What to do · Épernay
A Walk along the Avenue de Champagne
Information
- Price
- Free
- Duration
- 1 h
- Distance
- 1.5 km
- Season
- All year
- Who it's for
- All ages
- With a dog
- On a lead; not allowed in the cellars
The Avenue de Champagne is the street of the great houses: 1.5 km of mansions, cobbled courtyards and 19th-century gardens that form part of the “Champagne Hillsides, Houses and Cellars” site, inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2015. Beneath it, in galleries dug into the chalk, some 200 million bottles are resting.
How to walk it
Start at the tourist office, at number 7, and walk east: Moët & Chandon at number 18, the Château Perrier with the wine museum at number 13, Perrier-Jouët and its Maison Belle Époque, and at the end, the villas that look out over the vineyard. You can do it on foot or by bike. The tourist office has a guided route for your phone, Bulle Verte, covering the buildings of the avenue and the town centre.
When to go
Any day. On 14 July there is the Soirée Blanche, and in December, the Habits de Lumière. At dusk, the light on the façades is the best of the day.
As a familyWith a dog
