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Visit Sand: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Sand is situated in the Bas-Rhin department (Alsace region) in the north-east of France at 23 km from Strasbourg, the department capital. (General information: Sand is 390 km from Paris and 503 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Ebersmunster at 10 km from Sand
Popular places to visit near Sand: these include Ebersmunster at 10 km and Epfig at 11 km.
Diebolsheim is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 11km and Obernai is a listed 'recommended detour' at 13km. 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 Sand, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Sand
See France This Way travel guides for Bas-Rhin and Alsace (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Sand.
Note that all distances from Sand shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Sand holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Sand (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 Sand and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Le jardin de Marguerite (13km) : Domaine du Windeck (16km) : Jardin du chateau de Kolbsheim (20km) : Parc du château de Kintzheim (22km) : Jardin botanique de l'université de Strasbourg (25km) : Parc du domaine de Schoppenwihr (34km) : Jardin de l'Escalier (40km) : Jardin botanique du col de Saverne (44km) : Jardins de Callunes (45km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Mittelbergheim (13km) : Hunawihr (32km) : Riquewihr (34km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Diebolsheim (11km) : Itterswiller (14km) : Marckolsheim (25km) : Bergheim (27km) : Bischheim (28km) : Ribeauville (30km) : Colmar (39km) : Eguisheim (44km) : Drusenheim (49km) :
- Heritage Sites: Strasbourg Grand Ile (25km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Strasbourg (25km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Obernai (13km) :
Map of places to visit near Sand & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Sand
Canton: Benfeld
Arrondissement: Sélestat-Erstein
Department: Bas-Rhin
Region: Alsace
Postcode: 67230
Distance to Sand
from Strasbourg: 23 km
from Paris: 390 km
from Calais: 503 km
from Nice: 521 km
from Bordeaux: 739 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 16 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Sand): Benfeld, Bolsenheim, Boofzheim, Erstein, Herbsheim, Huttenheim, Kertzfeld, Kogenheim, Matzenheim, Obenheim, Osthouse, Rossfeld, Schaeffersheim, Sermersheim, Uttenheim and Westhouse.
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 Sand from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Sand