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Colmar
N 48°4.64', E 7°21.494'
2017-05-31
https://www.tourisme-colmar.com/en
Our rating: 8.20
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One of the most beautiful cities in France. Come to Colmar if you want to see a beautiful, traditional, medieval city.
Colmar ©Yuriy Buriak
The city itself is rather big, but the historical center is quite compact. Due to the large number of historic buildings built in a variety of styles, this is a real open-air museum. Use this map and in 2-3 hours you will visit most interesting places.
Map of the tourist center of Colmar ©Yuriy Buriak
Every district in the city has some beautiful name: Little Venice, Fishermens' quarter, Tanners' quarter.
Colmar ©Yuriy Buriak
Colmar ©Yuriy Buriak
Colmar ©Yuriy Buriak
Colmar ©Yuriy Buriak
Colmar ©Yuriy Buriak
Colmar is considered the driest city in France due to low rainfall. Therefore winemaking is well developed here, I think everyone heard the expression Alsace wines (Vins d'Alsace). The Alsace Wine Road (https://www.facebook.com/route.vins.alsace ) passes through the city. A curious monument to General Lazare de Schwendi (1522-1583) is associated with the wine. He served the Spanish king and successfully fought against France. On the other hand it is believed that he brought the grapes from the Hungarian Tokay wine region and gave a start to the wine-making industry in the region. Actually, he holds the branch in his hand.
Colmar ©Yuriy Buriak
More recently, the wine here was called Tokay Pinot Gris. But in 1994 Hungary decided to ban the use of their name. Now such bans are quite popular, for example France has banned Ukraine from using the names champagne and cognac starting from 2025. Hungary did the same, France got a transitional period of 13 years, and since 2007 the word Tokay have disappeared from the names of Alsatian wines.
Tokay Pinot Gris ©@
You can take pictures of literally every home, the perfect city for instagram. If you have less than 100 photos, then you have not seen everything. We highly recommend a stroll here.
Colmar ©Yuriy Buriak
The houses are in perfect, postcard condition. Of course, they were restored.
Colmar ©Yuriy Buriak
Throughout history Colmar belonged to France and Germany. And even despite the fact that most of the time it was French, the German population is dominated.
Colmar ©Yuriy Buriak
Colmar ©Yuriy Buriak
Colmar ©Yuriy Buriak
Colmar ©Yuriy Buriak
Colmar ©Yuriy Buriak
Colmar ©Yuriy Buriak
Colmar ©Yuriy Buriak
We noticed that there are various installations above the shops. Such a distinctive feature of the city.
Colmar ©Yuriy Buriak
Colmar ©Yuriy Buriak
Colmar ©Yuriy Buriak
Colmar ©Yuriy Buriak
Colmar ©Yuriy Buriak
And this little car is the sweetest thing we have seen in France.
Colmar ©Yuriy Buriak
Getting there: look for parking somewhere here N 48 04.567 E 7 21.767 . There is a railway station Gare de Colmar, direct trains from Basel and Strasbourg. From Germany you can take the Euregiobus bus from Breisach, and Breisach can be reached by train from Freiburg. Find here timetable and booklet about this route.
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Location : ------------ 1 - Far beyond the settlements, you must spend minimum a day 2 - Near the small town, you need to walk long distance 3 - Can be reached only by car 4 - A small town with a poor public transport 5 - Outside the settlements, but with excellent transport links 6 - A small town with excellent transport links 7 - Medium-size city 8 - Suburb of the capital or major city, the ability to reach by public transport 9 - Big city 10 - Capital
Impressions : ------------ 1 - No point in visiting 2 - Boring, wasted time 3 - You can visit, if you have a lot of free time and nothing better to do 4 - A lot of things, but not so interesting 5 - It seems to be interesting, but hard way to spoil the impression 6 - There is something interesting, but the rest is not worth the attention 7 - Probably interesting, but for everybody 8 - Very cool, but difficult to see everything and long-distance trails 9 - Very cool, but there are similar facilities in other locations 10 - Very cool, this is not anywhere else
Number of tourists (weekend afternoon) : ------------ 1 - Crowds, impossible to see everything normally 2 - A lot of tourists, a long wait 3 - A lot of tourists, the organization is lame 4 - A lot of tourists, but good organization 5 - There are many tourists, but they are concentrated in one place and you can walk freely 6 - Many tourists everywhere, but the large space is compensated 7 - The average number of tourists. To photograph, you must wait 8 - Tourists are, but they do not interfere 9 - There are few tourists 10 - You are alone
State : ------------ 1 - Only title left 2 - Dull ruins 3 - On restoration 4 - The picturesque ruins 5 - Have not been restored, the state is poor 6 - Partially destroyed, but the rest of the normal state 7 - Have not been restored, good condition 8 - OK, but it is possible to make better 9 - Looks good from the outside, partial repair inside or without repair 10 - In excellent condition, well-groomed area
Picturesque (for the photographer) : ------------ 1 - - 2 - - 3 - Horrible background, normal pictures only from the top 4 - wires and cars do not allow make normal photo 5 - Interfere with foreign objects 6 - In the city, but more or less normal photo can be made 7 - Beautiful, but you can take pictures with just one point 8 - Very nice, but you can only shoot at a certain time 9 - Very nice, but hard to get to the good weather or permanently interfere with tourists 10 - Very nice, but occasionally interferes with the weather or tourists
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Our rating - 8.20
Location : ------------ 1 - Far beyond the settlements, you must spend minimum a day 2 - Near the small town, you need to walk long distance 3 - Can be reached only by car 4 - A small town with a poor public transport 5 - Outside the settlements, but with excellent transport links 6 - A small town with excellent transport links 7 - Medium-size city 8 - Suburb of the capital or major city, the ability to reach by public transport 9 - Big city 10 - Capital
Impressions : ------------ 1 - No point in visiting 2 - Boring, wasted time 3 - You can visit, if you have a lot of free time and nothing better to do 4 - A lot of things, but not so interesting 5 - It seems to be interesting, but hard way to spoil the impression 6 - There is something interesting, but the rest is not worth the attention 7 - Probably interesting, but for everybody 8 - Very cool, but difficult to see everything and long-distance trails 9 - Very cool, but there are similar facilities in other locations 10 - Very cool, this is not anywhere else
Number of tourists (weekend afternoon) : ------------ 1 - Crowds, impossible to see everything normally 2 - A lot of tourists, a long wait 3 - A lot of tourists, the organization is lame 4 - A lot of tourists, but good organization 5 - There are many tourists, but they are concentrated in one place and you can walk freely 6 - Many tourists everywhere, but the large space is compensated 7 - The average number of tourists. To photograph, you must wait 8 - Tourists are, but they do not interfere 9 - There are few tourists 10 - You are alone
State : ------------ 1 - Only title left 2 - Dull ruins 3 - On restoration 4 - The picturesque ruins 5 - Have not been restored, the state is poor 6 - Partially destroyed, but the rest of the normal state 7 - Have not been restored, good condition 8 - OK, but it is possible to make better 9 - Looks good from the outside, partial repair inside or without repair 10 - In excellent condition, well-groomed area
Picturesque (for the photographer) : ------------ 1 - - 2 - - 3 - Horrible background, normal pictures only from the top 4 - wires and cars do not allow make normal photo 5 - Interfere with foreign objects 6 - In the city, but more or less normal photo can be made 7 - Beautiful, but you can take pictures with just one point 8 - Very nice, but you can only shoot at a certain time 9 - Very nice, but hard to get to the good weather or permanently interfere with tourists 10 - Very nice, but occasionally interferes with the weather or tourists
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Visitor's rating - 0.00
Location : ------------ 1 - Far beyond the settlements, you must spend minimum a day 2 - Near the small town, you need to walk long distance 3 - Can be reached only by car 4 - A small town with a poor public transport 5 - Outside the settlements, but with excellent transport links 6 - A small town with excellent transport links 7 - Medium-size city 8 - Suburb of the capital or major city, the ability to reach by public transport 9 - Big city 10 - Capital
Impressions : ------------ 1 - No point in visiting 2 - Boring, wasted time 3 - You can visit, if you have a lot of free time and nothing better to do 4 - A lot of things, but not so interesting 5 - It seems to be interesting, but hard way to spoil the impression 6 - There is something interesting, but the rest is not worth the attention 7 - Probably interesting, but for everybody 8 - Very cool, but difficult to see everything and long-distance trails 9 - Very cool, but there are similar facilities in other locations 10 - Very cool, this is not anywhere else
Number of tourists (weekend afternoon) : ------------ 1 - Crowds, impossible to see everything normally 2 - A lot of tourists, a long wait 3 - A lot of tourists, the organization is lame 4 - A lot of tourists, but good organization 5 - There are many tourists, but they are concentrated in one place and you can walk freely 6 - Many tourists everywhere, but the large space is compensated 7 - The average number of tourists. To photograph, you must wait 8 - Tourists are, but they do not interfere 9 - There are few tourists 10 - You are alone
State : ------------ 1 - Only title left 2 - Dull ruins 3 - On restoration 4 - The picturesque ruins 5 - Have not been restored, the state is poor 6 - Partially destroyed, but the rest of the normal state 7 - Have not been restored, good condition 8 - OK, but it is possible to make better 9 - Looks good from the outside, partial repair inside or without repair 10 - In excellent condition, well-groomed area
Picturesque (for the photographer) : ------------ 1 - - 2 - - 3 - Horrible background, normal pictures only from the top 4 - wires and cars do not allow make normal photo 5 - Interfere with foreign objects 6 - In the city, but more or less normal photo can be made 7 - Beautiful, but you can take pictures with just one point 8 - Very nice, but you can only shoot at a certain time 9 - Very nice, but hard to get to the good weather or permanently interfere with tourists 10 - Very nice, but occasionally interferes with the weather or tourists
* - Note: Description of the evaluation is not always appropriate for a particular object, it's just a little help