Weekend in Colmar - Alsace

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Colmar is remarkable for the elegance of its houses to "timbered" (typical houses with half-timbered walls), which can be seen in particular in the city center. Have fun identifying symbols on their facades hidden among wooden plots!

What to see:

Little Venice and the Old Town

Another treasure to be discovered: the Little Venice. It is a charming maze of small canals, crossed by flat-bottomed boats available for tourists, as a whole of half-timbered houses, the geraniums, the insignia and warm colors.
Back on dry land, do not miss the Gothic and Renaissance jewels of the old city. The Collegiate Church of San Martino, with its beautiful terraces to appreciate in the summer, the Dominican Church, Maison Pfister, or even the Maison des Têtes, surely one of the most beautiful buildings in Colmar. Behind its 111 sculptures, lies one of the best tables in town.

The Museum Unterlinden, Bartholdi and the Toy Museum

Every year, thousands of visitors queue up to admire the altarpiece of Issenheim of Untelinden Museum. It is a group of eight monumental panels painted by Mathias Grünewald, reason why this work is an extraordinary jewel of the Rhine.
But Colmar is also the birthplace of the famous Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi: the author of the Statue of Liberty in New York. His house, now a museum, is open to the public. Drawings, models, photographs ... so many witnesses works dell'appassionate fate of this sculptor over the top.



For smaller, Colmar has even more surprises, like the Toy Museum. Set in a former cinema, it houses a collection of 1,100 toys, from the rarest to the most popular among your children.

Kitchen

Colmar is the perfect city for gourmands! Near the old customs there are many Winstub, which 
awaits you with open arms, offering you their menu of authentic Alsatian flavors. But try also other environments, for example, the Restaurant of the theater or chez JY'S, one of stellate tables that adorn the Alsatian gastronomic firmament.