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by Waïda (5 place Drouet
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confectioner which sells
Reims’ famous biscuits
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Montagne \ # Mailly- Verzy The Drive » The countryside
Ludes- Champagne # between Reims and Épernay is
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le-Coquet carpeted with vineyards, fields
Parc Naturel Villers- # \ and back roads that are a dream
Régional de la Montagne Marmery
de Reims to drive through. From Reims,
head south along the D951 for
13km. Near Mont Chenot, turn
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Louvois # \ Rilly and the ‘Route Touristique
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ARDENNE du Champagne’. The next 12km
takes you through the pretty
Fontaine-
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Avenay- \ # # \ and Mailly-Champagne en route
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Val-d'Or Ambonnay to Verzenay.
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Mutigny # \
Tours-
Mareuil- sur-Marne Conde-
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Marne YOUR
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Chouilly Essential France
/ · 8 Lying 150km west
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of Épernay, Paris marks
the beginning of our epic
journey around France’s
MARNE
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D10
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Le Mesnil-sur-Oger
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