Champagne Region Day Trip from Paris by Minivan

Paris, France

This tour will take you to the heart of the Champagne country to discover the history and secrets of "The King of Wines". You'll visit world-renowned champagne house of Moet and Chandon and tour the historic city of Reims, the capital of the Champagne region. Numbers are limited to a maximum of 8 people on this small group tour, ensuring you'll receive personalized attention from your guide.

Your tour begins at Reims Cathedral. A magnificent Gothic church acclaimed for it's striking stained glass windows, where the kings of France were once crowned.

The rest of the morning is spent near Epernay where you will visit a traditional vine grower's. Depending on the season, you will get the chance to see the grapes being pressed or the wine blended. Whatever the season you'll get to taste the finished product with a glass of the vineyard's own champagne.

You will stop for lunch at a traditional restaurant in the center of Epernay, featuring the cuisine of the Champagne region.

In the afternoon the tour continues to the world famous champagne house of Moet and Chandon. An expert wine maker will share insights into the production of champagne, you'll take a tour of the cellars and enjoy a tasting session with a glass of champagne.

USD $228.55

Traveler Reviews

Review by: Christopher R	April 2012
It was a great trip. I would do it again. Our guide was terrific!

Review by: Margaret K	April 2012
Great tour - good to see both a small and a larger champagne cellar. Wish there hadn't been so many vans in the same group, but otherwise great.

Review by: Debbie	April 2012
Beautiful day to the Champagne region about 2 hours outside of Paris. Really interesting to learn so much about the history and making of champagne. Everyone we met was extremely friendly although I feel the tour guide could have been a little more informative of the region during our 2 hour ride. We had a really enjoyable day in a gorgeous area of the country.

Review by: brophster	March 2012
The Champagne Region Day Trip was a highlight to our Trip to France. Our driver Paulo was very informative, interesting and really made the trip memorable. We loved the region and felt very welcomed at each place we visited. It was lovely to sit around the table at lunchtime and to talk to other people on the Day trip from other countries. That was a real highlight. We loved the fact that there were only a small number in our group (7) which meant we were able to embark and disembark the minivan quickly and not have to wait in lines or struugle to hear tour guides as you can do if your in large group. Well worth thr extra cost. Thoroughly enjoyed and throroughly recommended.

Review by: danitg5	March 2012
Great day! Ended up being 3 minivans with the same company doing exactly the same as our group! So wasn't quite the small group atmosphere we expected but still great seeing a small champagne maker and Moet and Chandon too!

Review by: Lisette M	January 2012
Our guide/driver was really interesting when we got to hear him. At each of the venues however we were in a larger English speaking group. Not the maximum eight we were promised. The small producer was great, the larger was a waste of time. That part was very disappointing. The only person we saw there was a sales rep!

Review by: Cat	January 2012
Make sure to eat breakfast before you go or bring a snack

Review by: LEEANNE K	November 2011
FANTASTIC time best tour we went on had a small group which I feel is important for this type of tour, guide was great, food was great, very pleased we took this tour.

Review by: Wendie	October 2011
Loved the small group experience and our guide was wonderful.

Review by: Linda M	October 2011
Our driver, Magid, was knowledgeable, friendly, and willing to go into greater detail if we were interested in something particular. He was great. The tours of the cellars were well-run and informative.

Review by: David B	October 2011
Picked up on time at the hotel, and then escorted through the countryside to the wine growing areas, driver very knowledgeable and informative. Trip to the winery was interesting and the processing unique, and you get to see a small winery and a large one and to taste each of their offerings. The steps are formidable to get to the wine areas underground and my wife was only able to make one of the two trips down, but she enjoyed it and my 150 picutres proved it. The lunch was spectacular and the walk through the park to the second winery was as enjoyable as the trip through the winery itself. Well worth doing and seeing the area outside of Paris also.

Review by: Lesley W	October 2011
From the prompt 07.00 pick up at the apartment where we were staying to the 17.00 drop off at the door, this was a highly professional but relaxed and friendly day. The programme is well balanced (cathedral, two contrasting wineries and a wonderful lunch). with a pleasant sized group and excellent guide (Ian). All that was missing : not sure how you would create the time but we would have liked to explore Epernay on foot. Thank you!

Review by: Ian Albert B	October 2011
The tour was excellent and the guide was very knowledgable and gave us wonderful information. I loved the trip to the small winery specially, the Moet tour was good but not a patch on the smaller winery.

Review by: Ian Albert B	October 2011
The tour was excellent and the guide was very knowledgable and gave us wonderful information. I loved the trip to the small winery specially, the Moet tour was good but not a patch on the smaller winery.

Review by: Cheryl D	October 2011
Our guide was very knowledgeable about the Champage region as well as other notable churches and history along our tour - and very personable. I would have liked more "tastings" than just the two we went to. I did enjoy the explanations of the making of champagne and meeting the mayor of a small village of 250. Still, we enjoyed the whole experience and the intimacy of an 8 passenger van. We believe it was well worth the trip.

Review by: Deanna	October 2011
A great trip with our guide, Stan, who was delightful.

Review by: Pi Rho	October 2011
Memorable. Enjoyed the small (8) group experience with a charming professional guide. Touring Reims and Epernay's Champagne houses was a real highlight as was the great luncheon. Would recommend to anyone.

Review by: KATHLEEN M	September 2011
Very enjoyable. Guide was very nice and informative.

Review by: Sylvia K	September 2011
We had just flown in from Melbourne and Paris was our Jet Lag stop - the winery trip was a great.way to help recover They picked us up from our hotel in a late model van and took care of everything. Shared the trip with only one other couple from Australia and a lady from the south America. A very personal experience. The smaller winery was very friendly, Moet Chandon was "grand". Lunch was brilliant, Guide most informative. Great way to see some more of the French countryside without the hassle of doing it yourself. Happy to recommend this tour to anyone.

Review by: Ross C	September 2011
A pleasant day but found the Moet and Chandon tour a little boring after having had another winery tour earlier in the day.

Review by: Shane C	August 2011
We had a great day going to the Champagne Region. Our guide Selena was very friendly and informative and she was also our translator at a local champagne house. The first stop was at the Reims Cathedral and that was a bit disappointing but the highlight was the Moet and Chandon Cellars.

Review by: Paula M	August 2011
This was the best trip! The tour guide was friendly and insightful. The country was beautiful and we enjoyed traveling with a small group to see the small and large champagne houses. We took three Viator tours this time when we visited Paris -- we will definitely use Viator in the future!

Review by: Darelle N	August 2011
Fantasic day trip - our guide was very welcoming and informative

Review by: Kelvin S	August 2011
A beautiful drive in the Champagne region with plenty of information about the wine growing region and the composition of the chalk soils which create the unique conditions for Champagne. The Reims Cathedral visit was much more relaxed than Notre Dame in Paris and the stained glass windows by Marc Chagall added an interesting twist to this historic monument. The winerys visited were very informative and the tasting was excellent. The lunch provided in Epernay was exceptional and very much enjoyed. The minivan tours are good value and provide a little more flexibility around the schedule. A very enjoyable day. Highly recommended.

Review by: grace m	July 2011
great services and detail explanations of the whole process of the champagne making. Learned something new!

Review by: Naomi C	July 2011
Sights and scenery were great, countryside was lovely, guide was not very informative and quite off hand when asked questions, not enough time in Reims or the places that mattered.

Review by: Douglas C	July 2011
Our tour guide was excellent; very knowledgeable and engaging. I was disappointed with the vegetarian meal request as it seemed to have been missed. All I received was as tossed salad and a plate of noodles. The dessert was good, however.

Review by: Maryanne G	July 2011
Thoroughly enjoyed our day. However when we stopped in a small village the descriptions of the area by a local had to be translated but were done so quite badly. The guides should speak better English. Also, our guide did not give a lot of explanations along the journey - compared to the guide that took us to Versailles. However the tours of the 2 vineyards we visited - Dauby and Moet and Chandon were excellent.

Review by: Fran	July 2011
Excellent tour with great tour guide and driver,Frederick. Fred was very knowledgeable on the Champagne region and added humour to our guide with his stories. The champagne tastings were good fun and the cellars amazing. I would recommend this tour to anyone who loves champagne and an interesting tour out in the beautiful French countryside

Review by: Kathryn Z	July 2011
This was a Perfect Day! Starting from pick-up at my hotel, the guide, the company, the itinerary were all just terrific and everything I hoped for. I DEFINITELY recommend this day trip!!

Review by: Margo S	July 2011
Vincent was great! Very informed and great personality. Would recommend the trip.

Review by: Peter B	June 2011
A well organised tour with a great host. Thanks

Review by: robert john c	June 2011
Our small group of aussies throughly enjoyed the day..Ian was enthusatic, food was terrific and the contrast of the two champagne houses was great; will definitely let people know back in australia its defintely worth doing.thanks again. rob cowell australai

Review by: Marlene R	May 2011
We loved our trip. Our tour guide Francios, (don't have correct spelling), was fantastic. We learned a lot, saw alot. Again our tour guide made it extra special.

Review by: Carolyn G	May 2011
A fantastic day out. Excellent guide,Chris. Recommend to anyone.

Review by: VICTORIA R	May 2011
The whole experience was very nice. Would have been five stars if our guide had given us more info on the cathedral. I noticed that one of the other guides in another van accompanied his group into the cathedral adn gave them a little history. Also, although from the advertisement you assume a small group with 8 people in a van, but we met up with two other vans at each stop and at lunch

Review by: Lindi R	May 2011
Vincent our tour guide was excellent. Lunch was delicious :)

Review by: Tabitha W	May 2011
This is a great tour, but please don't think that its "private" as it suggests. Although you are in an 8 person van, you meet up with other vans and take the tours together, so really its more like 30 people, not worth the extra charge if you ask us!! The tour guide was wonderful but we wish we would have been able to upgrade our tastings at the champagne houses. Lunch was OK. It would have been nice to have a bit more time to explore the small areas of the region but over all a good tour but NOT SMALL AND PRIVATE!!!

Review by: Edward C G	April 2011
It was everything I expected. We had a very personable private tour driver/guide. The wineries we visited were superb. It was very enjoyable sharing the tour with only one other couple--if the tour had a maximum of eight in the van it wouldn't have been as nice.

Review by: weipingw	April 2011
Wonderful trip. Wonderful tour guide.

Review by: Linda S	March 2011
We most definitely enjoyed our tour. All the people we met in the wine business were warm and cordial with loads of information about what they do. The minivan trip was great, too; Celine did a great job of driving and providing ongoing informative chat of where we were, what we were seeing, the history of the area and tidbits on life and living in the region. We loved it!! Of course, the Champagne tastings were terrific, too!!

Review by: renee h	March 2011
Had a great time with a great guide who was informative despite being new to the trip. Car was comfortable enough for the long trip and the compolsory sleep after lots of champaigne consumed. Lunch was fairly reasonable but staff not attentive at restaurant at all. Tours at champaigne houses were informative. _br/_ Overall a great trip and completly hassle free

Review by: Cathy H, United States of America	July 2010
I would highly recommended this tour! We had a fantastic time and our driver John was great! Our lunch was unbelieveable, and the two Champagne houses we visited were totally different! A great day ourside of Paris.

Review by: Kenneth P, United States of America	June 2010
We would recommend this tour to anyone, anytime! It was great!

Review by: Steven L, United States of America	May 2010
Very good trip. We enjoyed our visit to the small winery. It was very interesting and we enjoyed getting to talk to the owner. Our guide was knowledgeable and friendly. I would highly recommend this trip.

Review by: Martin G, Australia	May 2010
We had a fabulous and full day, just what we had wanted. The guide was friendly and knowledgeable, the sights simply divine, the champagne exquisite and the small and large producers provided a great balance to the day.

Review by: Llarry W, United States of America	May 2010
Our guide was very informative and helpful. The tour started on time and professionaly.

Review by: Anonymous, Australia	May 2010
A wonderful trip, with a fabulous and well informed guide.

Review by: Anonymous, United States of America	May 2010
A very enjoybale day with a gret tour guide. Leraned allot about the making of champagne as well as enjoyed the countryside ride.

Review by: Anonymous, Canada	October 2009
I thoroughly enjoyed this trip mainly because our guide was polite, considerate and knowledgeable. We were a bit late due to the traffic in Paris and for this reason we didn't have much time to really visit the Cathedrale de Reims. I would have prefer spending more time there and skip the tour of the first Champagne house.