Reims hotels and guide

Attractions

Of Reims’ squares, the principal are the Place Royale, with a statue of Louis XV, and the Place Cardinal-Luçon, with an equestrian statue of Joan of Arc.

 UNESCO World Heritage Sites

• Notre-Dame de Reims

Features: One of the greatest masterpieces of the Middle Ages, Reims’ cathedral is where the kings of France were once crowned. It dates back to the 13^th century and its towers are 81m tall. One of the two bells, Charlotte, weighs almost 11 tons.

Open hours: Daily 7.30 a.m. – 7.30 p.m.

Location: 3 rue Guillaume de Machault

 

• Palais du Tau

Features: This used to be the palace of the Archbishop of Reims. A large Gallo-Roman villa occupied the site of the palace in the 6^th and 7^th centuries and later became a Carolingian palace. Still, the first documented use of the name dates to 1131.

Open hours: May – August 9.30 a.m. – 6.30 p.m.; September – April 9.30 a.m. – 12.30 p.m. and 2 p.m. – 5.30 p.m.; Closed on Mondays!

Admission: 6.50€

Location: 2 place du Cardinal Lucon

 

• Abbey of Saint-Remi

Features: It was founded around AD 1000 and it contains the relics of Saint Remi, a Bishop of Reims who converted Clovis, King of the Franks, to Christianity at Christmas in AD 496. The nave and the transepts are in Romanesque style and the stained glass dates back to the 12^th century.

Location: place de Lenoncourt

 

• Saint-Remi Museum

Features: Archaeological museum preserving, among others, a Gallo Roman sarcophagus, said to be that of the consul Jovinus. The museum also exhibits tapestries from the 16^th century, marble capitals from the 4^th century, medieval sculptures and many more.

Open hours: Daily 2 p.m. – 6.30 p.m.; Saturday – Sunday until 7 p.m.

Location: 53 rue Simon

 

 

Museums

• Musée des Beaux-arts

Features: It was founded in the 18^th century.

Open hours: Wednesday – Monday 10 a.m. – noon and 2 p.m. – 6 p.m.

Admission: 3€

Location: 8, rue Chanzy

 

• Musée de la Reddition

Features: this is where the Third Reich armies signed their surrender on May 7, 1945.

Open hours: Wednesday – Monday 10 a.m. – noon and 2 p.m. – 6 p.m.

Location: 12 rue Franklin Roosevelt

 

• Musée le Vergeur

Features: Old Reims’ museum housed in a 13^th century building.

Open hours: June – August 10 a.m. – noon and 2 p.m. – 6 p.m.; September – May 2 p.m. – 6 p.m.; Closed on Mondays!

Admission: 3.9€

Location: 36, place du Forum

Directions: Citadines (1 or 2) until Forum

 

• Musée Automobile Reims Champagne

Features: It is the fifth automobile museum in France according to the importance of the collections.

Open hours: April – October 10 a.m. – noon and 2 p.m. – 6 p.m.; November – March only until 5 p.m.; Closed on Mondays!

Admission: 6€

Location: 84 Avenue Georges Clemenceau

 

 

Other tourist attractions

• Planétarium

Features: The only planetarium in the region.

Admission: 3€

Location: 1, place Museux

Directions: Bus A, F, I, T (Saint-Maurice)

 

• Cryptoportique

Features: Gallo-Roman monument from the 3^rd century AD.

Open hours: June – mid-October 2 p.m. – 6 p.m., except Mondays

Admission: Free

Location: Place du Forum

Directions: Citadines (1 or 2) until Forum

 

• Chapelle Foujita

Features: It is a 20^th century chapel entirely designed by the Japanese painter Léonard Foujita.

Open hours: May – October 2 p.m. – 6 p.m.; Closed on Wednesdays!

Admission: 3€

Location: 33, rue du Champ de Mars

Directions: Bus K (Foujita)

 

• Porte de Mars

Features: It is an ancient Roman triumphal arch from the 3^rd century AD, the widest arch in the Roman world.

Location: Place de la République