OT de Reims

(OT de Reims)

Address : 12, boulevard Général Leclerc
Postcode : 51100
Town : REIMS

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Description - City-breaks in France
Description - Art of living in France
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Adress : Office de tourisme de Reims 2, rue Guillaume de Machault

Postcode : 51100

City : Reims

Tel : 33 (0) 892 701 351

Fax : 33 (0) 3 26 77 45 19

Email : accueil@reims-tourisme.com

Website : http://www.reims-tourism.com

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General description : The City of Art and History of Reims invites you to visit its essential UNESCO-listed world Heritage sites: the Notre-Dame Cathedral and the Tau Palace, which contains a museum of objects from the cathedral, the basilica and the Saint-Remi Abbey Museum, devoted to the bishop who baptised Clovis.

As you stroll through the streets, by day or by night, you will be struck by the wealth of sites, monuments and museums bearing witness to the history of Reims, from Gallo-Roman times to the present day via the Art Deco period.

Savour the world of champagne and the gourmet cooking it accompanies: 250 km (155 miles) of cellars and crayères (Gallo-Roman chalk vaults) are open to you. Visit the major Champagne Houses, estates and cellars along the Route Touristique du Champagne.

Come and feel the rhythm of the events, shows and festivals.

Discover the jewels the town has to offer. The Reims Tourist Office has developed package deals covering a day or several days. One of our top products is the Reims City Card : access to 5 museums, a visit to a major champagne house including a tasting session, a guided tour of Notre-Dame Cathedral.

Description - City-breaks in France

Description of activity "City-breaks in France" : Reims, located at 100 miles at the north-east of Paris, holds all the advantages of a regional capital, with busy shopping streets to stroll along, and those of a city of great artistic interest which is endowed with an exceptional cultural heritage due to its bimillenary history.
The former capital city of the Roman province of Belgium has kept from Antiquity the largest three-arch gate of the Roman world, the Gate of Mars. After the baptism of Clovis, King of Franks, in 496 by archbishop Remi, Reims became the site of the coronations of the Kings of France between 1223 and 1825. This tradition gave Reims the most beautiful Gothic façade of the kingdom : the one of Notre-Dame Cathedral. Reims is also the place where the surrender of German troops was signed in Eisenhower's headquarters in Reims too on May 7th, 1945. Today of course Reims is famous for it's champagne.
As many as 4 monuments are listed on the UNESCO World Heritage : Notre-Dame Cathedral, masterpiece of Gothic art and famous for its wonderful stained glass windows (13th century and Chagall). The Tau Palace, former residence of the archbishops of Reims, which nowadays houses sculptures, tapestries, valuables, sacramental gold and silver, and the coronation regalia of Charles X. Saint-Remi Basilica is the largest Romanesque pilgrimage church in northern France and the shrine of Saint Remi. The former royal Abbey of Saint-Remi today houses the museum of History and Archaeology and its impressive collections from the prehistory to the Renaissance.
The prestigious Champagne Houses should not be missed either. Get into the about 150 miles of cellars that are often former Gallo-Roman chalk pits and discover the secrets of Champagne making.
Apart from this, you will enjoy the celebrations that take place in Reims every year:
- the "Sacres du Folklore" : the world's best folklore troupes take part in June in the largest festival of Northern France ;
- Joan of Arc Festival : in June you can stroll along the wooden houses of the medieval market and follow the pageant of Charles VII's coronation with Joan of Arc ;
- the "Flâneries Musicales de Reims" : every summer the Summer Promenade Concerts offer about 100 concerts given by renowned classical and jazz artists throughout the city ;
- the "Reims Jazz Festival" takes place in November in the neo-Tudor "Domaine Pommery" ;
- the Christmas Village and the Cribs Road, that crosses the wine-growing villages ;
- and many other events all year round.
Reims Tourist Office suggests you to benefit from their packages for individuals and groups and from its guided and audioguided tours. Contact us for any kind of information !
www.reims-tourisme.com
By 2007, Reims will be only 45 min away from Paris and 30 min from Paris - Airport Charles De Gaulle with the TGV.

Description - Art of living in France

Description of activity "Art of living in France" : Reims, the main production centre of the king of wines, champagne, is located 100 miles north-east of Paris. The city is the home of the most prestigious champagne houses : Pommery, Veuve Clicquot, Ruinart, Taittinger, Mumm, Piper-Heidsieck, Lanson. A visit of their cellars, which are often housed in impressive Gallo-Roman chalk pits, will reveal to you the secrets of the "méthode champenoise".

You will continue your discovery on the slopes of the "Montagne de Reims", which are covered with vineyards and edged with the Route of Champagne and its picturesque villages. There you will be welcomed by numerous vine growers and one of them will introduce you to the complex handlings that make champagne reach its perfection. Or maybe you will be intrigued by the unexpected presence of the Lighthouse of Verzenay, which stands in the middle of a "sea of vineyards". Inside you will discover the work of vine growing through the most modern museographical techniques.

Reims is also worth a break because of its exceptional cultural heritage (4 monuments are on the list of the UNESCO World Heritage, including its famous Cathedral Notre-Dame, where the coronations of the Kings of France took place) and of its many good restaurants.

As soon as 2007, Reims will be only 45 min from Paris and 30 min from Airport Paris - Charles De Gaulle by the TGV.

www.reims-tourisme.com

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Tel : 33 (0) 3 26 77 45 15

Fax : 33 (0) 3 26 77 45 07

Email : visit@reims-tourisme.com

Website : http://www.reims-tourisme.com

Tourism Services

Structure : Official tourism authorities

Classification : 4 stars

Services : Information, Last minute reservations, Souvenir sales, Guided tours