How to Visit the Reims Champagne Houses in 2026: Cellar Slots, Trains and What It Costs
The short answer. There is no single ticket for the champagne houses of Reims. Each house sells its own cellar tour, online and by the slot, from EUR 30 at Mumm to EUR 90 at Ruinart. Reims Cathedral is free. The TGV from Paris takes about 45 minutes. A tour adds the family growers in the villages, which you cannot reach easily without a car.
Most people start by looking for Reims Champagne tickets, and find there is no single one to buy. You book each house on its own site, for a set time, and each visit runs an hour or two. Here is how to plan a first visit: which house to book, how to get there, and when a tour does the job better.
Reims Champagne quick facts
| House cellar tours | EUR 30 to EUR 90 for the entry-level visit, booked online by time slot |
|---|---|
| Reims Cathedral | Free, open every day from 8:00 |
| Cathedral towers | EUR 9, guided and booked online, mid-February to mid-November |
| Tourist offices | 6 rue Rockefeller, by the cathedral; and the Cour de la Gare, by Reims Centre station |
| From Paris | About 45 minutes by TGV |
| To Épernay | 27 km; the TER takes about 30 minutes |
| Shared tours | From $51 for an hour's tasting in town; half days $140 to $183 |
Prices as of September 2026. Check each house's own booking page before you travel, because slots and calendars change with the season.
Booking a cellar slot at a house
Every big house in Reims runs its own visits. You pick a date and a time, pay online, and arrive a little early. The cheapest visit is usually an hour to two hours in the cellars with one or two glasses at the end. Dearer visits add older cuvées or a longer tasting.
| House | Entry-level visit | Length | Glasses |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mumm | EUR 30 | 1 hour 30 | 1 |
| Lanson | EUR 32 | About 2 hours | Varies by visit |
| Veuve Clicquot | EUR 36 | 1 hour | Brut Yellow Label |
| Pommery | EUR 48 | 2 hours | 2 |
| Ruinart | EUR 90 | 2 hours, 12 places | 2 |
Taittinger also opens its cellars for tastings all year, with a choice of tasting visits, but it publishes no price in advance. The Reims champagne houses sets out every house's visits, depths and calendars in one place.
Which days the houses open
The calendars are the part most people get wrong. Here are the two largest:
- Veuve Clicquot is closed from late December to early April. It opens Tuesday to Sunday from 7 April, every day from 29 June to 30 August, Tuesday to Sunday again to 1 November, then Wednesday to Sunday to early January.
- Mumm opens every day from 1 May to 31 October. In March, April and from November to 21 December it opens Thursday to Monday. From mid-January to February it opens Thursday to Saturday only.
- Ruinart takes 12 people per visit, so book it early for a summer date.
If your dates are fixed, book the house first and build the day around it. When to visit Reims Champagne sets the house calendars against the harvest and the events.
Getting there from Paris
The TGV runs from Paris to Reims in about 45 minutes. Check which station your train arrives at. Reims Centre is in the city centre, and the shared tours meet on its square. Champagne-Ardenne TGV is outside the city; Veuve Clicquot puts it ten minutes by car from its visit centre.
Going to Épernay instead? Direct trains from Paris Gare de l'Est take about 1 hour 20 minutes. From Épernay station the Avenue de Champagne is five minutes on foot. The TER between Reims and Épernay runs about every 30 minutes and takes about half an hour. Reims Champagne or Épernay weighs up the two towns as a base.
The two tourist offices
Reims has two tourist offices, and the difference matters. The main office is on the cathedral square, at 6 rue Rockefeller, open every day. The second is a small information point on the Cour de la Gare, by Reims Centre station. From September to February it opens Monday to Saturday, 8:30 to 12:00 and 13:00 to 17:00, and is closed on Sundays.
Most shared tours meet outside the station point, not the cathedral office. If you book a tour, read the meeting point twice. The Reims Champagne map marks both.
What to wear and bring
- A warm layer. The chalk cellars stay at 10 to 12 °C all year, even in August.
- Shoes with grip. Cellar tours are on foot, with stairs down and back up.
- No dogs. Veuve Clicquot and Mumm do not allow animals on their visits.
- Proof of age. Nobody under 18 is served alcohol in France.
How long to allow
| Your plan | Time | What fits |
|---|---|---|
| One house | 1 to 2 hours | The cellars and a tasting |
| A house and the cathedral | Half a day | Both on foot from the centre |
| A half-day tour | About 4 hours | Two family growers in the villages |
| A full-day tour | 7 to 9 hours | A house, growers, Hautvillers, often lunch |
| A day from Paris | 11 to 12 hours | About four of them on the road |
Two houses in a day is plenty. More than that and the tastings blur together.
Every way to do it with a tour
- Growers in an afternoon. The afternoon with two family growers leaves the station square at 2:00 pm, from $152 per person.
- A house and growers, with lunch. The Mumm day adds Maison Mumm's cellars, from $292.
- From Paris. The day trip from Paris leaves at 7:00 am, from $263; every Paris start is on the champagne tours from Paris page.
- Your own car. The private champagne tours from Reims collect you from your hotel.
Close by, on foot
Reims Cathedral is free and opens at 8:00, so you can see it before a morning cellar slot. The towers are a separate guided climb of 249 steps, EUR 9, booked ahead. The Palais du Tau next door is closed for works until 2027. The Basilica of Saint-Remi is a bus ride away, on lines 4, 6, 11 and 40. Things to do in Reims Champagne country covers each one.
Three ways to plan a first Reims champagne day
From Reims morning Champagne family growers
Two family-run wineries and six tastings in a morning, from the Reims station square at 9:20 am and back by 1:15 pm. Eight people at most; lunch is yours.
From $140 per person
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Champagne Tour from Paris: Small Group, Tastings & Pickup
Collected from your central Paris hotel for a family producer, a big house when one is available, the cathedral in Reims and the avenue in Épernay, with a blind tasting and a sabrage at the end. Lunch is not in the fare.
From $262 per person
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Veuve Clicquot Tour From Paris
The train from Paris Gare de l'Est and back, the cellars of a famous house, lunch and ten tastings in all. The fare cannot be refunded or changed once booked.
From $645 per person
Check AvailabilityNext: choose one house to book direct, then add the growers with a half day. Every fare sits side by side on Reims Champagne Tours.