Taittinger or Veuve Clicquot Cellar Tour & Tasting
2 hours | Easy | Requires advance online booking; includes tour of chalk mines and 1-2 glasses of Champagne
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Where to visit in Reims (Champagne)?
Grand Est, France
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Reims is the unofficial capital of the Champagne wine region in northeastern France. It is famous for its towering High Gothic Notre-Dame de Reims Cathedral, where 25 French kings were once crowned, and for housing the underground chalk cellars (crayères) of prestigious Champagne houses like Veuve Clicquot and Taittinger.
Reims is the unofficial capital of the Champagne wine region in northeastern France. It is famous for its towering High Gothic Notre-Dame de Rei...
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Notre-Dame de Reims Cathedral Tour
1 hour | Easy | Free admission; features Chagall stained glass windows
Palais du Tau Museum Admission
1.5 hours | Easy | Former archbishops palace housing cathedral treasures and royal coronation robes
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Good first tap
Stand in the cathedral where French kings were crowned and descend into the UNESCO-listed Roman chalk cellars for a Champagne tasting.
Best time
May to October
How to reach
Easily accessible via A4 highway from Paris (approx 1 hour 45 minutes drive). Fast TGV train takes only 45 minutes from Paris Est to Reims Ville.
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