Plan your trip to Champagne

Where to start

• First visitWhich houses, what to expect 8
• Coming from ParisTrains, airports, day trips 4
• Budget and timingPrices, best season, Reims or Épernay 4
• Where to eatMichelin-starred tables, bistros, growers 2
• Family and friendsKids, bachelorettes, weekends, Christmas 4
• History and remembranceRomans, coronations, WWI 3

• 10 min
  Coming from Paris

  Champagne Day Trip from Paris: 8 Houses, 3 Paces and What It Really Costs

  A Champagne day from Paris: which houses to choose, where to have lunch, and three plans, from four hours to a full day.

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• 7 min
  First visit

  Which Champagne Houses to Visit? Big Names or Growers, the Real Choice

  Grand names or growers, tastings, bookings: how to choose which houses to visit around Reims and Épernay.

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• 7 min
  First visit

  One Day in Reims: From Royal Coronations to Champagne Cellars

  The coronation cathedral, lunch, the Champagne houses and the UNESCO cellars: three plans for one day in Reims.

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• 7 min
  First visit

  Visiting a Champagne Cellar: What Nobody Tells You Before You Go Down

  How a cellar visit unfolds, how to book, what it costs and how tasting etiquette works.

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• 6 min
  Budget and timing

  How Much Does a Private Champagne Tour Really Cost? The Real Numbers

  What a private tour costs, what is included, and why the price per person drops as the group grows.

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• 7 min
  Budget and timing

  Reims or Épernay? The Showdown, and Why You Don’t Have to Choose

  The grand houses of Reims or the Avenue de Champagne in Épernay? How to choose, and how to do both in one day.

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• 6 min
  Budget and timing

  When to Visit Champagne: The Best Month, and Every Other One

  Vines in flower, the late-summer harvest, golden autumn, a festive winter: Champagne month by month.

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• 7 min
  Coming from Paris

  Land in Paris, Sleep in Champagne: The Right Airport and the Right Ride

  Landing in Paris: real travel times, budgets and the easiest way to reach Reims and the vineyards.

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• 6 min
  Coming from Paris

  Reims to Paris: TGV, Private Driver or Car? The Honest Verdict

  TGV, private driver, rental car or coach: how to choose the best way from Reims to Paris for your luggage and your schedule.

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• 6 min
  Family and friends

  A Weekend in Champagne: 2 Days, 2 Towns, Nothing to Drive

  Two days between Reims and Épernay: the grand houses, a grower, where to stay and where to dine.

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• 4 min
  Where to eat

  Where to Eat in Champagne: The Michelin Tables Worth the Trip

  From L’Assiette Champenoise to vineyard bistros: the finest tables around Reims and Épernay.

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• 6 min
  Where to eat

  Eat Like a Local in Champagne: Where the People of Reims Actually Go

  Reims bistros, wine bars, growers’ tables and the Boulingrin market hall: eat like a local.

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• 5 min
  First visit

  Grower or Grand House? Two Little Letters on the Label Tell You Everything

  How Champagne is made, what sets a grower apart from a grand house, and how to read it on the label.

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• 6 min
  First visit

  Hautvillers: The Village Where Dom Pérignon Changed Champagne

  Dom Pérignon’s village, with its wrought-iron signs and its views over the Marne valley, just above Épernay.

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• 4 min
  Family and friends

  Champagne with Kids? Yes, and They Won’t Be Bored

  Chalk cellars, grape juice, light shows and parks: Champagne with children.

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• 9 min
  Family and friends

  Bachelorette or Hen Party in Champagne: The Day Everyone Will Remember

  A bachelorette or bachelor party in Champagne: a private minibus, houses that welcome groups, and the cost per head.

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• 5 min
  Family and friends

  The Reims Christmas Market: What to See, and the Champagne Evening to Go With It

  Christmas chalets on the Hautes Promenades, the illuminated cathedral and Épernay’s Habits de Lumière: Champagne in December.

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• 8 min
  Coming from Paris

  Flying from Reims: 5 Airports Compared, and the One to Pick

  CDG, Orly, Beauvais, Vatry or Luxembourg: travel times, options and prices to catch your flight from Reims.

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• 5 min
  History and remembrance

  Roman Reims: What Champagne Owes to the Romans’ Chalk Quarries

  The Porte de Mars, the cryptoporticus and the chalk pits: what Roman Reims left behind, and how it led to Champagne.

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• 5 min
  History and remembrance

  Verdun from Reims: A Day on the Trail of the Great War, Without Driving

  The Douaumont Ossuary, the forts, Fort de la Pompelle: the 1914-18 remembrance sites in one day from Reims.

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