The Villa de la Haute Forêt hosts seminars, study days, team-building sessions, company evenings and weddings for up to 50 guests, and each event has the whole place to itself. Its main room covers 160 square meters and opens through large bay windows onto a garden and a pool. The villa stands in open countryside in Bréal-sous-Montfort, about 15 minutes by car west of Rennes.
Seminars and company events
The villa can be booked for half a day, a full day or several days. The main room adapts to U-shape, theater, classroom, round-table or lounge layouts. It comes with a projector, a large screen, flipcharts, paper and pens, and free Wi-Fi. Two annex rooms of 25 square meters each take breakout groups or workshops, so a plenary session and smaller working groups can run side by side.
Breaks can move outdoors to the garden and lounge areas, and the heated pool is open in summer. The team offers activities to add to a working day: an escape game built around the history of the house, a blind test and interactive quiz, and a photobooth with a badge bar. A study day can run on into an afterwork or a standing dinner on request.
Weddings and receptions
The villa hosts weddings all year, with the place fully privatized. The capacity for a wedding is 50 guests, which makes it a venue for small celebrations. The garden is used for the welcome drinks and for secular ceremonies.
An equipped kitchen is available to the caterer, along with round and rectangular tables and chairs. Couples can rent decoration and equipment from the villa's own catalogue. The caterer must be chosen from the villa's list; other suppliers are free, and the team shares a list of recommendations. A wedding planning service is also offered.
Rooms and capacities
The main reception room covers 160 square meters and takes up to 50 guests. Its second half can be set for meals. Two annex rooms of 25 square meters each serve as workshop rooms. Outdoors, the garden, the lounge areas and the pool terrace extend the space in good weather.
Accommodation
The villa offers 17 beds in four bedrooms, including a bridal suite, with two bathrooms. Up to three extra single beds can be added, for a maximum of 20. Two of the rooms are guest rooms of 25 square meters with direct access to the terrace, the garden and the pool; breakfast can be served on request.
Catering
Meals come from partner caterers and are served in the second half of the room or outside in fine weather. Formats include jars or a buffet, a plated lunch, and a standing lunch. Each can be built as starter, main and dessert or main and dessert, with or without a glass of wine, plus coffee or tea, water and bread. Fresh, seasonal produce from short supply chains is the stated rule.
History and setting
The villa is the former tenant farm of the Château de la Haute Forêt estate. Solène and Almire bought it in 2018 and renovated it, mixing old stone with contemporary design and furniture found at flea markets. A team of four runs the place. Beyond the garden, tree-lined lanes and fields give room for photographs.
Getting there
The address is 430 La Haute Forêt, 35310 Bréal-sous-Montfort, on the main road from Rennes to Lorient. Rennes is about 15 minutes away by car. Rennes Saint-Jacques airport is about 10 minutes away, and Rennes station, with direct trains from Paris, Lyon, Marseille and Lille, about 20 minutes away.
