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To the northwest of Reims, the Chenay vineyard is made up of a vast plateau on which stretch beautiful champagne vines. In autumn, the spectacle is even more magnificent.

This superb Romanesque church is worth the detour.

The Nécropole nationale de Cormicy is a French military cemetery from the First World War, located in the municipality of Cormicy, near Reims. The cemetery was created during the war to collect the bodies of the soldiers who died during the fighting on the Chemin des Dames. The cemetery was later expanded to include bodies excavated from other temporary cemeteries in the Vesle valley12. The cemetery has an area of 44,213 m² and contains 14,431 graves, of which 6,945 are in two ossuaries. Among the buried soldiers are two British from the First World War and ten from the Second World War. The cemetery is also called “La Maison Bleue”, after the farm that used to be there.

The Saint-Nicolas de Chenay church is characterized by the slender spire of its bell tower and its Italian-inspired western facade. It is accessed by a monumental staircase from rue du Général Leclerc. Entrance is through the door on the north side.

Years ago this place was a common place to wash clothes, now it is more of a reminiscence of the past and a beautiful little wash house.

On the edge of the Canal de l'Aisne à la Marne is this necropolis which pays homage to the dead of the great war. A little further in Berry-au-Bac, you will find another monument dedicated to the deaths of the tanks.

The charming city of Hermonville is part of the nearby outer ring of Reims, and is crossed by the Champagne Tourist Route. It is part of the Massif de Saint Thierry.

He is one of those churches which does not look like much, but which does impress. This is the case of this Saint-Hilaire church dating from the 12th century which houses a magnificent cloister: to discover!