Next door a walk up the château’s private drive
Les Gîtes de Beille
Les Cabannes, by the river
Villas at the foot of the drive, so your guests can walk up to the château and home again at the end of the night.
Ariège · One At A Time
Marry in a Monument
The château is given over to you entirely. Not a wing, not an afternoon.
One
Wedding at a time
Forty
Guests inside the château
Fifteen
Guests stay the night
Le château entier The whole château
Weddings
The Whole Château, Not a Room In It
For the days of your wedding, the château and its grounds are yours alone.
Fifteen of you sleep under its roof; the rest of your guests are a few minutes away.
It is a restoration, not a renovation. The walls stay as the centuries left them, by law, and they are the setting.
Each wedding is priced on request: write to us with your dates and the size of your party.
Le grand jour The day itself
The Day
A Wedding in a Château
Say your vows in a château the world has watched come back to life, with the Pyrénées all around and no other celebration under its roof.
The setting asks for little decoration: old stone, candlelight, and the valley at every window. It is a day your guests will remember long after it ends.
Combien, et où How many, and where
How Many, and Where
Up to forty
Inside the château
The ceremony, the dinner and the evening, in the salons and the dining room, for up to forty guests.
Larger
Outside, under a marquee
For a larger wedding, a marquee in the grounds makes room for many more.
Fifteen
To stay the night
Fifteen guests sleep in the château; everyone else stays close by.
À l’église At the church
A Church Ceremony, If You Wish
If you would like to marry in church, a local church about five minutes away can be used for the ceremony. Everyone then comes back to the château for the rest of the day.
La Suite Dorée The Gold Suite
The Gold Suite
A gilded four-poster with an emperor bed, and armchairs by the fireplace, within walls left as they were found.
Vos invités Your guests
Where Your Wedding Guests Stay
Fifteen of your guests stay at the château itself. For the rest of your party, three lovely places close by, the nearest at the foot of the drive.
About 1 km two minutes by car
Maison Beaucoup
Les Cabannes, the village by the château
Three very large rooms in a fully restored nineteenth-century presbytery, with its own restaurant. Up to six guests.
About 2 km five minutes by car
Les Granges de Léo
Aston, a neighbouring village
Six wooden chalets of two bedrooms each, and three large houses of stone and wood, with a pool in summer.
Each is booked directly. Ask us, and we will gladly tell you which would suit your party.
Entre nos mains In our hands
What We Look After
We look after the flowers, the meals and the drinks. Photography, film and everything else are yours to choose, or your wedding planner’s, and we are glad to work alongside them.
En images In pictures
Weddings at Gudanes
Candlelight in the salons, long tables and music; and outside, the terraces and gardens where a marquee would stand.
The long table, every candle lit 
The staircase, lit for the evening 
Coming down the candlelit staircase 
The mountains behind them 
Through an old stone doorway 
Down the old stair, together 
By a tall window 
The cake beneath a canopy of oak leaves 
Flowers and ribbons, ready for the corsages 
Two silhouettes in the great doorway, the mountains beyond 
In the formal garden, mist on the mountain 
The long table by candlelight 
The long table by day 
A tall vase of flowers and foliage 
Candles on the marble mantel 
The dessert table under the chandelier 
A harp by the tall window 
A veil trailing down the stairs 
A bride at the foot of the staircase 
A long table under the chandelier 
An iced cake by candlelight 
Roses and candles down the long table 
Roses and crystal at every place 
A cake on its stand by the window 
A bedroom made ready, with a peony 
Getting ready in the floral bedroom 
A sunlit bedroom, the mountains through the window 
A table of cheeses and herbs in the grounds 
A salon by candlelight 
A wedding table in the salon 
Cellists in the salon 
Flowers on the table 
A place card 
The salon at night 
Candles along the mantel 
The spiral staircase 
Candlelight 
Plasterwork over a door 
A table laid 
The Salon de Musique 
The Salon de Rose 
The grand vestibule 
The terraces 
The formal gardens 
The grounds from above
Weddings
Questions Couples Ask
How many guests can we invite?
Up to forty inside the château, for the ceremony, the dinner and the evening. For a larger wedding, a marquee can be hired for the grounds.
Can our guests stay at the château?
Fifteen guests can stay the night in the château. For the rest of your party there are three places close by: Pays de Beille at the foot of the drive, Maison Beaucoup about a kilometre away, and Les Granges de Léo about two.
Do you do the catering?
We look after the flowers, the meals and the drinks. The flowers are chosen at the markets and gathered from the gardens, then arranged by us.
Can we bring our own photographer or wedding planner?
Of course. Photography, film and everything else are yours to choose, or your planner’s, and we are glad to work alongside them.
Can we marry in a church?
Yes. A local church about five minutes away can be used for the ceremony, and everyone comes back to the château for the rest of the day.
Is anyone else at the château on our day?
No. Only one event runs at the château at once, so nothing else shares your day.
How do our guests get here?
Toulouse-Blagnac airport is an hour and three quarters away by car, and the station at Les Cabannes is a few minutes from the château.
What does a wedding cost?
Every wedding is priced on request. Tell us your dates and the size of your party, and you will get a figure rather than a brochure.
Tell Us
Tell Us the Shape of It
Dates, a rough number, and anything you already know you want. You will get a figure rather than a brochure.
One at a time Only one event runs at the château at once.
« Un mariage à la fois, et le château est à vous. » One wedding at a time, and the château is yours
Monument Historique · Classé A Class I Historic Monument, restored under French heritage law since 2013