Fortschwihr travel guide
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Visit Fortschwihr: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Fortschwihr is situated in the Haut-Rhin department (Alsace region) in the north-east of France at 7 km from Colmar, the department capital. (General information: Fortschwihr is 386 km from Paris and 514 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Colmar at 7 km from Fortschwihr
Popular places to visit near Fortschwihr: these include Colmar at 7 km and Neuf-Brisach at 10 km.
Colmar is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 7km and Marckolsheim is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 11km. 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 Fortschwihr, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Fortschwihr
See France This Way travel guides for Haut-Rhin and Alsace (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Fortschwihr.
Note that all distances from Fortschwihr shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Fortschwihr holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Fortschwihr (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 Fortschwihr and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc du domaine de Schoppenwihr (11km) : Parc du château de Kintzheim (19km) : Parc de la Marseillaise (27km) : Jardin d'altitude du Haut-Chitelet (33km) : Parc botanique de Mulhouse (40km) : Parc Alfred-Wallach (40km) : Parc de Wesserling (41km) : Domaine du Windeck (41km) : Jardins de Callunes (43km) : Le jardin de Marguerite (47km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Hunawihr (14km) : Riquewihr (14km) : Mittelbergheim (34km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Colmar (7km) : Marckolsheim (11km) : Eguisheim (12km) : Bergheim (15km) : Ribeauville (15km) : Soultzmatt (21km) : Diebolsheim (27km) : Guebwiller (27km) : Itterswiller (30km) : Sausheim (34km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Mulhouse (39km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Thann (41km) : Obernai (42km) :
Map of places to visit near Fortschwihr & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Fortschwihr
Canton: Andolsheim
Arrondissement: Colmar
Department: Haut-Rhin
Region: Alsace
Postcode: 68320
Distance to Fortschwihr
from Colmar: 7 km
from Paris: 386 km
from Calais: 514 km
from Nice: 488 km
from Bordeaux: 713 km
from Strasbourg: 59 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 Fortschwihr): Andolsheim, Bischwihr, Durrenentzen, Grussenheim, Holtzwihr, Horbourg-Wihr, Houssen, Jebsheim, Muntzenheim, Riedwihr, Sundhoffen, Urschenheim and Wickerschwihr.
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 Fortschwihr from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Fortschwihr