The House
Château de Puy Vidal is both a family home and the headquarters for the Lady of the Chateau retreats.
Throughout the year we welcome artists and guests from around the world for immersive retreats devoted to connection, development, and self-expression. These weeks invite people to step outside the pace of ordinary life and enter an environment devoted to beauty, care, and shared attention.
Many of our guests arrive at meaningful moments in their lives — periods of creative renewal, transition, or personal reflection. The retreats offer space for their work, their questions, and their unfolding journeys.
Each retreat is the result of careful preparation by a small and dedicated team. Together we steward the spaces of the house, host our guests, and create the conditions for meaningful experiences to unfold.
Working Here
Working at Château de Puy Vidal is not simply a job in hospitality. It is participation in a creative project where beauty, pacing, and emotional resonance matter.
Our work blends attentive, high-end hospitality with the deeper purpose of the retreats themselves: creating a setting where creativity, reflection, and transformation can take place.
Each retreat week functions much like a production. There is preparation before guests arrive, a rhythm and arc to the week itself, and careful resetting afterward.
Some work happens behind the scenes — preparing spaces, organizing materials, coordinating logistics. Other moments take place on stage — welcoming guests, hosting dinners, guiding the flow of the day.
Together we help maintain the atmosphere of the house and support the journey our guests have come here to experience.
What We Value
Service as an Art
Hospitality here is practiced with care, taste, and attention. The way a table is set, a room prepared, or a guest welcomed contributes to the overall experience of the house.
Excellence and Continual Improvement
The atmosphere we create is built through hundreds of small decisions each day. We care deeply about doing things well — refining systems, improving the experience, and paying close attention to detail.
Stewardship of the House
The château is both a historic property and a living home. Members of the team help care for its spaces, objects, and environment with attention and respect.
Energy and Atmosphere
The mood of the team shapes the atmosphere experienced by our guests. We value calm professionalism, emotional maturity, warmth and generosity, and a collaborative spirit.
Curiosity About People and Culture
Guests travel here from many different countries and backgrounds. A spirit of openness, cultural sensitivity, and curiosity about people enriches the experience for everyone.
Sensitivity to Beauty and the Arts
The retreats hosted here center around painting, photography, writing, and creative exploration. An appreciation for art, culture, and aesthetics helps team members understand and support the environment we are creating.
Who Thrives Here
People who flourish at Château de Puy Vidal tend to share certain qualities.
They take pride in doing things well and notice details others might overlook. They enjoy working thoughtfully and carefully, understanding that small gestures shape the atmosphere of a place.
They are curious about people, art, and culture, and feel comfortable welcoming guests from many different backgrounds. They are adaptable and generous with their energy, able to contribute both to practical work behind the scenes and to the visible hospitality of retreat weeks.
They are steady, collaborative, and respectful of the environment they are helping to steward.
Most importantly, they understand that the work here is about creating a world for others to step into — and they take satisfaction in helping that world come to life.
Working at Château de Puy Vidal can be deeply rewarding, but it is important to understand the nature of the work.
Retreat weeks are dynamic and physically active periods that require focus, flexibility, and teamwork. The historic property is large and the work may involve walking and standing for long days, moving furniture or equipment, adapting to weather, and helping prepare or reset spaces.
Those who thrive here are adaptable, practical, and generous in their approach to work. They take pride in doing things well, lend a hand when needed, and remain steady and professional across long days.
Above all, members of our team share a genuine curiosity about people and respect for the many journeys that bring guests to the château.
Working here, you will collaborate with thoughtful people who share a love of beauty, creativity, and meaningful hospitality — helping create a world apart for the many guests who cross our threshold each year.
