Gries travel guide
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Visit Gries: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Gries is situated in the Bas-Rhin department (Alsace region) in the north-east of France at 21 km from Strasbourg, the department capital. (General information: Gries is 400 km from Paris and 492 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Strasbourg at 19 km from Gries
Popular places to visit near Gries: these include Strasbourg at 19 km and Hoffen at 22 km.
Jardin de l'Escalier is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 8km and Drusenheim is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 10km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Gries: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 1*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Gries, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Gries
See France This Way travel guides for Bas-Rhin and Alsace (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Gries.
Note that all distances from Gries shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Gries holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Gries (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 Gries and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin de l'Escalier (8km) : Jardin botanique de l'université de Strasbourg (19km) : Jardin de la ferme bleue (20km) : Jardin du chateau de Kolbsheim (26km) : Le jardin de Marguerite (31km) : Jardin botanique du col de Saverne (33km) : Domaine du Windeck (43km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Hunspach (25km) : Mittelbergheim (48km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Drusenheim (10km) : Bischheim (15km) : Bitche (44km) :
- Heritage Sites: Strasbourg Grand Ile (19km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Strasbourg (19km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Wissembourg (34km) : Obernai (40km) :
Map of places to visit near Gries & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Gries
Canton: Brumath
Arrondissement: Strasbourg-Campagne
Department: Bas-Rhin
Region: Alsace
Postcode: 67240
Distance to Gries
from Strasbourg: 21 km
from Paris: 400 km
from Calais: 492 km
from Nice: 562 km
from Bordeaux: 772 km
from Strasbourg: 19 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 9 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Gries): Bietlenheim, Bischwiller, Geudertheim, Kaltenhouse, Kurtzenhouse, Niederschaeffolsheim, Oberhoffen-sur-Moder, Weitbruch and Weyersheim.
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 Gries from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Gries