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Discover the Fontinettes Boat Lift in Arques, a versatile historic place! Immerse yourself in the French industrial atmosphere and enjoy modern facilities for inspiring meetings.
Our spaces
The Fontinettes Boat Lift welcomes families, schools, groups and associations, but it can also accommodate your seminar, meeting, training, conference, workshops or any other gathering
Here, at the Fontinettes Boat Lift, everything is there to enjoy a place of work, discussions, exchanges, creativity, in a timeless place that will take you back to the era of industrialization French-style.
Our rooms can be made available with a large screen with HDMI connection, WIFI access, a flipchart and the necessary furniture (chairs and tables).
The multipurpose room
Ideal location for a meeting, training, workshops or reception.
Capacity for 25 people seated in meeting configuration, 50 people seated in conference configuration and 80 people standing.
Private from February to December.
The houseboat
Ideal location for a conference, training, concert or theater. An intimate space in an atypical location, an authentic Freycinet barge.
Capacity for 25 people seated.
Private outside the public opening period.
Discover the Elevator
If the place intrigues you and your colleagues, why not book a guided tour after your event to learn more about this unique work in France, a true feat of human genius or independently by following the story of Jacques, the last guardian from the elevator thanks to our audio guide.
Contact
Charles Deram
To reserve a seminar room and/or organize a visit with your company to the Ascenseur à Bateaux in Arques, please fill out the contact form below. We will be happy to help you plan your event!
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Charles Deram
In collaboration with the SPL Tourisme en Pays de Saint-Omer, we can also take care of organizing your working day in other places in the region such as La Maison du Marais in Saint-Omer, the Marina of Aire-sur-la-Lys or in the heart of the town of Saint-Omer, in the premises of the Pays de Saint-Omer Tourist Office.
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Clarisse Cervoni
During your working day in Saint-Omer, you would like to discover other sites, take part in activities specially designed for businesses, organize a team meal in one of the many restaurants in our area, or even stop by. the night ?
The Pays de Saint-Omer Tourist and Convention Office will be able to design a complete stay for you including working time, discoveries of the territory and convivial moments.
