"The Capital of Champagne" Reims by dimilag

Reims is the capital of Champagne. Getting back to the history of this area, you should visit the magnificent historical landmarks, several of which are included in the World Heritage List maintained by UNESCO.

Reims' Cathedral

Start by visiting the sublime Notre-Dame de Reims, which is illuminated by the pure, radiant expression of its famous Smiling Angel, a masterpiece of French Gothic sculpture. The vertiginous spires, glowing stained glass, and lacy stonework of Champagne's cathedrals (Soissons, Laon, Troyes, and Châlons-sur-Marne in addition to Reims) are testaments not only to an enduring Christian faith, but also to a common will to assert France's unique place in the world through its art, its technical mastery, its political, military and financial might—in other words, all the elements required to build a modern state. This resolve, initiated by kings and bishops, relayed to the common people by their priests and flowed through the land, giving rise to churches, abbeys, and monasteries: signs of the spiritual continuity and political cohesion that ultimately extended to all of France.

Champagne Cave

Reims is the capital of the Champagne region and there are several Champagne cellars in Reims centre including Taittinger, Piper-Heidsieck, Mumm, Krug and Veuve Clicquot. Many of the Champagne houses offer tours at their cellars and tasting their products.

Experience Champagne's soft and round native flavors. Think of ivory-skinned Chaource or buttery Pierre-Robert cheeses, silken boudin blanc sausage and such typical sweets as pink-tinged biscuits de Reims or croquinoles (tiny merinques). Finaly there's Champagne itself, the sparkling, elegant soul of the region's chalk-rich soil.

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