Castle Retreats
21 castle residences, chosen for whole-property use. The kind of week people still describe to whoever didn’t come.
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Ashford Castle
Cong, County Mayo
A literal 800-year-old castle on 350 lakeshore acres, once home to the Guinness family — falconry school, lake cruisers, and a forest that feels lifted from myth.
Le Logis
Cognac region
The only château in France let on full buyout — all-inclusive, intimate exec offsites or leadership cohorts, not big groups.
Château des Mesnuls
45 min from Paris
Full-property buyout 45 min from Paris on 125 acres — purpose-built for company conferences.
Dromoland Castle
Newmarket-on-Fergus, County Clare
A 16th-century baronial castle on a 450-acre estate with a walled garden, championship golf and a purpose-built Brian Ború Hall that swallows a 450-person conference under 30-foot ceilings. The mix of state rooms for board-level sessions and a full estate for team activity is why companies take it whole.
Adare Manor
Adare, County Limerick
A neo-Gothic manor on an 840-acre estate whose golf course hosts the 2027 Ryder Cup, paired with a 499-square-metre Grand Ballroom seating 350. It runs board sessions in the oak-panelled library and awards nights in the ballroom without the group ever leaving the grounds.
Lough Eske Castle
Donegal Town, County Donegal
A restored baronial castle beside its own lake in Donegal, with 96 rooms, 6,500 square feet of conference space and a whole-hotel exclusive-use option offered November through March. Off-season buyouts hand a leadership team the entire estate, spa and lake.
Inverlochy Castle
Fort William, Scottish Highlands
A Victorian castle in 500 acres at the foot of Ben Nevis, taken on a fully exclusive basis so a leadership group has the Michelin-starred dining rooms, library and loch entirely to themselves. Intimate by design — this is a small senior offsite, not a mass conference.
Crossbasket Castle
Blantyre, near Glasgow
A 17th-century castle above River Caulder waterfalls, twenty minutes from Glasgow, with a purpose-built ballroom for 250 and full exclusive-use of the historic castle rooms and lodges. Close enough for easy arrivals, private enough to feel like a country estate.
Fonab Castle
Pitlochry, Perthshire
A baronial castle over Loch Faskally with 42 rooms, a 228-square-metre Fonab Suite seating 200, and an exclusive-use option that hands over the spa, restaurants and whisky lounge. Central Highland location makes it an easy drive from Edinburgh or Glasgow.
The Carnegie Club at Skibo Castle
Dornoch, Sutherland
Andrew Carnegie's former Highland seat on an 8,000-acre estate, run as a private club with 21 castle rooms and 12 estate lodges, a private links course and clay shooting. It hosts full-estate takeovers for a single company as the club's book allows — a rarefied leadership retreat.
Château de Bagnols
Beaujolais, near Lyon
A 13th-century château with drawbridge, dry moat and honey-coloured Beaujolais stone, now dedicated solely to private and professional events with 21 restored rooms. A whole-château seminar sits among vineyards inside one of France's protected historic monuments.
Airelles Château de la Messardière
Saint-Tropez, French Riviera
A 19th-century hillside château above Saint-Tropez with 86 rooms, twelve event spaces for up to 220, five restaurants including Matsuhisa by Nobu, and a private Pampelonne beach club. Big enough for a full company kickoff, glamorous enough to double as the celebration.
Schlosshotel Kronberg
Kronberg im Taunus, near Frankfurt
An 1889 palace built for Empress Victoria, fifteen minutes from Frankfurt, with 61 rooms, eight function salons for up to 350, its own 18-hole golf course and estate winery. A rare castle retreat within easy reach of a major European hub.
Parador de Cardona
Cardona, Catalonia
A 9th-century fortress on a promontory over the Cardener valley, run as a Parador with 54 rooms and a medieval refectory dining hall, ninety minutes from Barcelona. Dinner in a genuine Gothic hall and meetings inside a castle keep make it a distinctive strategy offsite.
Waterford Castle Hotel & Golf Resort
The Island, County Waterford
A 16th-century castle on its own 310-acre private island in the River Suir, reached by a two-minute car ferry, with 19 castle rooms plus 48 three-bedroom garden lodges and an 18-hole championship course. Cross the ferry and the whole island belongs to the group.
Thornewood Castle
North America
OHEKA CASTLE Hotel & Estate
North America
Landoll's Mohican Castle
North America
El Castillo Boutique Luxury Hotel
Latin America & Caribbean
Hotel Boutique Castillo Rojo
Latin America & Caribbean
Every residence below in full detail — capacity, region, and what makes it worth the buyout.