Champagne Vineyards Day Trip from Paris with Reims Cathedral

Champagne Vineyards Day Trip from Paris with Reims Cathedral. Prepare to have a fantastic Private Day Trip outside of Paris. With the help of your local guide, tour the city of Reims and its world-famous Champagne industry. Take a stroll through the vineyards, sample exquisite champagne, dine on French fare, and learn about Reims’ history and culture.

Your guide will transport you by high-speed rail to Reims, where you will board a private automobile to the French countryside, which is famous for its champagne production. Visit two wineries and sample the greatest champagne while listening to expert guides explain the process. In a family restaurant surrounded by vineyards, enjoy a delectable French meal.

Take a stroll through Reims and listen to your private guide’s stories and mysteries. Admire magnificent historical structures, such as Reims Cathedral and its lofty gothic windows, which will take your breath away. Relax in the countryside, in magnificent Reims and the enormous vineyards of the Champagne region, on a day trip from the city!

Highlights

• Full-day excursion to the Champagne Region from Paris
• See Reims Cathedral, where the kings of France were once crowned
• Two world-famous Champagne houses: Mum and Mercier
• Montagne de Reims
• Champagne vineyards

Champagne Vineyards Day Trip from Paris with Reims Cathedral

Paris – Mumm Champagne House – Reims Cathedral – Mercier Champagne House – Paris

A full-day journey from Paris to the town of Reims and its region, recognized worldwide for producing a distinctive and prestigious product that requires no introduction: champagne. As part of this tour, your guide will show you the majestic Reims Cathedral of the 13th century, where the Kings of France’s coronations once took place.

You will also visit Mumm and Mercier, two renowned Champagne homes, where you can taste champagne and enjoy the scenic vineyards of the region.

Start at 8:00 a.m. from our organization in central Paris for a memorable day in the Champagne region east of Paris (arrival planned around 10:30 a.m.).

Start your trip with an audio guide tour of the renowned Mumm Champagne house cellars where you’ll learn about their skills and the secrets behind the development of their many champagnes. You’ll get a sample of Red Ribbon at the end of your new, one of the world’s most famous champagnes.

With a guided tour of the imposing cathedral of Reims, also a UNESCO World Heritage Site, your trip remains. Reims Cathedral, a Gothic masterpiece and site of the Kings of France’s coronations, is renowned for its many sculptures and exceptional stained glass windows of the 13th century.

For instance, spend your free time exploring the town center of Reims and enjoy dinner in one of the many restaurants on Erlon Square. Sample the region’s many specialities, such as white pudding, a Rethel pie type ; cheeses from Chaource and Langres ; and purple biscuits from Reims.

The afternoon provides an chance to explore the surrounding landscape and its beautiful villages, forests and renowned vineyards stretching as far as the eye can see. We will visit our second day’s Champagne house, Mercier, established in 1858 upon arrival in Epernay.

You will travel to a depth of 100 feet by automated train to visit the enormous cellars before completing your trip with a degustation of champagne.

It is planned to depart from Epernay at 4:00pm, returning to Paris at around 6:30pm.

Itinerary

Office de Tourisme de Reims – Site Gare (Train Station)

Take the train, with your local guide, to the charming city of Reims and the region of the famous French champagne.

Rue de Chigny

First guided visit to wineries and vineyards. Visit the cellars of an old castle and its vineyards, while you tasting high-quality champagne and an expert guide explains the process of champagne

5 Rue Gambetta

Lunch in the village of Ludes. Try a delicious French lunch, paired with good local champagne, in a charming family restaurant.

1 Rue des Vignes

Second guided visit to wineries and vineyards Taste, in another beautiful family winery, some glasses of the most delicious French champagne.

Reims

Visit the most beautiful city in the Champagne region. Visit its main monuments and learn about its medieval history and its suffering period during the Second World War.

Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Reims

Visit one of the most important gothic buildings in France, of extraordinary architecture.

Gare de Paris-Est

Return to Paris. Enjoy your trip back to Paris by high-speed train, with a good taste in your mouth and good memories of an unforgettable day.

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