With its amazing cathedral, the charming houses of the bourgeois and the elegant buildings of Louis XV, Strasbourg has a distinctive character of the old world.The picturesque cobbled streets and the picturesque channels of the medieval (on Grande) neighborhoods are some of the main attractions of tourists.
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Best period
In short, the best time to visit Strasbourg is between May and September, when the weather is pleasant, and the days are long enough to enjoy all the city’s attractions.June, July and August are the hottest months, ideal for exploring the parks and channels in Petite France, and May and September offers a more relaxed and perfect weather for walks.
Although the summer months are the most popular, with agglomeration and big events (such as the December Christmas Fair), visiting this season can offer a quieter and authentic experience, even if the weather can be more capricious.
Tourist Attractions
Near the Maison of L 'Oeuvre Notre-Dame is the picturesque Place du Marché-aux-Cochons-de-Lait, one of the most charming markets of the city.The market takes its name from the ancient market in which the milk pigs (Alsatian culinary specialty) were sold.Today this building houses the Museum of History (Musée Historique from Ville de Strasbourg).
Considered one of the most beautiful monuments of Gothic architecture in Europe, Cathédrale Notre-Dame presides over Strasbourg with his tall tower.This tower, reaching 142 meters, was the highest point in the Christian world until the 19th century.Hundreds of Christian figures are carved from this stone on the facade.This elaborate exterior functions as a lesson in biblical stories.The southern part of the facade presents the famous allegorical sculptures of the church and the synagogue created by a German artist around 1230. n n N Strasbourg Cathedral has an exceptional average stained glass (dating from the XII-XIV centuries) that compare in greatness with those from the Chartres Cathedral.The window is particularly splendid. In the southern transet is located, Astronomique Horloge, an astronomical Renaissance clock.This masterpiece of the timer distracts visitors with an automatic parade of the apostles and a coconut that sings every day, at 12: 30.The viewing platform of the tower offers spectacular panoramas of the city, the plains of the Rhine, the Black Forest and the Vosgi Mountains.Grande-1 (a large island surrounded by the Ill River) is the historical center of the city.On Sunday, the ordinary liturgy takes place at 9:30, and the Gregorian song Liturgy is held at 11 and 18. N Nadresa: Place from Cathédrale, Strasbourg
In the historical center of Strasbourg, included in the UNESCO heritage, Quartier des Tanneurs (also known as "La Petite France") is a labyrinth twisted by narrow and old streets bordered by houses with perfectly maintained timber.In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the neighborhood hosted the tanks and fishermen in the city.Walking on this cobbled artery offers the chance to admire the traditional Alsatian houses with their flowers adorned.Built in 1572 and cataloged as a historical monument, Maison des Tanneurs is now a refined restaurant, with a comfortable interior decor and an outdoor terrace overlooking the river banks.It is one of the best places to visit in Strasbourg for authentic Alsatian cuisine. In the South-West is Ponts Couverts (covered bridges), which include four of the average defense towers of the city.From the bridge covered Grande écluse, there is a panoramic view of the landscape of Strasbourg.Grande écluses is open to the public during the day and is illuminated at night.Along the banks bordered by trees, tourists and locals alike enjoying walks in this pleasant area, far from urban agitation.
Maison Kammerzell is the best old bourgeois house in the city.Considered a jewel of the Alsatian architecture, the Kammerzell House (built between 1427 and 1589) has higher floors with timber, refined lead stained glass windows and rich carved ornaments.Kammerzell has been transformed into a hotel and has a renowned refined restaurant, with windows that have a view of the cathedral facade.This building was built in the fourteenth century (with renovations in the subsequent centuries) on a place that functioned as a pharmacy/pharmacy from 1268 to 2000. In nearby, on Rue des Juifs, there is the ruins of an old Roman fort, giving visitors a sense of cultural inheritance of the city dating back to two millennia:at Cathédrale no.16, Strasbourg officially: http://www.mison-kammerzell.com/en
Eglise Saint-Thomas is located on the site of an ancient church built at the beginning of the 6th century, dedicated to the Apostle St. Toma.After being destroyed by the fire, the Saint-Thomas Church was rebuilt in the 12th century. Between its 800-year history, the Saint-Thomas Church was the most famous for the role it played during the Protestant Reform in Alsace.The church was a center of the Lutheran movement in the region.The idea was to be heard before the Cathedral hour sounded. In accordance with the tradition as a Protestant House, Eglise Saint-Thomas offers religious jobs on Sunday morning at 10:30.The prayers at noon take place from 12:10 to 12:30, from Monday to Friday.Tourists can visit the church from Monday to Saturday from 10:00 to 18:00 and Sunday from 12:00 to 17: 30. n Nadress: Rue Martin Luther no.11, Strasbourg
Eglise Saint-Pierre-le-June is full of history.The church was built in the eleventh century on the site of a Merovingian chapel of the 7th century.Although the building was renovated in Gothic style during the 13th and 14th centuries, the Romanesque elements are still obvious in the 11th century monastery.Eglise Saint-Pierre-le-June still serves as a Protestant Church and hosts traditional religious services, concerts and guided tours.
In 1349, the workers responsible for the maintenance of the cathedral set up Maison by L 'Oeuvre Notre-Dame.The east wing of the building is the oldest part (and was renovated in the sixteenth century), and the western wing was built between 1579 and 1585. In the same time, the building houses Musée by L 'Oeuvre Notre-Dame, which owns one of the best average and Renaissance art collections in Europe.This collection exhibits masterpieces of Alsatian art, created in the Romanesque period (early average period) through the Middle Ages and until 1681. are exposed to original sculptures in the cathedral, as well as paintings and stained glass.Visitors should be sure that they will see the Tête de Christ's window in the 12th century (also known as Christ of Wissembourg), one of the oldest known stained glass windows: Place du Château no.3, Strasbourg
The elegant Palais Rohan from the eighteenth century was the former residences of the princely bishops from 1732 to 1742 (until the French Revolution).The rest of the huge building is home to three exceptional museums. Intelled on the first floor of the Rohan Palace, Musée des Beaux-Arts (the Museum of Fine Arts) has an excellent collection of paintings of Italian, Spanish, Flemish, Dutch and French from the Middle Ages until the modern times.Delacroix, Giotto, Goya, El Greco, Rubens, Tiepolo and Véronèse, among others.A print room and a chapel, as well as the collection of decorative arts.The collection includes ceramics, porcelain, paintings, time pieces and art.The collection includes prehistory objects to the Middle Ages.2, Strasbourg
Located in a patrician house built in 1620, the Alsatian Museum exhibits a collection of folk art, furniture, costumes and household objects.Visitors can see thousands of objects that provide a perspective on Alsavian rural life from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.A tour of the museum offers visitors to feel the charm of Alsatian houses. N Nadresa: Quai Saint-Nicolas no.23-25, Strasbourg
Strasbourg has several excellent music festivals organized throughout the year.Les Nuits Européennes in October celebrates a wide range of European and world music. In November until April, the Jazzdor Festival presents a superb Jazz Live music program, offering a scene for talented French jazz artists, as well as European and international jazz artists.With classical music and a variety of other shows, including jazz, blues, world music, opera and musical theater.Acrobatics and clowns offer shows of dolls, mini-circles, jugglers, magic tricks and burlesque.Poets, musicians and theater performers also offer entertainment to make the public smile.This unique festival is dedicated to the fantastic cinematic genre, including animation, science fiction, fantasy and horror.
The lively neighborhood Krutenau combines the charm of the old world with fashionable restaurants, fashionable shops and art galleries.Friendly village atmosphere and is a pleasant area to take a tourist ride.
Located in Grande Boucherie (Măcelarilor House) in the sixteenth century, the History Museum offers a comprehensive exhibition of paintings, graphic art, weapons and everyday objects. In schools extend over the centuries from the average period to the French Revolution, with some rooms dedicated to the Napoleonic era,Strasbourg over the centuries.The museum dedicates important political personalities, such as the famous general Jean-Baptiste Kléber.2, Strasbourg
Musée d 'art modern amp;Contemporain (Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art) occupies an elegant, contemporary style, on the banks of the Ill river, near the Petite France neighborhood.Proud of an extensive collection of paintings from the 19th and 20th centuries, including works by Alfred Sisley, Pablo Picasso, Claude Monet, Wassily Kandinsky, Hans Arp, Georges Braque, Paul Klee., Max Ernst, Auguste Rodin, Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Edgar Degas.The Museum also hosts temporary exhibitions. N Nadresa: 1 Place Hans Jean Arp, Strasbourg
Built in 1954, the Paix synagogue was created to replace the historical synagogue on Quai Kléber, which was destroyed by the Nazis in 1940. In this monument lacks the great and elegance of the original neoromanic synagogues, is an important landmark that serves the Jewish community, which has the present community,The twelfth century. Behind the Synagogue from Paix, the wide park du contals is a quiet space, with raised alleys, ideal for enjoying an afternoon walk.During the summer, jazz music concerts, classic, pop/rock and other types of music take place at the Villa Osterloff band, located behind Contades Park. N nadress: Avenue from Paix, Strasbourg
Place Gutenberg is found on Grande, a few steps away from the cathedral.The market is focused on an 19th-century statue dedicated to the famous Strasbourg Johannes Gutenberg, who invented the printing around 1430-1450 decades.This Bible was the first book that was printed in the car and not copied by a scribe. In the southwest of the market is the most beautiful neoclassical building in the sixteenth century, initially Hôtel de Ville (the City Hall) and now occupied by the Chamber of Commerce.At the corner of the market next to Rue Mercière, there is a magnificent view of the face of the cathedral.
To the south-east of Palais de L 'Europe is the beautiful park of L' 'Orangerie, the oldest park in Strasbourg.The Orangerie Park was created at the beginning of the 19th century for Emperor Joséphine.Perfect for hard walks and picnics, the park has an idyllic atmosphere, with twisted paths, a lake, wells, bridges and a waterfall.in miniature and small zoo, which are free.There is also a bowling track and it is possible to go by boat on the lake. In the Nuguns should make a reservation at the gastronomic restaurant, with Michelin stars, Le Buerehiesel (4 L '' Orangerie).Hosted in a renovated farm from the seventeenth century, the restaurant has intimate dining rooms, with refined decor, additional places in a greenhouse, with gardens, and an open air terrace shaded by trees.
Strasbourg was chosen as the capital of the European Union because the city became a symbol of reconciliation after World War II.The Council of Europe.The members of the European Parliament meet in the House of the Assembly of the Building, a vast space, similar to a tent, with a circular disposition of the chairs.Another satisfactory thing to do is to participate in a debate of the parliamentary assembly, which takes place in the House of Assembly in a plenary session.
Visiting Christmas markets in Strasbourg is a mandatory activity during the holidays.This festive event is a tradition since 1570, when it was called "Christkindelssmärik" ("The Jesus Baby Square"). In every year, on time for holidays, the houses, streets and churches in Strasbourg are adorned with Christmas lights, and a huge fir is placed in Place Kléber.Throughout the historical center of the city, around 300 "cabins" (stalls) sell Christmas decorations, artisan gifts, sweet cake and other seasonal delicacies.On the terrace Palais Rohan.Although the markets end (and the cottages are removed) late on Christmas Eve, the holiday festivities continue until January 2.
