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Historic neighborhood
Petite Venise
Section of Colmar on the banks of the Lauch river, with colourful half-timbered houses leaning over the water, former homes of horticulturists and fishermen.
Grande Leste · France
Colmar
In the destination Alsácia.
In the photo: Quai de la Poissonnerie · Colmar
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The city
What to expect from Colmar.
Colmar is the town of colorful half-timbered houses, the canals of the Petite Venise and the Musée Unterlinden, which houses the Retábulo de Issenheim. The historic center, with the Collégiale Saint-Martin, the Quartier des Tanneurs and Bartholdi's birthplace, is walked on foot. It is the best base for the Rota dos Vinhos da Alsácia, with Riquewihr, Eguisheim and Kaysersberg a few kilometers away, and for the Château du Haut-Kœnigsbourg.
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The local experience
What to see in Colmar
Museum
Musée Unterlinden
Art museum of Colmar in a 13th-century convent, famous for the Retábulo de Issenheim by Matthias Grünewald, with a modern wing designed by Herzog & de Meuron.
Church
Collégiale Saint-Martin
The largest church in Colmar, Gothic, built between 1234 and the mid-14th century, with a roof of colorful tiles and a bulb-shaped bell tower.
Historic neighborhood
Quartier des Tanneurs
Former leather-tanners' district of Colmar, with tall half-timbered houses and attics open to dry hides, between the Koïfhus and the canal.
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Museum
Musée Bartholdi
House where Auguste Bartholdi was born, author of the Statue of Liberty, with models, drawings and sculptures by the artist and a room dedicated to the creation of the New York statue.
Village
Riquewihr
Walled village on the Wine Route, 13 km from Colmar, with preserved 16th- and 17th-century houses, the Dolder tower, and Riesling vineyards around.
Village
Eguisheim
Village on the Rota dos Vinhos, 5 km from Colmar, built in concentric circles around a castle, birthplace of Pope Leão IX.
Village
Kaysersberg
Medieval village on the Rota dos Vinhos, 12 km from Colmar, with a fortified bridge over the Weiss river, castle ruins on the hill and the birthplace of Albert Schweitzer.
Castle
Château du Haut-Kœnigsbourg
Medieval castle at 757 meters altitude, above the Alsace plain, restored in the early 20th century by Emperor Guilherme II; it is about 26 km from Colmar.