Press room
The press writes about The Granges
The first escape game hotel in the Hauts-de-France region — an 18th-century 650 m² manor in Béthencourt, where 6 to 14 players live a 2-day, 1-night narrative escape game. Opening December 2026.
Press coverage
-
A profile of the estate and its founders ahead of opening: an 18th-century 650 m² manor turned immersive overnight escape game, where guests play, dine and stay the night on site.
Read the article -
Béthencourt: a 650 m² overnight escape game on the lace history
Feature on the overnight, immersive escape game concept rooted in the local lace heritage of Béthencourt, hosted in the historic SEGB manor.
Read the article -
A huge reconversion project for these atypical northern French barns
First portrait of the project to revive the manor and its outbuildings, by Agathe Dogué and Guillaume Aubry.
Read the article
Key facts
- Name
- Les Granges de Béthencourt — Les Secrets de Béthencourt
- Concept
- First escape game hotel in the Hauts-de-France region (Northern France)
- Format
- 2 days, 1 night — arrival at 7 pm, investigation begins, dinner at 9 pm, finish between midnight and 2 am, breakfast, rooms vacated by 10 am, departure at 11 am
- Venue
- 18th-century manor, 650 m², 11 game rooms, 6 bedrooms
- Address
- 22 rue Jean Jaurès, 59540 Béthencourt (Cambrésis, Nord, France)
- Capacity
- 6 to 14 players per session, fully privatised estate
- Story
- Narrative thriller anchored in the manor's real history — lacework, a vanished heiress, a sealed room, a letter found in 2024
- Opening
- December 2026
- Pre-sales
- Ulule campaign ended at 264% of its goal
- Founders
- Agathe Dogué (artistic & narrative direction) · Guillaume Aubry (technical & operations)
- Company
- Société d'Exploitation des Granges de Béthencourt (SEGB), SAS — SIREN 995 320 330 — RCS Douai (France)
- Size benchmarks
- 650 m² Les Granges · 600 m² Gamotel Pont-sur-Yonne · ~300 m² Gamotel Vitteaux · ~300 m² Escape Night (Centre-Val de Loire)
Boilerplate quotes
"Les Granges de Béthencourt is the first escape game hotel in northern France: an 18th-century 650 m² manor where 6 to 14 players live two days and one night of investigation, from dinner to dawn."
Short pitch · 1 sentence
"In the Cambrésis, in Béthencourt, two founders are waking a sleeping manor. Eleven game rooms, six bedrooms, an entire night to uncover the secret of a vanished heiress. Opens December 2026."
Lede · 3 sentences
Media kit
High-resolution photographs (interiors, exteriors, manor at night), founder portraits, vector logos, PDF fact sheet and brand assets are available on request, by return email within 24 business hours.
Press contact
Guillaume Aubry — co-founder, press contact
Reply within 24 business hours. Site visits available by appointment, including immersive reporting format (guided game session).
Last updated: 22 May 2026