Houssen travel guide
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Visit Houssen: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Houssen is situated in the Haut-Rhin department (Alsace region) in the north-east of France at 5 km from Colmar, the department capital. (General information: Houssen is 379 km from Paris and 507 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Colmar at 5 km from Houssen
Popular places to visit near Houssen: these include Colmar at 5 km and Turckheim at 8 km.
Colmar is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 5km and Parc du domaine de Schoppenwihr is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 5km. 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 Houssen, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Houssen
See France This Way travel guides for Haut-Rhin and Alsace (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Houssen.
Note that all distances from Houssen shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Houssen holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Houssen (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 Houssen and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc du domaine de Schoppenwihr (5km) : Parc du château de Kintzheim (15km) : Parc de la Marseillaise (27km) : Jardin d'altitude du Haut-Chitelet (29km) : Jardins de Callunes (37km) : Domaine du Windeck (37km) : Parc de Wesserling (39km) : Parc botanique de Mulhouse (43km) : Parc Alfred-Wallach (43km) : Le jardin de Marguerite (46km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Hunawihr (8km) : Riquewihr (8km) : Mittelbergheim (31km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Colmar (5km) : Ribeauville (9km) : Bergheim (9km) : Eguisheim (10km) : Marckolsheim (13km) : Soultzmatt (21km) : Itterswiller (27km) : Diebolsheim (28km) : Guebwiller (28km) : Sausheim (37km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Mulhouse (42km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Obernai (39km) : Thann (41km) :
Map of places to visit near Houssen & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Houssen
Canton: Andolsheim
Arrondissement: Colmar
Department: Haut-Rhin
Region: Alsace
Postcode: 68125
Distance to Houssen
from Colmar: 5 km
from Paris: 379 km
from Calais: 507 km
from Nice: 492 km
from Bordeaux: 710 km
from Strasbourg: 58 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 Houssen): Beblenheim, Bennwihr, Bischwihr, Colmar, Fortschwihr, Holtzwihr, Horbourg-Wihr, Ingersheim, Mittelwihr, Ostheim, Riedwihr, Riquewihr, Sigolsheim, Wickerschwihr and Zellenberg.
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 Houssen from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Houssen