Mon, 13 Oct
|Chateau de Sacy
Creativity & Yoga Retreat - 2025
Musicians, writers, artists, sculptors, photographers, film-makers and dancers! Give your project the time and space it deserves on a week-long untutored retreat in Sacy-le-Petit in Spring, with rejuvenating yoga classes, local outings, and merry feasts
Time and Place
13 Oct 2025, 15:30 – 19 Oct 2025, 11:50
Chateau de Sacy, 1 Rue Verte, 60190 Sacy-le-Petit, France
What's Happening
Surrounded by the enchanting plains, forests and villages of Picardie, the chateau and its grounds have been inspiring artists for decades. This is your chance to free your imagination, work on your current work-in-progress or to begin something new in a supportive and stimulating environment, away from the clatter and noise of daily life.Â
An untutored retreat is all about you. Apart from yoga classes and shared meal times, your days are yours to structure as you see fit. We will shop for what's needed, provide meals - from croissants delivered fresh to the gate for breakfast to fabulous lunches and dinners often made with ingredients from the local farm shop - and help however we can. Having fun is also an important part of the week.
We hope to welcome a range of creatives, working in different disciplines and at different stages of experience. There are various spaces to work in: an ancient barn, a recently converted studio with sound-proofed doors, the salon with its piano, your room (all of which have desks), or outside in the delightful chateau grounds.Â
ACCOMMODATION
 We offer a range to suit different budgets - from your own tent set up in the orchard that can be shared with a friend, to an en suite with windows giving on to both sides of the garden. All the rooms are private. You can find out more about each option here or by clicking on the images below.
FOOD & DRINK
Meals are Ottolenghi-inspired, largely vegetarian, nutricious, locally or garden sourced where possible and much enjoyed by our guests. We're happy to cater for various diets.
Each participant will pair up with another to prepare one dinner, with ingredients and recipe supplied and help at hand.
Coffee, tea, fruit and pastries will be available throughout the day in a separate communal kitchen.Â
Wine will be served with dinner.
OUTINGS
Thursday optional outing to the historic river town of Compiegne, where we'll enjoy a slap-up lunch and visit Napoleon's magnificent palace, the many foodie shops and also the Armistice Train Carriage, where the course of both world wars was changed.
Saturday optional visit to a wonderful local arts centre in Verderonne, as well as a medieval convent where the Poor Clares once lived and worked, and a different swimming lake.
FREE TIME
Walk through the nearby woods to the Chapelle Saint Catherine, a spot visited by Joan of Arc
Swim in a large, gorgeous lake surrounded by wildlife
Explore the countryside on our boneshakers, ie bikes
Learn to walk our tightrope
Play table tennis or French billiards
Dive into the theatrical dresses, suits and hats of the Dressing-up Room
Or just relax and soak up the atmosphere at the château
WHAT'S INCLUDED
Six nights in your own room or furnished bell tent at the château (sheets, towels and toiletries provided)
Four yoga classes, with equipment provided
Lifts to and from the station
Welcome cocktail
Breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks at the château
Wine (within reason) at dinner
Coffee, tea, juice, snacks at all times
Use of the communal kitchen
Run of (most of) the house, gardens and outdoor buildings
Use of our boneshakers, ie bicycles
Wifi
Parking space
Outings to the local lake and places of interest
Travel advice
WHAT'S NOT INCLUDED
Travel costs
Airport transfers
Travel Insurance
Visa fee if required
Meals/drinks away from the house
Entry tickets on excursions
BOOK YOUR SPOT
Bell Tent
Our furnished, 4m Bell Tent is in your own patch of the orchard. It has standing room, a double bed, bedding, a rug, desk, low table, chair, towel rack and camping and fairy lights. There are electric sockets nearby and you will have use of the shared loo and shower in the house. We encourage a digital detox but wifi is available in the house.
From £699.00 to £1,299.00- £699.00
- £1,299.00
Attic Mansarde
A cosy, carpeted room with twin beds, wifi, a skylight and a desk. The shared loos, shower and bathroom are down a flight of stairs. We encourage a digital detox but can provide an ethernet connection and wifi is available elsewhere in the house.
From £699.00 to £1,299.00- £699.00+£17.48 service fee
- £1,299.00+£32.48 service fee
Attic Double
The large, basic but romantic attic double under the eaves has a concrete floor with a rug, desk, a clothes rail and contains many historical objects. The shared loos, bathroom, and shower room are down a flight of stairs. We encourage a digital detox but can provide an ethernet connection and wifi is available elsewhere in the house.
From £749.00 to £1,399.00- £749.00
- £1,399.00
End Room
A delightful room with plenty of light, a large, curtained off single bed, tiled floor, fireplace, two windows and desk. Shared loos, bathroom and shower room are along the corridor.
- £749.00+£18.73 service fee
Blue Rooms
You will have these charming rooms to yourself. A double room with wifi, a desk, marble fireplace and an adjoining compact single room. The floor is tiled, and there is a desk, a fireplace, and a coat stand to hang clothes. Shared loos, bathroom, and shower room are along the corridor. We encourage a digital detox but can provide an ethernet connection and wifi is available elsewhere in the house.
From £799.00 to £1,499.00- £799.00+£19.98 service fee
- £1,499.00+£37.48 service fee
Apartment
This tranquil, freshly decorated room has its own loo/shower room, adjacent communal kitchen, wardrobe area, fireplace, desk, armchair and excellent wifi. It is a large, carpeted double with the double bed in a curtained alcove.
From £899.00 to £1,699.00- £899.00+£22.48 service fee
- £1,699.00+£42.48 service fee
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