HotelChatter - Reims

Old School Veuve Clicquot Estate Sheds WWI Damage for New School Makeover

Heidi Atwal — 2011-11-14T17:30:01-05:00

Is that neon-lighting we see in the background?

Long operating hotels are working double time to keep up with their slick newer counterparts, undergoing minor facelifts or totally gutting their interiors to compete with fresh faced, showy young'uns. Truth be told, we often enjoy staying at places with a bit of time-worn character, but when a building's facade bears damage from World War I, even us history buffs think it's time for an extreme makeover.

Champagne Wishes

Courtney — 2006-06-30T11:10:59-05:00

<![CDATA[<img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/crayeres_hotel.jpg">North Americans tend to think Champagne is purely posh, celebratory, and extravagant. There's a stigma that the golden bubbly elixir is for the elite and those who really need a reason for festivity. But apparently none of this is true...as long as you're in Champagne, France. Everyday is a Champagne day in Reims, the major city of this department. A two hour jaunt from Paris can bring you your real Champagne wishes but, we're not sure about the caviar. If you really want to go all the way, looks like you should stay at <a href="http://www.gerardboyer.com/">Les Crayeres Hotel</a>. Your entire stay at this hotel can revolve around Champagne all the while being in Champagne. It doesn't get anymore

Champagne Hangovers Are Classy

markj — 2005-11-11T15:06:51-05:00

<![CDATA[<img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3/champagne_cottage.jpg"> You know <a href="http://www.20six.co.uk/selfish/archive/2004/09/10/1pv28dimswjgj.htm">what they say about a champagne hangover</a>, it is no different from a regular hangover, except you feel a lot classier. We can't decide what is best about <a href="http://www.bargaingites.co.uk/sermiers.html">Le Clos St. Martin</a>, the fact that you are surrounded by parkland, so the chances of a drunken arrest are slim, or the fact that you are smack dab in the middle of champagne country, so you have a never ending supply of the worlds best bubbly. Either way Le Clos St. Martin is a four bedroom detached cottage in the heart of the Reims Mountain Nature Park and the champagne producing vineyards just 12km south of Reims that claims to sleep up to nine.