Organize a green seminar in the South-West

When we talk about the South-West, we are actually talking about Nouvelle-Aquitaine and a large part of Occitanie.

In this geographical area, there are different and unique spaces and places, which allow you to enjoy an ideal setting for your event.

For example, if you want to organize a seminar in the South West but also in a setting away from the urban hustle and bustle and high up, you can offer your employees to enjoy the fresh mountain air by organizing your corporate event in the Pyrenees mountains. You will find both refuges and hotels depending on what you want for your employees. Thus, throughout this event you can enjoy the natural setting and green mountain spaces.

Further north and along the Atlantic coast, it is possible to organize a seminar in the Landes . The Landes pine forests offer a unique and ideal setting that will surprise your employees and offer them unforgettable memories. In the Landes, you will find hotels but also ecolodges and campsites more in the heart of the forests. The advantage of organizing your corporate seminar in this part of the South-West is that you will be located less than 20 minutes from the ocean, and you can easily get around by bike in an ecological way.

If you go up the coast and go further inland, you can organize a seminar for your company in the Périgord . In this region, you can offer your employees an event immersed in a historical and rural setting, with the many castles throughout this part of the Dordogne .

Of course, if you want to organize a green seminar in the South-West, you can also visit one of the many wine estates near Bordeaux. In addition to being a green seminar, it will be possible to organize a visit to the cellars and a wine tasting as a Team Building activity.

Of course, the Basque coast is known for its large beaches that directly meet a natural green setting. Thus, you can easily organize a green event by the ocean, taking advantage of the calm and soothing setting of these two spaces.

The advantage with this region is also that from a logistical point of view, you can easily get to the South-West via a green mode of transport, such as by train or carpooling for example. It will also be possible once there to get around by bike on a large part of the routes. Indeed, the region invests a lot for sustainable development, by creating for example large cycle paths.

During your seminar in the South-West, there are many Team-Building activities that you can organize. In the Pyrenees, there are many hiking trails to follow and explore with your teams. This will allow you to discover the magnificent landscapes from a new perspective, from the mountain peaks to the valleys that surround them. This experience will also strengthen the bonds between your employees at the same time. Throughout the South-West, there are many waterways where you can have an original and sporty team-building activity such as a Canoe-Kayak trip for example. For the more adventurous of your employees, you can also organize a rafting trip in the Pyrenees rivers.

If you prefer land activities, many providers offer mountain bike rentals (electric or not) so that you can discover nature in a fun, physical and green way. Indeed, you can ride and discover the surrounding nature with your teams. If you want to organize an atypical but useful Team Building activity, you can for example book a forest survival workshop for your employees. This activity will allow them to develop skills that will give them notions of survival but also to spend an interesting moment of sharing with their colleagues.

You can also gain altitude and follow tree climbing courses in the Landes forests, a fun and physical group activity depending on the courses. Of course, you can book a group Surf lesson on one of the many beaches of the Basque Coast, enough to immerse yourself in the spirit of the region and enjoy this ideal setting. For the sustainable development aspect of your event, you can also visit farms in the region, and organize an activity with the breeder / farmer who will often offer educational activities on the aspect of biodiversity preservation.

Finally, to enhance the well-being of your employees who will participate in your event, what better than to organize a yoga and meditation session on the beach, with the sound of the waves breaking and birds in the background. This will also indirectly promote the well-being at work of your employees, who will automatically associate this activity which takes place in the context of the seminar with your company, and therefore their work.

The Southwest is a region with a thousand riches, a large part of which is culinary. Indeed, the region's cuisine is full of various specialties depending on the cities and departments. To discover them, you can, for example, organize a convivial meal in a local restaurant during your seminar in the Southwest, in order to strengthen ties while enjoying a very good meal. Moreover, you will find both gourmet restaurants and small independent inns in the Southwest, again it depends on the atmosphere and what you want for your corporate seminar.

In order to discover local products, there are privatized cooking workshops with a chef who explains the recipe to be made throughout the activity. This allows both to discover the culture, to develop the interpersonal links of your employees, but it is also possible to integrate sustainable development during this TeamBuilding by carrying it out under the theme of 0 waste for example. More specifically, if you organize your green seminar near Bordeaux, you can taste and smell the different Bordeaux wines, which are among the best in the world. Thus, especially if during your seminar some of the participants do not know the region, this allows you to create a new unique experience that they will not soon forget.

With these wine tastings, it is of course important to taste cheese from the Southwest, there are many different but delicious ones. You can find them almost everywhere, but to make the experience even more unique you can taste them directly on a farm for example.