Wissembourg tourism and travel guide
Visit Wissembourg: highlights and tourist information
Travel Guide To Visit AttractionsFrance This Way comment: Close to the French border with Germany, Wissembourg has many sights of interest and is also well placed to explore this area
Important note
This page features a summary of highlights that you might like to explore near Wissembourg. For detailed visitor information see the Wissembourg travel guide.
Wissembourg is situated in the Bas-Rhin department and Alsace region (now part of the Grand-Est region), in the north-east of France at 52 kilometres from Strasbourg, the department capital (general information: Wissembourg is 409 kilometres from Paris).
Tourist classifications for Wissembourg include "recommended detour".
Popular places to visit nearby include Hoffen at 12 km and Lembach at 12 km. For more places to visit and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Wissembourg, France: places to visit and attractions
Some of the places that we have visited and reviewed and can recommend when you are sightseeing close to Wissembourg in Grand-Est.
Note that all distances below are 'direct' and real driving distances will be greater!
... or see ALL recommended places to visit in Bas-Rhin
Map of places to visit near Wissembourg
Markets in and near Wissembourg
- Soufflenheim: market Wednesday (23km)
- Reichshoffen: market Thursday (24km)
- Niederbronn-les-Bains: market Friday (24km)
- Haguenau: market Tuesday & Friday (26km)
- Bischwiller: market Saturday (30km)
- Brumath: market Wednesday (38km)
- Saverne: market Thursday (54km)
- Wasselonne: market Monday (57km)
More information about Wissembourg, Alsace
Tourist attractions near Wissembourg, France
Some places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Wissembourg.
Most beautiful villages in France
(see also beautiful French villages)
- Hunspach (9km)
Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)
- Bitche (38km)
Remarkable gardens
- Jardin de la ferme bleue (26km)
- Jardin de l'Escalier (38km)
- Jardin botanique du col de Saverne (54km)
Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)
- Drusenheim (30km)
Geography and distances
Distance to Wissembourg
from Strasbourg (prefecture): 52 km
from Paris: 409 km
from Calais: 484 km
from Nice: 595 km
from Bordeaux: 797 km
from Strasbourg: 52 km
Getting here
Wissembourg 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 Wissembourg from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
We have 5 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Cleebourg, Drachenbronn-Birlenbach, Riedseltz, Rott and Steinseltz.
This page in French: Visiter Wissembourg
