Tell me a little something about Strasbourg

Thanks Perry. I too have heard great things about the food. Does anyone out there have a specific restaurant or dish or food-related incident peculiar to Strasbourg about which they'd like to rhapsodize?

Try the flambe---very, very thin crust pizza--delicious

Yup, the most typical local dish is tarte flambé or Flammekuche. You'll find both words, the German and the French one. One of the most typical local beverages is Amer, beer with some red-ish fruit juice.

Is it worth making a detour to Strasbourg on the way to Frankfurt from Munich?

Does anyone know of a good place to stay in Strasbourg?

Hi Craig,,
Just to throw another wrinkle in--have you considered staying in Colmar rather than Strasbourg? It's a smaller city in same region as Strasbourg (Alsace) and very charming.

When I was in Strasbourg I stayed at the Ibis which is opposite the train station. This was 60 Euros per night (without breakfast). There are actually several hotels opposite the train station and I discovered later that the Ibis was not the cheapest. At the time I was just too lazy to look around. Strasbourg is a very nice place and the food was excellent as posters above have mentioned. They even sell postcards with recipes on them.

Craig - we were in Strasbourg last March to visit our daughter who studied there for a year. It was a GREAT town for us, but admittedly we had an "insider" view. We stayed at the Hotel Regent Contades - they were very nice, good breakfast, nice view onto the River and a church nearby, we actually had a balcony though it was a little too cold to spend much time on it. We went into the Cathedral and wandered all around with our daughter. We did the boat tour and really enjoyed that - loved seeing the very old Alsatian style homes and the brand new EU buildings as well. We ate lots of Tarte Flambe - I think the place we actually had dinner was called Flambe's. We took out several of our daughter's friends and this was an all you can eat place so very popular with the university students - we had a blast.

Strasbourg made a great base to visit the Route de Vin towns - we spent a few days doing that. Also we did visit Colmar as it was my daughter's favorite "tourist" place. It was very quaint, very picturesque, but I suppose we were partial to Stras.

Staying at the IBIS down by the Rhine river near the Bridge de L'Europe should be pretty cheap right now - ha ha - that's the one that got burnded down during the NATO summit a month ago ;-) - so just kidding!

I thought Barack Obama quit smoking?!!

Au pont St. Martin is a restaurant in Strasbourg I really enjoyed with my Aunt and my parents several years ago. It is a quirky multi-level building that overlooks the river. I highly recommend ordering Baeckeoffe which is a local specialty. It is a stew made with lamb, pork and oxtails and comes in a traditional small casserole dish with the lid sealed on with a ring of dough. It goes quite well with a glass of Gewuertztraminer. This after starting, of course, with some sort of foie gras.

We have family near Strasbourg and visit as often as possible! Our favorite dish is choucroute and sausages.

I would definitely recommend that you stay at CapEurope in Strasbourg. It is an apart hotel so it is quite large and it has a private kitchen, private bedroom, and private bathroom. And believe it or not, it is only about 20 Euros per person per night. Great deal for a really nice place to stay. I hope that you enjoy Strasbourg. It really is a super great place!

In Strasbourg, you really need to taste beer and choucroute (dressed sauerkraut), as well as the alsatian specialty that someone alredy mentionned, tarte flambée (Flammekueche).

For beer and tarte flambée I would really heartidly suggest the restaurant called "Au brasseur", rue des Veaux. (The restaurant Flam's is one of those chain restaurants, not very interesting.)
For sauerkraut, THE adress is "Au vieux Strasbourg", just next to the Cathedral.

To see:
- Town center, Cathedral and all.

• Orangerie, the biggest parc in the town, as well as the quartier with villas next to it.

• Quartiers Européennes, European parlement etc.

• Take the tramway to Ostwald, and a walk by the river Ill (yes, i'ts called ill but it's still quite well, I suppose :D)

• Jardin des deux rives, the Two Shores Garden. Specially the german side is nice if the weather is fine.

Strasbourg is definitely worth a stop! We stayed at the Cathedral Hotel right across from the Cathedral, and had a front row view of the 'sound & light' show projected on the front of the cathedral. Be sure to visit the La Petite France area. I agree that Colmar could be substituted for Strasbourg.