Melsheim travel guide
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Visit Melsheim: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Melsheim is situated in the Bas-Rhin department (Alsace region) in the north-east of France at 29 km from Strasbourg, the department capital. (General information: Melsheim is 379 km from Paris and 474 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Neuwiller-les-Saverne at 11 km from Melsheim
Popular places to visit near Melsheim: these include Neuwiller-les-Saverne at 11 km and Saverne at 12 km.
Jardin botanique du col de Saverne is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 12km and Jardin de l'Escalier is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 14km. 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 Melsheim, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Melsheim
See France This Way travel guides for Bas-Rhin and Alsace (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Melsheim.
Note that all distances from Melsheim shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Melsheim holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Melsheim (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 Melsheim and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin botanique du col de Saverne (12km) : Jardin de l'Escalier (14km) : Jardin de la ferme bleue (18km) : Jardin du chateau de Kolbsheim (22km) : Jardin botanique de l'université de Strasbourg (25km) : Domaine du Windeck (34km) : Le jardin de Marguerite (35km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Hunspach (38km) : Mittelbergheim (41km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Bischheim (23km) : Drusenheim (31km) : Bitche (34km) : Itterswiller (44km) :
- Heritage Sites: Strasbourg Grand Ile (25km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Strasbourg (25km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Obernai (33km) : Wissembourg (44km) :
Map of places to visit near Melsheim & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Melsheim
Canton: Hochfelden
Arrondissement: Strasbourg-Campagne
Department: Bas-Rhin
Region: Alsace
Postcode: 67270
Distance to Melsheim
from Strasbourg: 29 km
from Paris: 379 km
from Calais: 474 km
from Nice: 562 km
from Bordeaux: 754 km
from Strasbourg: 25 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 26 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Melsheim): Alteckendorf, Altenheim, Bossendorf, Dettwiller, Duntzenheim, Friedolsheim, Geiswiller, Gingsheim, Gottesheim, Hochfelden, Hohfrankenheim, Ingenheim, Issenhausen, Kirrwiller-Bosselshausen, Littenheim, Lixhausen, Lupstein, Mutzenhouse, Printzheim, Ringendorf, Saessolsheim, Schaffhouse-sur-Zorn, Scherlenheim, Schwindratzheim, Wilwisheim and Zoebersdorf.
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 Melsheim from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Melsheim