Meeting at La Mirande...

In the shadow of the Popes’ Palace

Obviously La Mirande is the perfect place for weddings. But there is also added value in choosing in choosing La Mirande for small premium incentive conferences or meetings in Avignon. The soul-stirring environment motivates group members and is an excellent framework for team building or enhancing business relations.

The maximum capacity of our reception rooms is 50 participants in theatre style and 24 in board-room style. An elegant Napoleon III dining room, from the time one of the previous owner’s family became mayor of Avignon, seats up to 16 guests and the old kitchen dating from the 19th century, located downstairs in the servant’s quarters, can be privatized for memorable and entertaining evenings: the chef cooks in front of the guests.

For exceptional events as well as for of the exclusive use of the whole first floor the cardinals’ room can be privatized to accommodate larger numbers of people.

The venues	Theatre	Boardroom	Reception	Banquet	Class room
First floor	--	--	--	--	--
Cardinal's roomdating back to the time of the popes with an impressive double coffered ceiling	100	--	120	85	--
Napoleon III Dining Roomfrom the time when one of the previous owners, a friend of the emperor, became major of Avignon; “en suite” with the cardinals’ room	--	16	--	16	--
Louis VX Garden Roombathed in daylight with 6 large French windows onto the terrace and garden, easily connected to the adjoining Chinese Cabinet and the terrace	50	24	60	40	32
Chinese Cabinetembodies the 18th C fashion for the exotic and especially for the Chinese decorative arts as this rococo room has its walls covered by hand-painted Chinese wallpaper from around 1750	--	12	24	12	--
Salon Rougethe grand living room with its open fireplace	--	--	30	--	--
Patiothe central courtyard conservatory with its charming wicker chairs, topped with a glass roof.	--	--	60	--	--
Exclusive use of the 1st floor	--	--	294	153	--
Ground Floor	--	--	--	--	--
Old Kitchenfrom the 19th century, then the hub of the servant quarters, now "back on track" for guest table evenings, cooking classes, private dinners and as unusual venue for business meetings in boardroom style	--	16	--	14	--
Vaulted Cellarfrom the 14th century	50	24	50	40	32
Ancient Courtyard	--	--	50	40	--
Exclusive use of the ground floor	--	--	100	80	--

Napoléon III

La Table Haute

Salon Louix XV

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Activities

Classical Concerts and Live Music Entertainment

The owners being a music-loving family, there have always been concerts at La Mirande. Paul Esswood, countertenor, Gustav Leonhardt, harpsichord, Hopkinson Smith, luth, Christophe Coin, cello, Véronique Gens, soprano, and more recently, Philippe Graffin, violin, Henri de Marquette, cello, Amy Norrington, cello, Natacha Kudritskaya, piano, and many others have honoured La Mirande with their memorable solo or chamber music performances. After the concert the audience and the artists share a convivial dinner. Immagine the pleasure to encounter these famous musicians on the intimate scale of a music room.

We will be of good advise for the most virtuoso music orchestras for all sorts of styles to animate private events before, during and after dinner. The excellence of the musicians allows a minimum of amplifying and great mobility. There is the possibility to privatize the ground floor for disco music (DJ) and, in case of exclusive use of the first floor the patio can be used as dance floor.

Wine (and cheese) Tasting

The wine list with its extensive selection of French wines, especially of the Rhône valley, with an emphasis on organic and biodynamic wines has been recent laureate (amongst the 100 best in France in its category) of the wine list award of the magazine Terre et Vins. Wine tasting

classes can stand alone to explore a wine region or a particular domaine in the presence of the winemaker. An interesting alternative is the tasting and pairing with cheese in presence of a master of cheese Wine tasting or pairing can be combined with a cooking class: while one half of the group prepares the entrée and dessert, the other half is tasting wines, amongst others those which will be served with the meal. The latter one will then proceed to the kitchen to prepare the main dish while the former descend to the wine cellar for the wine tasting. In the end, all come together for the meal.