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Alsace, France travel guide

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Alsace is found in eastern France, on the border with Germany to the east and the Lorraine region of France to the west.  It is the smallest region in France and very pretty in its location between the Vosges mountains and the Rhine. The setting also means that it has a perfect, fertile environment for grape growing and wine production.

The 'trademarks' of the region include:

Alsace has a very individual personality - neither French or German, but somewhere between the two. It is also known as one of the most friendly and welcoming regions of France, although the local dialect can be hard for outsiders to understand.

Places to visit in Alsace

Northern Alsace (the Bas-Rhin department)

photo of strasbourgStrasbourg is the capital if this heavily forested region, in which the climate is almost 'continental' - hot summers and dry, cold winters.

Destinations in northern Alsace around Strasbourg include several of the better known Alsatian castles, and a good selection of very pretty villages.

Less well known perhaps, Le Struthof, the only WWII concentration camp built in France (part of Germany during the war) is in this part of Alsace

Bas-Rhin highlights - a selection

Barr Chateau Andlau Chateau du Haut-Koenigsbourg Ebersmunster Epfig Fleckenstein Hunspach  Kintzheim Le Struthof Marmoutier Molsheim Mont-Sainte-Odile Neuwiller-les-Saverne Obernai  Rosheim Saverne Selestat Strasbourg  Wissembourg

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Southern Alsace (the Haut-Rhin department)

main street in BergheimThe larger towns in southern Alsace include Mulhouse and Colmar - not major tourist destinations in themselves but each has its own attractions.

Apart from more 'most beautiful villages' (of which there are several here in southern Alsace) a couple of the other major attractions include the very substantial ecomuseum at Ungersheim - the largest of its type in France and a very intersting glimpse of life gone by.

Haut-Rhin highlights - a selection

Altkirch Bergheim  Colmar  Eguisheim   Guebwiller   Hunawihr  Kaysersberg Mulhouse Munster Murbach Neuf-Brisach Ottmarsheim Ribeauville  Riquewihr  Soultz-Haut-Rhin Turckheim Ungersheim

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