Saverne france

Will you have a car?

Ding, ding, ding! We have a winner. First time EVER on the forum somebody has asked “What to do in Saverne for three days”. I’m so excited! I love when something fresh comes up!

First off, what brings you to Saverne for three days? It’s not the normal tourist hot spot. Heck it’s mildly lukewarm in the tourist pool of swimming holes. Still, I’ve visited it several times and would again in a heartbeat. It’s a workaday town with people so busy enjoying their own lives they don’t really notice the German and Dutch tourists they bring in centered around canal boating mostly.

These are some of the beautiful memories I have of Saverne: drinking the local Licorne (meaning unicorn) beer from a boat docked in the marina across from the magnificent Chateau des Rohan (visit there and enjoy views from the roof). walking the pedestrian only Grand Rue in the evening and coming across a horse drawn water wagon bringing water to all the hanging baskets and flowers around the huge bronze unicorn statue, symbol of the city. Eating traditional baeckeoffe at Taverne Katz, winner of the most wiggly piggly 16th century building awards. Discovering the chocolatier Jacques Bockel on Grand Rue and their renowned Alsatian Nut’Alsace (better than Nutella? Absolutely!) Sitting at an outdoor table on Quai de l’Ecluse up against Ecluse (lock) number 30-31, a double deep humdinger of boat lock that separates the sailors from the seaweed laying bets on which boats aren’t getting rental deposits back. Accidentally stumbling on the city Rose Garden. Grabbing a burger at Funny Burger. Marketing at the big farmers market held at the train station several days a week. Catching a train into Strasbourg. Those are a few of my favorite things….

As Acraven asked, do you have a car? I’d highly recommend doing a loop out to the Arzviller-St. Louis boat lift, an incredible engineering feat. Then explore the Valle des Eclusiers, the 19 locks that the boat lift replaced along with their individual lock keepers cabins and then into the cute as a fairytale village of Lutzelbourg for a bite to eat.

So what does bring you to Saverne? Did someone throw a dart at the map of France?