Paris Champagne Tours

Paris Champagne Tour Prices, and What Each Fare Includes

A long brick-vaulted cellar corridor with bottles stacked along the walls

Many people search for Paris Champagne tickets and find there is no gate. What you buy is a day: a seat or a car, the cellar visits, and sometimes lunch. Fares run from $92 for a Seine cruise to $1,229 per person for a private day with a Michelin lunch. This guide explains what sits inside each fare, and what you pay on top.

What does a champagne tour from Paris cost?

A seat on a shared day from Paris costs $268 to $443 per person. A day that starts at Reims station costs $152 to $286, plus your train. A private day costs $550 to $1,229 per person, or $1,893 for one car of up to seven.

On the Seine in Paris, the sommelier's tasting cruise costs $92 per person and the private boat $467 for up to four. These are the lowest starting fares; your date and your party set the exact price.

Why is there no ticket?

Because Champagne is a region, not a site. There is no gate at the vineyards, and Reims Cathedral is free. You pay each house for its cellar visit and tasting: from €20 at Nicolas Feuillatte to €90 at Ruinart, on their own sites.

A tour fare either carries those visits or leaves them to you. On almost every day, the visits are paid. Best of France and Private Trip leave them out, and you pay each house on the spot.

What is in the cheapest fares?

From Paris, Go Go Tours' hotel-pickup day starts at $268. It includes Reims Cathedral, a prestigious house and a family winery, but not lunch, and the group can reach 25. Blue Fox, at $269, gives you six tastings at Nicolas Feuillatte and a family winery, with lunch yours.

At $275, the all-inclusive minivan day adds breakfast and lunch and caps the group at seven. In Reims, the Reims afternoon costs $152 for two family wineries and six glasses, with the train on you.

Which fares include lunch?

From Paris: the minivan day at $275, My Winedays at $372 and $380, and the Go Go Tours lunch days at $400 and $408. From Reims: Sparkling Tour at $280 and France Intense at $286.

Among the private days, lunch is in the fare with Sparkling Tour at $579, Withlocals at $986 and My Winedays at $1,070 and $1,229. France Intense and the train day sell it as an option. On a day without lunch, a meal in Épernay or Reims is yours to pay.

Which fares leave the tasting fees to you?

Best of France and Private Trip. Best of France ($714 per person) pays the car and the driver-guide, and you pay each house's entrance and tasting fee on the day. It is also non-refundable. Private Trip ($1,893 per car) visits Taittinger or Pommery and then G.H. Martel or Telmont, with the fees extra.

Budget with the houses' own prices: Pommery €48, Veuve Clicquot €36, Mumm €30, and Taittinger's price from its own site. Price each visit as you would book it direct.

What does a private day cost for two, four or six?

For the whole-car fare the sums are simple. Private Trip's $1,893 works out at about $946 each for two, $473 for four and $315 for six, with the house fees on top.

Most private days price per person instead. At the starting fare, two travellers on Galaxytour's Moët & Chandon day pay about $1,100, and two on its two-house day about $1,393. The booking page shows the total for your exact party.

PartyPrivate Trip, per carEach, before house fees
2 travellers$1,893$946
3 travellers$1,893$631
4 travellers$1,893$473
5 travellers$1,893$378
6 travellers$1,893$315
7 travellers$1,893$270

What does a Seine champagne cruise cost?

Ô Chateau's cruise costs $92 per person for about 75 minutes and three grower champagnes poured by a sommelier. You can add a bottle of Premier Cru to take away, one per booking.

The private boat costs $467 for up to four: about $116 each for four, or $233 each for two, with a bottle of French champagne on board. Neither cruise serves food. The champagne boat tour paris page compares the two.

What else will you pay for?

  • Your train, on every day that starts in Reims.
  • Lunch, where the fare leaves it out, and drinks beyond what is poured.
  • Tips, which most listings leave out of the fare.
  • Bottles, if you buy at the houses.
  • A train or taxi home, if your day ends away from where it began: Wine Tours Paris finishes on the Avenue de Champagne in Épernay.
  • The cathedral towers, €9 for a guided visit, free under 18.

What do children and teenagers pay?

Tours price each age band on the booking page, and some set a minimum age. Sparkling Tour takes adults only, France Intense starts at 12 and Blue Fox at 7. Go Go Tours pours grape juice for under-18s.

If you book the houses yourself, several charge less for younger visitors. Lanson charges €20 for ages 13 to 17, €15 for 7 to 12, and nothing under 7. Ruinart charges €50 for ages 7 to 17, and Mercier €12 for ages 10 to 17. The cathedral towers are free under 18.

What if your plans change?

Every tour here except Best of France's private day refunds in full if you cancel at least 24 hours before the start. Best of France's fare is non-refundable, so book it only when your date is certain.

Some shared days also need a minimum number of travellers. My Winedays runs with at least four, and the Reims afternoon with two. If a date falls short, the operator offers another date, another tour or a full refund.

Every fare and what it leaves out

These are the days most people compare, from the lowest fare to the highest.

OperatorFare fromLunchTasting feesWho poursYou pay on top
À La Française$152 per personYoursIn the fareTwo growersYour train; lunch; tips
Go Go Tours$268 per personYoursIn the fareA house and a wineryLunch; tips
Blue Fox Travel$269 per personYoursIn the fareA house and a wineryLunch; tips
Paris Champagne Tour$275 per personIn the fareIn the fareVranken-PommeryTips
Sparkling Tour$280 per personIn the fareIn the fareThree growersYour train
France Intense$286 per personIn the fareIn the fareThree growersYour train; tips
My Winedays$372 per personIn the fareIn the fareA house and two growersNothing listed
Go Go Tours$408 per personIn the fareIn the fareA renowned houseDrinks at lunch; tips
Champagne Tasting Tours from Paris$443 per personYoursIn the fareA grower and a larger producerLunch; tips
Galaxytour$696 per personYoursIn the fareMoët & Chandon, Veuve ClicquotLunch
Best of France Tours$714 per personYoursExtraHouses you chooseEvery tasting fee; lunch
Private Trip$1,893 per group, up to 7YoursExtraTaittinger or Pommery, and moreEvery tasting fee; lunch

Which fare is the best value?

It depends on what you would buy anyway. For growers on a budget, the Reims afternoon at $152 plus a train is hard to beat. For the most producers from Paris, My Winedays pours eight or more tastings and includes lunch at $372. For everything paid in one fare, the minivan day at $275 includes breakfast, lunch and its tastings.

For a group of six or seven, price a private car. Private Trip at seven is about $270 each before fees, close to the minivan day's $275 a seat. Every day here except Best of France's refunds in full up to 24 hours before.

Frequently asked questions

What does a Paris Champagne tour cost?
Shared days from Paris run from $268 to $443 per person, and the days that start at Reims station from $152 to $286. Private days cost $550 to $1,229 per person, or $1,893 for one car of up to seven. A champagne cruise on the Seine starts at $92.
What is the cheapest champagne tour?
In the region, the Reims afternoon with two family growers at $152 per person, plus your train. From Paris, the lowest shared fare is $268. On the Seine, the sommelier's champagne cruise costs $92.
Are the tasting fees included?
On most tours, yes: the cellar visits and tastings are in the fare. Some private days from Paris leave them to you, so you pay each house on the day at its own price. Those cards say Tasting fees extra.
Do I need a ticket for a Paris Champagne tour?
No: Champagne has no gate and no entry ticket. What you pay for is each house's cellar visit and tasting, which a tour either puts in the fare or leaves to you. On their own sites the houses charge from €20 (Nicolas Feuillatte, one glass) to €90 (Ruinart) for an adult.
Should I tip the guide?
It is up to you: most fares leave gratuities out. If your guide made the day, a tip in cash at the end is the usual way to say so.
Why does the price change when I pick a date?
The fares here are the lowest starting price for each day. The booking page prices your exact date and party before you pay.
Can I cancel a Paris Champagne tour?
On nearly every tour you get a full refund if you cancel at least 24 hours before the start. The exception is a private day sold as non-refundable, and its card says so.
Can children come on a champagne tour?
It depends on the tour. Some set no minimum age, others start at 4, 7, 10 or 12, and some take adults only. Go Go Tours pours grape juice for under-18s, so check the minimum age on the listing before you book with a child.

Where these facts come from

Fares are the starting prices of each tour; euro figures are each house's own visit price.

Fares that include everything, and one that does not