Colmar is a pocket-size city with a chill out atmosphere. A city filled with treasures – artistic masterpieces, gothic churches, renaissance architecture – and enchanting corners waiting to be discovered. Strasbourg has la “ Petite France”, Colmar has “ Little Venice” , where colourful half-timbered houses decorate the banks of the canals. But Colmar is much more than...
Panoramic routes, breakating views, magnificient archtiecture and delicious wine. Alsace is a wine-growing region…a tradition that dates back to the Roman times. But what most people don’t know is that “la Route des Vins d’Alsace” (the Wine Road in Alsace), was the first wine road to be created in France! After the Second World War...
FORTIFIED CASTLES, MUSEUMS AND RELIGIOUS MONUMENTS. MOUNT ST ODILE* Even today a pilgrimage center, the convent is one of the most visited places in the region. A visit to its interior allows you to learn about the life story (and legends) of the patron saint of Alsace. Outside – which offers the most beautiful panoramic view in...
EXPLORING THE CENTRE OF THE BLACK FOREST
A panoramic drive will take us to our first stop: the enchanting medieval village of Gengenbach.
Military Fortifications Fortifications of the Maginot Line *(fortification line built along the eastern border of France, between the two wars), Fort Mutzig* (most important and modern of the Second German Empire). *Visits with local guides. War memorials Memorial du Linge (first war trenches), Memorial Alsace-Moselle (history of the great conflicts and wars in the region) and...
