Strasbourg travel guide
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Visit Strasbourg: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Strasbourg is situated in the Bas-Rhin department (Alsace region) in the north-east of France - it is the prefecture (capital) of the Bas-Rhin department. (General information: Strasbourg is 399 km from Paris and 501 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Strasbourg (page also includes a photo gallery for Strasbourg)
Popular places to visit near Strasbourg: these include Strasbourg at 3 km and Molsheim at 20 km.
Jardin botanique de l'université de Strasbourg is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 3km and Strasbourg is a listed 'town of art and history' at 3km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Strasbourg: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 2*; Strasbourg has a protected historical centre "secteur sauvegardé" (see also historical French towns);
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Strasbourg, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Strasbourg
See France This Way travel guides for Bas-Rhin and Alsace (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Strasbourg.
Note that all distances from Strasbourg shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Strasbourg holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Strasbourg (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 Strasbourg and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin botanique de l'université de Strasbourg (3km) : Le jardin de Marguerite (10km) : Jardin du chateau de Kolbsheim (13km) : Jardin de l'Escalier (20km) : Domaine du Windeck (27km) : Jardin botanique du col de Saverne (36km) : Jardin de la ferme bleue (38km) : Parc du château de Kintzheim (44km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Mittelbergheim (30km) : Hunspach (46km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Bischheim (6km) : Drusenheim (26km) : Diebolsheim (31km) : Itterswiller (33km) : Marckolsheim (47km) :
- Heritage Sites: Strasbourg Grand Ile (3km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Strasbourg (3km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Obernai (23km) :
Map of places to visit near Strasbourg & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Strasbourg
Canton: Strasbourg
Arrondissement: Strasbourg-Ville
Department: Bas-Rhin
Region: Alsace
Postcode: 67000
Distance to Strasbourg
from Strasbourg: 0 km
from Paris: 399 km
from Calais: 501 km
from Nice: 541 km
from Bordeaux: 758 km
from Strasbourg: 3 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 5 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Strasbourg): Eckbolsheim, Illkirch-Graffenstaden, Oberhausbergen, Ostwald and Schiltigheim.
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 Strasbourg from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Strasbourg