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FRANCE · A LITTLE CLOSER TO CELEBRATION

Good times.
Great Champagne.

Walk Épernay’s 1.5 km Avenue de Champagne, visit Reims’s chalk cellars and explore the vineyard villages in the 2015 UNESCO landscape.

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Plan by occasion

CHALK CELLARS ✦ VINEYARD VILLAGES ✦ EXTRAORDINARY WEEKENDS

FROM “ONE DAY” TO “LET’S GO”

Your trip, in four easy steps.

Start with a base. Leave room for lunch.

01

Choose a town

Find your kind of Champagne.

02

Pick your houses

Big names and smaller discoveries.

03

Book a tour

Let someone else do the driving.

04

Book your stay

Somewhere lovely to come back to.

GO UNDERGROUND

A taste of the great houses.

Explore the houses ↗
The courtyard and paired entrance buildings of Champagne Boizel in Épernay
The courtyard and paired entrance buildings of Champagne Boizel in Épernay — Daniel Jolivet · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

ÉPERNAY

Boizel

Millésime at Atelier 1834: 90 minutes and two cuvées, from €40 (checked October 2026).

Explore Boizel

FIND YOUR BASE

One region. Many ways to stay.

MAKE A DAY OF IT

The scenery is better
from the passenger seat.

Compare vineyard days, grower visits and lunches with transport. Check the departure town before you book.

Find your Champagne day ↗
Chardonnay grapes growing on a vine in Avize
Chardonnay grapes growing on a vine in Avize — Berndt Fernow · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

COMING UP IN CHAMPAGNE

Winter has a little extra sparkle.

Habits de Lumière, Épernay: 11–13 December 2026.
Reims Christmas market: 25 November–27 December 2026.

Bring the two together with a festive escape: Christmas in Champagne.

Your first taste of Champagne

Your first Champagne trip

Compare Mercier’s 45-minute cellar train visit with Ruinart’s two-hour Crayères tour, then plan your bookings, clothes and transport.

Champagne records and firsts

Meet the houses, cellars and widows behind the region’s milestones, from Ruinart’s 1729 founding to UNESCO recognition in 2015.

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Sources

Official references and booking information. Visitor information reviewed in October 2026; use the official calendar for your travel dates. Mapped walking times, where given, use approximate OpenStreetMap/FOSSGIS routes checked in October 2026. Prices, where shown, were checked against the linked house, organiser or booking-provider pages in October 2026.