Champagne, the very word is a magical talisman synonymous with
celebration. The toast of a thousand hosts, it is the wine of
kings and the king of wine.
Champagne-Ardenne is a very sacred place, indeed, for the
connoisseur of fine wines and beautiful countryside. The region
abounds in deep forests, reflected in the clear brilliant water
of lakes and streams running through schistous and lime-stone
rocks, whose smooth undulating contours characterise the
Champagne plain. Within this limestone strata, hundreds of miles
of rock have been excavated to provide underground galleries for
the housing and maturing of the wine.
Along 650 kilometers of waterways and lakes, you may relax in
comfort and peace on board a house boat, bateaux-mouches or on a
panoramic boat-drifting through a variety of scenes, observing
migratory birds and animals who have made their habitat along
the banks.
Champagne-Ardenne can also be discovered from the air by plane,
helicopter or balloon. By car or in a coach, you can easily
find, off the beaten tracks, numerous splendors : the basilica
of l'Epine, the Reims cathedral, where the kings of France used
to be crowned, the Sedan castle, the fortified city of Langres,
the 16th century old houses at Troyes, the many wooden facade
churches in the Champagne bocage, the Meuse Valley, the Triangle
Sacré du Champagne, the great lakes, the country of
spring water and so on. Sport is also catered for, including
golf, horse riding, sail board, etc.
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