Visit Bas-Rhin
The Bas-Rhin region of Alsace features the attractive city of Strasbourg, numerous picture-postcard villages, and several dramatically located hilltop castles - a region to to discover!
Selected places to visit in Bas-Rhin
Exploring Bas-Rhin
The Bas-Rhin department is the northernmost part of Alsace, on the north-eastern frontier between France and Germany.
Strasbourg is the capital of this heavily forested region, in which the climate is almost 'continental' - hot summers and dry, cold winters - and there is much to enjoy, with an interesting mix of vineyards and rolling countryside, historical monuments, and half-timbered houses painted in the bright yellows and blues which are typical of Alsace.
North of Strasbourg
North of Strasbourg there are some fascinating ruined castles, especially among the hills just west of the delightful town of Wissembourg in the north - example at Fleckenstein. Lembach makes quite a good base for exploring this are.
Another town worth visiting is at Saverne, and be sure to see the churches at Marmoutier and Neuwiller-les-Saverne. One 'most beautiful village of France' in this part of Alsace is Hunspach and another at Mittelbergheim.
Around Selestat
The popular hilltop pilgrimage destination at Mont-Sainte-Odile is a few kilometres from Chateau Andlau
Discover also popular Obernai and quiet neighbour Barr - other towns in the region include Kintzheim (and the aviary in the castle), Rosheim, Molsheim and Wasselonne.
Stop to see the abbey at Ebersmunster and, by contrast, the little chapel at Epfig
As complete contrast, Le Struthof, the only WWII concentration camp built in France (it formed part of occupied territory during the war) is also in this part of Alsace
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Map of Bas-Rhin
Page in French? See Bas-Rhin (Francais)
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