Château de Monthelon, an artists’ residence surrounded by nature, welcomes you for your wellbeing retreats Visibility

About the venue

Let’s organise your retreat at Château de Monthelon, an unusual venue in the south of the Yonne (Burgundy)

Set on an exceptional six-hectare site in Montréal (89), overlooking the Serein valley in the rural Terre Plaine area, the Château de Monthelon brings together 17th-century buildings and a vast open sky. It is an “international workshop for artistic creation”, run as a loi 1901 non-profit association. Every year we host 150 artists from every discipline, mostly circus. Monthelon is also a home: three families and four female circus artists live on site.

Outside our residency periods, we offer the venue for yoga and wellbeing retreats, dance and theatre workshops, and more. Hospitality is central to the Monthelon project, and the château buildings were fully renovated in 2024. So we can host you in the best possible conditions: warm in winter and cool in summer.

The château has several practice spaces (a yoga room with a wood-burning stove and large picture windows, and a large hall) and living areas (lounge, fully equipped professional shared kitchen). Outside, you can enjoy our six-hectare grounds, stroll through the woods, swim in the pool and watch the stunning sunsets over the Serein valley every evening! Several hiking trails start around the château, and the medieval village of Montréal is close by.

Full board available:

If you'd like to offer your participants delicious vegetarian food during the retreat, you can arrange this yourself with Molly, who lives at the château and is a renowned cook.

Accommodation (minimum 16 beds):

• 7 double rooms, 4 of them with a private shower room
• 1 apartment with 3 double beds and a kitchenette
• 1 studio with 1 double bed and a kitchenette
• depending on the season, 4 extra caravans can be made available for accommodation

Dates set aside for wellbeing retreats in 2026:

• 14 to 29 May
• 7 to 28 August
• 17 to 25 October

If you'd like to run a weekend retreat outside these dates, please get in touch.

We look forward to welcoming you!