Colmar France
France

46 Cruises availables At departure or passage at this port

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Frequently Asked Questions

At Breisach on the German bank of the Rhine, at the foot of the hill. Colmar is then about thirty minutes away by coach across the Alsace plain. It is the flagship excursion of Rhine cruises.
Yes, once you are there. The old centre is fully pedestrian and fits within a ten-minute walking radius. A small tourist train loops the monuments for anyone wanting to save their legs.
Little Venice, the Unterlinden Museum for the Isenheim Altarpiece, then the houses of the centre — Pfister, Maison des Têtes, Koïfhus. Be aware the museum alone takes an hour and a half: adding the Alsace Wine Route on top does not fit in one call.
Because it was spared the bombing. The town lines up five centuries of painted half-timbering as good as new, between the Rhine vineyards and the blue line of the Vosges — a setting Walt Disney himself is said to have used as a model.
The district stretching along the Lauch, a modest river once used by market gardeners and tanners. Timber-framed houses in pink, green and blue lean over the water. Flat-bottomed boats offer a half-hour glide beneath the flowered bridges.
One of the major works of Western art, painted by Matthias Grünewald between 1512 and 1516 and held at the Unterlinden Museum. Its folding panels, its crucifixion of rare intensity and its radiant resurrection move even visitors who thought old paintings left them cold.
The Pfister house of 1537, with its wooden gallery and frescoes; the Maison des Têtes and its 106 carved faces; the Koïfhus, the 1480 customs house; the collegiate church of Saint-Martin in yellow sandstone. Look up: wrought-iron signs, ornate oriels and hidden courtyards reward those who raise their eyes.
Several excursions offer it, taking in Riquewihr, Kaysersberg or Eguisheim. The trade-off is real: adding wine villages cuts your time in Colmar by the same amount. Choose according to what draws you more, museums or villages.
At the 1865 covered market on the quai de la Poissonnerie: munster, kougelhopf and charcuterie come together in ten minutes. The banks of the Lauch, right next door, are the place to eat it.
The euro on both sides of the Rhine, which simplifies a call split between Breisach and Colmar. French is spoken in Colmar, with an Alsatian heritage still audible; German and English are widely understood in shops.