Decision
Reims or Épernay: Where to Start a Champagne France Tour
The two towns side by side: trains from Paris, the houses in each, the tours that start there, the half days, the private pickups, and who should pick which.
Champagne France Guides
These are the long reads for the choices you make before you book. Should you start in Reims or Épernay? How do you fit both into two days? Can you visit the houses by train on your own, what does each kind of tour cost, and what is open in winter? When you are ready to choose, compare the Champagne France guided tours side by side.
Start with Reims or Épernay if you have not picked a town yet, or with the prices guide if your budget is fixed. The blog answers single questions in fewer words.
Itinerary
Two Days in Champagne France: Reims, Épernay and the Villages
A day in Reims and a day in Épernay, hour by hour: the cathedral, a house's cellars, the train between the towns, the Avenue, the villages and where lunch fits.
On your own
Champagne France by Train, Without a Tour
Booking a cellar visit yourself, what each house charges at its own door, the Avenue on foot, buses and shuttles to the villages, and when a tour earns its fare.
Prices
Champagne France Tour Prices: What a Tour Costs in 2026
What a tasting, a half day, a full day, a day from Paris and a private day cost, what the fare includes, per person or per car, and the price per glass.
Seasonal
Champagne France in Winter: What Is Open, What Is Not
Which houses close and when, the cathedral towers, Habits de Lumière on the Avenue, the Christmas market, the cold, the bare vines, and the tours that still run.
The houses' own visits are on the champagne houses page, the days from Paris on the champagne tours from Paris page, and every tour on Champagne France Tours.