Domaine de la Vène is a private house and grounds in the Corbières hills at Palaja, 20 minutes from Carcassonne. Weddings take the whole estate for at least four nights, with up to 100 guests in the grounds and 22 sleeping in the house and the Bergerie.
A wedding at Domaine de la Vène is a stay, not a single day. You have the main house, the adjoining Bergerie Cottage, the barn, the grounds and the pool with no other guests on the estate, and the booking runs for at least four nights. The family who own it found the place in 1999, and it is still run as a home.
Ceremonies are held outside on terraces and lawns among olive trees, with the Pyrenees on the horizon, or in the restored stone barn, which doubles as the wet-weather option. A marquee can go up in the grounds for covered dining. The grounds take up to 100 guests, the barn up to 80. Only house guests go inside the main house and Bergerie. The nearest neighbours are more than two kilometres away, so within reason there is no need to turn the music down.
Enquire about Domaine de la Vène →Yes. The main house, Bergerie Cottage, grounds and pool are yours, with no other guests on the estate.
Up to 100 in the grounds, with a marquee if you want cover, and up to 80 in the barn.
Up to 22, in eight bedrooms in the main house and three in the Bergerie Cottage.
Within reason, no. The nearest neighbours are more than two kilometres away.
The restored barn works for ceremonies and receptions, and a marquee can be erected in the grounds.
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