Colmar travel guide
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Visit Colmar: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Colmar is situated in the Haut-Rhin department (Alsace region) in the north-east of France - it is the prefecture (capital) of the Haut-Rhin department. (General information: Colmar is 379 km from Paris and 509 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Colmar (page also includes a photo gallery for Colmar)
Popular places to visit near Colmar: these include Turckheim at 5 km and Eguisheim at 6 km.
Eguisheim is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 5km and Parc du domaine de Schoppenwihr is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 7km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Colmar: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 4*; Colmar has a protected historical centre "secteur sauvegardé" (see also historical French towns);
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Colmar, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Colmar
See France This Way travel guides for Haut-Rhin and Alsace (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Colmar.
Note that all distances from Colmar shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Colmar holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Colmar (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 Haut-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 Colmar and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc du domaine de Schoppenwihr (7km) : Parc du château de Kintzheim (20km) : Parc de la Marseillaise (22km) : Jardin d'altitude du Haut-Chitelet (26km) : Parc de Wesserling (34km) : Jardins de Callunes (38km) : Parc Alfred-Wallach (38km) : Parc botanique de Mulhouse (39km) : Domaine du Windeck (42km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Riquewihr (10km) : Hunawihr (11km) : Mittelbergheim (36km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Eguisheim (5km) : Ribeauville (12km) : Bergheim (14km) : Soultzmatt (16km) : Marckolsheim (17km) : Guebwiller (23km) : Itterswiller (32km) : Sausheim (33km) : Diebolsheim (33km) : Masevaux (44km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Mulhouse (37km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Thann (36km) : Obernai (43km) :
Map of places to visit near Colmar & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Colmar
Canton: Colmar
Arrondissement: Colmar
Department: Haut-Rhin
Region: Alsace
Postcode: 68000
Distance to Colmar
from Colmar: 0 km
from Paris: 379 km
from Calais: 509 km
from Nice: 487 km
from Bordeaux: 706 km
from Strasbourg: 63 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 Colmar): Ammerschwihr, Andolsheim, Eguisheim, Holtzwihr, Horbourg-Wihr, Houssen, Husseren-les-Chateaux, Ingersheim, Katzenthal, Kientzheim, Niedermorschwihr, Sigolsheim, Sundhoffen, Wettolsheim and Wintzenheim.
Getting here
Haut-Rhin is in the north-east of France. Most visitors fly into Paris or drive from one of the channel port - Calais and Dunkirk are around 6 hours distance. For driving distances to Colmar from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Colmar