Week-end in Champagne: châteaux and vineyards between Marne and Aisne

Two-day weekend between châteaux and Champagne vineyards, from Château-Thierry to Louvois

Week-end in Champagne: châteaux and vineyards between Marne and Aisne

From Château-Thierry to Louvois, via the Château de Boursault built for the Veuve Clicquot: a two-day weekend between medieval ruins, Renaissance manor houses and Champagne vineyards.

Editorial journal · Carte des Châteaux ·

Between the ruins of a 9th-century fortress and a Renaissance manor house built for one of Champagne’s most famous houses, this two-day weekend follows the Marne Valley eastwards, from the Aisne to the heart of the Champagne vineyards. Three stops, one setting: slopes covered in vines, winegrower villages and châteaux that each tell the story of a different century.

Porte Saint-Jean, Château-Thierry

The Porte Saint-Jean, in Château-Thierry

Designed by Philippe le Bel as a small autonomous fortress, it still marks the entrance to the castle site.

Château de Château-Thierry

AISNE · Château-Thierry

Château de Château-Thierry

The Château de Château-Thierry is a former fortified castle, founded in the 9th century by the Counts of Vermandois and remodelled in the 12th and 13th centuries by the Counts of Champagne, then by Philip the Fair in the 14th century, and finally by Antoine de Bourgogne at the end of the 15th and the beginning of the 16th century. Its remains stand in the French commune of Château-Thierry in the Aisne department, in the Hauts-de-France region. The ruins of the former castle and the mound on which they stand have been classified as historic monuments by decree of 2 August 1932.

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Château de Boursault

Marne · Boursault

Château de Boursault

Le château de Boursault est un château français de style Renaissance situé dans la commune de Boursault, près d'Épernay, dans le département de la Marne et la région Grand Est. Il a été construit entre 1842 et 1848 pour la célèbre Veuve Clicquot, propriétaire de la maison de Champagne éponyme.

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Château de Louvois

MARNES · Val de Livre

Château de Louvois

Château de Louvois, situé, dans le département de MARNES, est un site castral dont l’histoire remonte. Sa position et sa fonction fortifiée illustrent le rôle joué par ce type d’édifice dans le contrôle et l’organisation du territoire. L’édifice constitue un témoin du patrimoine castral local et de l’évolution historique de son territoire.

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The route on the map

The weekend itinerary in Champagne

From Château-Thierry to Louvois, along the Marne Valley.

Markers follow the suggested visiting order. Select a castle to open its page.

Day by day

The itinerary

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Boursault

19th-century Renaissance château built for the Veuve Clicquot, amid the vines.

Château de Boursault
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Louvois

Historic monument-listed château at the gates of the Montagne de Reims vineyards.

Château de Louvois