Things to see and do Champagne-Ardenne

It's hard to imagine that on this great square, the beautiful building is just the city hall. However, you can take a look at the lobby at the opening hours of the city hall, but private rooms will stay. For the rest, the mayor organizes a guided tour of the entire castle during heritage days and increasingly opens his park to demonstrations. He was formerly owned by Dupré, boss of the knitted industries of Romilly-sur-Seine, before being bought by the City in 1948. The façade, with a beautiful perron, is a privileged space for photographs, space for a moment, you will take a chateau. A beautifully beautifully decorated park is open to the public every day, then enjoy the promenade to see on the back wall, the impacts of bullets and shells, stigma of the Campaign de France. The pigeon is also a beautiful piece. The church is right next door, so you're still trotting a little!

Claude-Joseph Vernet (1764) will illustrate this view of Nogent-sur-Seine with the church Saint-Laurent, the fishermen holding their nets, and a young girl wearing his clothes in the landscape. Olive Island, on the look of Saint-Louis Island, derives its reputation from its presence in the sentimental education of Flaubert, and its name of the doctor emeritus, mayor in 1884, who donated it to the city in the exchange of the graves of his family. It was then called Collet Island or Île des Grands Locks, with as a sine qua non the absence of commerce, sale, cabin cabin… Today as yesterday, this nature is the ideal place for a romantic and romantic walk, especially as the setting up of a mobile bridge. The alleys of the park were traced and gravel, and the island as a whole, with three hectares, was remodeled thanks to a pruning of trees. An arboretum welcomes you and accompanies you with twenty panels that describe the different local species.

At Chaource Tourism Office, the staff struggles to motivate the tourist to stay and enjoy the sites: sports activities, visits, museums, hiking, discoveries… You will find all the information about Chaource and the 24 communes that surround it. These towns reveal themselves as the turning point in a rolling campaign, among the cereal crops, the breeding land and beautiful beautiful forests. Many of the tours of tourist discoveries have been imagined for the pleasure of all are also detailed. Circuit documents are to be withdrawn at the tourist office or download, as well as the local free magazine, The Corner Corner. The Office undertakes over the course of the year to foster conviviality: meeting around champagne, exhibitions, night market… As for the giant chess game, released in the beautiful days, it always dreams small and large…

It is at the tourist office of Brienne-le-Château that you find all the information necessary to spend a pleasant stay in the region. After a year of Napoleonic celebrations, tourism recurs on visits of the castle during the summer, while working to preserve the sporting, cultural and historical dynamism of the city. This site is also a rich resource point for finding guest rooms, regional artisans… Attention, now this office is part of the Lakes Community Tourism Office.

The architecture of the th century of this magnificent church is massive and ouvragée. Inspired by a Renaissance portal added to the south side of the building, it also contains important furnishings and treasures. It was about 1560 that was commissioned by Antoinette de Bourbon the authentic and magnificent "Mise". Amazing are the figures that make it up: the faces are very expressive and the movements are perfectly made thanks to the thin lines that cut the characters and the precision of the folds of their clothes. A wonder! Notre-Dame Church also contains a key piece: the famous relic of the "Saint Joseph Belt", made up of hemp and a faded ivory latch, which was reported from Holy Earth in 1552 by Jean de Modèle. What to say about the organ created by Louis Le Bé in his original place… Finally, it is the construction of the current tower tower at the beginning of the th century which allows, because of its height, to be visible from a distance in the valley.

The Mutigny winegrower's trail takes you on a walk through the vineyards. Admire the Champagne landscape from the top of Mutigny, the highest village on the Montagne de Reims, at an altitude of 240 m. The guided tour is done with love and perfect knowledge of the local terroir. This fun and educational tour along a 2.2 km loop is marked out by 12 thematic stations that tell the story of the work of the vine, the climate, the Champagne appellation... The 1.5 hour walk ends with a champagne tasting and a lunch in the heart of the vineyards.

This amazing village-museum brings back to life the villages of the past by recreating the half-timbered houses and buildings of Nuisement, engulfed during the impoundment of Lac du Der. Indeed, when this lake was created, it was necessary to sacrifice Nuisement-aux-Bois, Chantecoq and Champaubert-aux-Bois. Only two buildings have been saved from the water, the Champaubert church which dominates the lake from its promontory and the half-timbered church of Nuisement, which has been dismantled and rebuilt in the heart of this museum-village, next to the Machelignots barn which recalls the trades of yesteryear, the mairie-école and the blacksmith's house where you will find a shop selling local products.

A phone call is welcome, allowing guests to free themselves to get better. Yvette tells us about the exploitation and its range. Discover raw champagne or half-dry that assembles 60% of Chardonnay and 40% of Pinot Noir, and also rosé raw champagne and raw raw.

The Grand Marionnettiste is a monumental clock located in front of the building adjacent to the International Institute of Marionnette. This facade is actually the rear part of the Ardenne Museum whose main access is Ducale Square. Created in 1991, Jacques Monestier's work includes not only the clock but also a brass character of 10 m high which marks the hours from 10 a. m. to 9 p. m. daily. He then presents one of the 12 sayers of the legend of the four Aymon sons (a song of gesture of Merovingian origin). On Saturday, at 9:15 p. m., for 40 min, the 12 tables can be seen. You can admire the mechanism of the interior of the Ardenne Museum.

Located on the banks of the Nau River and housed in a magnificent half-timbered house, the Office offers you the opportunity to discover Châlons-en-Champagne, known as the sparkling Venice: L'EAU'dyssée, the unmissable boat trip with commentary on the history and architectural and natural heritage of the city; Métamorph'eau'ses at night with sound and light shows on the monuments that can be admired from the boat; L'Ep'Eau'pée, created in 2021, which offers a stroll turned towards nature. But also: small train, bike rental, segways, electric scooters...

A local arboreal peculiarity. The "fau de Verzy" is a twisted beech of 4 to 5 m high, whose branches form elbows that join together, an exceptional and surprising tree. In summer, it spreads its leaves in a very dense parasol. In winter, its tormented architecture is revealed. This forest trail will be an opportunity to admire some beautiful specimens in the heart of the Regional Natural Park of the Mountain of Reims. A beautiful walk to be rediscovered throughout the seasons!

Located in the buildings of the former royal abbey of Saint-Remi, classified as a World Heritage Site in 1991 by UNESCO, this museum allows visitors to discover the history of the abbey but also the Gallo-Roman past of the city, its military history and the regional archaeology. Four sections take visitors through different rooms. In the refectories and the kitchen of the abbey, we discover Durocorturum, capital of the Roman imperial province of Belgium. On the second floor, Prehistory, Protohistory, Gallo-Roman craftsmanship and medieval collections from the Merovingian period to the 16th century are shown in seven rooms.

Visit.The collection unfolds chronologically from the Roman conquest to the 1870 war, with a particular interest in the military past of the Reims region, the scene of famous episodes such as the battle of Valmy or the battle of Reims on March 13, 1814, which was Napoleon I's last victory.

Among the 600 pieces presented, one will stop in particular on the admirably preserved collection of helmets and cuirasses going back to the time of Charles X. The Second Empire and the War of 1870 are also well represented by weapons, equipment and uniforms but also by a painting by Edouard Detaille. In this majestic architecture was kept the holy bulb which was used for the coronations of the kings of France.

The abbey is illustrated through the cloister, the old medieval parlor of the 13th century, the grand staircase (1700), the chapter house of the Middle Ages and three rooms devoted to the chronology of the site. In the refectory and kitchen of the abbey (17th century), one discovers the former capital of the Roman imperial province of Belgium, while the second floor houses a chronological tour retracing the past of the Rheims region from prehistoric times to the Merovingian era. On this same level are presented the collections linked to the history of the abbey, notably the Tapestry of the life of Saint Remi, made up of ten large tapestries dating from the Renaissance, as well as the impressive reconstruction of the façade of the 13th century Musicians' House, decorated with five statues of minstrels. During the wars of the Revolution and the Empire, the former abbey was transformed into a French military hospital before becoming a Russian hospital in 1814. The king's bodyguards were stationed there during the coronation of Charles X in 1825.

Behind the high wrought iron gates that line this remarkable site, you can admire the late 19th century mansions of the houses of Auban-Moët, Chandon, Maigret, Gallice, de Billy or Mercier. Today, the greatest champagne houses in the world, which make the reputation of the city, have their headquarters here and offer tours of the cellars with tasting at the end. A few meters underground, a labyrinthine network of nearly 110 km of cellars contains a real treasure: over 200 million bottles.