Les Demoiselles

Champagne


The pick of the places to stay in Essoyes is this low-key hotel, whose sleekly modern rooms in muted colours have tea- and coffee-making facilities. In summer there's a pleasant terrace and an outdoor pool. Its restaurant also happens to be the best in town.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Champagne attractions

1. Atelier Renoir

0.41 MILES

The Atelier Renoir has displays zooming in on the hallmarks of Renoir’s work (the female form, the vibrant use of colour and light), alongside original…

2. Espace des Renoir

0.42 MILES

The Renoir trail in Essoyes begins at the Espace des Renoir, which also houses the tourist office. The centre screens a 15-minute film about the artist…

3. Abbaye de Clairvaux Monastery

12.85 MILES

Bernard de Clairvaux (1090–1153), nemesis of Abelard and preacher of the Second Crusade, founded this hugely influential Cistercian monastery in 1115…

5. Source de la Douix

14.1 MILES

The idyllic Source de la Douix (pronounced 'dwee'), a 600L-per-second artesian spring, flows from a 30m cliff in a city park on the Seine's eastern bank…

6. Musée du Cristal

14.41 MILES

For insight into how crystal is made, visit the Musée du Cristal, where a 15-minute film highlights the different stages involved in crystal production. A…

7. La Boisserie

19.11 MILES

People flock by the coach-load to visit Charles de Gaulle’s vine-swathed home, La Boisserie, its elegant antique furnishings unchanged since he was laid…

8. Château de Maulnes

19.31 MILES

The only château in France built on a pentagonal plan, and buttressed by five towers, the Renaissance-era Château de Maulnes, 24km east of Tonnerre, is a…