Tourist attractions Eguisheim

Housed in a 13C Dominican convent, this museum contains works by Grünewald, Schongauer and Isenmann, in particular. Dedicated in part to Rhineland art, it displays impressive collections of paintings, sculptures and minor arts from the late Middle Ag..

Built in 1537 by a hatter of Besancon, with its painted facades, its glassed angular oriels, its delicately sculpted Gallery that supports some attractively worked corbels; this is a true jewel of Alsace architecture.

The square containing the old customs post, the Rue des Marchands and the Rue Mercière form the heart of the old town. The old Alsace dwellings are in abundance there, most picturesque with their flower-covered balconies, corbelled turrets, oriel win..

The woods and pastureland, high-altitude lakes and fir forests lying at the foot of the "blue line of the Vosges", between Kaysersberg, Munster and the Col du Bonhomme are a great draw for hikers, who can take paths leaving from the Trois-É..

The semi-pedestrianised Grand'Rue, which runs through the town, is renowned for the workmanship of its half-timbered houses. The south and east entrances to the town are marked by two towers on which storks have made their nests. Also worthy of note ..

Saint Firmin decided to found his abbey here in 727 because the remote wooded valley was good for walking and meditation. The abbey, however, soon became one of the most powerful Benedictine abbeys in the region, with rights over 300 villages. The ab..

A signposted tour allows you to discover the former wall walk. The narrow and paved alleys are lined by old but architecturally rich houses (balconies, oriel windows, wooded panels, pointed gables).

Formerly a fortified town inhabited by market gardeners who travelled around the watercourses on board flat-bottomed boat.

In this building roofed with varnished tiles, the merchandise subject to communal tax used to be stored in the ground floor of the main building. On the other floor used to sit the representatives of the Decapole, the league of ten free Alsace villag..

The inhabitants of Colmar call this the «Cathedral of Colmar». It is built of red sandstone and two towers flank its main portal. The St Nicholas Portal signed by « Maestro Humbert » is decorated with the legend of the Saint. Inside an organ chest fr..

Following the Rue des Tanneurs which runs alongside the canal and the Tanners quarter, and having crossed a bridge over the River Lauch, you will enter into the Krutenau quarter which used to be a fortified suburb, populated by market gardeners. It h..

This large house is a fine example of Renaissance architecture. It has a pointed roof partly hidden by scrolled gables intermingled with pinnacles and countless other decorative details (including more than a hundred sculpted heads on the façade).

This very attractive Renaissance house is flanked at the corners by octagonal towers. Further on in the Grand'rue is the Schwendi fountain.

The first sign you see of the museum dedicated to woodwork and heritage is a sculpture of a horse towing wooden logs. On the ground floor you can find out about woodcutting techniques, from the days of pit sawyers up until the machine age, with a saw..

Some capitals of the Romanesque portal are decorated with pelicans and two-tailed sirens, a motif with inspiration from Lombard. The Northern lower side of the church houses a 1514 St-Sepulchre of Jacques Wirt. Christ's breast is pierced with a cut i..

It was built in Renaissance style typical of the Rennes region. It has a beautiful facade, a placid courtyard and a picturesque gallery made of elaborate wood.

It has a crenelated parapet and even a small oratory. As soon as you walk in you will admire the Brief House, also called «the Gourmet House». Its richly sculptured wood panels are outstanding and so is its roofed gallery.

This stone house with scrolled gables and loggia was built in 1610. It is an interesting example of Germanic Renaissance style.

Dating from 1535, the house has a picturesque courtyard with wooden galleries with balusters, a well dating from 1603 and an enormous winepress (1817). Opposite is Behre House which has a fine oriel window dating from 1514, surmounted by latticewor..

Dating from 1574, the house is surmounted by a pediment with an inscription and a bas-relief showing Death seizing the founder of the house. The door, sculpted on the biais to facilitate the entry of vehicles, leads to a typical courtyard with a spir..