Champagne-Ardenne uses numbers to push your traveling hormones up. It has 291 tourist hotels totaling to 8,000 rooms, 152 bed-and-breakfasts, 19 museums, 92 movie theaters, 16 cultural theaters, 10 golf courses, 650 kilometers of waterways and 8 lakes exclusive to tourists including Lake Der-Chantecoq – the largest manmade lake in Europe. When a destination speaks to you this way, you know you’re going to a place designed to please you. And who wouldn’t want to get pleased to their hearts content, right?

Tourists visit Champagne for its charming history and world-famous wine. But when they begin to discover its cultural heritage and cuisine, they most often change their itineraries and pay a visit to the ancient houses in Troyes. Troyes is home to 16th century half-timbered houses; it’s number incomparable to any other city in Europe.

Some drop by to see the walls in Langres while others visit Epernay, Reims or Colombey-les-deux- Églises. In Epernay and Reims, sink yourself into Champagne’s history with a barrage of astounding churches and cathedrals as well as more 16th century-old buildings.

You can check out and rent a houseboat in Reim, Sedan and Charleville-Mézières. Lakes, like Der-Chantecoq, offer boating, sailing, fishing and swimming activities. The regional forests, on the other hand, will invite you for a little hunting and hiking.

If you want to explore off-the-beaten-path sights in Ardenne, take a trip through Route des Fortifications. You can also take a peek at champagne-making and pass through a ton of vineyards and cellars via Route Touristique du Champagne and Route du Champagne dans l'Aube. Big Champagne houses provide guided tours and tasting trips for a fee.

You might want to schedule your trip to Champagne between July to October to enjoy 200 free concerts, sound-and-light shows and rock festivals in Reims.

But by all means, see them all and see more!