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Champagne vineyards on the slopes east of Paris

Grand Est

Private Transfer from Paris to Champagne

Reims, Epernay, Hautvillers and the grand cru villages, in one day and one car. Your chauffeur drives between the appointments so that nobody has to skip a glass.

From central Paris, one way: Executive Eco from €285 · Premium Van from €450 · tolls included

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Tell us where you are going and the price appears straight away. Nothing is charged online. A real person confirms your transfer in writing, usually within the hour.

Fixed price, agreed before you travel.Child seats, tolls, meet and greet and waiting time all included.

Champagne is a region rather than a single stop, and that is exactly why it is difficult without a car. The two towns everyone names, Reims and Epernay, are twenty-five minutes apart. Between and around them lie the slopes that actually produce the wine: the Montagne de Reims, the Marne valley running west from Epernay, and the Cote des Blancs running south. The villages on those slopes are small, close together, and connected to each other by roads rather than by any useful public transport.

A day here works best as a loop. Something historic in the morning, a cellar visit before or after lunch, and an afternoon among the vines with a grower who pours in their own courtyard. That shape is easy with a chauffeur and close to impossible with a train ticket. It is also the responsible way to do it: this is a region whose entire purpose is tasting, and the drive back to Paris is not one to attempt afterwards.

Where We Pick You Up

Any address in Paris or the Paris region, and all three airports.

Your Paris hotel or apartment

Your chauffeur is at the door at the agreed hour. For a full Champagne day we usually suggest leaving early, and we plan the timings backwards from your first booked visit.

CDG, Orly or Beauvais

Charles de Gaulle sits on the Champagne side of Paris. We track the flight, meet you in arrivals and can take you straight into the vineyards with your luggage aboard.

Anywhere in Ile-de-France

Disneyland Paris and the eastern suburbs are already partway. We collect from wherever you are staying rather than making you travel into the centre first.

Distance and Travel Time

Champagne is a region, not a point, so a single published distance would be doubly misleading here: it changes with your pickup address and it changes with which part of the region you are heading for. Reims, Epernay and the Cote des Blancs villages are all different destinations, and a guest leaving Charles de Gaulle is starting from a different place than one leaving Orly.

The calculator above prices a specific journey properly. Enter your real pickup point and the town you want as your first stop, and it will ask the routing service for the actual road route and show you the distance in kilometres and the driving time before it quotes anything. Broadly, central Paris to Reims is around an hour and a half outside peak hours, and Epernay a little more.

For a full day moving between several villages, the transfer calculator is the wrong tool and we will say so. Send us the appointments you have made and we will quote a private day hire that includes the waiting and the driving between stops.

Vines running down a Champagne hillside above a village

What There Is to See

Reims gives you the historic half of the region: the coronation cathedral with its Chagall windows, the Palais du Tau, the Basilique Saint-Remi, and the great houses whose cellars run through Roman chalk pits listed by UNESCO.

Epernay gives you the Avenue de Champagne, one short street with an implausible quantity of wine beneath it, and it is the natural base for the vineyards.

Hautvillers is the village where Dom Perignon worked and is buried, five minutes above Epernay, with wrought-iron signs on every shopfront and a view down over the Marne valley.

The Cote des Blancs, running south through Cramant, Avize, Oger and Le Mesnil-sur-Oger, is chardonnay country and the source of blanc de blancs. The Montagne de Reims, between the two towns, is pinot noir country and holds villages such as Verzenay with its lighthouse and Bouzy. Small independent growers throughout both areas will receive visitors by appointment, and those visits are often the ones guests remember.

A suggested day, entirely indicative

A suggestion only. Your chauffeur works to the appointments you have made and you can change the plan during the day.

07:45 — Pickup in Paris

An early start keeps the A4 easy and gets you to Reims before the first coaches.

09:45 — Reims

Cathedral and old town on foot, then a cellar visit at one of the maisons if you have booked one.

13:00 — Over to Epernay

Twenty-five minutes through the Montagne de Reims. Lunch in Epernay or up in Hautvillers.

Afternoon — Vineyards, then home

A grower tasting on the Cote des Blancs, a slow drive through the villages, and back to Paris in the evening.

Travelling with Family

Child seats on request

Tell us the ages when you book and the correct seat or booster is fitted before the car leaves, at no additional charge.

Space for what you buy

The Premium Van is the usual choice for a Champagne day, both for the number of people and for the boxes that tend to come back. Do check your own customs allowance first.

No designated driver

Every adult in the party can taste at every stop. That is the single strongest argument for a chauffeur in this particular region.

Choosing Your Vehicle

Paris Chauffeur Transfers van on a long distance private transfer from Paris
Executive Eco2.00 EUR / kmUp to 4 passengers, 3 large cases. Minimum fare 85 EUR. 1.80 EUR / km after the first 100 km. Ideal for couples, families and business travellers.
Premium Van3.20 EUR / kmUp to 8 passengers, 7 large cases. Minimum fare 150 EUR. 2.80 EUR / km after the first 100 km. Ideal for families, groups and travellers with more luggage.

Every quote is built on real road distance from the routing service, never on a straight line. For a multi-stop day, message us instead and we will price the whole day rather than one leg of it.

Common Questions

Can we see Reims and Epernay in the same day?

Yes, comfortably, with a car. They are around twenty-five minutes apart. Doing both by train in one day from Paris is possible but leaves very little time in either.

How far is Champagne from Paris?

It depends on your pickup point and on which town you are heading for. Central Paris to Reims is usually around an hour and a half outside peak hours. Use the calculator above with your own address for a routed figure.

Do you book the cellar visits and tastings?

No. We are a private transfer company, not a tour operator. You book directly with the houses or growers, and we make sure you arrive on time for each one.

Which houses should we visit?

That depends on what you want. The large maisons in Reims and Epernay run polished guided tours and take online bookings. Small growers in the villages give something more personal but almost always require an appointment made in advance.

How is a full day priced?

As a private day hire covering the driving between stops and the waiting time, rather than as a single transfer. Send us your appointments on WhatsApp and we will quote the day properly.

Can you collect us from the airport with our luggage?

Yes. Charles de Gaulle is the most convenient. We track the flight, meet you in arrivals and your bags stay with you throughout.

When is the best time of year to go?

May to October is the most attractive, with the vines in leaf. Harvest, usually late August into September, is atmospheric but many producers stop receiving visitors while they are picking, so book early.

Can we continue east afterwards?

Yes. Champagne is on the way to Strasbourg, Colmar and Burgundy, and we run long distance private transfers across France. Ask us for a one-way or multi-day quote.

Book your transfer to Champagne

Get an instant price on the real road distance, or send us the houses you have booked and we will build the whole day around them.