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Castles for weddings in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

41 castles in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes host weddings, ordered by renown and by how fully each is documented. Of those that publish a capacity, the largest, Château de Thorens, hosts up to 800 guests. 25 of them have rooms for guests to stay. Each page has the key facts and a request form for the events team.

Château de Thorens
Castle · Thorens-Glières, France
60–800 guests6 event spaces8 rooms to stay
Four historic salons, a courtyard pavilion and a riding hall for 800 guests, in a Savoy château between Annecy and Geneva
Château de Menthon-Saint-Bernard
Castle · Menthon-Saint-Bernard, France
Up to 120 guests2 event spaces4 rooms to stay
Three rooms for up to 120 guests in the 17th-century cellar of a château above Lake Annecy, 10 km from Annecy
Château de Sédaiges
Castle · Marmanhac, France
Up to 160 guests4 event spaces6 rooms to stay
A 180 m² hall for 160 seated, neo-Gothic salons and bedrooms for 18 in a Cantal château lived in by the same family for 28 generations
Château de Montrottier
Castle · Lovagny, France
40–80 guests4 event spaces
Two rooms for up to 80 guests, a terrace and former jousting lists in a medieval castle 10 km from Annecy
Château de Chazeron
Castle · Loubeyrat, France
60–1,000 guests4 event spaces
Four halls for 60 to 380 guests, up to 1,000 standing, in a classified castle above the Limagne plain near Châtel-Guyon
Château du Touvet
Castle · Le Touvet, France
Up to 350 guests5 event spaces
Up to 280 seated or 350 standing in a family-owned château with a 900 m² courtyard and an Italian water staircase, 25 minutes from Grenoble
Château de Miremont
Castle · Miremont, France
70–300 guests6 event spaces
One wedding at a time from Thursday to Monday: a hall for 250 seated, cocktails for 300 and a 14-guest gîte at an Auvergne château
Château de Miolans
Castle · Saint-Pierre-d'Albigny, France
Capacity on request
Day and evening hire for receptions, company days and weddings in a medieval fortress above the Combe de Savoie, former state prison of Savoy
Château de Maulmont
Castle · Saint-Priest-Bramefant, France
15–240 guests10 event spaces19 rooms to stay
One event at a time: four meeting rooms, a hall and marquee for 240 standing and 19 bedrooms in a royal hunting lodge near Vichy
Château de la Commanderie
Castle · Eybens, France
20–250 guests8 event spaces42 rooms to stay
200 m² of daylit meeting rooms for up to 110, weddings for 164 seated and 42 bedrooms, 10 minutes from Grenoble
Château du Montalieu
Castle · Saint-Vincent-de-Mercuze, France
20–200 guests6 event spaces15 rooms to stay
Six rooms and a 205 m² gallery for up to 200 guests, 15 bedrooms and one group at a time, between Grenoble and Chambéry
Château de Pizay
Castle · Belleville-en-Beaujolais, France
20–200 guests5 event spaces61 rooms to stay
Six meeting rooms for up to 200 guests and 61 bedrooms in a Beaujolais château near Lyon
Domaine et Château de Valinches
Castle · Marols, France
30–300 guests5 event spaces30 rooms to stay
A 290 m² hall for 250, three seminar salons and a 30-room hotel in a 15-hectare park, 30 minutes from Saint-Étienne
Château du Souzy
Castle · Quincié-en-Beaujolais, France
18–300 guests8 event spaces
Eight event rooms for up to 300 guests, about 60 beds and an in-house chef on a Beaujolais estate 45 minutes from Lyon
Château de Candie
Castle · Chambéry, France
10–180 guests4 event spaces25 rooms to stay
Meeting rooms for up to 120 theater style or 180 standing, and 25 bedrooms in a four-star château above Chambéry
Château de Fontager
Castle · Serves-sur-Rhône, France
70–150 guests3 event spaces32 rooms to stay
Two event rooms for up to 120 guests, a poolside terrace for 150 and 32 bedrooms in a Rhône Valley château, 1 h south of Lyon
Château de Chignat
Castle · Vertaizon, France
60–400 guests7 event spaces
Three barn halls for 50 to 400 guests, four meeting rooms and lodging for up to 95, 15 minutes east of Clermont-Ferrand
Château de Chapeau Cornu
Castle · Vignieu, France
Up to 250 guests8 event spaces44 rooms to stay
Seven to eight meeting rooms for up to 250, 44 bedrooms and in-house restaurants in a medieval château between Lyon and Grenoble
Château de Tresserve
Castle · Tresserve, France
150–500 guests7 event spaces12 rooms to stay
Up to 220 seated or 300 in conference style, a 450 m² lakeside terrace and 12 rooms on Lac du Bourget, by Aix-les-Bains
Domaine des Cèdres
Castle · Villebois, France
Up to 150 guests6 event spaces18 rooms to stay
Château and Pressoir halls for up to 150 guests each, 18 château bedrooms and a 4-hectare walled park in Villebois, Ain
Château du Pin
Castle · Morancé, France
30–130 guests3 event spaces5 rooms to stay
Reception rooms for up to 130 seated, five suites and a 2-hectare park at a castle founded around 1100, 20 minutes from Lyon
Château de Féligonde
Castle · Sayat, France
110–180 guests4 event spaces4 rooms to stay
A 200 m² reception hall for 180 guests, seminar rooms for 5 to 110 and a 12-bed gîte in a family château ten minutes from Clermont-Ferrand
Château de Bois Rigaud
Castle · Usson, France
130–140 guests4 event spaces7 rooms to stay
Two barn rooms for up to 120 seated, a 250 m² marquee and 7 bedrooms in a château above Usson, 10 minutes from Issoire
Château de Janzé
Castle · Marcilly-d'Azergues, France
200–600 guests6 event spaces
Rooms for up to 300 seated or 600 standing in a 10-hectare walled park, 15 minutes from central Lyon
Château des Girards
Castle · Lans-en-Vercors, France
30–120 guests4 event spaces
Reception room for 120, a resident chef and beds for 42 guests in a Vercors château 30 minutes from Grenoble
Château des Edelins
Castle · Bayet, France
8–100 guests4 event spaces
A 1638 hunting lodge near Vichy with meeting rooms for 8 and 30, a reception tent for 100 and full private hire for up to 25
Château des Vierres
Castle · Lantignié, France
15–140 guests6 event spaces
Three meeting rooms for 6 to 140 people and beds for up to 51 in a wine-country château in Beaujolais, 45 minutes from Lyon
Château de Faverges
Castle · Faverges-Seythenex, France
200–250 guests5 event spaces48 rooms to stay
Four rooms in 600 m², 200 seated in the Salle Henri IV and 141 beds on site in a castle above Faverges, near Annecy
Château d’Epeyssoles - Georges Blanc
Castle · Vonnas, France
Up to 300 guests4 event spaces30 rooms to stay
Seminars for up to 300 people, 6 meeting rooms and 170 beds across the Georges Blanc estates in Vonnas
Château de Fortis
Castle · Serrières-en-Chautagne, France
Up to 100 guests4 event spaces5 rooms to stay
Grand salon for 100, orangerie and 5 bedrooms in a 17th-century château in Savoie
Château de Béguin
Castle · Lurcy-Lévis, France
Up to 120 guests4 event spaces
Seminar rooms for 10 to 120 people and bedrooms for about 50 in a château in central France
Château de Césarges
Castle · Maubec, France
Up to 300 guests2 event spaces14 rooms to stay
1,300 m² of indoor space, 14 bedrooms and a 7-hectare park for seminars and weddings of up to 300, 30 minutes from Lyon
Château de Sans Souci
Castle · Limonest, France
Up to 350 guests5 event spaces
Private spaces from 25 to 450 m² for 2 to 350 guests in a 17th-century house in Techlid, 15 minutes from Lyon
Château Les Oliviers de Salettes
Castle · Charols, France
Capacity on request2 event spaces29 rooms to stay
Seminars and weddings with 29 rooms and suites and a Michelin-starred restaurant on a 31-hectare estate in the Drôme provençale
Château de la Mothe
Castle · Vicq, France
Capacity on request4 event spaces
Four meeting rooms from 40 to 125 sq m, a chef on site and 10 rooms and gîtes at a listed medieval château 25 minutes from Vichy
Château de Vixouze
Castle · Polminhac, France
120–350 guests4 event spaces8 rooms to stay
Four spaces for up to 350 guests and eight bedrooms in a Cantal château at 780 m, 15 km from Aurillac
Château de Ripaille
Castle · Thonon-les-Bains, France
Capacity on request3 event spaces
Two floors of the Pavillon Amédée VIII and a garden on the shore of Lake Geneva, with 22 hectares of vines and parking for 100 cars
Château de Vollore
Castle · Vollore-Ville, France
Up to 100 guests2 event spaces5 rooms to stay
Former guards' hall for 80 to 100 seated guests, five bedrooms and exclusive use of the park in an Auvergne château held by La Fayette descendants
Château de Sassenage
Castle · Sassenage, France
Capacity on request5 event spaces
Six rooms from 45 to 200 m² and an 8-hectare park at a listed 17th-century château on the edge of Grenoble
Château de Champ-Renard
Castle · Blacé, France
8–250 guests8 event spaces7 rooms to stay
Nine modular rooms for up to 250 guests and seven bedrooms in a Beaujolais wine château, 35 minutes from Lyon
Château des Ayes
Castle · Saint-Étienne-de-Saint-Geoirs, France
30–300 guests6 event spaces15 rooms to stay
Five meeting rooms up to 50, a permanent marquee for 150 to 300 and 15 rooms in a 19th-century château between Grenoble and Lyon

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Questions and answers

Which venues in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes can host 100 guests or more?

33 of the 41 venues publish a capacity of 100 guests or more: Château de Thorens, Château de Menthon-Saint-Bernard, Château de Sédaiges, Château de Chazeron, Château du Touvet, Château de Miremont, and 27 more.

Which venues in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes have rooms for guests to stay?

None of these venues is a hotel: ask each events team about accommodation on site or nearby.

How are these venues chosen and ordered?

By documented renown first, then by how fully each venue is documented (photographs, rooms, capacities), never by payment: venues do not pay to appear and the guide takes no commission. How we select venues.

List updated on November 9, 2026.