Between the vineyards and the Marne river at the start of Hautvillers

Car park at Dom Pérignon Abbey Park.

(S/E) Follow Rue de l'Église, then turn left down Rue de l'Aubrois, walking alongside Dom Pérignon Abbey Park.

(1) Turn right, pass the picnic tables and walk along the vineyards, continuing straight ahead when the street turns left.

(2) One hundred metres after Croix Bidet, take the path on the left between the woods and vineyards towards Cumières. Continue to follow the GR®15 and GRP® between Marne and Champagne, ignoring the side paths. Pass in front of the windmill.

(3) The path branches off to the left between the vineyards, still ignoring the paths branching off to the left and right. Pass Le Vervannes. Enter Damery.

(4) Take Rue de Romery on the left, then the road on the right to cross the park on Allée Adrienne Lecouvreur.

(5) Pass in front of the Damery nursery school and the Multisport hall, then turn right.

(6) At the cemetery, take the road on the left and follow the fields.

(7) Take the road on the right at the crossroads and continue straight ahead for about 1 km.

(8) Take the dirt track on the left about 150 m before a T-junction with a road, cross a stream and you will come to a road. Take the road on the left to the sports centre and the junction with the D1.

(9) Follow it to the left, then take Chemin de la Plage on the right. Turn left and follow the Marne river.

(10) The path becomes a small trail called Le Fer à Cheval. Pass Rue de Brunet, then turn left onto Le Vieux Pré, still following the Marne.

(11) Cross a road; the canal narrows at the Dérivation de Cumieres (Lock No. 1).

(12) Continue straight ahead, crossing a road and returning to the Marne, passing several picnic tables.

(13) Take the D301 on the left for about 100 metres, then the D1 on the right, then another street on the left.

(14) At the cemetery on the left, keep right and cross the vineyards, leaving the paths on the left and continuing straight ahead. Further on, first turn right then left and arrive at a road.

(15) Turn right, then left and you will arrive at the former Abbey of Dom Pérignon (S/E).

The Visorando app can be useful if the signposts are not working.

Several picnic tables along the route.

Water point at the cemetery in Cumières.

1. Dom Pérignon Abbey
2. The birthplace of Adrienne Lecouvreur
3. Cumières lock