Travel Guide
Colmar
France
Best time to go: April–June, September–October, December
Sights
- Little Venice – Half-timbered houses along the canal – lovely by boat.
- Musée Unterlinden – Grünewald's Isenheim Altarpiece.
- Maison des Têtes – A facade decorated with over a hundred heads.
- Tanners' Quarter – Tall half-timbered houses of the old tanners.
- Koïfhus – The old customs house with its colourful tiled roof.
- Musée Bartholdi – The birthplace of the Statue of Liberty's sculptor.
- Christmas markets – Several markets in the decorated old town.
Food & nightlife
- Tarte flambée – A thin base with cream, onions and bacon.
- Choucroute and baeckeoffe – Sauerkraut with sausages, or a meat-and-potato stew.
- Alsace wine – Riesling, Gewürztraminer and Crémant d'Alsace.
- Kougelhopf – A bundt cake with raisins and almonds.
Day trips
- Alsace Wine Route – Riquewihr, Eguisheim and Kaysersberg – half-timbered villages among the vines.
- Haut-Kœnigsbourg – A restored castle high above the Rhine plain.
- Strasbourg – The cathedral and Petite France, half an hour by train.
Good to know
- When to go
- April–June, September–October, December
- Getting around
- About an hour from Basel by train via Mulhouse; the old town on foot, wine villages by bus, bike or car.
- Tipping
- Service is usually included – rounding up is a nice gesture.
- Power
- Plug type C/E, 230 V – pack an adapter for Swiss plugs.
- Currency
- Euro (EUR)
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