A champagne day trip from Paris: Reims by TGV, or a small-group tour to Épernay

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💡 The Short Version: Reims is the easy version: a TGV in about 45 minutes, then a cellar tour at a big house such as Mumm (€30 to €60, 1½ hours). Épernay is a direct train from Gare de l’Est in 80 minutes, with Moët & Chandon five minutes from the station. Houses close on set days, so check the calendar before you pick a date: from 1 November Mumm is shut on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. The vineyards and the village of Hautvillers need a car. Or book a tour: the small-group day trip with six tastingsad (from £197.13, 4.9 stars from 368 reviews, 11 hours, at most eight people) leaves Paris at 7:00, and nobody has to drive after the tastings.

Getting there on your own

Times are from the tourist office and the houses’ own pages, 30 September 2026. TGV fares change with the date; book on SNCF Connect.

• Reims has two TGV stations: Reims-Centre, in the middle of the city, and Champagne-Ardenne TGV in Bezannes, which a tram links to the centre (reims-tourisme.com).
• From Charles de Gaulle the TGV to Reims takes 30 minutes, so a flight day can double as a champagne day.
• Between the two towns the TER runs on the “Ligne des Bulles”, the bubbles line, from Reims to Épernay.
• The vineyards at Hautvillers, where Dom Pérignon is buried, and in the villages between the two towns are reached by car or on a tour.

Tours from Paris

Prices are GetYourGuide’s lowest “from” price on 30 September 2026, and every tour below had dates in its calendar that day. Cellars stay at about 10°C, so take a jacket.

Small group, six tastings

From £197.13 · 4.9 stars from 368 reviews · 11 hours · 7:00 departure · 8 people at most

From Paris: Small-Group Champagne Day Trip with Six Tastingsad runs every day of the year. The route is Reims Cathedral, the Nicolas Feuillatte house with three tastings, a family-run winery with three more, the abbey church at Hautvillers and an hour for lunch in Épernay. The guide speaks English.

Eight tastings and lunch

From £278.56 · 4.8 stars from 1,752 reviews · 10 hours · hotel pick-up

Champagne Day Trip from Paris with 8 Tastings & Lunchad visits one large house, such as Mumm, Moët & Chandon, Pommery or Nicolas Feuillatte, and a family estate or cooperative. Lunch at a winemaker’s table, with at least three champagnes, is included. The minivan takes eight at most and drops you at the Place de l’Hôtel de Ville.

Cathedral, Avenue de Champagne and a three-course lunch

From £299.13 · 4.8 stars from 708 reviews · 11 hours · hotel pick-up

Paris: Champagne Day Trip with Tastings, Cathedral & Pick-upad visits Reims Cathedral and the Avenue de Champagne in Épernay. It includes two tastings, at a house such as Moët & Chandon and at a small producer, and a three-course lunch. Children under 16 are not taken.

From Reims: an afternoon or a morning

If you take the train to Reims yourself, two half-day tours leave from the tourist office at Reims-Centre station and go to small family producers:

• Champagne and Family-Run Wineries Tourad is from £111.42 (4.8 stars from 860 reviews, 4½ hours). It leaves at 14:00, visits Hautvillers and two wineries with three tastings each, and is back at 18:30.
• Morning Champagne Tour and Tastingsad is from £102.85 (4.8 stars from 549 reviews, 4 hours). It leaves at 9:20, visits two family producers with six tastings between them, and is back at 13:10.
• Veuve Clicquot and Family-Run Winery Day Tour & Lunchad is from £282.84 (4.9 stars from 144 reviews, 7½ hours). It starts at Reims or Épernay, tours the Veuve Clicquot cellars, walks through Hautvillers and has lunch at a winery, with nine tastings in all.

All three need at least two people to run.

Vineyards at Hautvillers, above the Marne. Photo: René Boulay, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The houses, on your own

Cellar tours at the big houses run to a timetable and need a slot. Prices are for one adult, read on each house’s own site on 30 September 2026.

Mumm, Reims

34 rue du Champ de Mars · €30, €42 or €60 · 1½ hours · book online

The cellars run for almost 25 km under the city. The €30 Cordon Rouge tour ends with one tasting; the €42 Pinot Noir tour and the €60 Vintage Grand Cru tour each end with two (mumm.com). Visits run every day from 1 May to 31 October, and Thursday to Monday from 1 November to 21 December and from 1 March to 30 April. From 15 January to 28 February they run Thursday to Saturday only. The hours are 10:00 to 12:30 and 13:30 to 18:00 (10:30 and 17:30 from 15 January to 28 February). The tour is on foot; wear something warm.

Moët & Chandon, Épernay

18 avenue de Champagne · €48, €65 or €85 · 1½ hours · open 9:30–17:00 daily

The cellars run for 28 km, five minutes’ walk from Épernay station (moet.com). The Imperial Moment tour is €48 with two glasses (Impérial and Rosé Impérial); the Signature tour is €65 and the Grand Vintage tour €85. Moët takes visitors without a booking, but tours are limited and it recommends booking online.

The Avenue de Champagne, Épernay. Photo: Krzysztof Golik, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Mercier, Épernay

68 avenue de Champagne · €25, €30 or €35 with an audio guide, €45 with a guide · about 1½ hours

A driverless train carries you through a section of Mercier’s 18 km of cellars, with one, two or three cuvées to taste depending on the tour (champagnemercier.com). Every tour includes a tasting. In 2026 it is open daily from 6 April to 15 November, and Wednesday to Sunday from 18 November to 27 December. Same-day tours cannot be booked online; call the visitor centre.

Taittinger, Reims

Saint-Nicaise site · book at book-a-visit.taittinger.fr · open all year

The cellars are in the Gallo-Roman chalk quarries and the remains of the Saint-Nicaise abbey, eighteen metres underground, and the house offers four tasting experiences (taittinger.com). It also runs a restaurant on the site, Polychrome.

Reims or Épernay

The west front of Reims Cathedral. Photo: Ștefan Jurcă, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0.

• Reims is the shorter train and has the cathedral where the kings of France were crowned, so it fits a day that is half cellar, half city. Mumm and Taittinger are both there.
• Épernay is a longer train, but Moët & Chandon and Mercier are both on the Avenue de Champagne, so two cellars fit in a day on foot.
• The one thing to check is the house’s calendar. Closing days differ from house to house and change from November.

Other day trips

Champagne is one of several day trips from Paris, and has the highest-priced tours among them. For a cheaper day that also needs a train, see the Loire châteaux or Monet’s garden at Giverny. For what to book in the city first, see what to book before you go.

Common questions

Can you visit Champagne in a day from Paris?

Yes. Reims is about 45 minutes from Paris by TGV, and Moët & Chandon says a direct train from Gare de l'Est reaches Épernay in 80 minutes. Both towns have champagne houses that run their own cellar tours. A tour from Paris adds the vineyards and Hautvillers, which need a car.

How much is a champagne cellar visit in Reims and Épernay?

Mumm in Reims charges €30, €42 or €60 depending on the tasting. Moët & Chandon in Épernay charges €48 to €85 for its 1½-hour tours, and Mercier's cellar train tour is €25 to €35 with an audio guide, €45 with a guide. Prices read on the houses' own sites on 30 September 2026.

Is a champagne tour from Paris worth it?

It is worth it for the vineyards and the small producers, which need a car, and so that nobody drives after the tastings. It costs more than doing Reims alone: the small-group tour with six tastings is from £197.13 on GetYourGuide, against a €30 cellar visit at Mumm plus the train fare.

Do champagne houses need to be booked?

Book Mumm and Taittinger online. Moët & Chandon takes visitors without a booking but recommends one, and Mercier sells same-day tours by phone only. Opening days change with the season, so check the house's calendar before you go.