Hello all, great to meet everyone! Would love some advice on my Strasbourg + Alsace itinerary! Spent about 3 hours researching this (NOT AI) so hopefully I didn’t completely overcook it 😂
Before anyone says they are exhausted from reading, I’m Asian, super structured, sporty, and terrible at spontaneity. No plan = I’ll probably just go idle. Love food + adventures, so packed days are my thing.
Not much of a drinker, but happy to try tiny portions of Alsace wine. Any must-dos, food recs (budget of about 40 Euros max), or things you’d swap/drop?
Tue 18: Strasbourg
- 09:02: Arrive by TGV; drop bags at Hotel Arok (7–8 Place de la Gare, 67000) ~09:15
- 09:30–10:15: Breakfast: Café Bretelles (order a bretzel + café) · a boulangerie (bretzel / kougelhopf slice) · Christian (pain au chocolat / hot chocolate)
- 10:15–10:45: Wander Petite France / cathedral square while empty
- 11:00–12:15: Petite France Free Tour (Ponts Couverts, Barrage Vauban, Pont du Faisan, Benjamin Zix + Petite France). Meet: cathedral, corner rue Mercière
- 12:30–14:00: Lunch: The Embassy (order the daily plat du jour) · La Chope (plat du jour, often a wädele/pork knuckle or fleischnacka) · Gurtlerhoft (order the choucroute or a bibeleskäs/fromage blanc plate)
- 14:30–16:15: Original Free Tour, booked (Cathedral, Gutenberg, Kléber, République, Saint-Étienne + Neustadt)
- 16:45–~18:00: Cycle to Parc de l'Orangerie (Vélhop): storks + lake; back by ~18:00, return bike
- 18:30: Dinner: Binchstub Gayot (booked) (order tarte flambée: a savoury gratinée + a sweet dessert flambée)
- 20:41–21:15: Blue hour: Petite France + Ponts Couverts, via Quai des Bateliers, Terrasse Rohan, Homme de Fer
Wed 19: Colmar + villages (e-bike loop)
- 07:45: TER Strasbourg → Colmar (~30 min; buy ticket). Pastry + coffee
- ~08:30: Pick up e-bike in Colmar (verify hours + ~35 km battery)
- 09:15–10:15: Eguisheim (ride ~30 min via vineyards; empty & early). Graze the free shop samples: munster cheese, saucisson, pain d'épices
- 10:35–11:30: Turckheim (~20 min ride; quiet)
- 12:00–14:30: Kaysersberg. Lunch: Au Lion d'Or (order choucroute garnie: sauerkraut + several sausages/pork, a sampler in one plate) · Winstub du Chambard (splurge; order baeckeoffe) · village bakery picnic (tarte flambée slice + munster). Dessert: bakery kougelhopf
- ~15:15: Ride back to Colmar; return bike
- 15:30–19:30: Colmar old town (Petite Venise, Koïfhus, Marché Couvert, Chagall windows). Goûter: Jaune Citron (a tarte or macaron). Dinner: Au Koïfhus (order baeckeoffe + a side of spaetzle) · La Soï (tarte flambée with tomme cheese) · Caveau Saint-Pierre (order a fish matelote or coq au Riesling)
- 20:40–21:14: Blue hour: Colmar Petite Venise (by the station = safe for last train)
- Last TER: Colmar → Strasbourg (~30 min; verify time) → Arok ~22:30
Thu 20: Haut-Kœnigsbourg + Sélestat, then Paris
- ~08:00–08:45: Optional quick photo shoot; check out of Hotel Arok, bags to storage (grab dry laundry)
- ~08:55: TER Strasbourg → Sélestat (~18–20 min; buy ticket)
- 09:25: Shuttle Sélestat → 09:55 Château (Line 500, €6 return, cash only; castle €6 with ticket)
- 09:55–~11:35: Haut-Kœnigsbourg (fortress, ramparts + valley/vineyard panorama) (~2h)
- 11:35: Shuttle Château → 12:05 Sélestat
- 12:05–14:00: Sélestat old town on foot (Église Saint-Georges, Vauban ramparts, Tour des Sorcières + half-timbered lanes). - Lunch: Place d'Armes café (plat du jour: spaetzle or a tourte) · La Maison du Pain (flammekueche / quiche + a mannele) · market picnic (bretzel + munster)
- ~14:15: TER Sélestat → Strasbourg → arrive ~14:35. Grab kougelhopf + munster for the train (Le Goût du Terroir)
- 14:35–17:30: Relaxed buffer: souvenirs (Le Générateur), café, canal wander (rail-strike cushion)
- 17:45: Collect bags from Arok
- 18:57: TGV Strasbourg → Paris Est → 20:42