Hello,<BR>Trying to identify a good day trip/one night stay in a high end chateaux. Looking for charming small towns ( I know Reims is quite large- how about nearby?) Taking Mom to Paris and want her to see the charming countryside of France- all in a day and a half! Thanks for any suggestions!

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...and the meaning of that response is....???

Means since nobody answered questions yet Judy brought the thread back up to the top for you.

I stayed at the Ch&acirc;teau de F&egrave;re outside of F&egrave;re-en-Tardenois in May of 2001. It was a beautiful hotel about an hour east of Paris. Since it was the last night of my vacation it was a very easy drive to CDG for a noon departure the next day. The restaurant was excellent. Here is the web site: www.chateauxhotels.com/fere <BR><BR>Look around the chateauxhotels web site for more ideas. It's where I daydream when I'm thinking about going to France.<BR><BR>The little town has an old, wooden covered market. It wasn't running the day I was there, a Tuesday. I'm not sure what it's schedule is. Other than that I don't recall it being a particularly picturesque town, but I didn't spend much time there. Just outside of the town is an American Cemetery, interesting to see but somber. www.abmc.gov/oa.htm

Thanks for the explanation of topping...<BR><BR>David- did you do any wine/champagne tours? Thanks for the chateaux tip.

Sadly I did not. I was with my niece & nephew who were 14 & 13 at the time. <BR><BR>You're welcome.

Go to: <BR>http://www.chateauxethotels.com/<BR>Click on the French flag - it should still be in English. Look them over. For more Paris information go to www.anamericaninparis.com