Tomette Singulière hosts residential seminars, board meetings and company retreats for 6 to 14 people, with the estate booked exclusively for the group. It is a guest house with two houses and a cabin, in the village of Château, on the heights above Cluny in southern Burgundy, about one hour from Lyon.
Seminars and company events
The estate is designed for small committees: executive committees, board meetings, team meetings and company retreats. Meetings take place in a 70 square meter barn, with two small lounges for work in subgroups. During the whole seminar, the houses and the grounds are reserved for the group alone, which keeps strategy sessions confidential.
The working spaces come with high-speed fiber Wi-Fi, a sound system, an LCD screen and projector, reversible air conditioning, notepads, pens and flipcharts, daylight, a sofa corner and parking. Day meetings and residential formats are both offered, and the team replies to quote requests within 24 to 48 hours.
Team-building can take place on site or around the estate, in the vineyards, in the forest, by bike or by car. Workshops include Burgundy wine tastings, yoga classes, the Climate Fresk, ceramics and team cooking. Electric bikes can be rented on site.
Rooms and capacities
The barn covers 70 square meters and takes up to 14 people. The two small lounges cover 32 square meters each and take up to six people each. Outside, the estate has a pool open from May to September, a panoramic outdoor sauna, terraces, a pétanque court, table tennis and a garden with a vegetable patch.
The estate can also be booked for private stays and gatherings of up to 15 people, including children, as well as yoga retreats and photo or film shoots. Weddings are not offered.
Accommodation
The estate has eight bedrooms and seven bathrooms across two houses and a cabin. Four guest rooms and a glass-walled circular suite face the meadow, a separate cottage called La Petite Maison has three bedrooms, and La Grande Maison has four double bedrooms with private bathrooms. In business configuration the eight rooms sleep 12 participants, and four of the rooms can be set up as twins. Beds are high-end, with organic cotton linen.
Catering
Meals and breaks are cooked through the day by the hosts, with local and seasonal produce. Emeric prepares lunches, dinners and coffee breaks, and dietary requirements are handled on request. Breakfast uses bread from an organic bakery in Cluny, local jams, honey and cheeses, and homemade yogurt and pastries.
History and setting
Laura and Emeric Derieux left careers in communications and hospitality in Paris to create the estate. They furnished it with pieces found in nearby villages and run it with local, organic sourcing, composting and eco-friendly cleaning products. The house sits among green hills and hedged farmland in the Saône-et-Loire.
Getting there
Mâcon-Loché TGV station is about 25 km away, roughly 20 minutes by car, with direct trains from Paris in 1 h 35 and from Lyon in 40 minutes. Mâcon-Ville station is 28 km away, and the hosts advise renting a car at the station. By road, the estate is about 1 h 15 from Lyon and Dijon and 2 hours from Geneva, via the A6 or A40 and the Mâcon Sud exit. Lyon Saint-Exupéry airport is 110 km away.
