Taste only the Best Champagne in Epernay and Reims with France Off the Beaten Path Tours.
France Off the Beaten Path Tours are packed with food, fun, and, by the end of the tour, new friends for life! Christy offers several tours to different areas of France, allowing you to choose an area that interests you. I have enjoyed eight (8) tours with Christy, from my first tour in June, 2018 until my two most current ones, both in September/October, 2025, and I am always ready to return. My first tour was Provence Lavender Tour in June/July, 2018. My second tour was a fall trip to Provence in September, 2021. My third, fourth, and fifth trip was from September 18, 2022 through October 9, 2022, visiting Bordeaux, Loire Valley, and Provence - back to back; my sixth trip was to the Champagne Region of both Epernay, the Capital of Champagne, and Reims, also known for its prestigious Champagne Houses. And, September/October, 2025, my most recent trips, my seventh to Province and my eighth to Champagne area once again. September, 2025 was a momentous birthday for me, and Christy and her wonderful staff made sure this year was my best birthday ever! And of course it was! Christy provided a private tour to Paris and to the Champagne areas for myself and 3 of my friends - whom I met on or through Christy's tours. Christy and her entire staff/guides attempt to accommodate one's every little desire of things to do or places to see. The hotels she chooses are all small privately owned boutique hotels, with owners that welcome Christy's guests like they are family; her numerous friendships with well known Chefs - many with Michelin Stars - guarantee that you are eating the best food in France! And, of course, my favorite: the most exquisite wine and Champagne you will ever taste! From the prestigious Chateauneuf-du-Pape wine produced in the Southern Rhone Valley of Provence , to France's wine capital of Bordeaux, where one tastes France's most prestigious red wines, to the beautiful Champagne Capital of Epernay (and Reims) where you will enjoy the ultimate of all - Champagne! Christy takes you inside many prestigious Champagne Houses, but the ultimate reward of this tour is visiting France's oldest Champagne House, which, until this year (2025), was not open to the public. Christy did not allow that to prevent her from doing what she does best - "think outside the box" and she excitedly accepted the challenge of negotiating with Gosset so her guests could take a private tour and tasting of this elegant, best Champagne ever - or at least I think it is! I hope this review paints a picture for everyone at what an innovative, adventurous, knowledgeable and just downright fun person Christy is. And she surrounds herself with the same type of people, as her guides are as fun and eager to provide their guests with the absolute best time of their lives! I am counting the days until I can return to visit Christy and take another tour with France Off The Beaten Path! One more thing, Christy will organize private tours as well!! I cannot recommend Christy and France Off The Beaten Path enough!!