Bring your teams together
in an exceptional estate, 10 min from Caen
Seminars, conferences, company evenings, team-building: an estate in Calvados where your spaces are reserved for your team — 640 m² of modular halls, a 1,500 m² open-air Cour d'Honneur, 82 beds and a wooded park for your team-building.
Four ways to use the Estate.
At the Domaine de la Cour des Lys.
Host your corporate events, meetings, seminars or conferences in a historic site reimagined, where elegance meets conviviality. This unique venue, in harmony with nature, offers a soothing, inspiring setting to elevate your professional gatherings. Whether for remote workdays or larger events of up to 400 participants, we have the space you need.
Enjoy our spacious four-star rooms, as well as our modular spaces tailored to your needs. Ideally located just 10 minutes from Caen and Bayeux, our estate is easily accessible while offering unmatched tranquillity. To ensure the success of your event, we provide ultra-fast internet secured by WatchGuard technology, along with modern, optimised equipment and infrastructure.
A setting sized for your gatherings.
- 640 m²
- modular spaces
- 2 – 400
- participants
- 82
- beds on site
- Ultra-fast
- internet connection
- 4 ★
- room quality
- 10 min
- from Caen & Bayeux
Brochure in French
Seminars & meetings.
in Caen la Mer
Bring your teams together in an authentic setting and imagine tailor-made corporate events. Enjoy modular work and reception spaces that let you host conferences, symposia, brainstorming sessions and assemblies with every tool you need to work optimally.
Events.
Evenings, dinners & cocktails
Our event spaces are personalised to the theme of the event, carefully decorated to offer a warm atmosphere and fully equipped for organisational comfort. Host your corporate events at the Domaine de la Cour des Lys, in an intimate or convivial setting: business dinners, dining cocktails, product launches, festive evenings…
Team-building.
Communication & team spirit
Choosing the Domaine de la Cour des Lys for your team-building activities means opting for a unique experience in an idyllic setting. Offer your team the opportunity to reconnect, recharge and strengthen bonds, while enjoying the beauty and serenity of our estate.
Whether you are looking for thrilling adventures or creative workshops, we work with varied partners to offer a range of activities to meet your needs. Take part in treasure hunts, escape games, cookery workshops or team sports, adapted to all skill levels.
Workshops & Offices.
Our lounges for an «at home» atmosphere
Choosing the Domaine de la Cour des Lys for your offices or workshops means opting for an exceptional setting where every detail is designed to stimulate productivity and innovation. Let yourself be inspired by the beauty and tranquillity of our estate, and turn your working sessions and client meetings into moments of excellence.
Ideal for remote work, our estate offers a perfect alternative to leaving home and getting away from family distractions.
By the hour · by the day
Your working spaces,reserved for your team.
Plenary halls, break lounges, accommodation: the spaces you book are dedicated to your team for the duration of your seminar. No overlapping groups in the zones you use.
Your strategic conversations, your informal moments and your team evenings stay out of sight.
The period fountain,signature of your client cocktails.
Period cast iron · 4 metres · centrepiece of your evening
Our sustainability charter.
For your seminars, your ESG policy matters as much as logistics. Here are the concrete commitments we make so that your event fits within a coherent approach.
Living heritage, no new concrete
The Estate is an 18th-century coaching inn rehabilitated in respect of its architecture. We chose to restore rather than build — less carbon footprint at creation, a heritage preserved for your teams.
Energy & soft lighting
Hydronic underfloor heating powered by a latest-generation heat pump in the large halls. LED bulbs throughout the Estate. Soft outdoor lighting at night to protect bats, insects and birds.
Water & resources
Rainwater harvesting for watering the park and gardens. Not a drop wasted to maintain 2.5 hectares.
Park biodiversity
Pesticide-free, late mowing, wildflower patches. Deadwood piles for hedgehogs, bird boxes, insect hotels in the undergrowth. A living ecosystem bordering your seminar breaks.
Accommodation & shuttles
82 beds on site. Your teams arrive once and only get back in their car at departure — no daily shuttles to hotels. Return shuttle systematically offered for guests who must leave.
Short circuits & zero waste
Norman partners favoured (caterers, animators, producers). Reusable tableware mandatory — no disposable plastic. Strict anti-waste policy with caterers. Rigorous selective sorting across the Estate.
A concrete charter, without commercial certification — just deliberate choices.
Exceptional.
Audio-visual equipment by room: videoprojectors with giant screens 15 m², 6 m² and 3 m², flat screens, free-standing televisions, flexible movable sound system.
Hydronic underfloor heating with a heat pump in the large halls — full comfort even in deep winter.
Modular spaces to fit every specific need.
Ultra-fast internet secured by WatchGuard technology — a professional firewall protecting your exchanges and data throughout your event.
A dedicated team at your disposal.
Catering service on request.
Our 1972 Citroën HY
The detail that turns a cocktail into a moment people talk about
1972. That year, this HY was still driving the roads of Normandy. Fifty years later, after a careful restoration, it serves origin coffee and champagne in the courtyard of our former coaching inn. A signature piece that never leaves the Estate — it is part of it.
“Your clients arrive in the courtyard. Instead of a cold buffet under a tent, it's a vintage food-truck that welcomes them with origin coffee and a Norman pastry. The conversation starts before the first speech.”
For your client cocktails, company evenings, product launches or seminar breaks, the HY is placed where you specify — in the courtyard, beside the plenary hall, on the terrace — and configured to your format:
- Champagne bar for client cocktails or after-work events
- Origin coffee-truck for a memorable seminar break
- Team-building photobooth (the LinkedIn image your teams will want to share)
- DJ booth for company evenings
- Staged space for product launches or press conferences
Price on request · Available exclusively at the Estate
Contact us
From the welcome coffee to the brand cocktail,the HY accompanies every format.
A community of reference companies.
Hosting a corporate event at the Estate.
- The Estate hosts from 2 to 400 participants for your seminars, conferences and corporate events, within 640 m² of modular spaces that adapt to every configuration (theatre, classroom, U-shape, islands).
- Yes, full privatisation of the Estate is possible for your seminars, company evenings and corporate events. The entire site, halls, outdoor spaces and accommodation are then exclusively reserved for you for the duration of your event.
- Yes. The Estate has very-high-speed internet, secured by a professional WatchGuard firewall to guarantee the confidentiality of your exchanges and data. Depending on the room booked, you have videoprojectors with giant screens of 15 m², 6 m² or 3 m², flat screens, free-standing televisions, and a flexible, movable sound system — suited as much to a plenary session as to breakout workshops or streamed conferences.
- The 2.5-hectare wooded park and the 1,500 m² Cour d'Honneur lend themselves perfectly to team-building activities: treasure hunts, escape games, cookery workshops, team sports — we work with a network of varied partners to tailor activities to your team.
- Yes, the Estate has a private free car park of 120 spaces, lit and supervised, accessible to coaches — ideal for groups arriving by shuttle.
- 82 beds are available on site in 4-star rooms: suites, lodgings and a chic dormitory. Beds made, bath linen and welcome products provided.
- The Estate is 10 minutes from Caen station, 10 minutes from Bayeux station, 7 minutes from Caen-Carpiquet airport and 20 minutes from the Ouistreham ferry terminal, 2h15 from Paris. Direct access via the N13 motorway, only 1 km from junction 35 — ideal for your shuttles and coaches. Address: Les Housses, RD 613, 14740 Sainte-Croix-Grand-Tonne (Thue et Mue).
- Yes, through six concrete commitments: (1) restored heritage rather than a new build; (2) energy & soft lighting — heat pump, LEDs everywhere, soft outdoor lighting at night to protect nocturnal wildlife; (3) rainwater harvesting for park watering; (4) biodiversity — late mowing, wildflower meadow, deadwood piles for hedgehogs, bird boxes, insect hotels; (5) on-site accommodation and return shuttle systematically offered; (6) short-circuit Norman sourcing, mandatory reusable tableware, strict anti-waste policy with caterers, rigorous selective sorting. A deliberate approach without commercial certification.
- Our 1972 Citroën HY, carefully restored, is at your disposal: champagne bar for client cocktails, coffee truck for seminar breaks, team-building photobooth, DJ booth for company evenings, or staged space for product launches. The vehicle is placed wherever you wish and configured to your format. It is a signature piece that never leaves the Estate. Price on request.
- Neither. No vendors are imposed: you remain free to bring your own caterers, animators, photographers, DJs and team-building agencies — or to choose from our address book of trusted partners who regularly work at the Estate. And no corkage fee is charged on the drinks you bring. Our role is to make your event easier, not to constrain it.
- Yes, a dedicated caterer's pantry is provided for final plating, dressing and service of your meals, gala dinners or dining cocktails. It has its own separate access for added discretion. Logistical comfort, controlled timing.
- Yes, a 145 m² covered porch complements the outdoor spaces — useful for cocktails, coffee breaks or team-building activities in uncertain weather, without giving up the open-air feel. In heavy rain, the indoor halls (640 m² modular) take over.
Reaching the Estate.
Address
Parking
Free parking for 120 vehicles, accessible to coaches. Two complimentary electric vehicle charging sockets.
By train
10 minutes from Caen station and 10 minutes from Bayeux station.
Estate shuttle available on request.
By plane
7 minutes' drive from Caen-Carpiquet airport and 1 hour from Deauville airport.
Estate shuttle available on request.
By ferry — from England
Just 20 minutes from Ouistreham port (Portsmouth-Ouistreham ferry) — the easiest option for guests travelling from the United Kingdom.
Estate shuttle available on request.
By car — from Caen
Take the N13 towards Thue et Mue. Exit 35, then head to Sainte-Croix-Grand-Tonne via the RD 613 — the Estate is only 1 km from the junction. 10 minutes from central Caen.
Office hours
Tuesday – Saturday · 8 am – 12 pm · 1.30 pm – 5.30 pm