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Alsace is a cultural, historical and administrative region located in the North east of France. Alsace is divided into two departments, Bas-Rhin in the north and Haut-Rhin in the south of the region. The regional council is located in Strasbourg, which is also the largest urban zone before Mulhouse and Colmar.
Alsace enjoys a great variety of landscapes and climates. Mainly consisting of plains and hills, the region also has reliefs that allow numerous outdoors and mountain activities as well as great views on the plains and Alsatians cities. There are over 250 museums notably the one of Unterlinden in Colmar, the largest car museum in the world housing the famous Schlumpf collection in Mulhouse. Also, Alsace has a large number of great castles such as the castle of Haut Koenigsbourg, which is the most famous. Food wise, Alsace is very well known for its wines, sauerkraut, cheeses and deep-fried carps.
Finally, all transports facilities are well developed and allow travelling to, from and around Alsace easily.
Top tourist cities in Grand Est
Tourism Châlons-en-Champagne
The town of Châlons-in-Champagne, prefecture of the Marne, constitutes an interesting stage at the time of a Champagne stay. It indeed has many monuments, which they are monk, administrative or civil. But it is mainly by its religious buildings that the city is ...
Must : Collégiale Notre-Dame-en-Vaux , Musée Garinet , Musée des Beaux-Arts et d’archéologie
Tourism Mulhouse
Mulhouse is the largest town in the department of Haut-Rhin, in the Alsace region. It is located near the Swiss and German borders. The city has been industrialized since 1746, and was attached to France in 1798. This is one of the first cities to be a European ...
Must : Cité du train, Cité de l'automobile, Église Saint-Étienne
Tourism Epinal
Saint Maurice basilica, the Place des Vosges and the Maison Romaine make of Epinal the biggest city of the Vosges department and a major place in the Lorraine region. Sigths in Epinal Basilique Saint-Maurice Image Museum Ecomuseum image County museum of ancient ...
Must : Cité de l'Image, Basilique Saint-Maurice d'Epinal, Musée Départemental d'Art Ancien et Contemporain
Tourism Charleville-Mézières
Charleville-Mezieres is the main city of the Ardennes department with a population of about 55,000 inhabitants. The city is located on the banks of the Meuse. Charleville is born of the will of an Italian prince in the early eighteenth century when ...
Must : Musée Rimbaud, Musée de l'Ardenne
Tourism Bar-Le-Duc
Bar-le-Duc town in eastern France is surrounded by forests and crossed by the River Ornain, served by lines of railway (Paris / Strasbourg - Paris / Metz) and the Canal de la Marne to Rhin. Bar-le-Duc is one of the most beautiful detours in France! The famous road ...
Must : Château des Ducs de Bar
Tourism Nancy
Nancy is a town located in north-eastern France in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department. The Place Stanislas, Place de la Carrière, and Place d'Alliance were added on the world heritage sites list by the UNESCO in 1983. It was principally the work of the ...
Tourism Metz
Metz is a city in the northeast of France, capital of the Lorraine region and the Moselle department that borders Luxembourg and Germany. Metz is very unique due to its German heritage as well as its beautiful old town made of local yellow limestone. Sigths Chapel ...
Tourism Troyes
Troyes is the second city of the Champagne-Ardenne region and the main city of the Aube department, housing near 60 000 inhabitants. Troyes is a remarkable medieval city with a rich architecture, history and culture. It was the third European city during the thirteenth ...
Must : Cathédrale Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul de Troyes, Musée d'Art Moderne de Troyes, L’apothicairerie de l’Hôtel-Dieu-le-Comte
Tourism in Chaumont
Located in the department of the Haute Marne and in the region Champagne-Ardenne this flowered city is crossed by two rivers the Suize and the Marne. Within the plateau of Langres, this ancient residence of Counts of Champagne is surrounded with forests, so you will be ...
Must : Le donjon
Tourism Strasbourg
The city of Strasbourg, Prefecture of the Bas-Rhin, is located at the German border. The city is the capital intellectual, cultural and economic Alsace. Host of the Council of Europe and the parliament of the European Union, the city of Strasbourg is a beacon of ...
Must : Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Strasbourg, Le musée d'Art moderne et contemporain, Le Musée Alsacien











