Escape to the stunning 19th-century Château de la Motte Henry in the beautiful Pays de la Loire for a luxurious three-night bridge retreat designed for players of all levels. Join bridge teachers Bridget Rampton and Gabi Stones for two instructed sessions each day, honing your skills in a friendly and supportive environment, while leaving your evenings free to relax, socialise, and savour the château’s exceptional cuisine and fine wines. Set on 27 picturesque acres, the château offers superb facilities including a pool, gym, yoga studio, sauna, hot tubs, and treatment rooms, ensuring the perfect balance of activity and relaxation. All meals are included, with menus tailored to your dietary requirements, and immersive excursions—such as local market visits and cheese and wine tastings—add a touch of local flavour. Best of all, the château is exclusively yours, providing an intimate and unforgettable bridge experience.

Set at Château de la Motte Henry in the Pays de la Loire, the retreat offers a chance to connect with a supportive community of like-minded individuals, while exploring, learning, and growing at your own pace. Every element is designed to boost energy, strengthen resilience, and support mental clarity, giving you space to focus on what matters most to you—whether that’s movement, creativity, mindfulness, or a combination of all three.

Set at Château de la Motte Henry in the Pays de la Loire, the retreat offers a chance to connect with a supportive community of like-minded individuals, while exploring, learning, and growing at your own pace. Every element is designed to boost energy, strengthen resilience, and support mental clarity, giving you space to focus on what matters most to you—whether that’s movement, creativity, mindfulness, or a combination of all three.

Escape to the stunning 19th-century Château de la Motte Henry in the beautiful Pays de la Loire for a luxurious three-night bridge retreat designed for players of all levels. Join bridge teachers Bridget Rampton and Gabi Stones for two instructed sessions each day, honing your skills in a friendly and supportive environment, while leaving your evenings free to relax, socialise, and savour the château’s exceptional cuisine and fine wines. Set on 27 picturesque acres, the château offers superb facilities including a pool, gym, yoga studio, sauna, hot tubs, and treatment rooms, ensuring the perfect balance of activity and relaxation. All meals are included, with menus tailored to your dietary requirements, and immersive excursions—such as local market visits and cheese and wine tastings—add a touch of local flavour. Best of all, the château is exclusively yours, providing an intimate and unforgettable bridge experience.

Led by bestselling novelists, our creative writing retreats include seminars on research methodology, plot design, character development, and getting published. In addition, you will be given creative writing exercises and one-to-one sessions to discuss your thoughts, ideas, frustrations and anxieties with your host. You will have plenty of time to focus on your own work, and to relax in our stunning grounds, enjoy the luxury of our 'fairytale' Chateau and explore the charm, beauty and heritage of the Pays de la Loire. Leave us with fond memories and a clear understanding of how you can reach your potential.

Escape to the Chateau for a fun-filled weekend, making music with others. This retreat, facilitated by leading session musicians will help you progress your own music making and writing, whilst enjoying eclectic group sessions, designed to excite and intrigue. You will also relax in the company of like-minded individuals, exploring the local area and music. All food and drink is included.

Discover the art of photographing people with confidence, style, and purpose at our immersive portrait photography retreat. Under the expert guidance of renowned photographer Gill Heppell, you’ll learn the techniques and approaches she has developed over years. Set within inspiring surroundings, you’ll be free to learn and create in a place where elegance and creativity meet. By the end of the retreat, you’ll leave with a sharper eye, stronger technical skills, and a collection of portraits you’ll be truly proud of. Accompanying partners are welcome and can enjoy therapeutic massages, restorative treatments and yoga or pilates classes.

Our landscape photography retreats, led by Paul Mitchell, will make the most of the Spring bloom and Autumn colours in our wonderful corner of the Pays de la Loire. Time will be well spent in ancient woodlands, by wonderful meandering rivers, imposing gorges and on the Chateau grounds. You'll also spend plenty of time in our cosy Chateau, being guided through the editing and production of your work, relaxing and enjoying delicious homemade food. Paul has had numerous exhibitions in London and the South East and has had articles and images published in many photographic magazines. Paul has also been successful in the prestigious Landscape Photographer of the Year competition, winning the Sunday Times Choice Award in 2013, the Urban Category winner in 2015 and being commended in 2017 and 2018. He is a Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society, current Chair of the Visual Art Distinctions Panel and serves on the Landscape Distinctions Panel. A member of the prestigious Arena group of photographers and a founder member of the Landscape Collective UK, Paul is also a well respected photographic judge and lecturer. Accompanying partners are welcome and can enjoy therapeutic massages, restorative treatments and yoga or pilates classes.

Set at Château de la Motte Henry in the Pays de la Loire, the retreat offers a chance to connect with a supportive community of like-minded individuals, while exploring, learning, and growing at your own pace. Every element is designed to boost energy, strengthen resilience, and support mental clarity, giving you space to focus on what matters most to you—whether that’s movement, creativity, mindfulness, or a combination of all three.

Set at Château de la Motte Henry in the Pays de la Loire, the retreat offers a chance to connect with a supportive community of like-minded individuals, while exploring, learning, and growing at your own pace. Every element is designed to boost energy, strengthen resilience, and support mental clarity, giving you space to focus on what matters most to you—whether that’s movement, creativity, mindfulness, or a combination of all three.

Our landscape photography retreats, led by Paul Mitchell, will make the most of the Spring bloom and Autumn colours in our wonderful corner of the Pays de la Loire. Time will often be spent in ancient woodlands, by wonderful meandering rivers, imposing gorges and on the Chateau grounds. You'll also spend plenty of time in our cosy Chateau, being guided through the editing and production of your work, relaxing and enjoying delicious homemade food. Paul has had numerous exhibitions in London and the South East and has had articles and images published in many photographic magazines. Paul has also been successful in the prestigious Landscape Photographer of the Year competition, winning the Sunday Times Choice Award in 2013, the Urban Category winner in 2015 and being commended in 2017 and 2018. He is a Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society, current Chair of the Visual Art Distinctions Panel and serves on the Landscape Distinctions Panel. A member of the prestigious Arena group of photographers and a founder member of the Landscape Collective UK, Paul is also a well respected photographic judge and lecturer. Accompanying partners are welcome and can enjoy therapeutic massages, restorative treatments and yoga or pilates classes.

Hone your skills on our fine art break. The beautiful and varied landscapes of the Loire provide a stunning backdrop: grand Abbeys; medieval streets and castles; artisanal villages and meandering rivers, speckled with working locks and cliff-hugging villages. Known as one of verdant wonders of France you will learn from our experts whilst enjoying some time to reflect and relax at our stunning Chateau with friends, old and new.