Forstheim travel guide
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Visit Forstheim: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Forstheim is situated in the Bas-Rhin department (Alsace region) in the north-east of France at 38 km from Strasbourg, the department capital. (General information: Forstheim is 392 km from Paris and 478 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Lembach at 13 km from Forstheim
Popular places to visit near Forstheim: these include Lembach at 13 km and Fleckenstein at 17 km.
Jardin de la ferme bleue is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 4km and Hunspach is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 18km. 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 Forstheim, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Forstheim
See France This Way travel guides for Bas-Rhin and Alsace (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Forstheim.
Note that all distances from Forstheim shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Forstheim holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Forstheim (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 Forstheim and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin de la ferme bleue (4km) : Jardin de l'Escalier (18km) : Jardin botanique du col de Saverne (31km) : Jardin botanique de l'université de Strasbourg (35km) : Jardin du chateau de Kolbsheim (38km) : Le jardin de Marguerite (47km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Hunspach (18km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Drusenheim (23km) : Bitche (27km) : Bischheim (31km) :
- Heritage Sites: Strasbourg Grand Ile (35km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Strasbourg (35km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Wissembourg (23km) :
Map of places to visit near Forstheim & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Forstheim
Canton: Woerth
Arrondissement: Wissembourg
Department: Bas-Rhin
Region: Alsace
Postcode: 67580
Distance to Forstheim
from Strasbourg: 38 km
from Paris: 392 km
from Calais: 478 km
from Nice: 578 km
from Bordeaux: 774 km
from Strasbourg: 35 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 18 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Forstheim): Biblisheim, Dieffenbach-les-Woerth, Durrenbach, Eschbach, Froeschwiller, Gumbrechtshoffen, Gundershoffen, Gunstett, Hegeney, Laubach, Mertzwiller, Mietesheim, Morsbronn-les-Bains, Oberdorf-Spachbach, Reichshoffen, Uttenhoffen, Walbourg and Woerth.
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 Forstheim from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Forstheim