Champagne

Champagne is the height of fine living and sophisticated French culture. With its rolling green hills covered with Champagne grapes and dotted with wine villages, this area invites you to celebrate with its famous bubbles. The World War I memorial and Bellau Wood battleground near Chateau Thierry are more sobering, but very historic sights worth seeing. The Reims Cathedral, where many French kings were coronated, is a grand and historic site.

There are several routes in Champagne favored by our barge cruises.

Marne River
Canal Latéral à la Marne
Canal de l'Aisne à la Marne

Connecting Paris to eastern France, the Marne River and two canals flowing through Champagne provide scenic waterways surrounded by vineyards with small wine villages ideal for mooring for the night.

• Sightseeing can include:
  • Cathedral at Reims where French kings were crowned
  • Champagne tasting at private cellars
  • The vineyards of Moet et Chandon, Veuve Clicquot, Mumm and others
  • World War I battlefields, monuments and cemeteries
  • Village of Hautvillers, the home of Dom Perignon, the creator of Champagne
    

There are three diverse routes for Champagne cruises:

• Between Chateau-Thierry and Maisy
• Between Sillery and Jaulgonne
• Between Meaux and Sillery

Browse Champagne Barges

The barges cruising the Marne River,
Canal Latéral à la Marne,
Canal de l'Aisne à la Marne

• Hirondelle - 8 passengers - $$$ 
• Panache - 12 passengers - $$$
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• ​C'est la Vie - 8 passengers - $$$$

Please see the individual barge's itineraries for the diverse routes and excursions they include.

For more information, call ​1-800-880-0071 or

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