A countryside seminar
A countryside seminar one hour from Paris
Five hectares of grounds, nobody else on site, and an hour door to door.
The trade-off every organiser makes
Far enough to switch off, close enough not to lose the day
A countryside seminar almost always runs into the same arbitration: the more striking the setting, the more the journey eats the first half-day. At seventy-five kilometres from Paris on the A13, the estate holds both ends. Your teams leave the city and find themselves in grounds with no neighbours, and nobody spends three hours in a coach.
| From | Time | Route |
|---|---|---|
| Mantes-la-Jolie | 40 min | 33 km, déjà sur la route de Rouen |
| Cergy-Pontoise | 45 min | 45 km, par la N14, sans passer par Paris |
| Saint-Denis / La Plaine | 1h05 | 69 km, par l'A86 ouest |
| La Défense | 1h10 | 74 km, par l'A14 puis l'A13 |
| Versailles | 1h10 | 77 km, par l'A13 |
| Paris Opéra | 1h10 | 74 km, par la porte Maillot et l'A14 |
| Saint-Lazare by train | 45 min | then 15 min of shuttle |
Drive times measured outside peak hours. The Paris Saint-Lazare to Vernon-Giverny line is direct, and our shuttle meets your group at the station (20 € excl. VAT per person, return). All the ways to get here.
What « in the countryside » means here
The whole estate, for your team alone
Plenty of places sold as countryside venues are seminar hotels with a garden, where you pass two other groups at the buffet. Here, exclusivity is total: during your stay nobody else is on the estate. The lounges, the grounds, the pool and the tennis court are yours, from breakfast to the end of the evening.
- 5 hectares of walled grounds, with a 250-year-old cedar and paths to walk between sessions
- No other group and no hotel guests: you talk strategy without watching the next table
- Everything on one site: meeting, meals, activities and bedrooms, with no shuttle to a hotel
- The silence, which surprises people on the first evening, and a sky dark enough for the telescope
Working outdoors, properly
The grounds are not scenery, they are another room
A ten-minute break in a hotel corridor produces nothing. The same break in grounds where people walk in twos and threes unblocks subjects that had been stuck all morning. That is why our programmes alternate: a session in a lounge, a walk to the cedar, a breakout on the terrace, lunch outdoors when the weather allows.
The château lounges take 10 to 30 people depending on the layout, and the Pavillon du Parc goes up to 200 for a plenary. Between the two, the grounds absorb the workshops, the supervised activities and the ends of the day. See the grounds, the pool and the tennis court.
They have been here
“We were looking for somewhere that would take the team out of its routine without turning the trip into an expedition. Four days at the estate, with everyone sleeping on site: the evenings did as much as the working sessions.”
Packages
The countryside packages
One-day meeting
A day out of time
1 day · 10 to 200 people
A working day out of the office, in the quiet, with the grounds for the breaks.
from170 € excl. VAT per person
Executive offsite
Two days to decide
2 days · 1 night · 6 to 15 people
Away from the office and out of sight, with a bed for everyone on site.
from410 € excl. VAT per person
Residential seminar
Three days to build a team
3 days · 2 nights · 6 to 15 people staying over
Time to work, to meet again in the evening and to leave as a tighter team.
from590 € excl. VAT per person
Company party
An evening that is yours alone
1 evening · up to 200 people
Year-end, a launch or an anniversary: dinner at the Pavillon du Parc.
from120 € excl. VAT per person
Questions about a countryside seminar
How far from Paris are you really?
One hour and ten minutes from La Défense and from central Paris by the A14 and the A13, Vernon exit. By train, 45 minutes from Saint-Lazare to Vernon-Giverny, then 15 minutes of shuttle. Drive times measured outside peak hours.
Is the estate private for our group alone?
Yes, without exception. We host one group at a time: no other seminar and no hotel guests. That is what lets us guarantee the quiet and the confidentiality of your discussions.
How many people can we be?
Ten to 30 people in the château lounges, up to 200 for a plenary at the Pavillon du Parc. To sleep on site, 10 bedrooms take 15 people, each in their own bed.
What if the weather is bad?
The programme moves inside without losing anything: three equipped lounges at the château and the Pavillon du Parc with its 350 m². In winter, the grounds under mist are worth the summer.
Can we hold a countryside seminar at the weekend?
No: seminars run Monday to Friday. At weekends the estate is reserved for weddings and private receptions, which is what lets us guarantee exclusive use during the week.
How does a group get here without cars?
By train to Vernon then the shuttle (20 € excl. VAT per person, return), or by a coach chartered by our partner from Paris, Rouen or Caen, from 4 to 150 people.
Let's talk about your seminar
Tell us your dates, your headcount and the length: you get a costed proposal within 24 hours, line by line.