Als ce The guide to your stay Nature and activities, gastronomy and traditions, history and heritage

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estled between the and the , Alsace is a charming little region with a big reputation. At the crossroads of the Germanic and Latin worlds, it is Npassionate about its History, yet firmly anchored in modern Europe and open to the world. Rated as among the most beautiful in , the Alsatian towns and cities take home national “Towns in Bloom” awards each year. Through their festivals and their traditions, they have managed to preserve a strong identity based on a particular way of living. World famous cuisine, a remarkably rich history, welcoming and friendly people: in this jewel of a region there really is something for everyone.

TO DISCOVER ALSACE AT YOUR OWN PACE, YOU SIMPLY HAVE TO LET YOURSELF BE INSPIRED: SURPRISES AWAIT YOU AT EVERY TURN OF THE PAGE.

2 Easy to reach by TGV 4 to 7 , Sélestat, , and Escape into a natural paradise! 8 to 16 The Vosges Mountains

Contents Rhineland environment Parks and Hiking Well-being and health resorts Wildlife parks and theme parks Cycle touring, mountain biking High wire adventure parks, climbing Horseback riding Golfing River tourism Watersports, swimming Airborne sports Fishing Winter sports Multi-activity holidays Local gastronomy and traditions 17 to 19 - 22 to 25 Gourmet Alsace Dinner is served! Cooking classes, micro breweries, distilleries, seminars Alsatian local cuisine Discover Eco friendly Alsace Educational farms, cheese dairies, mills Towns and villages, crafts, half-timbered houses Tourist railways Traditional Alsatian costumes, festivals and traditions Festivals, shows, events, casinos and music-halls

Map of Alsace 20 to 21

Lichtenberg Castle

Riquewihr

Lay siege to history! 26 to 37 Museums Land of fortified castles Memorial sites Religious heritage

Alsace info 38 to 39 Access Alsace without my car Accommodation Weekends and mini-breaks Disabled access French lessons Tourist Information Offices

3 Easy to reach by TGV Strasbourg he capital of both Europe and Alsace, Strasbourg is a Tyoung, dynamic and very accessible city. Encircled by and the River, the city centre, classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, contains the

main locations and monuments that give Strasbourg its Place Kléber reputation: the Cathedral with its astronomical clock, the Maison Kammerzell, the Petite France and Covered Bridges districts, the former customs house, Palais Rohan, and more. Medieval half-timbered houses and Renaissance dwellings bear witness to a remarkable architectural heritage, standing alongside more recent extensions: the German Neustadt district, Art Nouveau architecture, the European Institutions district, and others. Among the not-to-be-missed museums of the city are the Alsatian Museum and the Museum of Modern and Cathedral and Maison Kammerzell Contemporary Art. European Parliament

PRACTICAL INFORMATION Visit Strasbourg by panoramic boat Segway® tour Historical treasure hunt on the Ill River www.mobilboard.com around the town www.batorama.fr +33 (0)3 67 10 33 04 www.iletaitunefoislaville.com +33 (0)3 88 84 13 13 www.onecity-tours.com +33 (0)3 88 31 05 25 +33 (0)9 84 46 39 24 See Strasbourg on a floating Strasbourg Pass restaurant Pedicab Sightseeing Tours Valid 3 consecutive days, for www.bateauxdelill.com www.cyclorama-strasbourg.eu individuals (adults and children) +33 (0)6 70 31 89 94 +33 (0)6 16 56 22 62 Guided visits, audio guides and Guided tour aboard a tourist train Visit in a 2CV Citroën further information www.petit-train-strasbourg.fr www.love2cv.com Tourist Information Office Ponts Couverts +33 (0)3 89 73 74 24 +33 (0)6 63 69 33 75 +33 (0)3 88 52 28 28 www.otstrasbourg.fr

4 Petite France - Place Benjamin Zix Sélestat long the banks of the Ill River, witness Acenturies of rich architectural heritage: streets lined with half-timbered houses, the Sainte Foy and Saint Georges churches, (Roman and Gothic architectural masterpieces) and the Humanist Library (listed in the UNESCO's Floral float procession Humanist Library Memory of the World Register).

PRACTICAL INFORMATION Guided visits and further information Tourist Information Office +33 (0)3 88 58 87 20 www.selestat-haut-koenigsbourg.com

Saint-Georges Church The "Ried" Nature Reserve Saverne verlooked by medieval castles, Saverne Ois the gateway to the Northern Vosges Nature Park and the main stop for boaters along the Marne-Rhine . A truly not-to- be-missed town whose sights include Rohan castle and its museums, a pedestrian main street lined with lovely bourgeois houses, a unique rose and a .

PRACTICAL INFORMATION Guided visits and further information Tourist Information Office +33 (0)3 88 91 80 47 Grand’Rue www.tourisme-saverne.fr Marina - Rohan Castle

5 Haut-Barr Castle Rohan Castle Marne-Rhine Canal St. Martin Collegiate Church

Quai de la Poissonnerie - Unterlinden Museum Colmar he wine capital of Alsace, Colmar combines the intimacy of a Tmedium-sized town with remarkable and rich heritage including the historical centre and its half-timbered houses, the Pfister House, Koïfhus (the former customs house), the canals of the Little Venice neighbourhood, the Unterlinden Museum and its Isenheim altarpiece, Saint Martin Church, the Dominican Church, and the Bartholdi Museum, honouring the creator of the Statue of Liberty.

PRACTICAL INFORMATION Guided tours of Colmar in a tourist train www.colmarentrain.fr +33 (0)3 89 24 19 82 www.petit-train-colmar.fr +33 (0)3 89 73 74 24

Boat trips on flat bottomed boats on the Lauch River www.sweetnarcisse.com +33 (0)3 89 41 01 94 www.lakrutenau-colmar.com +33 (0)3 89 41 18 80

Guided visits and further information Tourist Information Office +33 (0)3 89 20 68 92 www.tourisme-colmar.com

Pfister House Statue of Liberty

6 Place Rapp Place de l’Ancienne Douane City centre Automobile Museum - Schlumpf Collection Mulhouse

isted as a "Town of Art and History", Mulhouse has transformed its rich Lindustrial past into a source of knowledge through tourist sites including the Cité de l’Automobile museum and its Schlumpf collection, the Cité du Train railway museum, the Museum of Printed Textiles, the EDF Electropolis Museum, and the Mulhouse zoo and botanical garden. Nearby: the Wallpaper Museum in , and the Alsace Heritage Museum and Park in . Take a stroll through the old town and immerse yourself in the cosmopolitan atmosphere of the former company town. Discover the Saint Etienne temple, City Hall, and other historical monuments.

PRACTICAL INFORMATION Mulhouse City Pass Guided visits and further information Valid 3 days Tourist Information Office +33 (0)3 89 35 48 48 www.tourisme-mulhouse.com Museum of Printed Textiles

Railway Museum

7 City Hall Mulhouse zoo and botanical garden NATURE WELLBEING OUTDOORS

Muttersholtz – River Ill Escape into a natural paradise!

Although small, Alsace as a region has very diverse countryside: the plain bordered in the East by the Rhine, the foothills covered with full of famous grape varietals and the Vosges Mountains with its two regional nature parks. In summer, cool down in swimming pools and water parks, while in winter, the peaks are ideal for practicing Nordic or Alpine skiing on the runs at 12 different ski areas. Mountain-lovers will find plenty to do in Alsace, whether trekking in snowshoes or on foot in the Champ du Feu, exploring the Alpine slopes of the Massif du Hohneck or even admiring the magnificent Lac Blanc. With more than 12,000 km of hiking trails and 2,500 km of cycle routes and marked mountain bike trails, Alsace is the perfect destination whether you are looking for sport or a well-earned rest.

8 Pond Fleckenstein Wesserling Park Strasbourg – Jardin des 2 rives Discover nature, parks and gardens

THE VOSGES awareness about the importance of Nature Reserve, Environmental and (B4) preserving water. Nature Education Centre Windeck Estate MOUNTAINS +33 (0)3 89 47 00 06 / +33 (0)3 89 86 06 41 +33 (0)3 89 89 78 59 +33 (0)3 88 48 14 00 www.espace-des-sources.com www.petitecamarguealsacienne.com www.foyer-ottrott.com (A6) (B7) CPIE des Hautes-Vosges (B7) Alfred Wallach Park (Hautes-Vosges CPIE) +33 (0)3 89 32 68 70 Environmental Initiatives Centre Maison de la Nature du Sundgau www.mulhouse.fr +33 (0)3 89 82 20 12 (Sundgau Nature Education Centre) www.cpie-hautes-vosges.com +33 (0)3 89 08 07 50 SAVERNE (B2) La Petite Pierre www.maison-nature-sundgau.org Botanical Garden Centre d’Initiation à la Nature et +33 (0)3 88 91 80 47 Subject to various climatic à l’Environnement du Rothenbach http://jardin-botanique-saverne.org influences and with an altitude (Rothenbach Environmental and PARKS AND ranging from 100 to 1,400 m, Alsace Nature Education Centre) STRASBOURG (C3) is full of nature’s bounty! It is home +33 (0)3 89 82 23 70 GARDENS to 2 Nature Parks and 17 nature Botanical Garden www.cpie-hautes-vosges.com +33 (0)3 90 24 18 65 reserves. http://jardin-botanique.unistra.fr NORTHERN VOSGES RHINELAND (C2) Jardins de la Ferme Bleue (B2) ENVIRONMENT (Blue Farm Gardens) Maison de l’Eau et de la Rivière +33 (0)3 88 72 84 35 du Donnenbach – Étang du www.jardinsdelafermebleue.com Donnenbach (River and Water Châtenois – Mediaeval Garden Education Centre – Donnenbach Pond) Romantic, classic or contemporary, HIKING Several educational activities. poetic, rural, play grounds or 3 nature discovery trails nearby. intimate, the gardens of Alsace are +33 (0)3 88 01 58 98 diverse enough to have something www.maisoneauriviere.fr – Natural reserve sedge for everyone. www.alsace-jardins.eu LA PETITE PIERRE (B2) Situated along the Rhine strip, the lush forests of the Ried, a flood Maison du Parc naturel régional plain with an abundance of flora LISTED AS des Vosges du Nord – and fauna, are ecology Château de La Petite Pierre “REMARKABLE (Northern Vosges Regional Nature treasure-troves. The Rhine itself Park – Park Information Centre - can be crossed in numerous ways GARDENS” La Petite Pierre Castle) (bridges, ferries, on foot, by bike)! -GARE (B5) Permanent exhibition recounting the Association Rhin Vivant history of the Northern Vosges, its (Association Living Rhine) Schoppenwihr Park classification as a regional nature park www.rhin-ecotourisme.eu +33 (0)3 89 41 22 37 and as a “World Biosphere Reserve” www.schoppenwihr.com Lichtenberg by UNESCO. BOERSCH (B3) Crossing Alsace and the Vosges +33 (0)3 88 01 49 59 “RIED” Mountains on foot is a unique www.parc-vosges-nord.fr / RHEINAU (D3) Jardin philosophique journey of discovery. Enjoy getting (Philosophical garden) back to nature, seeing the wildlife (C1) Passage 309 – Fish ladder +33 (0)3 88 95 80 47 and the warm welcome given to +33 (0)3 88 96 44 08 Le P’tit Fleck (C2) ramblers. It’s enough to make you Play area that raises awareness of the www.passage309.eu want to follow the long distance Jardin de l’Escalier footpaths (Grande Randonnée) (GR Northern Vosges’ natural heritage. MOTHERN (D1) +33 (0)3 88 94 28 52 (Stairway Garden) 53-5®, GR 531®, GR 532®, GR 534® www.fleckenstein.fr Maison de la Wacht +33 (0)3 88 51 99 14 and the Way of Saint James) or to (exhibition on the Rhine) www.a-lescalier.com take one of the thousand trails (B2) +33 (0)3 88 94 86 67 marked by the Club Vosgien. (B6) www.massif-des-vosges.com Centre d’Initiation à la Nature MUNCHHAUSEN (D2) Parc de la Marseillaise www.100randos.alsace (Nature and Environment www.haute-alsacetourisme.com Education Centre) Maison de la Nature du Delta de (Marseillaise Park) "La Grange aux Paysages" la Sauer (Nature Education Centre) +33 (0)3 89 76 80 61 +33 (0)3 88 00 55 55 +33 (0)3 88 86 51 67 www.ville-guebwiller.fr FOR HIKING HOLIDAYS AND www.grangeauxpaysages.fr www.nature-munchhausen.com HUSSEREN-WESSERLING (A6) EXCURSIONS WITH A GUIDE HAUTES-VOSGES (C4) Wesserling Park See” Multi-activity holidays” p. 16. Maison de la Nature du Ried et +33 (0)3 89 38 28 08 MUNSTER (B5) www.parc-wesserling.fr ORGANISED AND SUPERVISED WALKS de l’Alsace Centrale - Ehnwihr www.club-vosgien.eu Parc naturel régional des Ballons (Ried and Central Alsace Nature (B7) www.ffrandonnee.fr des Vosges - Maison du Parc Education Centre – Ehnwihr) www.ffsp.fr (Ballons des Vosges Regional +33 (0)3 88 85 11 30 "Les Jardins du Temps" garden Nature Park - Park Information www.maisonnaturemutt.org +33 (0)3 89 52 28 96 Organised hikes, see “Multi-activity” Centre) www.jardins-du-temps.fr holidays p. 16. Located in the heart of the Vosges Mountains, the park information MULHOUSE AND (B4) HIKING MAPS centre is the perfect starting point for SURROUNDING AREA Le Parc du Manoir Eight 1:50000 maps and 24 1:25000 discovering this extensive area. A 600 m² +33 (0)3 88 82 04 45 maps cover the region and are permanent collection and temporary (B6) exhibitions allow visitors to discover the (C3) available from: natural environment, cultural heritage, Le Moulin de Lutterbach Club Vosgien landscapes, geology and economic (Lutterbach Mill) Castle garden and park +33 (0)3 88 32 57 96 activities in the reserve. Environmental and Nature Education Centre +33 (0)6 20 71 53 73 www.club-vosgien.eu +33 (0)3 89 77 90 34 / +33 (0)3 89 77 90 20 +33 (0)3 89 50 69 50 MULHOUSE (B7) For a number of thematic paths, see www.parc-ballons-vosges.fr www.moulindelutterbach.fr the Tourist Information Offices p. 39. www.navettedescretes.com Zoological and Botanical Gardens +33 (0)3 69 77 65 65 (B6) THREE BORDERS www.zoo-mulhouse.com LA NAVETTE DES CRÊTES Espace des Sources (Springs centre) REGION (C3) (MOUNTAIN RIDGE SHUTTLE BUS) Museum and educational area which Provides easy access to the long aims to promote the history and SAINT-LOUIS (C7) Le Jardin de Marguerite distance footpaths (GR5) from around industrial heritage of Soultzmatt Petite Camargue Alsacienne (Marguerite’s Garden) 20 locations (in summer). through its springs and raise public (Little Alsatian Camargue) +33 (0)6 70 65 16 31 www.navettedescretes.com 9 Ungersheim - Parc du Petit Prince Strasbourg - Le Vaisseau Escape! Wellbeing, theme parks, open-air activities

WELLBEING AND (C3) SOULTZ-LES-BAINS (B3) MULHOUSE (B7) Les Alizés *** Hôtel-Restaurant & Spa Société des Bains de Sulzbad Zoological and Botanical Park HEALTH RESORTS www.hotel-les-alizes.com www.sulzbad.com +33 (0)3 69 77 65 65 www.zoo-mulhouse.com MITTELHAUSEN (C2) STRASBOURG (C3) OTTROTT (B4) À L’Etoile *** Hôtel-Restaurant & Spa Régent Petite France ***** www.hotel-etoile.eu Hôtel & Spa Parc Aquarium Les 3 vagues www.regent-petite-france.com +33 (0)3 88 95 90 32 www.aquariumles3vagues.com (C3) Le Bouclier d’Or **** Hôtel & Spa Diana **** Hôtel-Restaurant & Spa www.lebouclierdor.com www.hotel-diana.com Villa Novarina ***** Hôtel & Spa THEME PARKS www.villanovarina.com MUNSTER (B5) Bracing, relaxing or revitalising, Athéna *** Hôtel & Spa Alsace has everything when it comes Verte Vallée *** www.athenaspahotel.com to taking care of yourself! Swimming Hôtel-Restaurant & Spa pools, saunas, whirlpool baths or www.vertevallee.com massages, take advantage of the (B5) wonderful, welcoming top quality MORSBRONN-LES-BAINS (C2) Le Clos des Sources *** establishments. Hôtel-Restaurant & Spa La Source des Sens **** www.leclosdessources.com – Stork Park BERGHEIM (B5) Hôtel-Restaurant & Spa www.lasourcedessens.fr WANGENBOURG-ENGENTHAL (B3) If fun and games is what you are La Cour du Bailli *** looking for, there is no holding Hôtel Résidence & VitisSpa® ValVital Spa & thermal cures Parc Hôtel *** Restaurant & Spa www.cour-bailli.com www.valvital.fr back in Alsace! An array of www.parchotel-alsace.com imaginative activities and locations are on offer for all ages. BIRKENWALD (B3) NIEDERBRONN-LES-BAINS (C1) WILDLIFE PARKS Au Chasseur *** Le Parc *** Hôtel-Restaurants & Spa KINTZHEIM (B4) www.parc-hotel.net Hôtel-Restaurant & Spa Cigoland - Stork theme park www.chasseurbirkenwald.com Muller *** Hôtel-Restaurants & Spa +33 (0)3 88 92 36 36 www.hotelmuller.com www.cigoland.fr BUHL (B6) ValVital Spa & thermal cures Le Saint Barnabé *** www.valvital.fr LAC BLANC (B5) Hôtel-Restaurant & Spa Sentier “Pieds Nus” www.le-stbarnabe.com (B4) (“Bare foot” footpath) A La Cour d’Alsace **** Kintzheim – Monkey Mountain +33 (0)3 89 71 28 72 COLROY-LA-ROCHE (B4) www.sentier-pieds-nus-lac-blanc.com Hôtel-Restaurants & Spa Visit Alsace’s numerous wildlife Hostellerie La Cheneaudière **** www.cour-alsace.com parks and give the whole family the LEMBACH-FLECKENSTEIN (C1) Hôtel-Restaurant & Spa chance to enjoy some unusual Le Parc Hôtel-Restaurants & Spa **** ® www.cheneaudiere.com www.hotel-du-parc.com sights in the land of storks: eagles, Le Château des Défis vultures, Barbary macaques and (The Castle of Challenges) (B6) OSTWALD (C3) exotic butterflies! +33 (0)3 88 94 28 52 www.fleckenstein.fr Le Domaine du Moulin *** Château de l’Île ***** Hôtel-Restaurant & Spa Hôtel-Restaurants & Spa (A2) MORSBRONN-LES-BAINS (C2) www.domainedumoulin.com www.chateau-ile.com Parc Nature de Cheval Didi’Land - Amusement Park (B4) (Horse nature park) +33 (0)3 88 09 46 46 OTTROTT (B4) +33 (0)3 88 03 15 72 www.didiland.fr Julien Hôtel-Restaurant ** & Spa Hostellerie des Châteaux **** http://parc-naturedecheval.fr www.hoteljulien.com Hôtel-Restaurant & Spa MUTTERSHOLTZ (C4) www.hostellerie-chateaux.fr HUNAWIHR (B5) ILLKIRCH (C3) SensoRied - Sentier Pieds Nus Le Clos des Délices **** Centre de réintroduction des (“Bare foot” footpath) Alsace *** Hôtel-Restaurant & Spa Hôtel-Restaurant & Spa cigognes et des loutres +33 (0)6 03 78 74 14 www.hotelalsace.com www.leclosdesdelices.com (Stork and Otter Breeding Centre) www.sensoried.fr Holiday Inn Strasbourg Illkirch **** +33 (0)3 89 73 72 62 Hôtel-Restaurant & Fit’n Well LA PETITE PIERRE (B2) www.cigogne-loutre.com SAINTE-MARIE-AUX-MINES (B4) www.histrasbourg.com Bio et Spahotel La Clairière **** Jardins des Papillons Tellure - Mining park Hôtel-Restaurant (Butterfly Gardens) +33 (0)3 89 58 80 50 (C4) www.la-clairiere.com +33 (0)3 89 73 33 33 www.tellure.eu www.jardinsdespapillons.fr Arnold *** Hôtel-Restaurant & Spa Au Lion d’Or *** STRASBOURG (C3) www.hotel-arnold.com Hôtel-Restaurant & Spa KINTZHEIM (B4) www.liondor.com Le Vaisseau (see p. 30) (B6) Volerie des Aigles (Eagle Park) +33 (0)3 69 33 26 69 +33 (0)3 88 92 84 33 www.levaisseau.com Les Violettes **** RIBEAUVILLÉ (B5) www.voleriedesaigles.com Hôtel-Restaurant & Spa Resort Barrière Ribeauvillé **** UNGERSHEIM (B6) www.les-violettes.com Montagne des Singes Hôtel-Restaurants & Spa (Monkey Mountain) Parc du Petit Prince www.resort-ribeauville.com (B5) +33 (0)3 88 92 11 09 +33 (0)3 89 62 43 00 www.montagnedessinges.com www.parcdupetitprince.com Le Chambard **** (B6) Ecomusée d'Alsace Hôtel-Restaurants & Spa Château d’Isenbourg ***** LAUTENBACH-ZELL (B6) www.lechambard.fr (Alsace Open Air Museum) (see p. 27) Hôtel-Restaurant & Spa Vivarium du Moulin (Mill Vivarium) www.isenbourg.com +33 (0)3 89 74 44 74 +33 (0)3 89 74 02 48 www.ecomusee-alsace.fr LEMBACH (C1) www.vivariumdumoulin.org Auberge du Cheval Blanc *** SAINT-HIPPOLYTE (B5) Hôtel-Restaurant & Spa Le Parc **** Hôtel-Restaurant & Spa www.aucheval-blanc.fr www.le-parc.com 10 Escape into a natural paradise! - Véloroute du Vignoble d'Alsace EuroVelo 5

Cycle touring, mountain biking, high wire adventure parks and climbing

CYCLE TOURING MOUNTAIN BIKING HIGH WIRE BREITENBACH (B4) Parc Alsace Aventure ADVENTURE +33 (0)3 88 08 32 08 www.parc-alsace-aventure.com PARKS, CLIMBING (A6) Parc Arbre Aventure +33 (0)3 89 82 25 17 www.parcarbreaventure.com

LE SCHNEPFENRIED (A6) Tree top high ropes adventure park Form’Aventures +33 (0)7 81 90 03 57 www.formaventures.com

OBERHASLACH (B3) Nideck Adventure Park +33 (0)7 70 70 93 59 Lembach www.nideck-aventure.fr Breitenbach With more than 2,500 km of marked The most experienced will take the (B5) trails, Alsace is a paradise for bike TMV® - Traversée du Massif des tours and cycling outings. Discover Vosges (Crossing the Vosges HIGH WIRE Lac Blanc Adventure Park the region’s preserved natural sites Mountains on mountain bike). From +33 (0)3 89 71 28 72 on the largest trail network in to Thann, this marked ADVENTURE PARKS www.lacblancparcdaventures.com France, with greenways (Voies and permanent 420 km trail with BALLON D’ALSACE (A6) Vertes), long-distance cycling 9,000 m of altitude changes, OSTWALD (C3) Acropark routes and bike trails: EuroVelo in 14 stages or 20 sections, links Natura Parc routes (5, 6 et 15), canal routes (the Northern Alsace to the South. +33 (0)3 84 23 20 40 +33 (0)6 84 67 68 58 +33 (0)3 88 65 40 07 Marne–Rhine, the north and south www.tmv.alsacecyclo.org and www.naturaparc.com branches of the Rhone-Rhine, , www.cyclinginalsace.com www.acropark.fr Colmar, ), numerous Furthermore, there are also BRUMATH – PLAGE (C2) cross-border routes, (Lauter Valley, 46 marked circuits amounting to CLIMBING – -Baden, Villé around 900 km of trails spread Adventure Park – Elzach…), paths running through +33 (0)3 88 59 36 27 LOCATIONS around 19 locations across the www.escalade-alsace.com the valleys of the Vosges plains and mountains for mountain www.brumath-aventure.fr Mountains (Masevaux, Munster, bikers to enjoy, whether they are Bruche and Villé valleys), trails beginners or more experienced. along former railways, and finally the long-distance cycling route of the vineyards of Alsace. Find all of MOUNTAIN BIKING HOLIDAYS AND these trails on EXCURSIONS WITH A GUIDE www.cyclingalsace.com. See “Multi-activity” p. 16. On the same website, you’ll find regional routes over 50 km, local BIKE PARK (B5) routes under 50 km, packaged Station du Lac Blanc holidays, and an agenda listing +33 (0)3 89 71 35 45 guided outings and major cycling www.lacblanc-bikepark.com events including the well-known slowUp Alsace that takes place BICYCLE RENTAL (Hybrid bikes, each year on the first Sunday of pedelecs, mountain bikes, etc.) June. www.slowup-alsace.fr More than thirty professional renters and other organisations are listed on www.cyclinginalsace.com

Lembach – Langenfels 11 Escape! Horseback riding, golf courses

HORSEBACK GOLFING (C6) ROUFFACH (B6) Golf du Château de Hombourg Alsace Golf Links RIDING 2 x 18 holes. 18 + 3 holes + driving range +33 (0)3 89 26 10 67 +33 (0)3 89 78 52 12 www.golf-du-chateau-de-hombourg.fr www.alsacegolflinks.com ILLKIRCH-GRAFFENSTADEN (C3) (D2) Golf du Fort Golf international 9 holes. Soufflenheim - Baden-Baden +33 (0)3 90 40 06 70 18, 9 and 6 holes. www.golfdufort.com +33 (0)3 88 05 77 00 Golf Club de Strasbourg www.golfclub-soufflenheim.com 27 holes. +33 (0)3 88 66 17 22 (C3) 11 golf courses on the plains or in www.golf-strasbourg.com Golf de La Wantzenau the mountains, for leisure activities 18 and 12 holes. or competitions (B8) +33 (0)3 88 96 37 73 www.golfsinalsace.com www.golf-wantzenau.fr www.alsacegolf.org Golf de la Largue 18 + 9 holes. +33 (0)3 89 07 67 67 / 66 (B6) (B5) There is a particularly high number www.golf-lalargue.com Golf des Bouleaux of riders in the region. The Golf d’Ammerschwihr - Trois-Épis 18 holes. facilities are also excellent, with 18 + 9 holes. PLOBSHEIM (C3) +33 (0)3 89 55 55 07 riding schools, riding B&Bs and +33 (0)3 89 47 17 30 Golf du Kempferhof www.golf-bouleaux.fr ranches. www.golf-ammerschwihr.com 18 holes. +33 (0)3 88 98 72 72 The brochure “Horse riding in CHALAMPE (C6) Accommodation available Alsace - Practical guide-book”, www.golf-kempferhof.com factsheets and GPX-files can be Golf du Rhin downloaded from 18 holes. www.100randos.alsace and +33 (0)3 89 83 28 32 www.haute-alsacetourisme.com www.golfdurhin.com

12 Escape into a natural paradise! Muttersholtz – Flat bottomed boat Saverne – Lock River tourism, watersports and swimming

RIVER TOURISM Kuhnle-Tours - Niderviller PLOBSHEIM (C3) NIEDERBRONN-LES-BAINS (C1) www.kuhnle-tours.com Association du Patrimoine Les Aqualies +33 (0)6 71 43 63 26 +33 (0)3 88 09 13 00 Locaboat Holidays - Lutzelbourg www.legiessen.com www.niederbronn-les-bains.fr www.locaboat.com RHINAU (C4) MUNSTER (B5) Navig France - Lagarde Association Rhinau-Rhin-Ried La Piscine watersports centre www.navigfrance.com +33 (0)3 88 74 68 96 +33 (0)3 89 77 85 60 www.grandried.fr www.cc-vallee-munster.fr Saverne Navig Plaisance Whether on the Rhine, the Ill around - /Strasbourg/ SARRE-UNION (A2) OBERNAI (B4) Strasbourg, the canals which lead to -sur-Zorn Boat ride on the Saar Espace aquatique L'O the Marne, via the impressive www.navig-plaisance.com +33 (0)3 88 00 40 39 +33 (0)3 88 50 32 78 “Shiplift” at Arzviller, or to the www.tourisme.alsace-bossue.net www.lo-obernai.fr Rhône through a chain of locks at Nicols - Saverne/ Valdieu, discovering Alsace by boat www.nicols.com RIBEAUVILLÉ (B5) is quite simply breath-taking. SWIMMING 3 Châteaux swimming pool The brochure "Canaux et WATERSPORTS +33 (0)3 89 73 27 27 Véloroutes" (Canals and Long- www.piscine-3-chateaux.fr distance cycling routes) shows all of the waterways of the region SAINT-LOUIS (C7) with itineraries in the form of roadbooks that can be downloaded Pierre de Coubertin watersports on www.100randos.alsace and centre www.haute-alsacetourisme.com +33 (0)3 89 67 11 21 www.cc-3frontieres.fr CRUISES ON THE SAVERNE (B2) RHINE From the north to the south of Alsace, AQUATIC CENTRES several waterways are accessible on L’Océanide CroisiEurope boat or in kayak. (B4) +33 (0)3 88 02 52 80 www.loceanide.fr www.croisieurope.com Aquavallées TRIPS AND +33 (0)3 88 58 93 93 THANN (B6) www.aquavallees.fr CRUISES ON HOTEL EXCURSIONS BY Thann swimming pool BARGES ON THE BOUXWILLER (B2) +33 (0)3 89 35 79 80 KAYAK www.cc-thann-cernay.fr CANALS Hanautic COLMAR / HORBOURG-WIHR (B5) +33 (0)3 88 71 38 38 (C5) CroisiEurope www.cc.pays-de-.com Association de Plein Air Colmar – Sirenia swimming pool www.croisieurope.com Horbourg-Wihr (APACH) +33 (0)3 89 72 55 65 (Colmar outdoor association) COLMAR (B5) European Waterways www.paysdebrisach.fr +33 (0)3 89 23 58 39 Aqualia www.gobarging.com www.apach.eu +33 (0)3 89 24 66 00 www.ville-colmar.fr SWIMMING AREAS (C7) MINI-CRUISES For details on where to swim in Parc des Eaux Vives (C4) Alsace: http://baignades.sante.gouv.fr Aqua Découverte (Colmar Canal) (Whitewater Park) Erstein Détente (D2) Étang de la Chapelle +33 (0)6 30 70 51 30 +33 (0)3 89 89 70 20 +33 (0)3 88 98 28 00 www.aqua-decouverte.com www.ville-huningue.fr www.ville-erstein.fr (C4) Municipal swimming area SÉLESTAT (C5) Bâteaux de l'Ill -WESSERLING (A6) Alsace Canoës (Itinerair’Alsace) BISCHHEIM (C3) La Ballastière (Boat tours with meals Wesserling Leisure Centre on board - Strasbourg) +33 (0)3 88 08 13 01 - +33 (0)6 83 78 59 43 +33 (0)3 89 82 64 35 BRUMATH (C2) La Hardt +33 (0)6 70 31 89 94 www.cc-stamarin.fr www.bateauxdelill.com www.itinerairalsace.com COLMAR (B5) Canoës du Ried GUEBWILLER (B6) Batorama Colmar- watersports centre +33 (0)3 88 82 65 46 - Intercommunal watersports centre (Guided boat tours - Strasbourg) +33 (0)6 08 91 85 56 GAMBSHEIM (D3) Leisure area +33 (0)3 88 84 13 13 +33 (0)3 89 76 86 91 www.canoes-du-ried.com www.cc-guebwiller.fr www.batorama.fr (C4) Unterrieth Tourist Office of Saint-Louis BOAT TRIPS ON (C7) (C4) Husacker (on the Rhine) Île Napoléon watersports centre FLAT-BOTTOMED +33 (0)3 89 63 44 90 +33 (0)3 89 70 04 49 BOATS www.mulhouse-alsace.fr ILLKIRCH-GRAFFENSTADEN (C3) www.saintlouis-tourisme.fr Baggersee - Lac Achard (C5) HAGUENAU (C2) (A1) Leisure centre BOAT AND On the Nautiland HOUSEBOAT +33 (0)3 89 72 01 69 / 40 +33 (0)3 88 90 56 56 (D1) Les Mouettes www.biesheim.fr www.nautiland.net RENTAL LEMBACH (C1) Fleckenstein (no permit necessary, for up COLMAR (B5) HOCHFELDEN (C2) to 12 people) Sweet Narcisse Atoo-o (C3) Neublitz +33 (0)3 89 41 01 94 Alsace Plaisance +33 (0)3 88 02 20 40 www.sweetnarcisse.com (B6) Lake www.alsace-plaisance.com www.payszorn.com La Krutenau Boats +33 (0)3 89 41 18 80 KAYSERSBERG (B5) ROESCHWOOG (D2) Staedly Le Boat - Hesse/Lutzelbourg/ www.lakrutenau-colmar.com Arc en Ciel watersports centre www.leboat.com SCHOENAU (C4) Campsite - beach ERSTEIN (C4) +33 (0)3 89 78 26 27 www.espace-nautique-ccvk.fr Canal Évasion - Flat-bottomed boats (D2) Peupliers - Salmengrund +33 (0)3 88 98 14 33 (C5) www.canal-evasion.fr (C4) MUTTERSHOLTZ (C4) Aquaried Les Canalous Plaisance +33 (0)3 88 92 54 64 Municipal swimming area with water ski lift www.kobawakepark.fr - Hochfelden/Languimberg Le Batelier du Ried www.ried-marckolsheim.fr +33 (0)3 88 85 13 11 www.canalous-plaisance.fr www.batelier-ried.com 13 Escape! Airborne sports and fishing

AIRBORNE SPORTS FREE FLIGHT PARAMOTORING FISHING BREITENBACH (B4) BRUMATH (C2) École de parapente Grand’Vol École Adventure Paramoteur Alsace (School for paragliding) (School for paramotoring) +33 (0)3 88 57 11 42 +33 (0)6 20 71 87 00 www.grandvol.com www.paramoteur67.fr

ODEREN (A6) (C5) Centre École du Markstein École Alsace Paramoteur (Professional school for free flight) (School for paramotoring) +33 (0)3 89 82 17 16 +33 (0)6 81 17 06 52 www.centreecolemarkstein.com +33 (0)9 52 29 34 59 École de parapente Cumulus Alsace www.alsaceparamoteur.com (School for paragliding) +33 (0)6 63 39 77 09 / (B6) +33 (0)6 80 65 47 61 École Paramoteur Terciel - www.cumulus-parapente.com Réseau Adventure (School for paramotoring) STRASBOURG (C3) +33 (0)6 27 73 16 03 Located between the Rhine and the École de parapente Air Aile www.paramoteuralsace.fr Vosges Mountains, Alsace is ideally (School for paragliding) situated for fishing, in rivers, +33 (0)3 88 25 12 22 HOT AIR streams and mountain lakes. All the With a reputation for encouraging http://airaileparapente.free.fr/ efforts made to protect the water beginners to spread their wings, BALLOONING mean that the rivers and ponds the Vosges are the perfect terrain have been repopulated with fish. for gliding and discovering another COLMAR (B5) Fishing permit mandatory. side of Alsace. New: in winter take Aérovision advantage of the ski lifts to +33 (0)3 89 77 22 81 FÉDÉRATIONS POUR LA PÊCHE paraglide over the winter www.aerovision-montgolfiere.com ET LA PROTECTION landscape with minimal effort. DU MILIEU AQUATIQUE WEYER (B2) (Federations for Fishing and the Weyer Ballon Protection of Aquatic Environments) +33 (0)3 88 00 70 13 [email protected] Bas-Rhin +33 (0)3 88 10 52 20 www.peche67.fr Haut-Rhin +33 (0)3 89 60 64 74 www.peche68.fr FISHING GUIDES Gilles BASTOS +33 (0)6 19 76 43 11 www.flyfishing-guide.fr Jean-François HUNDSBUCKLER +33 (0)6 12 08 07 61 www.alsace-peche.fr David PIERRON +33 (0)6 75 13 08 66 www.dfish.fr Mathieu ROMAIN +33 (0)6 71 05 29 59 www.prestapeche.com Éric VINCENT +33 (0)3 88 47 25 74 +33 (0)6 10 09 63 16 www.peche-alsace.com 14 Escape into a natural paradise! Winter sports

SKI AREAS CHAMP DU FEU (B4) TANET (A5) (B6) Alpine skiing Alpine skiing Alpine skiing 9 ski lifts (from 200 to 700 m long) for Runs: 5.2 km - 7 runs (1 green, 2 blue, Runs: 10 km - 9 runs (1 green, 3 blue, 14 runs (5 green, 4 blue, 5 red). 3 red, 1 black) and 4 ski lifts. 3 red, 2 black) and 4 ski lifts. Nordic skiing +33 (0)3 89 303 101 Nordic skiing 102 km of marked trails – 15 marked Snow phone 40 km marked and groomed (5 km circuits from 1.5 to 24 km (4 green, +33 (0)3 89 77 74 97 of green runs, 10 km of blue runs, 4 blue, 5 red and 2 black) - connection Vallée de Munster Tourist Office 8 km of red runs, 34 km of black with and . +33 (0)3 89 77 31 80 runs), with a Nordic trail connection +33 (0)3 88 47 18 51 / 97 39 50 www.letanet.fr Schnepfenried - Markstein - Grand www.lechampdufeu.com www.stations-munster.fr Ballon. +33 (0)3 89 81 07 90 BAGENELLES (B5) GASCHNEY (A6) Guebwiller-Soultz Tourist Office +33 (0)3 89 76 10 63 Alpine skiing Alpine skiing www.lemarkstein.net Runs: 3.5 km - 3 runs (1 green, 1 blue, Runs: 6 km - 7 runs (1 green, 1 blue, 1 red) and 2 ski lifts. 5 red) and 3 ski lifts. BALLON D’ALSACE (A6) Nordic skiing Snow phone 44 km marked and groomed (1 km of +33 (0)3 89 77 74 97 Alpine skiing green runs, 36 km of blue runs, 6 km Vallée de Munster Tourist Office Runs: 5 km - 10 runs (4 green, 2 blue, 3 red, 1 black) and 11 ski lifts. of red runs). +33 (0)3 89 77 31 80 Night skiing. The ski areas of Alsace, with Val d’Argent Tourist Office www.stations-munster.fr altitudes reaching up to 1,250 m, Nordic skiing +33 (0)3 89 58 80 50 40 km marked and groomed runs are equipped for Alpine and Nordic www.valdargent.com TROIS FOURS (A5) skiing. Nordic skiing is particularly (2 green, 1 blue, 2 red, 1 black). Nordic skiing +33 (0)3 84 28 12 01 popular, with some 530 km of LAC BLANC (B5) marked runs. Fans of Alpine skiing 13 km marked and groomed (2.5 km Masevaux Tourist Office will be thrilled to find 64 ski lifts Alpine skiing of green runs, 3.6 km of blue runs, +33 (0)3 89 82 41 99 spread over 12 sites. For those Runs: 14 km - 13 runs (5 green, 1 blue, 4.9 km of red runs, 2.4 km of black www.tourisme-ballon-alsace.fr wishing to discover the hidden 6 red, 1 black) and 8 lifts. Night skiing. runs). jewels of the Vosges landscape, Nordic skiing Syndicat Mixte Munster Valley FRENZ (A6) snowshoe trekking is also on offer. 67 km marked and groomed (2.6 km +33 (0)3 89 77 26 52 Alpine skiing Relax, escape… the Alsatian Vosges of green runs, 30.1 km of blue runs, Snow phone 2 runs (1 green, 1 blue) and 1 ski lift will allow you to experience winter 25.7 km of red runs, 8.7 km of black +33 (0)3 89 77 74 97 +33 (0)3 89 82 20 47 - at your own pace. runs). Vallée de Munster Tourist Office +33 (0)3 89 82 25 78 All skiing offers for the Vosges Vallée de Kaysersberg Tourist Office +33 (0)3 89 77 31 80 Vallée de Saint-Amarin Tourist Office Mountains and information on +33 (0)3 89 78 22 78 www.stations-munster.fr +33 (0)3 89 82 13 90 snowfall can be found at Snow phone http://lefrenz.free.fr/ www.massif-des-vosges.com +33 (0)3 89 71 22 80 MARKSTEIN (A6) www.lac-blanc.com Alpine skiing SCHLUMPF (A6) ALPINE SKIING AND Runs: 12 km - 10 runs (3 green, 3 blue, Alpine skiing SCHNEPFENRIED (A6) 2 red, 2 black) and 9 ski lifts. 3 runs (1 green, 2 red) and 2 ski lifts. NORDIC SKIING Alpine skiing Night skiing. +33 (0)3 89 82 01 41 Runs: 7 km - 14 runs (4 green, 3 blue, Nordic skiing Masevaux Tourist Office SCHNEEBERG (B3) 4 red, 3 black) and 7 ski lifts. 40 km marked and groomed (5 km of +33 (0)3 89 82 41 99 Nordic skiing Night skiing. green runs, 10 km of blue runs, 8 km of www.-ski.fr 75 km of unmarked trails - 7 marked Nordic skiing red runs, 34 km of black runs), with a circuits from 5 to 18 km - from a very 32.6 km marked and groomed runs Nordic trail connection Schnepfenried - THANNER HUBEL (A6) easy level to a very difficult level. (2 blue, 1 red), with a connection with Markstein - Grand Ballon Alpine skiing +33 (0)3 88 87 33 50 Markstein and Grand Ballon. Summer and winter toboggan run on 1 red run and 1 ski lift. www.suisse-alsace.com +33 (0)3 89 77 61 58 rails +33 (0)3 89 37 89 36 / Snow phone +33 (0)3 89 82 14 46 +33 (0)3 89 82 37 22 DONON / PRAYE (B3) +33 (0)3 89 77 74 97 Vallée de Saint-Amarin Tourist Office Pays de Thann-Cernay Tourist Office Vallée de Munster Tourist Office +33 (0)3 89 82 13 90 Nordic skiing +33 (0)3 89 37 96 20 +33 (0)3 89 77 31 80 www.lemarkstein.net http://scvt.thannski.com 65.5 km of runs - 5 marked circuits www.leschnepf.com from 2.5 to 12.5 km (1 green, www.stations-munster.fr 2 blue and 2 red). SNOWSHOE +33 (0)3 88 47 18 51 TREKKING www.valleedelabruche.fr See “Multi-activity” p. 16.

15 Grandfontaine- Le Donon Lembach – Fleckenstein Castle Escape! Multi-activity holidays

Along with a guide, discover the Association Libre Destination Haute-Alsace Randonnée Verte natural and historical gems of +33 (0)3 89 77 18 27 +33 (0)3 89 30 35 30 +33 (0)6 78 58 29 68 Alsace: snowshoe trekking, cross- +33 (0)6 82 28 52 79 www.destination-haute-alsace.com www.randonneeverte.com country skiing, igloo building, www.libre.asso.fr www.haute-alsacetourisme.com walking, supervised cycling and mountain biking trips, canoeing and kayaking, treasure hunts, sporting Takamaka competitions, horse riding, etc. Auberge Le Blancrupt Destination SAS +33 (0)3 90 23 87 15 Mountain Bike Centre Massif du Lac +33 (0)3 88 60 70 70 http://strasbourg.takamaka.fr Blanc / Vallée de Kaysersberg www.destination-alsace.eu +33 (0)3 89 71 27 11 www.blancrupt.com Terre de Sylphe Espace Randonnée +33 (0)6 81 16 05 46 +33 (0)3 88 89 26 07 +33 (0)6 08 50 39 56 Bicyclette Go www.espace-randonnee.fr www.terredesylphe.com +33 (0)6 87 47 44 31 www.bicyclettego.com Formanature GIE Tourhôtels Alsace +33 (0)9 53 82 04 20 +33 (0)3 88 97 01 95 Chemins du Nord +33 (0)6 98 22 07 00 [email protected] +33 (0)3 89 71 00 37 www.rando-alsace.com +33 (0)6 20 06 39 15 www.cheminsdunord.com Trace Verte Grains de Folies +33 (0)3 88 38 30 69 HIKING HOLIDAYS +33 (0)6 81 10 25 20 www.traceverte.com Cimes et Sentiers http://grainsdefolies.free.fr Les Accompagnateurs en Montagne +33 (0)6 74 32 12 59 du Massif des Vosges www.sentiersrando.com (Vosges Mountains mountain www.cimesetsentiers.com Verticales Vosges Alsace guides) Horizons d’Alsace +33 (0)6 37 87 29 02 http://massifdesvosges.lesaem.org +33 (0)3 89 78 35 20 http://verticales-vosges.com www.horizons-alsace.com Compagnie des Accompagnateurs en Montagne (Mountain guides) Alsace Canoës +33 (0)3 88 47 18 51 +33 (0)6 83 78 59 43 / www.rando-emotion-vosges.com Maorn (0)3 88 08 13 01 +33 (0)6 11 87 30 61 PICTOS www.alsace-canoes.com www.maorn.fr Hiking Côté Vosges Cycling +33 (0)6 02 33 73 71 Altimètre www.cotevosges.com Montagne, Passion, Itinérance Mountain biking +33 (0)9 52 13 93 57 +33 (0)3 89 58 56 40 +33 (0)6 77 09 31 38 +33 (0)6 76 19 11 86 Other activities (canoe, climbing, www.altimetre-sport.fr archery, treasure hunts, athletic Dépasse Montagne challenges, etc.) +33 (0)3 89 58 86 60 www.depasse-montagne.com Oxygène Nature Winter activities (snowshoeing, +33 (0)3 89 77 06 42 cross-country skiing, igloo +33 (0)6 85 97 78 98 building, etc.) www.oxygenenature.com Luggage transfer

16 Escape into a natural paradise! GASTRONOMY AUTHENTIC VILLAGES FOLKLORE

Kougelhopf Barr Kutzenhausen – Folklore Group Local gastronomy and traditions Gourmet and authentic Alsace

Fed by numerous influences, Alsace kept the best to create traditions and a way of life filled with fervour. Let yourself be taken away by the charming Alsatian restaurants, brimming with conviviality and flavours, whether in a Michelin-starred restaurant, a country inn, or in the lively atmosphere of a winstub (wine lounge). On the menu, you’ll find iconic Alsatian dishes including the famous Flammekueche (tarte flambée). In Alsace, landscapes, gastronomy and traditions are intimately linked. For example, take a ride through the beautifully laid out Alsatian vineyards, where you can taste the AOC wines or take part in a traditional grape harvest festival. Marvel at the quaint villages in bloom, the half-timbered houses, the picturesque neighbourhoods of towns and villages, and the crafts of the artisans. In addition to Christmastime, many other highlights mark the lives of the inhabitants and the calendar of the tourist season. Folklore, with its costumes and dances, continues to be an integral part of local festivals, each one offering an occasion to discover the soul of Alsace.

17 Beer and pretzel Folklore Tarte flambée Local gastronomy and traditions Gourmet Alsace

DINNER IS SERVED! LORENTZEN (B2) DAMBACH-LA-VILLE (B4) (B5) Micro brewery Roehrig Distillery Mersiol André Brotherhood Saint-Etienne d’Alsace +33 (0)3 88 00 01 09 +33 (0)3 88 92 44 10 www.confrerie-st-etienne.com MARIENTHAL (C2) DIEFFENBACH-AU-VAL (B4) (B3) Brasserie de l’Ermitage Distillery Massenez A l’École des Vins www.hotel-ermitage.com www.massenez.com www.alecoledesvins.com (C4) – LES QUELLES (B4) STRASBOURG (C3) Brewery Matten Distillery Neuhauser Republic of Wineland www.matten.fr www.hotel-neuhauser.com http://republic-of-wineland.com Goose liver pate (C3) (B5) ALSATIAN LOCAL As far as local cuisine goes, Alsace is a front-runner! The Michelin-starred Brewery La Mercière Distillery G. Miclo CUISINE restaurant stands alongside the tiny www.la-merciere.fr www.distillerie-miclo.com winstub, or the favourite bierstub, because in Alsace we produce (and (B5) (C1) consume) both wine and beer. It’s Brasserie du Vignoble Traditional distillery Hoeffler reason enough for the Stammtisch www.gilbertholl.com www.distillerie-hoeffler.com tradition, a lively group of regulars raising a glass to friendship around a SAINT-LOUIS (C7) (B4) table! Rich in the tastes of gastronomy and bistronomy, the Brasserie de Saint-Louis Distillery Marie-France Hubrecht Chefs of Alsace invite you to their www.saint-louis.biz http://distillerie.hubrecht.pagesperso- inventive and varied restaurants. orange.fr SAINT-PIERRE (B4) Sauerkraut Together under the slogan “Cooking MOTHERN (D1) is a craft" they hold different labels Brewery La Saint-Pierre Discover including “Maître-Restaurateur”, and www.lasaintpierre.com Traditional distillery Claude Busch - Farm products, local markets, celebrate seasonal ingredients, +33 (0)3 88 54 61 88 educational and discovery farms favouring local products. SCHARRACHBERGHEIM (C3) OBERNAI (B4) and more on www.chefs-alsace.fr Brewery Lauth www.bienvenuealaferme-alsace.com www.maitresrestaurateurs.com www.brasserie-restaurant-lauth.com Traditional distillery J. & M. Lehmann - Agricultural and food-processing The "Etoiles d'Alsace" unite www.distillerielehmann.com businesses and quality labels on renowned establishments and (C3) www.alsace-qualite.com propose youth and senior menus. Brewery Storig RIBEAUVILLĖ (B5) - Organic foods on www.opaba.org www.etoiles-alsace.com +33 (0)3 88 33 02 02 Traditional distillery Gilbert Holl - Local products and regional meals Finally, country inns welcome www.gilbertholl.com on http://apps.tourisme-alsace. info/locals/alsace/abecedaire hikers for a hearty repas marcaire STRASBOURG (C3) Traditional distillery Mette (farm meal). Brewery Bendorf www.distillerie-mette.info The most iconic are tarte flambée, www.fermeaubergealsace.fr. +33 (0)6 70 55 72 08 foie gras, matelote (fish stew), Traditional distillery Marcel Windholtz fried carp, sauerkraut, bäckeoffe Brewery Au Brasseur www.distillerie-windholtz.com (a farmhouse-type stew with COOKING CLASSES www.aubrasseur.fr potatoes and three different See http://www.tourisme-alsace.com/ Brewery La Lanterne SAINT-PIERRE-BOIS - marinated meats), Alsatian pot-au- fr/cours-et-ateliers-cuisine +33 (0)3 88 32 10 10 HOHWARTH (B4) feu, Munster cheese, soft pretzels, Brewery Perle Distillery F. Meyer kougelhopf, etc. MICRO BREWERIES www.biereperle.com www.distillerie-meyer.fr Benefiting from abundant sunshine, the Alsace Wine Route BREITENBACH (B4) UBERACH (C2) (B4) weaves along the slopes of the Brewery L‘Abreuvoir Brasserie d’Uberach Distillery Jos. Nusbaumer lower Vosges. Enjoy a tasting of the www.brasserie-abreuvoir.com www.brasserie-uberach.fr www.jos-nusbaumer.com Alsatian varietals during a visit to a winery and discover the vineyards DOLLEREN (A6) VOGELGRUN (C5) UBERACH (C2) along the trails of this wine-making Brewery Dioller Traditional distillery Bertrand region. www.vinsalsace.com - Traditional brewery Saint-Alphonse www.alsace-du-vin.com. www.brasseriedioller.com www.brasseriesaintalphonse.com www.distillerie-bertrand.com Traditional distillery Hepp For something different, visit the ENSISHEIM (B6) WALDHAMBACH (B2) www.distillerie-hepp.com historical wine cellar of the Civil Hospices of Strasbourg (1395) Les Brasseries de l‘Ill Brewery Blessing +33 (0)3 89 74 66 40 (B6) which houses the oldest barrel of www.brasserieblessing.fr wine in the world, dating back to Domaine du Bollenberg 1472. JUNGHOLTZ – THIERENBACH (B6) (C2) www.bollenberg.com -LE-BAS (B7) www.vins-des-hospices-de-strasbourg.fr Brewery Holtzmann The Alsace region produces more Brasserie du Rhin www.brasserie-holtzmann.fr (B5) www.bieredurhin.com beer and hops than any other Distillery Jean-Philippe Becker French region, with numerous www.vinsbecker.com HATTEN (D2) DISTILLERIES industrial breweries and more than 20 artisan micro-breweries. In Brewery De Moon (B3) ALSACE WINE Wingersheim, the hops capital, a +33 (0)6 14 31 54 19 Traditional distillery artisanale trail allows visitors to discover the Hagmeyer SEMINARS farming of the . LAPOUTROIE (B5) www.payszorn.com www.distillerie-hagmeyer.com COLMAR (B5) Brasserie du Pays Welche Other specialties: eau de vie, www.brasseriedupayswelche.fr (C1) Syndicat des Vignerons liqueur, fruit juices from our Indépendants d’Alsace (SYNVIRA) , mineral waters, and more. Distillery Juncker www.alsace-du-vin.com LOBSANN (C1) www.juncker-distillerie.com Finally, chocolate is very present Brewery Lobsann in Alsace and the region is first in http://brasserie-lobsann.com France for its export.

18 Local gastronomy and traditions Gourmet and authentic Alsace Local gastronomy and traditions Gourmet Alsace

Discover agriculture

Over the plain to the south of EDUCATIONAL ROUFFACH (B6) (D2) Strasbourg, of cabbage for Ferme Judenmatt Moulin de (F) sauerkraut are spread in the fields; FARMS (Agricultural High School) +33 (0)3 88 86 41 08 in the north, hop fields stand tall BOUXWILLER (B8) Learn about the trade, farm products and the foothills are covered with for sale… HARSKIRCHEN (A2) vineyards of renowned grape Ferme pédagogique du Luppachhof www.rouffach.educagri.fr varietals. Go and meet the farmers Diverse organic crops and animal Moulin de Willer (F) +33 (0)3 88 00 90 45 behind the local products of this farming (B2) patchwork landscape! www.cledelaferme.net Ferme des Tuileries (D2) (B8) Dairy farming, poultry Moulin Waldmühle (F) +33 (0)3 88 00 72 57 Ferme du Grumbach +33 (0)3 88 54 61 59 Dairy, cereal and beef production (B8) www.ferme-grumbach.com HUNDSBACH (B7) La Ferme Sundgau Autruche www.moulin-hundsbach.com (C3) Ratite farming, shop selling eggs, leather… (C3) Ferme du Bruehl http://sundgau.autruche.free.fr Dairy farming www.moulin-hurtigheim.fr (F) +33 (0)3 88 59 45 38 STRASBOURG (C3) (C5) GRIESHEIM-PRES-MOLSHEIM (C3) Bee farm Neuhof www.miel-alsace.com www.moulin-herzog.com (F) La Chèvrerie Goat farming and cheese shop (B4) (C2) www.chevrerie.com Ferme Humbert www.moulindesmoines.com (F) (B5) Organic mountain farming www.biofermehumbert.com LEMBACH-PFAFFENBRONN (C1) Ferme du Versant du Soleil +33 (0)3 88 94 24 23 (O) ECO-FRIENDLY Cheese shop, dairy farm www.ferme-versant-du-soleil.com CHEESE DAIRIES (D2) (B5) ALSACE (C4) Moulin Hibou (F) The agricultural sector has long + 33 (0)3 88 96 81 41 been attentive to quality control La Maison du Fromage – Ferme Kieffer Vallée de Munster (Cheese House) through bold processes; Alsace is Farm animals, activities… +33 (0)3 89 77 90 00 (C2) no stranger to the link between www.ferme-kieffer.fr www.maisondufromage-munster.com the land and "real food". Organic Moulin Gerlinger (F) +33 (0)3 88 89 30 19 farming is also a reality today. MERKWILLER-PECHELBRONN (C2) LAPOUTROIE (B5) Decreasing the inputs helps to Écurie du Loti preserve the ground water of Fromagerie Haxaire (Cheese dairy) SELESTAT (B4) Horse breeding, equestrian events +33 (0)3 89 47 50 76 the Rhine, one of the largest www.elevageduloti.fr Moulin Stoll (F) underground water reserves in www.haxaire.com +33 (0)3 88 85 33 22 Europe. (A6) Numerous farmhouse inns offer visits SOUFFLENHEIM (D2) Discover Ferme TRAITS’ANES to cheese farms and shops. More - Local markets, farm products, Equestrian activities and activities info on: www.moulin-fritz.fr (F) educational and discovery farms, about and fruits www.fermeaubergealsace.fr farmhouse inns and more on www.traitsanes.com www.vallee-munster.eu (A6) www.bienvenuealaferme-alsace.com +33 (0)3 89 39 14 00 (O) - Agricultural and food-processing NIEDERBRUCK (A6) businesses and quality labels on MILLS VOELLERDINGEN (A1) www.alsace-qualite.com Ferme pédagogique de l’Entzenbach Several mills offer their product for - Organic foods on www.opaba.org (Educational farm) purchase: (F) = flour (O) = oil Moulin Klein (F) - Other local approaches: Farm, animals, biodynamic medicinal 33 (0)3 88 00 42 48 Slow Food Alsace plants and herbs, local crafts and (B7) www.schnaeckele.com beekeeping +33 (0)3 89 25 32 04 (O) WALHEIM (B7) +33 (0)3 89 82 45 49 www.incredible-edible.info Moulin Bas-de-Walheim - Cross-border farmer’s markets DOSSENSHEIM/ZINSEL (B2) NORDHEIM (C3) +33 (0)3 89 40 98 46 and “Le paysage a du goût” www.burggraf-becker.com (F) (Taste the landscape): Ferme du Cabri www.parc-vosges-nord.fr Dairy goat breeding, cheese shop, EBERSHEIM (C4) www.parc-ballons-vosges.fr light meals www.fermecabri.com www.moulin-kircher.fr (F) 19

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ART AND CRAFTS POTTERS’ VILLAGES THE MOST BEAUTIFUL YESTERYEAR LIFE (C2) DETOURS IN FRANCE KUTZENHAUSEN (C2) SOUFFLENHEIM (D2) Maison rurale de l’Outre-Forêt OBERNAI (C4) (Outre-Forêt Rural Life Centre) www.tourisme-haguenau-potiers.com See p. 27 Pottery Museum THANN (B7) www.maison-rurale.fr www.betschdorf.com WISSEMBOURG (D1) UNGERSHEIM (B6) MARQUETRY WORK Écomusée d’Alsace BOERSCH – ST-LEONARD (B4) THE HALF-TIMBE- (Alsace Open Air Museum) Potteries from Soufflenheim and Betschdorf See p. 27 Spindler www.ecomusee-alsace.fr Although ceramics remain the most www.spindler.tm.fr RED HOUSE famous, local crafts are centred on Alsatian museums in diverse expertise (wood sculpture, FABRICS HAGUENAU (C2), marquetry, stone sculpture, STRASBOURG (C3) popular paintings, etc.). MUTTERSHOLTZ (C4) Some craftsmen, artisans and and other museums of arts and Kelsch - Gander Weaving traditions: culinary professionals welcome www.tissage-gander.fr passing tourists. See p. 27 RIBEAUVILLÉ (B5) FROM YESTERDAY Beauvillé TOURIST RAILWAYS Beauvillé – Fabric printing factory TO TODAY www.beauville.com STATION – SANS- SOUCI LANDING STAGE – STATION Fédération Régionale (C5) des Métiers d’Art d’Alsace ALSATIAN Chemin de Fer Touristique du Rhin (FREMAA) TRADITIONAL There is a large variety of Combined steam train and boat route (Regional Crafts and Handicraft half-timbered houses in Alsace, on the Rhine. Federation) COSTUMES depending on the area (plain or www.ried-express-cftr.fr www.fremaa.com STRASBOURG (C3) mountain) and the use of the building (farming, agriculture or CERNAY – (B6-B7) (B4) www.maison-bossert.fr wine-growing). The shapes of the interlacing beams had symbolic Train Thur Alsace Centre d’interprétation du patrimoine value: the diamond represented Discover the Doller Valley by steam “Les Ateliers de la Seigneurie” TOWNS AND fertility, the saltire protection and train (Heritage Discovery Centre) multiplication (diamond and cross www.train-doller.org www.lesateliersdelaseigneurie.eu VILLAGES IN BLOOM Alsace is still the region in France with sometimes cross over), and slanting GUEBWILLLER (B6) the most flowers! posts reflected the silhouette of man. Inscriptions of sun cycles, IEAC tulips and 5 or 6 pointed stars were Institut Européen des Arts THE MOST BEAUTIFUL believed to protect the house from Céramiques. lightning and other evils. (European Institute of Ceramic Arts) VILLAGES IN FRANCE Half-timbering and façades were www.arts-ceramiques.org EGUISHEIM (B5) enhanced with sculptures and painted patterns. www.asma.fr . Companies of Living Heritage HUNAWIHR (B5) www.patrimoine-vivant.com/fr/routes/ The steeply sloping roof (to offset/2 (D1) prevent snow from collecting) was made of “Biberschwanz”, tiles in Shops in COLMAR, (B4) the shape of a beaver’s tail. Inside, only the main room, la Stube, was STRASBOURG or RIQUEWIHR RIQUEWIHR (B5) heated, along with the kitchen. http://arts-collections-alsace.com www.feeriedenoel.fr Train Thur Doller Alsace

22 Local gastronomy and traditions Gourmet and authentic Alsace Reichstett - Parc de la Maison alsacienne - Country dance D’Kochloeffel Local gastronomy and traditions Towns and villages, crafts Traditional Alsatian costumes, festivals and traditions

ALSATIAN CARNIVAL ST JOHN’S FIRES CHRISTMAS COSTUMES AND FAIRYLAND EMBLEMS

Strasbourg

Some villages still hold traditional At the beginning of Summer, they In Alsace, Christmas is actively carnivals. are reminiscent of the Summer prepared for and is based on Folklore, with its costumes and and continue solstice celebrations and continue several customs! Spread around the dances, remains an integral part of the tradition of throwing burning to crackle and set the Alsatian sky world, they are still practised local festivals. Despite its uniform wooden discs (Schieweschlawe), a ablaze... today. image, the Alsatian costume very old rite. The Christmas markets are distant includes diverse variations. cousins of the old fairs of Saint Different colours and shapes AUTUMN AND Martin and Saint Nicolas. The are codes that stand for factors EASTER Christmas tree is an authentic such as location, the woman’s WINTER Alsatian tradition. Its first written status, religion, and local wealth. reference dates back to 1521 and A century ago, there were almost the document can be found in as many costumes as there were the Humanist Library in Sélestat. villages! Every Sunday a new candle is lit Another symbol of Alsace is the on the Advent crown, announcing stork that brings new-borns to the coming of the light. From the their families in a tight bundle in beginning of Advent, the famous its beak. Wihnachtsbredle are baked, As for the , it dates small Christmas cakes with sweet back to the first millennium! Listen scents and very old traditional to it live on shapes. There are plenty of www.olcalsace.org. traditions to discover, such as that of Hans Trapp, the Alsatian Andlau Père Fouettard (the helper of Saint Nicholas, who punishes bold After the crops and grapes are children), or the Christkindel, a taken in, the harvest festivals Christmas fairy who gave her name begin. In years gone by, the to the Christkindelsmärik, the beginning of winter saw the Strasbourg Christmas market. But At Easter, traditions first reflect beginning of “veillées”. in December, Alsace sets the scene the act of purification; houses are Several families would meet in the for concerts, exhibitions and other cleaned (Oschterputz), old wood is Stub, the only heated room, around wonderful events which revive burnt, sins are confessed! The the earthenware stove (Kachelofe). the original meaning of Christmas: Easter lamb biscuit (Lämmele) is to Time was spent doing various jobs the “Noëlies”. As of the end of represent the Resurrection. while recounting old legends... September, the entire programme The Easter bunny (Oschterhas) Discover the wine and grape of the festival and the details of and its eggs symbolize Spring and festivals at www.vinsalsace.com the markets and other “Christmas fertility. in Alsace” events can be found at http://noel.tourisme-alsace.com

23 Châtenois – Rampart festival Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines – Mineral & Gem Local gastronomy and traditions Festivals, shows, events, casinos and music-halls

FESTIVALS, BARR - PAYS DE BARR Jazz Festival MARLENHEIM ET DU BERNSTEIN (B4) Beginning of September Mariage de l’Ami Fritz www.colmar.fr SHOWS, Grape harvest festival Barr (Traditional wedding ceremony) 1st weekend in October Cinema Festival 14-15 August ENTERTAINMENT www.pays-de-barr.com “7 days for the 7th art” www.mariage-ami-fritz.fr In October Clair de nuit www.colmar.fr MASEVAUX (A6) End of July – beginning of August www.clairdenuit.fr Passion Plays (in German) ERSTEIN (C4) The 6 Sundays before Easter (C2) Sugar festival www.passion-masevaux.com The last weekend of August International Organ Festival Fête des Fifres (Fiddlers’ festival) www.festivalsucreerstein.com 2nd weekend in August In July, August and September www.festivalorguemasevaux.com www.bischwiller.com (C3) (B1) Aquatic show MOLSHEIM (C3) Weekend following 15 August Grape festival “Les Nuits des Mystères” www.acsl-furdenheim.org (Mysterious Nights) 2nd weekend in October www.ot-molsheim-.com Evening show HAGUENAU (C2) In August www.tourisme.alsace-bossue.net L’Humour des Notes MULHOUSE (B7) (Festival of music and humour) Carnavalia CHATENOIS (B4) Ascension week In February www.humour-des-notes.com Fête des Remparts www.carnaval-mulhouse.com slowUp Alsace (Medieval festival) Hops Festival Automobile Festival 2nd Sunday of June International Folklore Festival Details of all events are available in In July www.fetedesremparts.fr 3rd week of August www.festivalauto.mulhouse.fr our brochure “Schedule of Events www.festivalduhoublon.eu Alsace”, which can be downloaded COLMAR (B5) Bêtes de Scènes Festival from HUSSEREN-WESSERLING (A6) Music festival www.tourism-alsace.com Colmar celebrates Spring End of June www.tourisme67.com Around Easter International Mixed Gardens’ www.noumatrouff.fr www.haute-alsacetourisme.com www.printemps-colmar.com Festival Mid-June to the beginning of October Folklore evenings www.parc-wesserling.fr ALSACE Mid-May to mid-September (except during the 1st fortnight of July) ILLKIRCH GRAFFENSTADEN (C3) Eclats de Pâques en Alsace www.tourisme-colmar.com (Easter with a Bang in Alsace) Le Printemps des Bretelles www.tourisme-alsace.com Festival of multi-cultural music International accordion festival In May In March slowUp www.lezard.org Festive and carless day in certain www.printempsdesbretelles.fr towns of the Wine Route International Music Festival of 1st Sunday of June Colmar LA PETITE PIERRE (B2) www.slowup-alsace.fr 1st fortnight of July Jazz festival www.festival-colmar.com Wine festivals, grape harvest In August festivals, new wine, wine fairs and Alsace Wine Fair www.festival-augresdujazz.com more In August www.vinsalsace.com www.foire-colmar.com LORENTZEN (B2) “Voices and Romanesque Road” Organ Festival on Tuesdays at the Landscapes Festival Festival Saint Martin collegiate church In June In August and September In August www.tourisme.alsace-bossue.net www.voix-romane.com http://orguescolmar.assoc.free.fr Christmas in Alsace http://noel.tourisme-alsace.com “Noëlies” in December www.noelies.com

24 Local gastronomy and traditions Gourmet and authentic Alsace Erstein – Sugar Festival Lichtenberg Castle Local gastronomy and traditions Festivals, shows, events, casinos and music-halls

Festival Météo - Biobernai, SEEBACH (D1) CASINOS Mulhouse Music Festival Meeting for alternative solutions “Streisselhochzeit” 2nd fortnight of August Mid-September Traditional wedding ceremony (C7) www.festival-meteo.fr www.biobernai.com Weekend after 14 July Barrière Casino October Days and Folie’Flore www.uas.fr (C2) +33 (0)3 89 70 57 77 (Flower festival) www.lucienbarriere.com In October Summerlied Festival SELESTAT (B4) www.parcexpo.fr Traditional songs Sélestat celebrates Easter NIEDERBRONN-LES-BAINS (C1) In August, every other year From the Wednesday before Palm www.summerlied.org Barrière Casino MUNSTER (B5) Sunday to Easter Monday +33 (0)3 88 80 84 88 Jazz Festival RIBEAUVILLÉ (B5) Floral float procession www.lucienbarriere.com Week of Ascension The largest in France www.jazzmunster.eu “Pfifferdaj ” 2nd weekend of August RIBEAUVILLÉ (B5) Fiddlers’ festival Transhumance in Munster Valley www.corso-fleuri.fr Barrière Casino In May, September and October 1st Sunday of September www.ribeauville.net Sélest’Art +33 (0)3 89 73 43 43 www.vallee-munster-transhumances.fr Biennale of contemporary art www.lucienbarriere.com “The Valley of Tales” Festival Ancient music meeting September or October In October In September and October www.selestat.fr www.lavallee-des-contes.fr www.musiqueancienneribeauville.org MUSIC-HALLS STRASBOURG (C3) ROUFFACH (B6) (C2) NEUVE-ÉGLISE (B4) All events: Musicalta Festival Royal Palace Music Hall Rock Festival Décibulles www.otstrasbourg.fr +33 (0)3 88 70 71 81 Mid-July July and August www.musicalta.com Festival “Artefacts” www.royal-palace.com www.decibulles.com 2nd fortnight of April www.artefact.org SOULTZMATT (B6) OBERNAI (C4) SAINT-LOUIS (C7) Les nuits électroniques Music-Hall “Le Paradis des Sources” Spring in Alsace Théâtra International Theatre Festival de l’Ososphère (Electronic nights +33 (0)3 89 22 44 44 From March till beginning of May at the Ososphere) www.leparadisdessources.com www.tourisme-obernai.fr of short plays 1st fortnight of October End of September www.festival-theatra.com www.artefact.org Musica SAINTE-MARIE-AUX-MINES (B4) End of September - beginning of Mode & Tissus (Fashion & Fabrics) October Leading fashion and textile design www.festivalmusica.org fair in the East of France Jazz d’Or In March and October Mid-November www.modetissus.com www.jazzdor.com Festival aux Chandelles ST’ART (Candlelight Festival) Contemporary art fair Ascension and in August End of November www.festivalauxchandelles.fr www.st-art.fr Mineral & Gem International mineral, precious stones (B5) and fossil market Round of the night-watchman End of June May to October www.sainte-marie-mineral.com www.turckheim.com European Patchwork Meeting In September WISSEMBOURG (D1) www.patchwork-europe.com Whitsun festivities “C’est dans la vallée” Festival Whitsun’ weekend Music festival www.ot-wissembourg.fr In October (every other year) Music festival www.valdargent-tourisme.fr Transhumance in Munster Valley In October and November Niederbronn-les-Bains - Casino

25 DISCOVERY REMEMBRANCE HERITAGE

Mulhouse - Automobile Museum - Schlumpf Collection - Alsace- Memorial – Abbey-church Lay siege to history! In Alsace, budding historians can travel through time and relive the days of chivalrous knights whilst visiting the multiple fortified castles and hearing the legends of the men who built them. The countless churches, chapels and historic buildings, all richly ornate, reflect the development of both Romanesque art and Alsatian Gothicism. Let yourself be carried away with emotion and admiration at the memorial sites, museums and other spots of outstanding beauty. The historic centre of Strasbourg, capital of Europe with over 2,000 years’ worth of history, is a UNESCO World Heritage site, alongside the star-shaped fortifications imagined by Vauban in Neuf-Brisach and the Humanist Library in Sélestat.

Lembach – Fleckenstein Castle

26 Graufthal – Rock houses Bouxwiller – Pays de Hanau Museum

Museums of arts and traditions

MUSEUMS COLMAR (B5) KUTZENHAUSEN (C2) PFAFFENHOFFEN (C2) Evidence of a rich and eventful Le “village-musée” Hansi Maison rurale de l’Outre-Forêt Musée de l’Image Populaire (MF) past, an abundance of art, local (Hansi-Museum) (Rural Life Centre) (Museum of Popular Imagery) traditions or even the work of The work of Jean-Jacques Waltz, known Exhibition of the traditional home A treasure-trove of popular imagery one man; the museums of Alsace as Hansi (1873-1951), the most famous with its outbuildings. Activities linked seen through baptism letters are full of priceless collections painter of popular pictures in Alsace. to local traditions. (Goettelbriefe), souvenirs from that are diverse and sometimes www.hansi.fr www.maison-rurale.fr confirmations, marriages and deaths extraordinary. Small and large ERSTEIN (C4) (B5) from the rural Protestant community. www.pfaffenhoffen.org museums can be found at Maison du Patrimoine - Etappenstall Espace des Métiers du Bois et du www.musees-alsace.org (Heritage Centre) Patrimoine (Heritage and wood REICHSTETT (C3) There is a “museum-pass” for the Local heritage. Temporary exhibitions. crafts centre) Upper Rhine valid in more than www.ville-erstein.fr Old wood crafts, machines, toys. Parc de la Maison Alsacienne 300 museums in 3 countries "Heritage street” lined with different Machine operation. Educational centre. types of traditional dwellings. (F, D, CH): www.museumspass.com FRĖLAND (B5) www.musee-bois-labaroche.com Musée d’Arts Religieux www.maisonalsacienne.fr MARMOUTIER (B3) (Museum of Religious Arts) RIQUEWIHR (B5) MUSEUMS OF Documents, religious clothing, Musée du Patrimoine et du Catholic religious objects, paintings. Judaïsme alsacien (Museum of La Maison de l’Oncle Hansi ARTS AND www.freland.fr heritage and Alsatian Judaism) (Hansi Museum) Maison du Pays Welche Collection of popular arts in a half- The work of Jean-Jacques Waltz, known TRADITIONS timbered 16th century house. as Hansi (1873-1951), the most famous MF = Musée de France (Museum of Popular Arts and Traditions in the Welche Region) www.museedemarmoutier.fr painter of popular pictures in Alsace. www.hansi.fr Presentation of local arts and traditions. MUHLBACH-SUR-MUNSTER (B5) www.freland.fr Musée de la Schlitte et SAINTE-MARIE-AUX-MINES (B4) Les trois musées Barlier - Musées des Métiers du Bois (Museum of Musée de l’École (School Museum) de la Vieille Forge, de la Traversée wood sledges and wood crafts) Reconstruction of a classroom in the du Siècle et des Automates Types of wood, lumberjacking, thirties. (Museums of the old forge, across woodworking. www.shvl.fr the century and automatons) +33 (0)3 89 77 61 08 - Late 19th century former hydraulic STRASBOURG (C3) forge with a waterwheel NEUVILLER-LA-ROCHE (B4) - Everyday objects from our parents Musée des Traditions Populaires Musée Alsacien (MF) (Alsatian Museum) Ungersheim - Alsace Open Air Museum and grandparents (Museum of Heritage) Charming meander through traditional dress, ceramics, popular arts, imagery, toys, In Alsace, every tradition has its - Automatons (toys) Collections reflecting both the activity www.freland.fr of mountain farmers and workers. reconstructed interiors with furniture... own museum whether it is www.musees.strasbourg.eu long-forgotten or still celebrated. GRAUFTHAL- (B2) +33 (0)3 88 97 07 18 Let yourself be transported into a OFFWILLER (C2) (C3) world where know-how combines Maisons des Rochers (Rock Houses) art and handicraft. Houses built into a pink sandstone rock La Maison du Village d’Offwiller Maison du face, inhabited until 1958. (Village education centre) (Kochersberg Museum) ALBE (B4) www.maisonsdesrochers-graufthal.fr Traditional items from this Protestant Daily life in the birthplace of Alsatian village. dress, characterised by the large bow. Maison du Val de Villé HAGUENAU (C2) www.maison-offwiller.webmuseo.com Temporary exhibitions. Showcase for the heritage and Musée Alsacien (MF) (Alsatian Museum) www.kochersberg.fr occupations of yesteryears in this valley. Collection of popular arts and (B8) www.maisonduvaldeville.com traditions and bourgeois furniture. Musée Paysan (MF) (Rural Life museum) UNGERSHEIM (B6) (B7) www.ville-haguenau.fr Typical Sundgau house: museum of Écomusée d’Alsace (MF) domestic life (19th, 20th century). (Alsace Open Air Museum) Musée Sundgauvien (MF) HATTEN (D2) http://musee.paysan.free.fr With 72 authentic houses dismantled (Sundgau Museum) La Cour de Marie - Musée agricole ORBEY (B5) and rebuilt on site, the Open Air History, clothing, furniture, (Marie’s Yard - Agricultural Museum is the biggest in France Sundgauvian painters. Museum) Musée du Val d’Orbey and one of the richest and most www.sundgau-sudalsace.fr Collection of agricultural machines, (Orbey Valley Museum) prestigious in Europe. BOUXWILLER (B2) dolls and prams from the 19th and Museum of popular arts and traditions. www.ecomusee-alsace.fr 20th centuries. +33 (0)3 89 71 27 65 Musée du Pays de Hanau (MF) www.lacourdemarie.fr (B2) (Pays de Hanau Museum) LA PETITE PIERRE (B2) Peasant and bourgeois everyday HOCHFELDEN (C2) Maison Suisse (Swiss House) Musée des Arts et Traditions Half-timbered house, oil mill, items life of the 18th and 19th centuries Musée du Pays de la Zorn Populaires (Museum of Popular (furniture, clothing). from rural life... (Museum of the Zorn country) Arts and Traditions) www.ot-paysdelapetitepierre.com www.museedupaysdehanau.eu Local history and traditions, tilery, History of Alsatian wooden cake moulds pottery, beer and hops... finely sculpted, the “Springerle”. www.payszorn.com www.musee-sceau.com 27 Haguenau - Historical Museum Niederbronn-les-Bains – Archaeological Museum Lay siege to history! Historical museums and sites

JOURNEY CERNAY (B6) HAGUENAU (C2) MOLSHEIM (C3) Musée de la Porte de Thann (MF) Musée Historique (MF) Musée de la Chartreuse et THROUGH TIME (Museum of the Gate of Thann) (Historical Museum) de la Fondation Bugatti (MF) Located in a 13th century tower. Large archaeological collections with (Museum of the Carthusian MF = Musée de France Subjects: the 2 World Wars, graves from the Haguenau forest. Monastery and the Bugatti archaeology of Cernay and its Beautiful Gallo-Roman items. Foundation) surrounding area, historic room www.ville-haguenau.fr Located in the former Carthusian presenting the discovery of the ancient Monastery (traditional buildings, town (15th – 18th century), holy art. HUNINGUE (C7) cloister and restored cells). http://histoire-cernay.perso.sfr.fr Musée de Huningue (MF) Collections on the history of the (Museum of Huningue) region and the Bugatti Foundation, (B1) Historical and military museum. creator of the factory on the outskirts Centre d’interprétation du www.histoire-huningue.eu of the town. Patrimoine archéologique La Villa www.chartreuse-molsheim.info (Archaeological site) (B5) MULHOUSE (B7) Garden demonstrating the dietary Musée archéologique du Château habits of the time, remains of a Gallo- du Wineck (Archaeological Museum Musée Historique (MF) Roman farm. Permanent exhibition. of Wineck Castle) (Historical Museum) www.cip-lavilla.fr Housed in the castle keep, the Located in the town hall built in 1552, Molsheim - Musée de la Chartreuse the entire history of the free republic et de la Fondation Bugatti museum presents the history of DOSSENHEIM-SUR-ZINSEL (B2) the castle and objects found during of Mulhouse. Refuge fortifié, vestiges d’un archaeological digs. www.musees-mulhouse.fr BERGHEIM (B5) habitat (Fortified sanctuary, www.kaysersberg.com remains of a house) Maison des Sorcières Sanctuary going back to the KAYSERSBERG (B5) (Witchcraft Museum) Permanent exhibition on the witch . Permanent exhibition Musée du Docteur Schweitzer trials in Bergheim in the 16th and explaining the site. (Dr. Schweitzer Museum) 17th centuries. www.webmuseo.com/ws/refuge- Presentation of Schweitzer’s hospital www.ville-bergheim.fr fortifie/app/report/index.html work from 1913 to today. www.ville-kaysersberg.fr ENSISHEIM (B6) BIESHEIM (C5) Musée Historique (MF) Musée Gallo-Romain (MF) Musée de la Régence (Local History Museum) (Gallo-Roman Museum) (Regency Museum) Collection of religious works of art The museum presents the numerous Archaeology, history and the activity from 14th to the 18th century (a discoveries of one of the major of potash miners. Fallen meteorite shrine Madonna from 1380, Christ settlements in the Rhine valley. from 1492. with palms from the 15th century, www.biesheim.fr www.ville-ensisheim.fr etc.). Local handicraft, local history. www.ville-kaysersberg.fr BRUMATH (C2) (C6) (C1) Musée Archéologique Espace muséographique (Archaeological Museum) Victor Schoelcher, son œuvre Musée ”Dieux, déesses et Collection from the Palaeolithic age (Victor Schoelcher Museum) sanctuaires des Vosges du Nord” to the Migration Period, and of the Exhibition of the work of Victor (“Gods, goddesses and sanctuaries Gallo-Roman past of the town. Schoelcher, the anti-slavery in the Northern Vosges” Museum) http://brumath.shabe.free.fr campaigner and his father, a famous Local archaeology from the Roman 19th century porcelain manufacturer. period. www.fessenheim.fr http://langensoultzbach.free.fr GUNSBACH (B5) (B2) Musée Albert Schweitzer Vestiges d’une villa impériale (Albert Schweitzer Museum) gallo-romaine (Remains of a Gallo- Museum of the life and work of Albert Roman imperial villa) Schweitzer. Thermal baths, mausoleum, historical www.schweitzer.org presentation of the town. www.tourisme.alsace-bossue.net La Petite Pierre - Seal Museum

28 Lay siege to history! Riquewihr Langensoultzbach - Gallo-Roman exhibition

NEUF-BRISACH (C5) Tour des Voleurs / Maison du Musée Historique (MF) (B4) Musée Vauban (MF) (Vauban Museum) Vigneron (The Thieves’ Tower / (Historical Museum) Musée Jean-Frédéric Oberlin (MF) Historical Museum: plans, The Winemaker’s House) Lodged since 1920 in the former (Jean-Frédéric Oberlin Museum) manuscripts, etchings and photos of Ramparts, torture chamber. Winemaker’s slaughterhouse (1587), it presents Located in the former presbytery, the history of Neuf-Brisach’s fortress, house from the 16th century. the history of urbanism and the objects and documents from the from its creation in 1698 to today. www.musee-riquewihr.fr political, economic and social history period showing the impressive Drawings show the technique of the of Strasbourg from the Middle Ages educational and social work of the fortified works according to the 3rd ROUFFACH (B6) to the 18th century. Relief plan of the Pastor Oberlin - learning resources system of Vauban. Musée du Bailliage city at 1:600 created in 1725-1727. centre - children's house (educational www.tourisme-paysdebrisach.com (Bailiff’s museum) www.musees.strasbourg.eu tool available for teachers) and Local history. Château-Musée Vaudou gardens. NIEDERBRONN-LES-BAINS (C1) www.rubeacum.fr.nf World largest private collection of www.musee-oberlin.eu Maison de l’Archéologie West African voodoo objects. des Vosges du Nord (MF) SAVERNE (B2) www.chateau-vodou.com WINTZFELDEN (B6) (Northern Vosges Archaeology Musée Archéologique (MF) Lapidarium (open air) Museum) (Archaeological Museum) THANN (B6) Lapidary collection of Romanesque Local archaeology, ancient thermal Large archaeological collection Musée de la Société d’Histoire : and Gothic art which comes from the baths. Reconstruction of an industrial displayed in the southern wing of Les Amis de Thann (MF) Schwarzenthann convent built in the past and the De Dietrich factories. Rohan Castle. (Museum of the Historical Society: 12th century. www.musee-niederbronn.fr www.tourisme-saverne.fr "Friends of Thann") www.ville-soultzmatt.fr Museum of art and local history. LA PETITE PIERRE (B2) SÉLESTAT (B4) www.les-amis-de-thann.com Musée du Sceau Alsacien Bibliothèque Humaniste (Museum of the Alsatian Seal) (Humanist Library) Presentation of seals, banners of war Listed in the UNESCO's Memory of and coats of arms portraying the life the World Register. Collection of the of the lords, craftsmen, peasants, Latin school and the humanist Beatus soldiers and priests during the feudal Rhenanus, stocked in particular with period. 450 manuscripts, 550 early printed www.musee-sceau.com books and 2,000 works from the 16th century. RIBEAUVILLÉ (B5) www.bh-selestat.fr Musée Municipal (Municipal Museum) The treasures of the Lords of SELTZ (D2) Ribeaupierre. Musée Krumacker www.ribeauville.net (Krumacker Museum) Archaeology and local history. RIQUEWIHR (B5) www.tourisme-seltz.fr Musée de la Communication en Alsace - Postes, Transports, SOULTZ (B6) Télécoms Château-Musée du Bucheneck (Alsace’s Museum of (Bucheneck Castle-museum) Communication – Post, Mail- Local history, various items of Jewish art. coaches, Telecoms) www.ville-soultz.fr History of postal services and telecommunications, and a unique STRASBOURG (C3) collection of horse-drawn carriages. Musée Archéologique (MF) www.shpta.com (Archaeological Museum) Musée du Dolder (MF) Located in the basement of the Palais (Dolder Museum) Rohan, large collection portraying the At the Dolder you will discover Riquewihr, daily life in the Palaeolithic, Neolithic medieval fortified city and its evolution and Gallo-Roman periods, the richness from the 12th to 17th century. of the Merovingian civilisation in Alsace. Sélestat - Bibliothèque Humaniste www.musee-riquewihr.fr www.musees.strasbourg.eu

29 Klingenthal – Maison de la Manufacture Bischwiller – Musée de la Laub Lay siege to history! Museums of local traditions, science, nature and mines MUSEUMS OF KIENTZHEIM (B5) SCIENCE AND MINES Musée du Vignoble et des Vins LOCAL TRADITIONS d’Alsace (Museum of Alsatian NATURE MUSEUMS Vineyards and Wine) MF = Musée de France Castle and home of the Confrérie Saint-Etienne. www.musee-du-vignoble-alsace.fr LAPOUTROIE (B5) Musée des Eaux-de-Vie (Brandy Museum) Presentation of the making of traditional eau-de-vie. Unique bottle Ste-Marie-aux-Mines - Tellure collection. Strasbourg – Le Vaisseau Gunsbach – The Cheese House www.musee-eaux-de-vie.com GRANDFONTAINE (B3) COLMAR (B5) Ancienne Mine de Fer de Framont RIBEAUVILLÉ (B5) (Former iron mine of Framont) CHATENOIS (B4) Musée de la Vigne et de la Musée d’Histoire Naturelle et Museum of mineralogy and mines (The Wine and Vine d’Ethnographie (MF) (closed for renovation). La Maison du Distillateur (Natural history and ethnography (The Distiller’s House) Museum) +33 (0)3 88 97 20 09 Private museum located in the museum) Museum area dedicated to eau-de-vie Animals, general and regional geology, and Alsatian whiskey. basement of the winery. SAINTE-MARIE-AUX-MINES (B4) www.vins-ribeauville.com ethnography, Egyptian antiquity, www.maisondudistillateur.fr fabrics and Coptic civilisation. Mine d’Argent Saint-Barthélemy www.museumcolmar.org (St Bartholomew silver mine) (C3) SÉLESTAT (B4) 16th century. Natural museum. Musée “Les Secrets du Chocolat” Maison du Pain d’Alsace SENTHEIM (A7) www.musees-valdargent.fr (Museum “The secrets of chocolate”) (Alsatian bread museum) Maison de la Géologie (Geology Museum) Mine d’Argent Saint-Louis-Eisenthur A tour through the history of cocoa, Located in the former “Poêle” (guild Museum which traces the history of (St Louis-Eisenthur silver mine) its transformation to chocolate, and hall) of the bakers guild. History Alsace through 4 geological eras. 16th century, registered Historical the brand “Marquise de Sévigné”. of bread, presentation of baking www.geologie-alsace.fr Monument. Demonstration of chocolate-making, techniques, demonstration of how www.asepam.org shop. regional specialities are made… STRASBOURG (C3) www.musee-du-chocolat.com www.maisondupain.org Mine Gabe Gottes Le Vaisseau (Gabe Gottes Mine) “Learning whilst having fun”. Place for (B4) (C2) From the 16th to the 20th century, the discovery of science and technology from gold to arsenic, an underground Palais du Pain d’Epices Musée du Pain (Bread museum) for 3-15 year olds. Interactive and tour through the history of the Val (Gingerbread palace) History of bread from the harvest unusual discoveries of the worlds of d’Argent in 200 m of galleries. Discover the delicious world of and agricultural machinery up to the animals, water, man, photography… www.asepam.org gingerbread. manufacture of bread. www.levaisseau.com www.lepalaisdupaindepices.com +33 (0)3 88 07 71 80 / 70 29 Tellure Musée Zoologique de Strasbourg Silver mines adventure park. Musée du Pain d’Épices et (MF) (Zoological Museum) www.tellure.eu des Douceurs d’Autrefois From an authentic natural history (Museum of gingerbread and association, this collection is one of the STEINBACH (B6) sweets from yesteryear) richest in France. Themed exhibitions, Tradition of making gingerbread in library for children and adults. The mines of Steinbach this village, large collection of moulds. www.musees.strasbourg.eu In the remarkable natural location www.paindepices-lips.com of Silberthal, three different sites Planétarium recount 1,000 years of mining iron Astonishing large dome, themed GUNSBACH (B5) and argentiferous lead: events and exhibition on the stellar - Saint-Nicolas Mine La Maison du Fromage - world which brings the universe to life. - Donnerloch Mine (open air) Vallée de Munster http://jardin-sciences.unistra.fr/ - Erzenbach Mine (The Cheese House) planetarium www.hautes-vosges-alsace.fr Discover cheesemaking, mountain Musée de Sismologie (Museum of farming, and the traditional savoir- Seismology and Earth Magnetism) faire of the Munster Valley. Cheese Old seismometers and collection of tasting. instruments for measuring the Earth’s www.maisondufromage-munster.com magnetic field. http://musee-sismologie.unistra.fr Sélestat – Bread Museum

30 Lay siege to history! Mulhouse - Automobile Museum - Schlumpf Collection - Motorcycle Museum

Industry and technology museums

INDUSTRY AND FESSENHEIM (C6) Musée de l’Impression sur Étoffes RIXHEIM (B7) Maison des Energies EDF (MF) (Museum of Printed Textiles) Musée du Papier Peint (MF) TECHNOLOGY OF (EDF – Electrical energy centre) Unique collection of textile (Wallpaper Museum) More than 700 m² dedicated masterpieces, as well as 3 million Unique in the world due to the size of YESTERDAY AND to current and future energies, samples, the museum preserves its collections, the museum is located with models, equipment, videos, almost 50,000 textile documents: in a Commandery of the Teutonic interactive terminals and events. yardages, bedcovers, scarves, shawls, Knights (1740) dedicated to the TODAY etc. from the 18th century to today. MF = Musée de France www.maisondesenergiesedf.com manufacture of wallpaper since 1797. www.musee-impression.com History of wallpaper with 130,000 HAGUENAU (C2) Cité du Train - Musée Français documents presented in the form of Musée du Bagage du Chemin de Fer (MF) new exhibitions every year. (Luggage Museum) (French Railway Museum) www.museepapierpeint.org Traces the travel history as of the The living evolution of the train, 18th c., luggage manufacturing, spread over 6,000 m². The most SAINTE-CROIX-AUX-MINES (B4) transportation and fashion. beautiful European collection of Scierie Musée Vincent www.museedubagage.com railway related equipment. (Vincent Sawmill Museum) www.citedutrain.com Former old family sawmill, old HUSSEREN-WESSERLING (A6) Musée EDF Électropolis - machines from the last century in Parc de Wesserling - Écomusée L’aventure de l’électricité (MF) working order, including a large steam textile (Wesserling Park -Textile (The adventure of electricity) engine from 1893 put into action for Museum) From ancient times to today, demonstrations, sawyer tools. Listed Vieux- - Firefighter’s Museum Textile museum in the former royal numerous experiments and Industrial Heritage site. manufacturing site of Wesserling. discoveries. Observation of strange www.valdargent.com/scierie-musee BANTZENHEIM (C6) “Mixed Gardens’ Festival” in electrical phenomena. summer. The site is a listed historical http://electropolis.edf.com SAINTE-MARIE-AUX-MINES (B4) La Grange à Bécanes - monument and its 5 gardens are Mineralogy Museum Musée rhénan de la moto classified “Remarkable Gardens”. MUTZIG (B3) Rich collection of regional and (Rhine Motorcycle Museum) www.parc-wesserling.fr international mineralogy. Museum of vintage motorcycles that Musée des Rohan (Rohan Museum) Collection of firearms, swords and Textile Museum enables enthusiasts of yesteryear KLINGENTHAL (B4) engineering to marvel at the rarest of knives, including the “Chassepot” rifle. Thread and weaving preparation models from 1920 to 1960. Maison de la Manufacture www.villedemutzig.fr room with various metiers, by hand www.lagrangeabecanes.com d’Armes Blanches or machine, run by a professional (Royal Manufacture and Museum OBERMODERN (D2) weaver. BIESHEIM (C5) of Swords and Knives) Espace de la locomotive à vapeur Mining Museum History of the 1st French company Musée de l’Optique (Steam Engine Museum) Miners’ tools, copies of archives, to manufacture swords and knives, A collection unique in Northern reconstruction of a 16th century (Optical Museum) manufacturing techniques, collection Exceptional collection of optical France of model engines. mine. of tools and items produced, forge +33 (0)3 88 90 18 04 www.musees-valdargent.fr instruments (topography, workshop. microscopes, marine, astronomy, laser www.klingenthal.fr OFFENDORF (D2) and holography). SAVERNE (B2) Musée de la Batellerie www.biesheim.fr MERKWILLER-PECHELBRONN (C2) Tour du Télégraphe Chappe (Inlandwater Shipping Museum) (Chappe Telegraph Tower) BISCHWILLER (C2) Musée Français du Pétrole Set on a Freycinet barge, exhibition Discover Chappe’s telegraphy system, (French Oil Museum) showing the development of inland the world’s first telecommunications Musée de la Laub (Laub Museum) History of oil in Alsace up until the Local and artistic history of the town water shipping. Offendorf was the network. closing of the refinery in 1970. biggest town of bargees in Eastern www.shpta.com which was the refuge for Huguenots Pechelbronn was the birthplace of the who were mostly drapers. Describes a France in the 20th century. world’s oil industry. www.offendorf.fr VIEUX-FERRETTE (B8) flourishing textile industry. www.musee-du-petrole.com www.bischwiller.com (C2) Musée du Sapeur-Pompier MULHOUSE (B7) d’Alsace (MF) COLMAR (B5) Musée du Fer (MF) (Iron Museum) (Firefighter’s Museum) Cité de l’Automobile - Musée History of iron metalworking, the Musée des Usines Municipales Outstanding collection of wheeled National - Collection Schlumpf (MF) origin of industrial life in the Northern engines and of firefighter’s (Museum of municipal factories) (National Automobile Museum - The industrial adventure through the Vosges, and the work in De Dietrich equipment (items, unusual objects, Schlumpf Collection) and Treca factories. horns…), installed in two halls public services: water, gas, electricity The largest car museum in the world and transport. www.musee-reichshoffen.webmuseo. (1,100 and 1,200 m²). with around one hundred Bugattis. com http://musee-sapeur-pompier-alsace.fr www.musee-umc.fr www.collection-schlumpf.com www.citedelautomobile.com

31 Strasbourg – Œuvre Notre-Dame Wingen-sur- – Lalique Museum Lay siege to history! Fine art museums, collections PAINTINGS, Musée Bartholdi (MF) MULHOUSE (B7) STRASBOURG (C3) (Bartholdi Museum) Musée des Beaux-Arts (MF) www.musees.strasbourg.eu The house where sculptor Auguste PRINTS, (Museum of Fine Arts) Musée de l’Œuvre Notre-Dame (MF) Bartholdi was born (Colmar 1834 Works by J.J Henner, Alsatian artists - 1904), creator of the statue (OEuvre Notre-Dame Museum) COLLECTIONS... and contemporary art. Evolution of the arts in the Upper of Liberty and the Lion of . www.musees-mulhouse.fr MF = Musée de France Numerous models, studies, drawings, Rhine and Strasbourg between the 11th and the 17th centuries. paintings, photos, and more. Furniture PFAFFENHOFFEN (C2) and personal souvenirs of the artist. Sculptures from the cathedral, major www.musee-bartholdi.com Musée d’Imagerie populaire works from the 15th century, stained (Museum of Popular Imagery) glass windows, furniture, still life Musée du Jouet (Toys Museum) See p. 27 paintings by Sébastien Stoskopff. Georges Trincot’s exceptional collection. SAVERNE (B2) Musée des Arts Décoratifs (MF) www.museejouet.com (Museum of Decorative Arts) Musée d’Art et d’Histoire Located on the ground floor of GUEBWILLER (B6) (Art and History Museum) the Palais Rohan, it includes the Located in the Rohan Castle. Religious sumptuous flats of the cardinals of Musée Théodore Deck et sculptures (15th – 16th century), Rohan and collections of decorative art des Pays du Florival (MF) paintings, etc. Donated by Louise Weiss. (Hannong ceramics, silverware, etc.). (Théodore Deck Museum) www.tourisme-saverne.fr Colmar - Toys Museum Collection of works by the famous Musée des Beaux-Arts (MF) ceramist Théodore Deck. SOULTZ (B6) (Fine Arts Museum) www.ville-guebwiller.fr On the 1st floor of the Palais Rohan, BARR (B4) La Nef des Jouets, rich collection of paintings from Musée de la Folie Marco (MF) GUNSBACH (B5) collection Joëlle et Richard the 15th century to 1870 (Raphael, (Marco Folie Museum) Haeusser (The Toy House) Veronese, Rubens, Goya, Corot, This “folie” is a French style patrician Musée d’Art Africain - Albert Large collection of old toys displayed Courbet...). home. Refined interior, beautiful Schweitzer (African Art Museum - in a former Commandery of Saint Albert Schweitzer) Jean of Jerusalem. Cabinet des Estampes (MF) objects, collection of furniture from (Engravings Museum) the Rhine Renaissance at the end of African art from Gabon. www.ville-soultz.fr www.schweitzer.org Over 220,000 works from the 15th the 19th century. to the 20th century covering all www.musee-foliemarco.com the techniques of the rich Alsace iconography (drawings, etchings, BISCHWILLER (C2) lithographs, etched engravings). Maison des Arts (Arts Museum) www.musees.strasbourg.eu Works by the artist-painter Steinmetz Tomi Ungerer Museum (MF) and marqueter Baumer, presented in Located in the Villa Greiner, the their picturesque Alsace home. museum houses a collection of www.bischwiller.com more than 8,000 drawings given to his home town by Tomi Ungerer, COLMAR (B5) draughtsman and illustrator born Musée Unterlinden (MF) in 1931 in Strasbourg. The whole is (Unterlinden Museum) presented in rotation in a thematic Located in a former Dominican tour of around 300 original works. convent founded in 1232. Large collections of Rhenish sculptures WINGEN-SUR-MODER (B2) and paintings from the late Middle Musée Lalique (MF) (Lalique Museum) Ages and the Renaissance. Famous Founded in the village where René Isenheim altarpiece painted by Lalique implanted his glassware Grünewald between 1512 and 1516. company in 1921, this museum boasts Collections of archaeology, modern all the extraordinary Lalique creations, art, popular Alsace arts, decorative focusing on the intrigue of glass- arts. Since December 2015, the making techniques. The museum has modern and contemporary collections some exceptional jewellery, drawings, are presented within the extension perfume bottles, refined tableware of the museum designed by the items, chandeliers, radiator plugs or architects Herzog & de Meuron. vases. www.musee-unterlinden.com Colmar - Isenheim altarpiece - Unterlinden Museum www.musee-lalique.com

32 Lay siege to history! Strasbourg – Museum of Modern Art Erstein – Musée Würth France

Contemporary art in Alsace

CONTEMPORARY ERSTEIN (C4) Musée Würth France WORK Only exhibition of the Würth collection in France. One of the largest owned by a company collections of modern and contemporary art in Europe. www.musee-wurth.fr MULHOUSE (B7) La Kunsthalle Mulhouse Centre for Contemporary Art. Within a space of 700m², the Kunsthalle, located at a former foundry (La Fonderie) in the centre of rehabilitated industrial wasteland, hosts or produces temporary exhibitions of contemporary art. www.kunsthallemulhouse.com SÉLESTAT (B4) Sélestat – Frac Alsace FRAC Alsace Contemporary work is welcome Supporting and promoting in Alsace. Throughout the region, contemporary creations, publicising bringing dynamism to the heart contemporary art and raising public of the Rhineland basin, several awareness are its 3 main aims. locations offer you the chance to The space is home to numerous discover an ever-changing universe. exhibitions. www.culture-alsace.org ALTKIRCH (B7) SAINT-LOUIS (C7) Centre Rhénan d’Art Contemporain (CRAC Alsace) Fondation Fernet Branca (Rhenish Centre of Contemporary (Fernet Branca Foundation) Art) Contemporary art space. Huge The centre aims to bring contemporary exhibition area whose façade is listed art to a large public through cycles of as a Historic Monument, showing a exhibitions, workshops and discussions monumental eagle holding a bottle of on current creations. spirits from Saint-Louis, perched on a Strasbourg – Jardin des 2 Rives www.cracalsace.com globe and a crown. www.fondationfernet-branca.org (D2) (B6) “TRANS-RHEIN-ART” STRASBOURG (C3) Musée Paso Fondation François Schneider Alsace contemporary art network Hosts the outstanding donation Musée d’Art Moderne et (François Schneider Foundation) www.artenalsace.org of 700 works to Paso's home town Contemporain (MF) Partly housed in the workshop of the The brochure on contemporary art in 2012. (Museum of Modern and former thermal springs bottling plant, can be downloaded from www.paso.fr – www.pasoarts.de Contemporary Art) this contemporary art centre is a place www.tourisme-alsace.com Located on the banks of the of artistic expression on the theme Ill, the museum is a homage to of water. Each year, three major modernity. The collections, including exhibitions are presented in an indoor masterworks of Strasbourg-born & outdoor area of over 2,000m², Hans Jean Arp, focus around a huge including an auditorium, a cafeteria stained glass nave, on two floors. and a bookstore. Consultation room for photographs www.fondationfrancoisschneider.org and graphic art, art library, auditorium, restaurant. www.musees.strasbourg.eu

33 - Haut-Koenigsbourg Castle Lay siege to history! Land of fortified castles VESTIGES OF THE A FEW SÉLESTAT AND SURROUNDING FERRETTE (B8) AREA (B4) Ferrette Castle MIDDLE AGES SUGGESTIONS Haut-Koenigsbourg Castle Built in the 11th and 12th c., the At more than 800 m of altitude, this castle is one of the oldest in Alsace. AMONG ALMOST most imposing fortress of Alsace was Former possession of the Counts of 100 REMARKABLE restored by Guillaume II in the spirit of Ferrette and the House of Austria. the end of the 15th century. Nearby : CASTLES: Shuttle from Sélestat train station to Landskron, Morimont. Haut-Koenigsbourg from March to www.sundgau-sudalsace.fr LEMBACH AND SURROUNDING December. AREA (C1) +33 (0)3 69 33 25 00 Fleckenstein Castle www.haut-koenigsbourg.fr THE ALSACE Children’s activity route “Le Château Nearby : Fleckenstein- Round of the night-watchman des Défis” (castle of challenges) and “Le Bernstein - Ortenbourg - CASTLES AND P’tit Fleck” (the little Fleck), a sandstone Frankenbourg - Kintzheim* Cultural stronghold of the Holy castle and forest play area for kids *Opening hours tie in with those of the FORTIFIED CITIES Roman Empire, Alsace is one of aged 3 to 6. Built in the 12th century, Eagles’ castle. the European regions with the the castle dominates the forests of the +33 (0)3 88 92 84 33 ROUTE most medieval fortified castles! Northern Vosges and is a focal point for www.voleriedesaigles.com Today the majority are in ruins, the Middle Ages in Alsace. their silhouettes have been part +33 (0)3 88 94 28 52 RIBEAUVILLÉ AND SURROUNDING of the landscape for generations www.fleckenstein.fr AREA (B5) and plunge us into the mysterious Nearby : 3 castles of Ribeauvillé Middle Ages. Hohenbourg - Froensbourg - Of the 3 ruins dominating Ribeauvillé, Discover them all in the flyer Wasigenstein - Petit-Arnsberg - St Ulrich is the most impressive. Not “Tokens of history in Alsace”, Lutzelhardt far from there, Girsberg castle has a which can be downloaded from: +33 (0)3 88 90 77 50 more visible dwelling site. At their side, www.tourism-alsace.com www.tourisme-nordalsace.fr Haut-Ribeaupierre was an advanced www.tourisme67.com post during the attempted invasions of www.haute-alsacetourisme.com (C1) Alsace by the King of France. Maison des Châteaux Forts Nearby : Unites the most iconic sites of the (Fortified Castles Museum) Bilstein in region, bringing together Roman Fortified castles, their construction, +33 (0)3 89 73 23 23 architecture, medieval heritage their access, their owners. www.ribeauville-riquewihr.com and Gothic structures. +33 (0)3 88 09 56 82 http://chateau.schoeneck.free.fr (B5) +33 (0)3 88 15 45 88 www.route-chateaux-alsace.com LICHTENBERG AND SURROUNDING Hohlandsbourg Castle Built in the 13th century and AREA (B2) reinforced in the 16th century by Lichtenberg Castle Lazarus von Schwendi. From Easter to Built at the beginning of the 13th November, the castle offers several century on a hill which dominates events. Historic festivals, educational the village, the site includes a activities, entertainment and tours contemporary area for cultural of the gardens filled with medicinal activities. plants used in the Middle Ages. +33 (0)3 88 89 98 72 +33 (0)3 89 30 10 20 www.chateaudelichtenberg.com www.chateau-hohlandsbourg.com Nearby : Nearby : New and old - Pflixbourg, Dagsbourg, Eguisheim, Wasenbourg - La Petite Pierre Wineck, Kaysersberg. +33 (0)3 88 01 49 59 www.parc-vosges-nord.fr THANN (B6) Engelbourg Castle Also named “The Witch's Eye”, its remains watch over the Alsace plain. +33 (0)3 89 37 96 20 www.hautes-vosges-alsace.fr

Leymen - Landskron Castle

34 Lay siege to history! Hartmannswillerkopf - Monument des Diables Rouges – National Necropolis of Deportation and Natzweiler-Struthof Concentration Camp

Memorial sites

MEMORIAL SITES WOERTH (C2) Other sites WORLD WAR 2 Museum of the Battle of 6th Kilometre Zero, Serret Museum August 1870 in Saint-Amarin, Abri-Mémoire in (1939-1945) Evokes the savage battle that led to Uffholtz, Romanian cemetery in NATZWILLER (B4) the annexation of Alsace-Moselle by Soultzmatt, Tête des Faux battle for 48 years. site, Ambulance Alpine museum in Natzweiler-Struthof +33 (0)3 88 09 40 96 , Tête du Violu battle site, Concentration Camp www.webmuseo.com/ws/musee-woerth the Donon and Pilâtre de Rozier The only camp in France run by the Nazis, trails, etc. which quickly became an extermination With the digital application “Alsace camp due to the work: barracks, 1870, War and peace”, discover the With the digital application “Front crematory oven, cells, museum,… monuments in an entertaining way des Vosges 14-18 ”, discover the Outside, the National Necropolis of and relive history: places of 1st World War: Deportation dominates the camp. www.alsace1870.com www.front-vosges-14-18.eu Centre européen du résistant déporté (European Centre of Oberroedern - Casemate Maginot Line MUTZIG (B3) MAGINOT LINE Deported Resistance Members) Numerous fortifications, battle Fort Mutzig (Fort Kaiser Wilhelm II) Presents the history of the Nazi sites, memorial sites or even Completed in 1917, this fort, the largest FORTIFICATIONS concentration camp system. museums bear witness to Alsace’s in the , was designed (1929-1940) +33 (0)3 88 47 44 67 complex past. A land with a to prevent a French attack. Several www.struthof.fr turbulent history that was fought technologies, including concrete were LEMBACH (C1) over for many years. It changed used here for the first time. Shelter, LA WANTZENAU (C3) nationalities four times between kitchens, canons, look-out posts, etc. Fort Four à Chaux MMPark France 1870 and 1945. This heritage is +33 (0)6 08 84 17 42 (Lime Kiln Fort) An interactive museum space dedicated an exceptional educational and www.fort-mutzig.eu A 4 km network, witness to the reality to the Second World War. cultural resource. You can find of life underground. Exhibition of the (opening scheduled for the end of 2015) more details about it in the flyer Other sites vestiges from the war. http://mmpark.fr “Tokens of history in Alsace”, Fortified belt of Strasbourg: +33 (0)3 88 94 43 16 / 48 62 available for download at: Forts Rapp (Moltke), Frère (Großherzog www.lignemaginot.fr TURCKHEIM (B5) www.tourism-alsace.com von Baden), Kléber (Fürst Bismarck), www.tourisme67.com HUNSPACH (D1) Musée Mémorial des Combats Uhrich (Werder)… de la Poche de Colmar – Hiver 44-45 www.haute-alsacetourisme.com Fort Schoenenbourg www.front-vosges-14-18.eu (Memorial Museum of the fights WORLD WAR 1 The men, in a trench 30 m below of the Pocket of Colmar – Winter ground, remained undefeated at the 44-45) SCHIRMECK (B4) (1914-1918) Armistice. Barracks, kitchen, hospital, Housed in an 18th century vaulted technical facilities, command post, Mémorial de l’Alsace-Moselle ORBEY (B5) cellar which was used as a shelter battle block and its turret, thematic by the inhabitants of Turckheim (Alsace-Moselle Memorial site) Musée mémorial du Linge exhibitions. A striking historical sequence (Linge Memorial Museum) during the Second World War, this +33 (0)3 88 80 59 39 / 96 19 museum recounts the two months from 1870 to the present day. The First World War battle field listed www.lignemaginot.com memorial site retraces the diversity as a historical site, presenting the of hell endured by the villages on the outskirts of Colmar. The people of the conflicts endured in Alsace- infrastructures and remains of the HATTEN (D2) Moselle and invites visitors to reflect well-preserved trenches. involved and technological equipment on the future of the European Historic hiking trail Musée de l’Abri (Shelter museum) from the period serve to illustrate the continent. +33 (0)3 89 77 29 97 Reconstruction of daily life in the events of this historic period. +33 (0)3 88 47 45 50 www.linge1915.com bunker. Portrayal of the war period in +33 (0)3 89 80 86 66 www.memorial-alsace-moselle.com Hatten, where one of the most violent http://musee.turckheim-alsace.com WATTWILLER (B6) armoured battles took place. Outside: old and modern military equipment Other site THE FRANCO- Hartmannswillerkopf 14/18 site and vehicles. The smugglers’ trail from to Dubbed Vieil Armand (Old Armand) by +33 (0)3 88 80 14 90 PRUSSIAN WAR the French soldiers in the 1st World www.maginot-hatten.com Moussey (B4) OF 1870 AND THE War, Mount Hartmannswillerkopf was www.valleedelabruche.fr the site of deadly fighting in 1915. Other sites FORTIFICATIONS This memorial site includes a national Casemates in Dambach-Neunhoffen monument, a necropolis and a NEUF-BRISACH (C5) (C1), Hatten (D2), Oberroedern discovery trail through the battlefield. (D2), (C7), Shelter in Town fortifications built from scratch The first Franco-German museum of (D2), Memorial by Vauban along the Rhine in 1697, the Great War will open at the site in Museum in Marckolsheim (C5) listed as a UNESCO world heritage site. summer 2017. +33 (0)3 89 72 56 66 +33 (0)3 89 20 10 68 www.tourisme-paysdebrisach.com www.memorial-hwk.eu 35 Strasbourg – Rose window cathedral Notre-Dame Basilica of Thierenbach Lay siege to history! Religious heritage RELIGIOUS (C3) GUEBWILLER (B6) MOLSHEIM (C3) Dompeter (C) The Dominicans of Jesuit Church (C) HERITAGE Romanesque church (10th c.). Mass Church, cloister and convent. Vast Gothic and Renaissance edifice celebrated since Merovingian times. +33 (0)3 89 62 21 82 (17th c.). The Counter- +33 (0)3 88 38 11 61 www.les-dominicains.com saw the construction of the Jesuit www.ot-molsheim-mutzig.com Notre-Dame Church (C) church which became the largest in the region. Silbermann organ. COLMAR (B5) One of the best examples of Neo-Classicism in Alsace (18th c.). +33 (0)3 88 38 11 61 St. Martin Collegiate Church (C) www.ot-molsheim-mutzig.com Gothic style (13th and 14th c.). St. Léger Church (C) Felsberg organ, Silbermann sideboard Romanesque style, Gothic choir (B6) (12th-13th c.). and choir organ. Abbey Church of Murbach (C) +33 (0)3 89 41 27 20 +33 (0)3 89 76 10 63 www.tourisme-guebwiller.fr Romanesque Abbey Church. Dominican Church (C) +33 (0)3 89 76 10 63 Gothic style (14th c.). Painting by HAGUENAU (C2) www.tourisme-guebwiller.fr “Virgin at the Rosebush”. Stained glass windows St. Georges Church (C) -LES-SAVERNE (B2) Abbey Church of Murbach Romanesque and Gothic styles from the 14th century. St. Pierre and Paul Abbey Church (C) Alsace is a spiritual region. +33 (0)3 89 41 27 20 (12th-13th c.). Remarkable rear quarter panel. From early Romanesque to Baroque Romanesque art spans a long (7th-18th c.). period and is characterised by St. Matthieu Protestant Church (P) +33 (0)3 88 93 90 03 Gothic style (14th c.). Former St. Adelphe tapestries (15. C.) several remarkable churches +33 (0)3 88 70 00 51 / 89 23 45 www.route-romane-alsace.fr. Franciscan convent church. Wooden HORBOURG-WIHR (B5) statue of Christ (15th c.). www.tourisme-hanau-moder.fr Boosted by urban development, Silbermann organ (1732). St. Michel Church (C) Gothic art reached its pinnacle with +33 (0)3 89 41 44 96 Tower from the 14th c., frescos dating (B3) from the early 16th c. (Martyre de Ste the . After the St. Florent Collegiate Church (C) Thirty Years War, beautiful edifices +33 (0)3 89 20 68 92 Marguerite - St Margaret the martyr), www.tourisme-colmar.com modern stained glass windows (the Gothic style (13th c.). Remarkable were constructed in the Baroque stained glass windows. style. In numerous villages, two Story of Salvation). DAMBACH-LA-VILLE (B4) +33 (0)3 89 20 18 90 +33 (0)3 88 38 11 61 churches reflect the two Catholic www.ot-molsheim-mutzig.com and Protestant communities. St Sébastien Chapel (C) Remarkable wooden Baroque altar. HUNAWIHR (B5) The density of rural synagogues (C6) Ossuary. St. Jacques-le-Majeur Church (C/P) demonstrates the size of the +33 (0)3 88 92 42 82 St. Pierre and St. Paul Abbey Church (C) Jewish community. Today, Fortified church and cemetery (14th c.). www.pays-de-barr.com +33 (0)3 89 73 60 42 Octagonal abbey church in the Alsace remains the most multi- Romanesque style. A copy of the Palatine confessional region in France. (C4) KUHLENDORF (D1) chapel of in . Abbey Church St. Maurice (C) +33 (0)3 89 26 27 57 Excellent example of the Alsatian Unique half-timbered church in Alsace www.ottmarsheim.com RELIGIOUS BUILDINGS Baroque style. Silbermann organ (19th c.). (P) Catholic places of worship (C) / +33 (0)3 88 54 44 92 (B3) Protestant places of worship (P) (1730). +33 (0)3 88 85 78 32 LAUTENBACH (B6) St. Pierre and St. Paul Church (C) ALSACE BOSSUE (A2/B2) Typical example of Alsatian (C4) St. Michel Collegiate Church (C) (12th c.). Churches built by the architect St. Marguerite Chapel (C) Romanesque style (12th c.), gothic choir. +33 (0)3 88 50 75 38 Stengel (P) in HARSKIRCHEN, BERG Romanesque style (11th c.). Wall +33 (0)3 89 76 10 63 www.tourisme-rosheim.com and SARRE-UNION. paintings. www.tourisme-guebwiller.fr +33 (0)3 88 00 40 39 +33 (0)3 88 85 56 74 ROUFFACH (B6) www.tourisme.alsace-bossue.net MARMOUTIER (B3) www.ste-marguerite-epfig.fr Notre-Dame de l’Assomption Church (C) Abbey Church St. Etienne (C) ANDLAU (B4) FELDBACH (B7) Gothic style (12th -19th c.) with Romanesque and Gothic styles Romanesque sections. Baptismal St. Pierre and St. Paul Abbey St. Jacques Church (C) (12th -13th c.). Remarkable fonts from the 15th c.. Callinet organ. Church (C) Romanesque style Romanesque style (12th c.). archaeological crypt. +33 (0)3 89 49 61 10 (12th c.). Double grained vaulted +33 (0)3 89 08 23 88 Silbermann organ (1710). www.paroisses-rouffach-nds.org crypt. Legend of St. Richarde’s bear. www.sundgau-sudalsace.fr +33 (0)3 88 71 46 84 +33 (0)3 88 08 66 65 www.marmoutier.net ST-JEAN-SAVERNE (B2) www.pays-de-barr.com FERRETTE (B8) Former abbey church St. Bernard-de-Menthon Church (C) St. Jean-Baptiste (C) Huge spire from the 12th c.. Romanesque style (12th c.). +33 (0)3 89 40 40 01 +33 (0)3 88 91 02 60 www.ferrette.fr 36 Lay siege to history! Thann - St. Thiébaut Collegiate Church Ottmarsheim - St. Pierre and St Paul Abbey Church

SÉLESTAT (B4) MAIN SITES OF ALSACE, LAND OF DISCOVER St. Foy Church (C) Romanesque style (11th -12th c.). PILGRIMAGE ORGANS ALSATIAN St. Georges Church (C) JUNGHOLTZ (B6) Gothic style (13th -15th c.). Notre-Dame of Thierenbach (C) JUDAISM +33 (0)3 88 58 87 20 The origins of this centre of www.selestat-haut-koenigsbourg.com pilgrimage go back to 730. The priory dates from 1130. Notre-Dame of STRASBOURG (C3) Thierenbach, 2 km from Soultz, is Notre-Dame Cathedral (C) at a splendid site at the foot of Vieil Dominating the city with its 142 m Armand and the Grand Ballon. high spire, the cathedral epitomises +33 (0)3 89 76 95 66 Ebersmunster the strength and grandeur of Gothic www.tourisme-guebwiller.fr Abbey Church art. It was built between the 11th Organ Silbermann 1730 and the 15th c.. Rose window, great MARIENTHAL (C2) Alsace has more than 1,200 historic doors, Pillar of Angels. - Synagogue Basilica Notre-Dame (C) organs. Most of these quality Astronomical Clock The most popular Marian pilgrimage +33 (0)3 88 32 75 78 instruments are protected and In Alsace there are a number site in Alsace. restored, particularly those built of synagogues, museums and Cathedral platform +33 (0)3 88 93 90 91 by the Silbermann family in the “mikvehs”, or ritual baths +33 (0)3 88 23 63 42 www.basiliquemarientahl.fr www.cathedrale-strasbourg.fr 18th c. (St Thomas in Strasbourg, www.tourisme67.com Bouxwiller, Gries, Soultz, etc.), www.tourism-alsace.com St. Thomas (P) MONT SAINTE-ODILE - the Stiehr-Mockers in the 19th www.haute-alsacetourisme.com Hall church with five naves and side OTTROTT (B4) c. (, Bischwiller, aisles. Mausoleum of the Marshal of Spiritual centre. Site occupied Barr, etc.), Callinet (Oltingue, BOUXWILLER (B2) Saxe. Silbermann organ. Dannemarie), Legros (Ribeauvillé) +33 (0)3 88 32 14 46 from prehistoric times (Pagan wall Jewish-Alsatian museum in the built around 1000 BC). Monastery and Aubertin (Thann). Moreover, www.saint-thomas-strasbourg.fr the art of organ workmanship is former synagogue founded by St Odile, daughter of +33 (0)3 88 70 97 17 St. Pierre Le Jeune (P) the Duc Adalric. She became the preserved in Alsace with several master craftsmen still working, +33 (0)3 88 89 23 45 Only church in Strasbourg with a Patron Saint of Alsace. Herrad of www.tourisme-hanau-moder.fr Romanesque cloister and Silberman Landsberg compiled here the “Hortus an Organ Centre at Marmoutier and a centre for learning organ organ. Deliciarum”, a kind of Christian BISCHHEIM (C3) +33 (0)3 88 32 41 61 encyclopaedia. Remarkable site and workmanship in Eschau. The countless concerts involving organs www.saintpierrelejeune.org panoramic views. COLMAR (B5) +33 (0)3 88 95 80 53 demonstrate the vitality of this exceptional regional heritage. (C2) www.mont-sainte-odile.com (C2) St. Arbogast Church (C) More information is available at: Romanesque collegiate church (11th (B6) www.doa-alsace.org HAGUENAU (C2) -12th c.). Notre-Dame of Schauenberg (C) +33 (0)3 88 80 42 60 Chapel founded in the 15th century. MARMOUTIER (B3) HOCHFELDEN (C2) +33 (0)3 89 49 35 33 THANN (B6) Centre d’interprétation du (B2) www.paroisses-rouffach.nds.org Patrimoine - Point d’Orgue St. Thiébaut Collegiate Church (C) (Organ Centre) JUNGHOLTZ (B6) Gothic style (14th-16th c.). Several RIBEAUVILLÉ (B5) Discover the age-old civilisation and sculptures, ornamental great doors, Notre-Dame of Dusenbach (C) technology of the organ. MARMOUTIER (B3) stained glass windows and stalls from Chapel founded in the 12th – 13th c. +33 (0)3 88 03 22 10 the 15th c., wooden statues of St +33 (0)3 89 73 23 23 www.cc-marmoutier-sommerau.eu PFAFFENHOFFEN (C2) Thiébaut and the Virgin Mary, 78 m www.ribeauville-riquewihr.com tall spire. (B3) +33 (0)3 89 37 96 20 TROIS-ÉPIS (B5) www.hautes-vosges-alsace.fr Pilgrimage of Trois-Epis SOULTZ (B6) In 1491, the Virgin Mary appeared to WISSEMBOURG (D1) man for the first time on 3 May, in the STRASBOURG (C3) St. Pierre and St. Paul Abbey Church (C) Vosges at a place which became known Romanesque and Gothic styles (11th as “Trois-Epis”. STRUTH (B2) -13th c.). Remarkable stained glass +33 (0)3 89 78 95 95 windows, huge frescoes. +33 (0)3 88 94 10 11 www.ot-wissembourg.fr

37 - station Mulhouse Alsace info Keep it simple!

ACCESS CAR SHARING ACCOMMODATION DISABLED ACCESS This is a service based on the idea of a fleet of vehicles being shared. In practice, it is short term car rental. The car sharing company has several locations where the vehicles are parked. Once you register for the service, all you have to do is reserve a car online or by phone for as long as you want it: from half an hour to the Boersch whole day and even longer.

By plane Citiz Alsace HOTELS Alsace has around 200 sites with disabled access “Tourisme et Strasbourg - Airport More than twenty car sharing car Handicap”. www.strasbourg.aeroport.fr parks in Alsace. Why not choose a OUTDOOR ACCOMMODATION The list can be downloaded from: combined subscription CTS (tram / Tourism and leisure campsites, www.tourism-alsace.com EuroAirport -Mulhouse-Freiburg bus) + car sharing. www.euroairport.com rural campsites, service stations for www.tourisme67.com http://alsace.citiz.coop campervans. www.haute-alsacetourisme.com By train Coming soon: electric vehicles for www.voyages-sncf.com exploring the countryside. YOUTH HOSTELS, CHALET REFUGES AND FRENCH LESSONS By bus PARK AND RIDE GROUP ACCOMMODATION www.ouibus.com Strasbourg and Mulhouse have a www.aja-tourisme.fr www.eurolines.fr series of car parks in the suburbs, www.tourism-alsace.com www.isilines.fr enabling you to leave your car at the www.haute-alsacetourisme.com www.deinbus.de edge of the city and take advantage www.flixbus.de of the tram + bus network to travel FURNISHED ACCOMMODATION www.fernbusse.de into the city centre. No more parking Self-catering accommodation and www.megabus.com problems and easy access! bed and breakfast establishments listed as “Gîtes de France” ALSACE TER ALSACE www.gites-de-france-alsace.com WITHOUT MY CAR Discover the network of the regional Clévacances (furnished CEL (Language Centre of Colmar) express trains: accommodation or bed and breakfast) www.pole-formation-cci.fr Respecting the environment is the www.ter.sncf.com/alsace www.clevacances.com challenge of the new millennium. CIEL (International Language Alsace is rising to the challenge by Course in Strasbourg) making ecology and sustainable VIALSACE: THE WEEKENDS AND www.ciel-strasbourg.org development a winning combination. MINI-BREAKS Alliance Française School in So, we invite you to come and visit WEBSITE FOR Strasbourg Alsace without your car! On arriving Do you dream of getting-away, for a www.alliance-francaise-strasbourg.fr at one of the four TGV stations and TRANSPORTATION weekend or for a few days of a change everywhere in Alsace, there are plenty of scenery, completely independently IIEF (International Institute for of ways to get around whilst being provides all the information you and without any worries? A charming Courses) “green”. need to plan your trip by bus, tram, stop on the Wine Route, a romantic or Strasbourg University. coach or train in Alsace: hours, gourmet break, hiking or cycle touring: Summer classes. BICYCLE RENTAL AND BIKE TRAILS itineraries, news, disruptions, there is a wide range of packages http://iief.unistra.fr useful info, and more. which will certainly astonish and tempt See www.cyclinginalsace.com www.vialsace.eu you available online at www.tourism-alsace.com ON FOOT www.destination-haute-alsace.com See page 9 with the option of reserving online. BY BOAT See page 13

38 Alsace info Strasbourg – central station - TER line Strasbourg – Obernai - Sélestat Tourist Information Offices from north to south

WISSEMBOURG (D1) SAVERNE ET SA RÉGION (B3) (C4-C5) EGUISHEIM (B5) +33 (0)3 88 94 10 11 +33 (0)3 88 91 80 47 Benfeld +33 (0)3 88 74 04 02 +33 (0)3 89 23 40 33 www.ot-wissembourg.fr www.tourisme-saverne.fr Erstein +33 (0)3 88 98 14 33 www.ot-eguisheim.fr Marckolsheim +33 (0)3 88 92 56 98 LEMBACH GAMBSHEIM PASSAGE 309 – Rhinau +33 (0)3 88 74 68 96 MUNSTER (VALLÉE DE) (A5-B5) (SAUER-PECHELBRONN) (C1) SITE RHÉNAN (D3) www.grandried.fr +33 (0)3 89 77 31 80 www.vallee-munster.eu +33 (0)3 88 86 71 45 +33 (0)3 88 96 44 08 BARR BERNSTEIN www.tourisme-nordalsace.fr www.passage309.eu (PAYS DE) (B4) NEUF-BRISACH SELTZ - LAUTERBOURG MARMOUTIER (PAYS DE) (B3) Barr +33 (0)3 88 08 66 65 (PAYS DE BRISACH) (C5) (PAYS DE) (D1-D2) +33 (0)3 88 71 46 84 Andlau +33 (0)3 88 08 66 65 +33 (0)3 89 72 56 66 www.marmoutier.net Dambach-la-Ville +33 (0)3 88 92 61 00 www.tourisme-paysdebrisach.com +33 (0)3 88 05 59 79 Le Hohwald +33 (0)3 88 08 33 92 www.tourisme-pays-seltz-lauterbourg.fr SUISSE D’ALSACE (B3) www.pays-de-barr.com ROUFFACH (B6) HUNSPACH (D1) Wangenbourg-Engenthal VILLÉ (VAL DE VILLÉ) (B4) +33 (0)3 89 78 53 15 +33 (0)3 88 87 33 50 www.ot-rouffach.com +33 (0)3 88 80 59 39 +33 (0)3 88 57 11 69 www.hunspach.com +33 (0)3 88 62 31 01 www.ot-valdeville.fr GUEBWILLER - SOULTZ ET www.suisse-alsace.com SOULTZ-SOUS-FORÊTS SÉLESTAT PAYS DU FLORIVAL (B6) (PAYS DU SOULTZERLAND) (C1) MARLENHEIM HAUT-KOENIGSBOURG +33 (0)3 89 76 10 63 www.tourisme-guebwiller.fr +33 (0)3 88 80 47 33 (LA PORTE DU VIGNOBLE) (B3) TOURISME (B4) www.cc-soultzerland.fr +33 (0)3 88 87 75 80 Sélestat +33 (0)3 88 58 87 20 SAINT-AMARIN (A6) NIEDERBRONN-LES-BAINS www.laporteduvignolealsace.fr Châtenois +33 (0)3 88 58 27 20 +33 (0)3 88 58 87 20 +33 (0)3 89 82 13 90 ET SA RÉGION (C1) www.hautes-vosges-alsace.fr STRASBOURG (C3) Kintzheim +33 (0)3 88 58 87 20 +33 (0)3 88 80 89 70 www.selestat-haut-koenigsbourg.com www.niederbronn.com +33 (0)3 88 52 28 28 THANN – CERNAY (B6) www.otstrasbourg.fr SAINTE-MARIE-AUX-MINES Cernay +33 (0)3 89 75 50 35 LORENTZEN (ALSACE BOSSUE) (VAL D’ARGENT) (B4-B5) Thann +33 (0)3 89 37 96 20 (A1-A2-B1-B2) MOLSHEIM-MUTZIG www.hautes-vosges-alsace.fr (RÉGION DE) (B3) +33 (0)3 89 58 80 50 +33 (0)3 88 00 40 39 www.valdargent-tourisme.fr www.tourisme.alsace-bossue.net +33 (0)3 88 38 11 61 MULHOUSE (B7) www.ot-molsheim-mutzig.com RIBEAUVILLÉ - RIQUEWIHR +33 (0)3 89 35 48 48 SOUFFLENHEIM (D2) www.tourisme-mulhouse.com SCHIRMECK (VALLÉE DE LA (PAYS DE) (B5) +33 (0)3 88 86 74 90 BRUCHE) (B3-B4) +33 (0)3 89 73 23 23 MASEVAUX (A6) www.ot-soufflenheim.fr www.ribeauville-riquewihr.com +33 (0)3 88 47 18 51 +33 (0)3 89 82 41 99 LA PETITE-PIERRE www.valleedelabruche.fr KAYSERSBERG www.hautes-vosges-alsace.fr (PAYS DE) (B2) (VALLÉE DE) (B5) PAYS DU MONT SAINTE-ODILE (PAYS DE) (C7) +33 (0)3 88 70 42 30 (B3) +33 (0)3 89 78 22 78 www.ot-paysdelapetitepierre.com www.kaysersberg.com +33 (0)3 89 28 59 17 +33 (0)3 88 49 20 76 www.pays-de-sierentz.com INGWILLER (PAYS DE HANAU - www.paysdumontsainteodile.com TROIS-ÉPIS (B5) VAL DE MODER) (B2-C2) Ottrott +33 (0)3 88 95 83 84 SAINT-LOUIS - HUNINGUE www.ottrott.com +33 (0)3 89 49 80 56 (PAYS DE) (C7) +33 (0)3 88 89 23 45 www.les-trois-epis.fr Rosheim +33 (0)3 88 50 75 38 +33 (0)3 89 70 04 49 www.tourisme-hanau-moder.fr www.tourisme-rosheim.com TURCKHEIM (B5) www.saintlouis-tourisme.fr HAGUENAU (PAYS DE) (C2) OBERNAI (B4) +33 (0)3 89 27 38 44 SUNDGAU, SUD ALSACE (B7-B8) Forêts et terre de potiers www.turckheim.com +33 (0)3 88 95 64 13 Altkirch +33 (0)3 89 40 02 90 +33 (0)3 88 06 59 99 www.tourisme-obernai.fr www.tourisme-haguenau-potiers.com COLMAR (B5) Dannemarie +33 (0)3 89 07 24 24 Ferrette +33 (0)3 89 08 23 88 +33 (0)3 89 20 68 92 www.sundgau-sudalsace.fr www.tourisme-colmar.com

39 Lichtenberg Castle Als ce The guide to your stay

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