Metzeral travel guide
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Visit Metzeral: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Metzeral is situated in the Haut-Rhin department (Alsace region) in the north-east of France at 23 km from Colmar, the department capital. (General information: Metzeral is 361 km from Paris and 499 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Munster at 6 km from Metzeral
Popular places to visit near Metzeral: these include Munster at 6 km and Murbach at 11 km.
Hohneck is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 5km and Jardin d'altitude du Haut-Chitelet is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 6km. 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 Metzeral, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Metzeral
See France This Way travel guides for Haut-Rhin and Alsace (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Metzeral.
Note that all distances from Metzeral shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Metzeral holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Metzeral (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 Metzeral and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin d'altitude du Haut-Chitelet (6km) : Parc de Wesserling (15km) : Parc de la Marseillaise (16km) : Parc du domaine de Schoppenwihr (24km) : Parc du château de Kintzheim (36km) : Roseraie du Chatelet (36km) : Parc Alfred-Wallach (37km) : Parc botanique de Mulhouse (37km) : Jardins de Callunes (38km) : Jardin botanique de Gondremer (41km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Riquewihr (24km) : Hunawihr (26km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Soultzmatt (14km) : Guebwiller (16km) : Eguisheim (18km) : Colmar (23km) : Masevaux (27km) : Ribeauville (28km) : Bergheim (31km) : Sausheim (33km) : Rougegoutte (35km) : Marckolsheim (39km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Mulhouse (35km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Thann (23km) : Plombieres-les-Bains (45km) :
Map of places to visit near Metzeral & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Metzeral
Canton: Munster
Arrondissement: Colmar
Department: Haut-Rhin
Region: Alsace
Postcode: 68380
Distance to Metzeral
from Colmar: 23 km
from Paris: 361 km
from Calais: 499 km
from Nice: 479 km
from Bordeaux: 684 km
from Strasbourg: 81 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 10 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Metzeral): Breitenbach-Haut-Rhin, Eschbach-Au-Val, Hohrod, Luttenbach-Pres-Munster, Mittlach, Muhlbach-sur-Munster, Munster, Sondernach, Soultzeren and Stosswihr.
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 Metzeral from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Metzeral