Description of the rental area

The main aim of the Foundation for Marcevol’s Priory, responsible for the management of the site, is above all to make the Priory a place for meeting others in a welcoming environment.  For more than 30 years the priory has been sheltering groups.  The Priory is accedited by the French authorities for Youth, Sport and National Education and, over the years, has been equipped with the following:

– 12 rooms with a 40 bed capacity and bathrooms
– Three work rooms including one classroom and one  large room of 130 m²
– One refectory and kitchen

Also available

– The exterior space in front, to the south, with a wonderful vue of the Canigou
– The interior courtyard

Groups

Groups have widely ranging origins and interests:

– Groups for cultural activities : theatre, dance, music, art, singing
– Groups for sporting activities : rambling, mountain biking, martial arts, yoga
– School groups : cultural heritage
– Seminars : universities, agricultural training courses
– Spiritual groups : meditation, Buddhism
– Groups for reflection : therapy
– Themed encounters : One group follows another throughout the year for various lengths of time from a weekend to three weeks.   The Fondation is always ready to adapt to the needs of a group.

THE PREMISES

Rooms and dormatories

Capacity for 40 beds (dormatories with two, three or four beds)
Sinks, desks, in some of the bedrooms, hot water, seven showers, seven toilets, six wash rooms.

Kitchen

– Equipped for 50 people
– Fridge, freezer, cold room
– Four-burner gas cooker
– Extra large cooker
– Sinks with hot water
– Foot-operated tap for washing hands
– Fast washing-up machines
– Microwave
– Coffee-maker to serve 55

Refectory

With tables, benches and cutlery for 50 people.

Heating

Central heating and electric radiators

Large meeting room

– Access from outdoors
– 13 m x 10 m , central pillar
– surface area: 130 m², of which 10 m x 5.7 m is tile.

Interior courtyard

Giving access to various parts of the priory, sheltered from the wind and excessive heat.

Church

– 320m², central nave 18 m x 7 m
unconsecrated area, available for workshops and presentations after closing hours.

In the annexes

– automatic washing machines
– tumble driers
– classroom/meeting room
– studio for two
– volley ball court
– ping pong table