TOURISM IN ALSACE
Alsace, new discoveries and new territory, come and enjoy a whole range of activities
just waiting
to satisfy your dreams and passions.
Leaving the hotel (see also "Barr and surrounding area") :
to satisfy your dreams and passions.
Leaving the hotel (see also "Barr and surrounding area") :
HERITAGE / CULTURE / NATURE
- The famous"Wine route" of Alsace crosses Barr, wine capital of the Bas-Rhin
- The Mount Sainte Odile (5 km away)
- La Route des Crêtes (Hohneck, Grand Ballon,...)
- Le Champ du Feu (10 km away)
- The silver mines in Sainte Marie aux Mines (35 km away)
- TheMaginot Line
- The Fort of Mutzig (25 km)
- Les -Châteaux Fort en Alsace - Villes Fortifiés
- The waterfall du Nideck (25 km away)
- The church of Marmoutier (35 km away)
- TheChâteau du Haut-Koenigsbourg (20 km away)
- TheMarqueterie d’Art Spindler in Saint-Léonard (12 km away)
- The village of potters in Soufflenheim et Betschdorf
- http://www.musee-du-vignoble-alsace.fr
- The charming village of
- Obernai (20 km away)
- Ribeauvillé (30 km away)
- Riquewihr (35 km away)
- Kaysersberg (40 km away) The towns:
- Strasbourg (40 km away) :Petite France, the cathedral, museums, the European Parliament;
- Sélestat (20 km away) : the abbey of Ebermunster;
- Colmar (40 km away)the old town, Unterlinden museum;
- andMulhouse (80 km away):Car museum, Railways museum and Electricity museum
- The Ecomusée of Alsace (70 km away)
- And don't forget the overall attractions of Alsace
GASTRONOMY
- Pain d’épices museum in Gertwiller (3 km away)
- Brasserie artisanale de St Pierre A Saint-Pierre (12 km )
- Eaux de Vie and Munster museums in Lapoutroie (50 km away)
- Baking museum in Sélestat (20 km away)
- Verrerie d’art in Kaysersberg (40 km away)
- Chocolate maker Stoffel in Haguenau (65 km away)
CHRISTMAS MARKETS (in December)
(from the last weekend of November to the end of december)
In the heart of the "Region of the Christmas tree",
Barr is the ideal starting point for the picturesque
local Christmas markets or for the larger markets of Strasbourg and Colmar. of
RELAXION / LEISURE
- Europapark in Rust (over the German border, 40 km away)
- adventure park (20 km away)
- Cigoland in Kintzheim (20 km away)
- Didiland in Morsbronn les Bains (80 km away)
- Butterflies and fishing animals in Hunawihr (30 away km)
- Eagle show in Kintzheim (20 km away)
- Monkey mountain in Kintzheim (20 km away)
- Naïades aquarium in Ottrott (15 km away)
- Navigation on the Ried (20 km away) or on the Rhine (50 km away))
- Alsace by balloon
- Labyrinthus in Ribeauvillé (30 km away)
- Centre for the Reintroduction of the white Storks and the European Ottersin Hunawihr.(20 km away)
- The Wildlife Park in Sainte Croix.
- The Bioscope in Ungersheim
FESTIVALS / FETES / SALONS
- Wine festivals and harvesting in the villages from July to October
- Dégustha Salon in Hagenthal (90 km away) end August
- Fêtes :
Bilberry and Harvest (Stotzheim), Fiddlers (Ribeauvillé), Hop (Haguenau, Ohlungen), Pottery (Soufflenheim), Choucroute (Krautergersheim, Geispolsheim), Beer (Cronenbourg), Sugar (Erstein), Dahlias (Eschau), Quetsch (Willer-sur-Thur), Handloggers (Kruth, Winkel, Grendelbruch), Ham (Guémar), Medieval (Wintzenheim), Mountain (Wangenbourg), Traditional Harvesting (Hindisheim), Sweet Corn (Bossendorf), Silberberg (Rorschwihr), Streams (Carspach), Piston (Ligsdorf), Stubbenhansel (Benfeld), Countryside (Bernwiller), Non-identified floating objects (Kembs), Pyrotechnics (Rouffach), Marriage of l’Ami Fritz (Marlenheim), the married couple of Frankenthal (Stosswihr), Carpe Frite (Munchhouse), Lavandières (Scherwiller), Canal (Bischheim), Knepplefescht (Waldhambach), Baptism of petit Georges (Kutzenhausen), Chestnut (Oberbronn),... - Corso Fleuri : (Sélestat), by night (Wasselonne)
- Musical festivals : Classical and chambere (Barr, Sainte-Marie aux Mines), Jazz (Petite Pierre, Saverne, Mulhouse), Musicalta (Rouffach), Musical flavours (Eguisheim), Musica (Strasbourg), Rhinau c’est Rock (Rhinau), Voix et Route Romane (Bas-Rhin)
- Other festivals : International tourist film festival (Saverne), Fest’ivales (Molsheim), Hybrid gardens (Wesserling)
- Fairs : of Colmar, Onions (Brumath), Mountain products (Saales)
- Theatre : street (Itterswiller), Théâtra (Mulhouse)
- Sound and light (audiovisual shows) :
ProjectIll (at the Château d'Osthouse), Rêve d’une nuit d’été (Villé),
Saga du Haut Barr (Saverne), Art et Lumière (Furdenheim) - Sports festivals : Rafting (Huningue), Yoking (Seebach)
- General information on festivals and fêtes : see site of local newspaper
On the Other Side of the Rhine:
- The Wine Route to Baden Baden, Freiburg in Breisgau, the German “Route des Crêtes”, built for strategic purposes during World War I. It's a spectacular trail…
- Bâle (Switzerland)