Tours and tastings at the Champagne houses are a daytime affair, as evidenced by the Avenue de Champagne in Epernay at night.

A virtual reality app

Be transported to the middle of the action using this virtual reality app on your phone or tablet.

Visit the Avenue de Champagne and enjoy a new experience thanks to an application using superimposed reality. This technology makes it possible to superimpose a layer of virtual reality on the surrounding environment.

The Avenue de Champagne application can be downloaded free of charge from the Apple Store and Google Play. – © SkyBoy

Firstly, to use the Avenue de Champagne application, download it free on your smartphone or tablet. Then by pointing your connected device in front of you, you can see virtual events playing out in 360 degrees around the exact spot where you are standing on the Avenue!

Once placed on the marker, the user is immersed in an action located right where they are. – © SkyBoy

The key places to discover include the City Hall, the Moët & Chandon Orangery, the Château Perrier, the Stéphane-Hessel secondary school, and Champagne Square. These different spots are marked on the ground by medallions bearing the pictogram AC (Avenue de Champagne).
Once standing on one of these marks, a guide will appear and explain the features of the place or building.

A guide appears and explains the specifics of the place or building. – © SkyBoy

For example, the history of the City Hall is traced through archival images. In front of the Stéphane-Hessel high school, you can even fly up in the air to discover the Champagne landscapes at 360°, before finding yourself, a few seconds later, in the cellars!

Thanks to this innovative tool, you will have understood why you have just visited an exceptional site and why the "Champagne Hillsides, Houses, and Cellars," are included on UNESCO's World Heritage List.

The Avenue de Champagne app is free and available in English.