Dessenheim travel guide
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Visit Dessenheim: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Dessenheim is situated in the Haut-Rhin department (Alsace region) in the north-east of France at 15 km from Colmar, the department capital. (General information: Dessenheim is 392 km from Paris and 524 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Neuf-Brisach at 6 km from Dessenheim
Popular places to visit near Dessenheim: these include Neuf-Brisach at 6 km and Rouffach at 14 km.
Colmar is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 15km and Eguisheim is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 15km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Dessenheim: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 2*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Dessenheim, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Dessenheim
See France This Way travel guides for Haut-Rhin and Alsace (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Dessenheim.
Note that all distances from Dessenheim shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Dessenheim holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Dessenheim (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 Dessenheim and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc du domaine de Schoppenwihr (22km) : Parc de la Marseillaise (22km) : Parc Alfred-Wallach (28km) : Parc botanique de Mulhouse (29km) : Parc du château de Kintzheim (32km) : Jardin d'altitude du Haut-Chitelet (36km) : Parc de Wesserling (38km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Riquewihr (25km) : Hunawihr (26km) : Mittelbergheim (47km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Colmar (15km) : Eguisheim (15km) : Soultzmatt (19km) : Marckolsheim (21km) : Guebwiller (22km) : Sausheim (23km) : Ribeauville (27km) : Bergheim (27km) : Diebolsheim (37km) : Itterswiller (43km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Mulhouse (28km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Thann (34km) :
Map of places to visit near Dessenheim & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Dessenheim
Canton: Neuf-Brisach
Arrondissement: Colmar
Department: Haut-Rhin
Region: Alsace
Postcode: 68600
Distance to Dessenheim
from Colmar: 15 km
from Paris: 392 km
from Calais: 524 km
from Nice: 475 km
from Bordeaux: 710 km
from Strasbourg: 70 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 13 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Dessenheim): Algolsheim, Appenwihr, Balgau, Heiteren, Hettenschlag, Logelheim, Nambsheim, Neuf-Brisach, Obersaasheim, Rustenhart, Volgelsheim, Weckolsheim and Wolfgantzen.
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 Dessenheim from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Dessenheim