Your wedding at Château La Banquière

From £86,000, all-inclusive, for about 100 guests: the venue, the table, the flowers, the music, your photos, and us on site. The exact price depends on your date and your guest count, and you get it in writing within a week.

Once we’ve agreed, no. It only changes if you change the wedding: more or fewer guests, a wish added along the way.

We replace them. They’re our suppliers, under our contract, so the two of you have nothing to search for or renegotiate. You approve the choice, and we take care of the rest.

Yes, if you wish. We can offer optional cancellation insurance dedicated to your wedding, placed with Lloyd’s. It covers cancelling or postponing for reasons beyond your control, including if one of you can’t be there, as set out in the policy terms.

You can, it's a beautiful house. The château rents you its estate for the weekend and leaves you free to choose your caterer. You bring together the caterer, the drinks, the flowers, the decor, the music, the photographer and the running of the day. With us, all of that is in your price, every choice stays yours, and the château keeps its own rate. You come to get married.

Up to 250 at the table in the great hall, and 90 in the château's salons for a smaller dinner. For the party, the great hall welcomes up to 350 people, and 25 bedrooms keep your guests on site.

Yes. The château, the village and the cottage can be hired privately in full, and the estate hosts only one event a day. We have the château confirm it in writing for your weekend.

Tell us your date, we check with Château La Banquière and reply in writing. Good to know: from Monday to Thursday, and from November to March, the château's rates are gentler, and your price follows.

Yes: in the park, in the shade of the century-old trees, or in the estate's small chapel for a closer circle. Your words, your officiant, your people around you.

In France, a civil wedding always takes place at a town hall, never at the château. Mauguio town hall can marry you if one of you, or one of your parents, lives there or has lived there for at least a month. Otherwise, the civil wedding happens in your own town, and the ceremony at the château.

Very: Montpellier airport is 5 minutes away, with direct flights from London all year round, just under 2 hours. Montpellier Sud de France TGV station is 10 minutes away, the centre of Montpellier 15. And 25 bedrooms wait for them on the estate.

Until dawn: after dinner the party carries on in the great hall, and the estate sets the end at 5 am. Those sleeping on the estate only have the park to cross. For those staying in Montpellier or Carnon, we give you the addresses, ready to share with your loved ones.

At the château, in the bridal suite: 59 m², a bathroom with a bath and a shower, and a private terrace on the garden. The other one of you gets ready in another bedroom of the château, a few doors away.

Yes. The estate is accessible for reduced mobility, with an adapted bedroom in the cottage and the large private car park on site. For families, two family rooms in the village and a play room for the children.

Everything moves indoors: the chapel for an intimate ceremony, the château's salons for drinks, the 300 m² great hall for dinner and the party. To stay in the garden, a tent is possible too. We set the plan with the château during the visit.

The estate was first called La Blanquière. The family tells of an ancestor, married to a regent of the Banque de France, who often came by to check that all was in order: she was nicknamed the banker, and the name stuck. The estate has been in the family since 1834.

Your contract is governed by French law, and also written in English.