Shopping Centre, Reims

Reims Christmas Market

A place to shop in Centre, Reims, budget-friendly ($) and worth about 1.5 hours. Best time to go: After dark.

Why go

Chalets along Place Drouet d'Erlon and around the cathedral selling crafts, biscuits roses and mulled wine.

It is one of 9 curated places we feature in Reims, alongside 4 bars & cafés, 3 sights and 1 place to stay. 3 more of our picks sit within 1 km in a straight line, so it pairs easily with Café du Palais and Reims Cathedral.

Type: Shopping
Neighborhood: Centre
Price: $
Time needed: 1.5 hr
Best time: After dark

Nearby

The 6 closest curated picks in Reims, measured as straight-line distance.

1
Café du Palais
Family-run brasserie since 1930 near the cathedral, with an Art Deco glass roof and champagne by the glass.
Drinks · 0.4 km straight-line
2
Reims Cathedral
Gothic cathedral where French kings were crowned for centuries, with the Smiling Angel and Chagall windows.
Sight · 0.6 km straight-line
3
Palace of Tau
Former archbishop's palace beside the cathedral, holding coronation treasures and original statues from the facade.
Sight · 0.7 km straight-line
4
Basilica of Saint-Remi
Romanesque abbey church built around the tomb of Saint Remi, quieter than the cathedral and just as long inside.
Sight · 1.8 km straight-line
5
Taittinger
Champagne house whose cellar tour descends into Gallo-Roman chalk pits and the crypt of a medieval abbey.
Drinks · 2.0 km straight-line
6
Pommery
Estate with Elizabethan-style buildings over 18 km of chalk galleries reached by a 116-step staircase.
Drinks · 2.4 km straight-line

On these curated routes

Reims Christmas Market is a stop on our Paris & Reims route. Open it to see the full day-by-day plan.

Paris & Reims
Champs-Élysées lights, champagne cellars, NYE
5 daysStop 2 of 2Best Dec – early Jan

More to do in Reims

Reims Christmas Market is our only shopping pick in Reims; here is what else we recommend there. See the full Reims guide.

When to go

Average daily highs in Reims run from 5°C in January to 25°C in July; December is usually the wettest month. For Reims Christmas Market itself, we suggest: After dark.

Modelled monthly averages for Reims from NASA POWER, not a forecast. Full Reims weather by month.

Getting there

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Coordinates: 49.25629, 4.02650
Destination: Reims, France