Reims Budget Travel Guide provides helpful travel information for visiting this city in France. I create it to share information with fellow travel enthusiasts who are planning to explore Reims on their own. You can find here a list of all the places of interest in the city.
About Reims
Reims is a city in the Champagne-Ardenne region of France. It is about 129 km to the northeast of Paris, and about equal distance to the border with Belgium. The city is perhaps celebrated as the champagne capital of the world.
The main public squares in Reims are the Place Royale and Place Cardinal-Luçon. The main street of the city, Rue de Vesle, pass through the Place Royal.
Being at the center of champagne-producing country, Reims is home to many headquarters of champagne producers. Under the city are a maze of caves and tunnels where the champagne age slowly.
You can reach Reims from Paris by TGV high speed train in less than an hour. Reims is also connected to Lille, Bordeaux, Nantes and Strasbourg by high speed train.
Budget Travel within Reims
Reims is compact enough for you to explore it on foot. To cover greater distances, there is a public bus network operated by Transports Urbains de Reims.
Places of Interest in Reims
Ancien Collège des Jésuites & Planetarium College founded as a hospice in 1606. Added to it was the Planetarium in 1979.
Abbey of Saint-Remi Benedictine abbey and oldest church in Reims holding the relics of its namesake saint who die3d in AD553.
Cathédrale Notre-Dame Cathedral where all French kings since the 11th century have been crowned.
Cryptoportique Roman ruins including parts of the forum, triumphal arch and Porte Mars.
Musée de la Reddition Museum, formerly the Reims Technical College, where the Germans surrendered during World War II.
Musé des Beaux Arts Museum with a fine collection of 15th and 16th century paintings.
Musé St-Remi Museum within the Abbey of St-Remi displaying archaeological artifacts and 15th century tapestry.
Palace of Tau The palace of the Archbishop of Reims located near the Cathedral of Notre-Dame.
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