Located 130 km away froms Paris, Epernay sits on the left bank of the Marne. The city is best known for its vineyards and its champagne wines that are bottled and kept in large cellars built into the chalk rock on which the city is built. Though badly damaged during the Hundred Years' War and burnt by Francis I in 1544, Epernay hides a lovely city center with narrow and irregular streets and exceptional surroundings with rich wine merchants villas.Many tours are offered to visit the vineyards and cellars of Epernay best Champagne houses.