Colmar
Colmar is a sizeable town in the Haut-Rhin department to the south of the Alsace region.
The town has rather too much development around the edges, but penetrate through and you will love the old town! Street after narrow street of half-timbered, half-painted houses, will show you the real Alsace as it was hundreds of years ago.
The part of the town describes as 'Petite Venise' is especially attractive and photogenic, with some simply lovely houses lining the river (perhaps too over-restored to feel really authentic, but still unmissable on a visit to Colmar).
The town also has two great works of art hidden away, for which it is renowned:
The first is in the Unterlinden Museum - the Issenheim Altarpiece by Matthias Grunewald, a magnificent piece of Renaissance art;
The second is in the dominican church - the 'vierge au buisson de roses' by Martin Schongauer. although less important than the Grunewald, it is also a highly regarded altarpiece
Note for USA readers: it was in Colmar that Auguste Bartholdi, creator of the Statue of Liberty, was born.
Colmar is on the Alsace Wine Route
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Tourist Classifications for Colmar
- Town is "Ville Fleurie category 4" (ie good attention to gardens and flowers)
Places to visit near Colmar, France
Explore places of interest within about 70 kilometres on a map at places near Colmar.
Some places to visit within 30 km: 
14 km: Bergheim (fortified village) 19 km: Chateau du Haut-Koenigsbourg (castle) 31 km: Ebersmunster (Town) 7 km: Eguisheim (Most beautiful village) 25 km: Guebwiller (Town of art and history) 12 km: Hunawihr (Most beautiful village) 12 km: Kaysersberg (Important town) 20 km: Kintzheim (Town) 25 km: Munster (Town) 28 km: Murbach (Town) 20 km: Neuf-Brisach (Village) 13 km: Ribeauville (Town) 11 km: Riquewihr (Most beautiful village) 23 km: Selestat (Town) 25 km: Soultz-Haut-Rhin (Town) 8 km: Turckheim (Important town) 23 km: Ungersheim (Town)
See also Colmar (version Francais)
