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Cathédrale Notre Dame   Reims

Cathédrale Notre Dame, Reims

 43 Reviews  The site of the coronation of France's kings for centuries, la Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Reims is among the most important in French history. It is also considered a masterpiece of Gothic architecture,... 

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Champagne Tasting and Tours   Reims

Champagne Tasting and Tours, Reims

 28 Reviews  This wonderful museum has 200 vehicles on show, some 160 cars and some 40 motor-cyles and also numerous very special and extraordinary vehicles. You can also admire some 4,000 miniature cars, enamel... 

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Basilique Saint Rémi   Reims

Basilique Saint Rémi, Reims

 14 Reviews  Maybe my favourite church in Reims. While less impressive than the cathedral, the basilique Saint Rémi is a superb example of gothic over roman style. The outside, too many times renovated (sometimes... 

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Palais du Tau   Reims

Palais du Tau, Reims

 8 Reviews  Right beside the Cathedral downtown, the Palace du Tau is a museum that still contains remnants of its 13th century origins. It was redesigned in the 17th century by Mansart and Cotte. The Tau Room... 

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Mumm Champagne House   Reims

Mumm Champagne House, Reims

 10 Reviews  It was founded by three brothers, Jacobus, Gottlieb and Phillip Mumm, German winemakers from the Rhine valley and G. Heuser and Friedrich Giesler on March 1, 1827 as P. A. Mumm Giesler et C°. P.A.... 

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Moet & Chandon   Reims

Moet & Chandon, Reims

 4 Reviews  Visit the Moët et Chandon winery in Epernay including the caves and Champagne sampling. Unique Qualities: My personal preference over Pommery and Momms. They produce the Don Perignon which remains an... 

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Musée-Abbaye Saint-Rémi   Reims

Musée-Abbaye Saint-Rémi, Reims

 3 Reviews  Listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site together with the adjacent Basilica, this complex was once the Abbey of Saint-Rémi, where the Holy Ampulla, used for the coronations of French kings, was held.... 

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Hôtel le Vergeur   Reims

Hôtel le Vergeur, Reims

 3 Reviews  This "speciality" is situated at the Place du Forum. This large individual house is basically an example of Renaissance Style, although it also has a 13th Century GOTHIC hall. But first and foremost... 

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Cryptoportique   Reims

Cryptoportique, Reims

 3 Reviews  What was once the Roman Forum of Durocortorum (Roman Reims), remained a square full of commercial activity to the present day. Below ground level at the centre of the square is an archaeological site,... 

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Place Drouet   Reims

Place Drouet, Reims

 3 Reviews  The most animated part of Reims, Place Drouet-d'Erlon is the cultural heart of the city. Although referred to as a square ("place"), it is in fact a long, tree-lined, pedestrianised avenue with... 

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Salle de Reddition   Reims

Salle de Reddition, Reims

 3 Reviews  During the last part of World War II, the Supreme Commander of Allied Forces in Europe, General Eisenhower, set up his headquarters here in Reims. He chose a former schoolhouse near the railroad... 

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Église Saint Jacques   Reims

Église Saint Jacques, Reims

 2 Reviews  One of the oldest surviving churches in Reims, Église Saint-Jacques is a masterpiece of Gothic architecture. Its construction began around 1190 and continued until 1270. Some remodelling occurred... 

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Musée des Beaux-Arts   Reims

Musée des Beaux-Arts, Reims

 2 Reviews  Housed in the old monastery of Saint-Denis, le Musée des Beaux-Arts is considered one of the most important regional fine arts museums in France. It was founded in 1794 and was originally located... 

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Porte Mars   Reims

Porte Mars, Reims

 2 Reviews  Named after a nearby non-extant Temple of Mars, this Roman-period structure was a triumphal arch built in the 3rd century AD. It once led into the cardo maximus, the road which cut through the city of... 

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Taste More Champagne & save money

by pedroswift

The larger Champagne Houses charge for a guided tour and tasting. The cost depends upon the product consumed (tasted) at the end of the tour.For example in 2008 we visited Moet and Chandon in Epernay and a tour finishing with one flute of Brut Imperial cost €13per person.for one Brut Imperial and one Rose Imperial it was €20 per person - the Grand Vintage Tour ending with 1 flute Grand Vintage 2000 & 1 flute Grand Vintage 2000 Rose was €25So the tip is :-if you are a couple, have one person do the first or second option while the 2nd person does the 3rd option. The guided tours are all the same . At the end, as a couple you get to taste 4 different champagnes instead of the 2 if you both paid the same amount. And besides - The money you save can be spent on a beer!!

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CAMP MILITAIRE DE SUIPPES

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The countryside of the Champagne was devastated by the war. There were many villages totally destroyed. Some areas along the Western Front were made into a Zone Rouge by the French government. These areas were bought up and declared uninhabitable. One such area is the large area – larger than the City of Paris - northeast of Suippes where five villages used to stand. The entire area is semi-natural now and is maintained as a large military training ground just a few kilometers east of the large French Army camp at Mourmelon-le-Grande. The public is allowed into the area once every two years on 11 November when Army buses take visitors to the sites of the former villages. The villages themselves were linked to neighboring parishes with those villages adding the destroyed village names to their own: Souain+Perthes-les-Hurlus, Wargemoulin+Hurlus, Minaucourt+le-Mesnil-les-Hurlus,...

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Janisson-Baradon et Fils... a must visit house

by AmsterKetti

If you take the time to visit the champagne house of Janisson-Baradon, you will not be disappointed. The family is very quick to help you taste their lovely champagnes. Even the Non-Dose' which has no sugar added and is made exclusively for the Japanese market. They will also explain to you how important it is to drink champage from the correct glass. They even had a special champagne glass made especially for them. Lovely... if you have room in your car, buy one of their champagne racks that are made from old wooden champagne warehouses. Enjoy!

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Champagne house visits

by AmsterKetti

South East of Reims, in an area known as the Montagne de Reims, lies Verzenay, one of Champagne's most important villages as it has the accolade of Grand Cru. Within this village Michel Arnould owns 12 hectares of outstanding vineyards. His family has owned vines here for many generations, but it is only in the present century that they have produced their own champagne. Previously their production was sold to the Grand Marques houses who needed such high quality grapes for their finest blends. Call or e-mail in advance for a lovely visit to a truly special Champage House in Verzenay.

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The Pommery cellars

by lombock

Of the numerous tours and 'degustations' available in Reims, I'd really recommend Pommery. The cellars are beautiful and the tourguides friendly and knowledgeable. Pre-book if you can, as the groups are limited in size, and although not too cheap, you get an hour's worth of unique history and some glasses of Champagne at the degustation afterwards.

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Mercier Champagne Tour

by freya_heaven

We decided on the Mercier Champagne tour after looking in to the others & deciding it would be the most fun.Mercier Champagne by leagues is the most popular champagne in France. In 1858 Eugene Mercier at the age of 19 had built kilometers of tunnels for cellers and owned house own Champagne house. 14 years later he had over 18 km of cellers and a direct train line on the Strasbourg to Paris line right outside the front door.

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Mercier Tour

by freya_heaven

Mercier is open from 09:30 to 16:30 daily, with a 2 hour lunch break from 11:30. From 16th November to 16th March are closed on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, And totally closed from the 14th December to the 5th JanuaryEntrance is 6.5 euros with concessions for groups and children. This includes the tour and a glass of champagne at the end. You can choose a more expensive option of 15 euros and try 3 different champagnes.

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Don't Neglect the Minor Champagne Houses

by pedroswift

La Champagne is not just the major champagne houses which are now owned by multinational, mega-companies.Throughout Champagne there are small houses owned by families who love showing you their product and their wineries. I always enjoy visiting Cumieres on the Marne nw of Epernay. I have visited two houses there several times. Vadin Plateau (12, rue de la Cooperative) and Laval Louis (309 or 176 rue du Bois des Jots) have wonderful product at the right price. My purchase at V-P in 2006: 2 x Vintage; 2x Blanche Brut, 2x Noire Brut came to 85 euro. Average 14 euro a bottle for Champagne with a bit more fruit driven taste than the austere lines of the big houses. In 2008 and again in 2010 prices were slightly higher but still less than 20euro per bottle. Laval Louis purchased in 2004 about the same price.Vadin Plateau also run boat cruises in season on the Marne. What better way to soak up...

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MONUMENT TO THE US 372ND REGIMENT

by mtncorg

The US 93rd Division was made up of Black Americans. America was a very segregated country at the time of the First World War. To say the idea of race has changed in the US since then is to probably put it mildly especially with the election of a President who is part African-American – though some Democrats claimed Warren Harding was the first of this genre. To think that racism no longer exists is to be ignorant, yet we have come, I think, a long way from the state of affairs in the early 20th century where the President, Woodrow Wilson was definitely in the racist majority. Black Americans were accepted – and drafted – into the Armed Forces, but they were not integrated into units with white soldiers. In late 1917 through mid 1918, American commander John Pershing was under intense pressure to simply insert American replacements directly into Allied units. He held firm, for the most...

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FRENCH AND GERMAN CEMETERIES

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There are some 14 French national military cemeteries and another ten German cemeteries where the dead lay in vast numbers. The largest are near Souain where at la Croulee 30,732 French soldiers are buried - 21,688 gathered up into eight large ossuaries. Next door is the German cemetery of Souain where there are 2,463 individual graves and one mass grave containing the remains of 11,320 men. Inside this cemetery is a monument to the Thuringians with a poem written by German war poet Walter Flex, a Thuringian, himself who would die on the Easter Front in October 1917: “God created you in grey armies And made you guardians of time Near the limpid source of honors And near the somber wells of pain.”The 27 year old August Macke, a painter of the German impressionistic school, is also buried here.Next to the Polish cemetery of le Bois du Puits is the French national cemetery...

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Chateau Les Crayeres  Reims

 2 Reviews and 118 Opinions  This hotel is housed in one of the most beautiful chateaux in eastern France. The hotel is... 

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Mercure Troyes Centre  Troyes

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La Villa Eugene  Épernay

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Q:  Does anyone know what this town is like? Thinking of staying there for one night to break up journey driving from Alsace (near... 

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A: Avoid !!! My parents live 45 minutes drive from there, so I've been there a few times on the road to summer holidays. Vitry le François is a small city with nearly... 

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