Recommendations in Colmar What to do? Where to eat?
HELLO!
Hi dear travellers, we are really grateful that you chose us to discover our beautiful city! In order to take the most out of your stay, here we have some recommendations for you.
If you follow this link, you will find a map with the principal attractions and points to visit, especially now during summer:
https://www.tourisme-colmar.com/fr/
If you have a particular taste and looking for quality without exceedingly high prices, down below you will find my top of typical Alsatian restaurants (WINSTUB), that you should give a try:
· La Soï (tartes flambées)
· La Stub (tartes flambées)
· La Cour des Anges (options without gluten, vegetarian and vegan)
· Wistub de la Petite Venise
· Le Stam
· Restaurant Pfeffel
· Aux armes de Colmar
Other recommendation which are not WINSTUB: La Place 23 (focaccias), La Chevre Qui Rit, Sahmeran (Turkish food).
The most picturesque and charming villages in Alsace are:
Ø Eguisheim
Ø Kaysersberg
Ø Riquewihr
Ø Ribeauvillé
Ø Bergheim
You can visit them either by car or taking a bus in the train station (gare), please enter in fluo.eu to check timetables and prices. In addition, the enterprise Kutzig offers a bus around the villages starting in Colmar, the ticket is useful for a day at 26€, from Wednesdays to Sundays, for more info kutzig.fr.
Some typical dishes are:
o La tarte flambée / Flàmmeküeche
o La choucroute
o La baeckeoffe
o Spätzle
o Jambonneau
Some local wines:
§ Pinot Noir
§ Pinot Gris
§ Pinot Blanc
§ Riesling
§ Sylvaner
§ Gewurztraminer
You can have wine tasting in Domaine Viticole de la Ville de Colmar.
Local beer:
Ø Fischer
Ø Meteor
Ø Licorne
You can buy your own local beer at Au Brin de Paille
Useful information:
Ø Free parking: Parking de la manufacture and Parking Lacarre.
Ø Visiting hours of the Cathedral Saint Martin: 08:00–17:45
Ø Here you have public toilets:
The one inside the Covered market. and another outside of it, in the parking Six Montagnes Noires and the parking Jeanne D'Arc.
Other places you can visit near Colmar:
§ Château du Haut-Kœnigsbourg, location
§ Château du Hohlandsbourg, location
§ Écomusée d'Alsace, location
§ Freibourg (DE), you can take the bus 1076 next to the train station in Colmar, it will take you to Breisach, and then you should take a train to Freibourg.
If you are planning to go to Strasbourg or Freibourg and make a free walking tour, please contact us directly.
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Feel free to reach me in case you need to, I will be happy to help you!
Merci beaucoup et à très bientôt !
Thanks a lot and see you soon!