Historic sites
Colmar and Little Venice
Colmar, Haut-Rhin
Colmar is the most picturesque town in Alsace, with colourful half-timbered houses, flower boxes and canals.
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Buildings
Reims Cathedral and the champagne houses
Reims, Marne
The Gothic cathedral where French kings were crowned for centuries, with more than 2,300 statues on its façade, including the famous 'Smiling Angel',…
Buildings
Strasbourg Cathedral and Petite France
Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin
Strasbourg's pink sandstone cathedral, with a single spire 142 m high, was the tallest building in the world for over 200 years.
Walks and treks
Ballon d'Alsace
Masevaux-Niederbruck, Haut-Rhin
A rounded summit of the southern Vosges mountains, 1,247 metres high, where Alsace, Lorraine and Franche-Comté meet.
Historic sites
Palais du Tau, Reims
Reims, Marne
The former palace of the archbishops of Reims, beside the cathedral, where French kings stayed and feasted on the day of their coronation.
Historic sites
Château d'Haroué
Vézelise, Meurthe-et-Moselle
A moated 18th-century château in Lorraine, built by the architect Germain Boffrand for the Prince of Craon, with 365 windows, 52 chimneys and 12 towe…