Champagné
Champagne is a sparkling wine originated and produced in the Champagne wine region of France under the AOC rules of the appellation, which demand specific vineyard practices, sourcing of grapes exclusively from designated places within it, specific grape-pressing methods and secondary fermentation of the wine in the bottle to cause carbonation.
Champagne is a sparkling wine originated and produced in the Champagne wine region of France under the AOC rules of the appellation, which demand specific vineyard practices, sourcing of grapes exclusively from designated places within it, specific grape-pressing methods and secondary fermentation of the wine in the bottle to cause carbonation.
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What Wikivoyage says to see
Champagne and its famous vineyards Mémorial Charles de Gaulle, in Colombey-les-deux-églises In Troyes, its cathedral, its Museum of Modern Art, its House of Tools and Workers' Thought and its old houses, In Châlons-en-Champagne its cloister-museum, its cathedral, its collegiate church, its Museum of Fine Arts and Archaeology and its waterways, the battlefields of Champagne, the ruins of the Abbey of Trois-Fontaines,…
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Things to do
Visit champagne cellars – take a trip to see the Moet and Chandon cellars in Epernay. The Montagne de Reims regional natural park Charleville-Mézières, the World Capital of Puppetry, hosts a biennial festival. Nigloland amusement park is one of the most visited in France. It's in Dolancourt, near Bar-sur-Aube.
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Where to eat
Jambon sec des Ardennes: A dry-cured ham rubbed with salt containing local flavorings (such as juniper berries) and sugar. Usually sold whole, halved, or sliced, but is easily sliceable and goes great on a sandwich. Boudin blanc de Rethel: a 17th century recipe of white pudding sausage made from cuts of pork, eggs, milk and a local blend of seasonings. It is traditionally produced in Rethel.
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Getting to Champagné
- Airports
- Paris-Orly (ORY), 169 km · Nantes Atlantique (NTE), 175 km · Charles de Gaulle (CDG), 197 km
- Paris (Orly, Val-de-Marne) → Champagné175 km · quickest by road, 2h 59m · €20–28
- Nantes → Champagné167 km · quickest by road, 2h 50m · €20–28
- Paris (Roissy-en-France, Val-d'Oise) → Champagné197 km · quickest by road, 3h 14m · €23–32
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Champagné
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Champagné. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inAs there is a direct TGV access from Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport, there is absolutely no point in trying to get to Le Mans by plane, unless you have a private or chartered (small) plane.
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