Champagne
Eight days of chalk cellars and harvest light: Reims, Epernay Avenue de Champagne, Hautvillers, Troyes, the Marne. Tesla and Ionity on the A4; cellar visits are walking visits.
Season: Year-round cellars. Harvest September. Christmas markets in Reims and Troyes.
Eight days of chalk cellars and harvest light: Reims, Epernay Avenue de Champagne, Hautvillers, Troyes, the Marne. Tesla and Ionity on the A4; cellar visits are walking visits.
Day by day
Reims
The cathedral still holds the coronation light. Tesla overnight.
Why stop hereCharge nearby: Tesla Supercharger (Tesla Supercharger Reims) — typical arrival 30%, about 20 min to 80%. Why stop here: Reims. Access: walk from the overnight — leave the car.
Epernay
Avenue de Champagne under plane trees. Destination charger; cellars are under the street.
Why stop hereWhy stop here: Epernay. Access: walk from the overnight — leave the car.
Troyes
Timber houses that lean into each other. Ionity on the way in at 24 percent.
Why stop hereCharge nearby: Ionity (Ionity Troyes) — typical arrival 24%, about 25 min to 80%. Why stop here: Troyes. Access: walk from the overnight — leave the car.
Hautvillers
Dom Perignon's hill. Charge in Epernay; the village is a walk.
Why stop hereWhy stop here: Hautvillers. Access: walk from the overnight — leave the car.
Reims
Last Tesla. The chalk is still under the city.
Why stop hereCharge nearby: Tesla Supercharger (Tesla Supercharger Reims) — typical arrival 30%, about 20 min to 80%. Why stop here: Reims. Access: walk from the overnight — leave the car.
Quiet charging pauses
- Tesla Supercharger in Reims — a calm stop on this leg, about 20 min.
- Ionity in Troyes — a calm stop on this leg, about 25 min.