Birkenwald travel guide
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Visit Birkenwald: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Birkenwald is situated in the Bas-Rhin department (Alsace region) in the north-east of France at 33 km from Strasbourg, the department capital. (General information: Birkenwald is 366 km from Paris and 469 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Marmoutier at 5 km from Birkenwald
Popular places to visit near Birkenwald: these include Marmoutier at 5 km and Wasselonne at 8 km.
Jardin botanique du col de Saverne is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 9km and Jardin du chateau de Kolbsheim is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 21km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Birkenwald, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Birkenwald
See France This Way travel guides for Bas-Rhin and Alsace (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Birkenwald.
Note that all distances from Birkenwald shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Birkenwald holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Birkenwald (from booking.com and with a great selection of hotels and a best price promise).
For a longer visit popular choices include apartments and holiday rentals. For these we suggest two popular options: holiday villages in Alsace and Bas-Rhin gites and villas
Tourist attractions nearby
Below we show places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Birkenwald and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin botanique du col de Saverne (9km) : Jardin du chateau de Kolbsheim (21km) : Domaine du Windeck (23km) : Jardin de l'Escalier (28km) : Jardin botanique de l'université de Strasbourg (31km) : Le jardin de Marguerite (35km) : Jardin de la ferme bleue (35km) : Jardins de Callunes (42km) : Parc du château de Kintzheim (45km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Mittelbergheim (30km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Bischheim (31km) : Itterswiller (33km) : Bitche (44km) : Drusenheim (46km) : Diebolsheim (48km) :
- Heritage Sites: Strasbourg Grand Ile (31km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Strasbourg (31km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Obernai (24km) :
Map of places to visit near Birkenwald & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Birkenwald
Canton: Marmoutier
Arrondissement: Saverne
Department: Bas-Rhin
Region: Alsace
Postcode: 67440
Distance to Birkenwald
from Strasbourg: 33 km
from Paris: 366 km
from Calais: 469 km
from Nice: 551 km
from Bordeaux: 737 km
from Strasbourg: 31 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 15 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Birkenwald): Allenwiller, Cosswiller, Dimbsthal, Haegen, Hengwiller, Jetterswiller, Lochwiller, Marmoutier, Reinhardsmunster, Reutenbourg, Romanswiller, Salenthal, Singrist, Thal-Marmoutier and Wangenbourg-Engenthal.
Getting here
Bas-Rhin is in the north-east of France. Most visitors fly into Paris or drive from one of the channel ports such as Calais or Dunkirk (allow around 6 hours) For driving distances to Birkenwald from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Birkenwald