Hello!
We will be staying in Colmar for a week, but wish to go to Strasbourg for at least one day, traveling by train.
If you had one day to see the highlights, what would you choose? We wish to see the cathedral and the Petite France area, but beyond that we’d welcome some ideas, and restaurant recs, please.
Thanks!
Laurie
I really enjoyed the Musée de l’Œuvre Notre-Dame (Museum of the Work of Notre Dame). This museum contains many original statues from the cathedral. Because of pollution and weather concerns, the decision was made many years ago to replace the original sculptures with replicas and house the original ones in the museum. But it also contains other works of art that are just as interesting.
I also really liked my visit to the Alsatian Museum, which showcases the history of Alsace and its folklore. It’s in a somewhat rickety old Alsatian house and has many reconstructed rooms of the period. It paints a vivid picture of Alsatian life several hundred years ago. I love that kind of folk art, so it was especially appealing to me.
We spent 5 nights in Strasbourg in June. I would take the Petit Train’s Neustadt route (not the Petit France route—you can walk that.) I would also check in the Tourist Info directly across from the cathedral and the adjacent Batorama office for Batorama cruise times if you like to be on the water. If the weather is good check when the open top boats are going. Then if you have time you could consider the history museum or Alsatian Folk museum.
We visited Strasbourg twice from Riquewihr. More or less, first day a general walkabout, including the cathedral, Petite France, the Orangerie, Botanical Gardens, the dam, bridges and the Neustadt area.
Second day, the museums Mardee mentions plus the Tomi Ungerer.
