Have you been in Alsace, France?

Question

I want to go there in 2009 and i want to know about experiences from people, where did you stayed or what is the best to do there? thanks.

Answer 1

Try to learn at least a little French.  Some ppl understand English & German.  However, a friend tried to speak German with some of the local ppl (when they didn't understand English) and got some very dirty looks.  Overall, the region has a good reputation regarding friendliness and good food unique to that region.  Worth a trip.

Answer 2

Went twice in Strasbourg...  The food is great...  There's an hotel near l'Ill, the river, it's called les Trois Roses...  Where they do speak english.

The town is great for shopping and the "Petite France" is just incredible.

However the most enjoyable in Strasbourg is the food...  You have to try the bakeoff, the flamkeuch, the jambonneau à la biere, the terrine de chevreuil, their fondue... hmmmm and the most important is the beer!  I'm so fond of all their varieties... their famous Picon.... and the brasseries where they brew their own beers are really popular... like 'les trois frères' and 'les frères bertom'

Enjoy your trip there...

Answer 3

Alsace is a French region and people usually speak both French and Alsatian, the regional language.

German and English are understood, but Spanish is useless.

Strasbourg, the capital of the region, is very nice. The town is located on the French-German border, so you can cross the border very easily.

Colmar is another great city, small and quiet.

Alsace is weel known for its traditional villages, its burgers, beers and wines... The food is simply delicious.

This experience will be magic, I promise you!

Answer 4

It's a very charming region. Worth driving thru the so called "Wine Route" which starts in Colmar and finishes in Strassbourg. It's full of famous Restaurants/Inns and there are wine-cellars everywhere with free tasting.They also have a lot of storks so be careful not to be bitten (getting pregnant,lol) as they say. Speaking english is no problem and they also have affordable places to stay.

Answer 5

What about an adventure in Alsace ?

Alsace is like a narrow ribbon from the swiss border in the south up to the German border in the north of Strasbourg. Craddled by the Vosges mountains and the river Rhine.

Sheltered by the Vosges mountains, the province enjoys a semi-continental climate with hot summers and long warm autumns, ideal for market gardeners, wine growers and

visitors alike. Alsace is an improbably beautiful place, uncharacteristically neat and tidy, the stuff of which fairy tales are made : medieval towns and villages with higgledy-piggledy, half-timbered houses alight in summer with cascading geraniums and petunias ; south facing slopes neatly contoured with row upon row of vines; richly decorated wrought iron inn signs; great wooden doors from beneath which waft insistent, irresistible smells of onion tart, freshly baked bread, new wine, old barrels.



There are three big towns in Alsace, the cultural, intellectual and financial center is Strasbourg, the industrial and business center is Mulhouse, the agricultural and wine center is Colmar.

The people of Alsace are a sort of crossroads where seriousness and gaiety meet, a, engaging combination of Germanic thouroughness and reliability with French "joie de vivre".

Bon séjour !