people. It also hosts screenings, general meetings and cocktails.
The Salle de la Laiterie, in the same courtyard, covers 40 square meters and takes up to 20 people around a round table or in a U shape, a size suited to a board meeting. Video conferencing is possible.
The Espace du Séchoir is a covered terrace of 70 square meters where about 30 people can work seated, and more can gather for a drink. It works for workshops and debriefs in good weather.
Two rooms sit in the hotel grounds. The Étable du Verger, a restored barn of 100 square meters with an installation by the artist Stéphane Guiran, takes about 30 people at work. The Grange Queneau covers 140 square meters, has a wooden floor and displays works by Luzia Simons and Quayola. It holds 30 people for a working session and can also be set for a ball, a concert or a cocktail.
Accommodation
Le Bois des Chambres, the estate hotel, has 39 rooms in two new buildings, Les Logis de la Loire and Les Logis du Loir, set on a former farm and designed by Patrick Bouchain and Loïc Julienne. Rooms can be arranged for groups. There are no televisions, and five cabins on stilts let guests sleep in the garden.
Catering
The estate runs up to six places to eat, with food prepared by its own teams, and partner caterers can handle specific requests. Le Grand Chaume, the hotel restaurant, sits under a large thatched roof and cooks regional produce. Le Grand Velum, in a greenhouse, serves a menu tied to the Garden Festival theme, and Le Comptoir des Tilleuls serves buffet trays outdoors.
History and setting
The château passed through many owners from the Middle Ages onward. Paul-Ernest Sanson redesigned its private apartments in 1877 and its historic apartments in 1880, and also drew the stables. Henri Duchêne redesigned the park in 1880, and a model farm followed in 1903. The Region acquired the estate in 2007. The International Garden Festival has been held here since 1992.
Getting there
Chaumont-sur-Loire lies 185 km from Paris. By road, take the A10 or A85 and exit at Blois (17) or Amboise (18). Direct trains on the Paris Austerlitz, Orléans and Tours line stop at Onzain-Chaumont-sur-Loire.
