Chaumont Tours

Chaumont is located on a steep ridge between the Suize and Marne valleys. It lies 93 km east of Troyes and can be approached best by train. While on your Chaumont tours, France, you can visit the different tourist attractions in Chaumont. The city of Chaumont is basically located in the region of Paris-Isle-of-France, Ile-de-France and is also th capital of the department of the Haute Marne.

Here you can visit the main ancient building of Basilique St-Jean-Baptiste. This building is built with the same dour and grey stones like most of the Champagne Churches. It is more like a brilliant addition to the Gothic transept of balconies and turreted stairway. On your Chaumont Tours, France, when you visit this place you will see that the decoration here includes a 15th century polychrome Mise en Tombeau, with muddy tears but having expressive faces.

There is also an an Arbre de Jesse of the early 16th century Troyes school, where you will find all the characters sitting in the tree, dressed properly in the style of the day. While on your Chaumont tours, France you can also visit the rest of the old town. Here you will find several strange houses which are worth seeing. You should make it a point to visit the Les Silos which is a former agricultural co-op, later transformed into a graphic arts center and mediatheque. This is also the venue for Chaumont's international poster festival which is organized every year in the first fortnight of June. Several temporary exhibitions are also organized here.

When planning your tours to Chaumont, France you can also rest assure about getting good accommodation facility. For instance you can stay at the Le Terminus Reine, an old fashioned hotel which has a charm of its own while at Chaumont. If you are looking for budget accommodation, you should try places like hostels where you will also get breakfast. All these have made tours at Chaumont, France even more worthwhile.