What to see & do

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MUMM, Taittinger, and all the big Champagne Champa hitters have cellar tours and tastings, tasti but better value can be had by heading head to smaller growers. Maison Collet in nearby Ay, is more generous than most; mo after the tour you can try three glasses g of their fizz for £24.50 ( citeduchampagnecolletcogevi.com). citeduc Cat Cathedral magnifique

IF YOU only see one cathedral in France Fr there’s a strong argument that it should be the gargantuan Notre-Dame de Reims. 33 kings have been crowned here, some of the stained glass windows were designed by Marc Chagall and the Gothic nave is the size of a football pitch (cathedrale-reims.com).

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THE aromas of cheese and ham draw you automatically on Saturday Satu mornings to Rue de Mars where whe the stall holders of Les Halles du B Boulingrin ( marcheduboulin grin.f fr) display their produce under a huge, hu white concrete arc. Find little known champagnes and wines at excellent ex prices at Vino Degust and feather-light fe cakes and pastries at A la Brioche Feuilletee. The final fin front

AT 2:41am on May 7, 1945, a tiny school room was w where, in front of General Eisenhower, Eisenho General Alfred Jodl signed the German Ger surrender. Now known as the Musee Mus de la Reddition, it has been very well we preserved. The table on which the documents doc were signed remains, alongside alongsid ashtrays and campaign maps (£4.40, musees-reims.fr). m