Straßburg · FR
Strasbourg Highlights
Gothic spire, cobbled squares and canal-laced Petite France in one tight loop across the Grande Île.
Worum geht's bei diesem Spaziergang?
Welcome to Strasbourg, the enchanting capital of Alsace, where French flair and German tradition meet along cobbled lanes and quiet canals. This walk is the perfect introduction for first-time visitors, looping across the Grande Île, the UNESCO-listed island at the city’s heart. In a single relaxed stroll you will take in soaring Gothic stone, grand squares, ornate merchant houses, and the storybook waterways of Petite France. Let the rhythm of the old town set your pace as every corner reveals a new view, a new story, and a fresh reason to fall for this crossroads of cultures.
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Palais Rohan
Palace
A grand pink sandstone episcopal palace stretched along the river Ill, built to rival the finest mansions of Paris. Behind its calm facade hide gilded state apartments and three of Strasbourg's major museums.
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Place du Marché aux Cochons de Lait
Market
A postcard-perfect little square whose charming name means the Market of the Suckling Pigs. Leaning half-timbered houses and cafe terraces ring the cobbles where piglets were once bought and sold.
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Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Strasbourg
Cathedral
A towering masterpiece of rose sandstone Gothic, crowned by a single soaring spire that pierces the Alsatian sky. Inside, a world-famous astronomical clock sets its carved apostles in motion every day at half past noon.
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Maison Kammerzell
Historic House
Strasbourg's most lavishly carved medieval merchant house, with three overhanging timber floors dripping in sculpted saints, heroes, and symbols. Its leaded windows sparkle beside the cathedral once night falls.
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Place Gutenberg
Square
A leafy, historic central square, once the civic heart of Strasbourg, built around the bronze statue of Johannes Gutenberg, pioneer of the printing press.
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Place Kléber
Square
The largest square in the heart of Strasbourg, the city's great meeting point, centred on the statue of the Revolutionary general Jean-Baptiste Kléber.
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Église Saint-Thomas
Church
The mother church of Protestant Strasbourg, a luminous five-aisled hall church housing the theatrical Maurice de Saxe mausoleum and a famous Silbermann organ.
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Place Benjamin Zix
Square
Place Benjamin Zix is the postcard heart of the Petite France quarter, a tiny square where leaning timber framed houses and the grand Maison des Tanneurs mirror themselves in the green canals of the river Ill.
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Ponts Couverts
Bridge
The Ponts Couverts are three medieval stone bridges and four squat watchtowers that once formed the fortified western gateway to Strasbourg, guarding the point where the river Ill splits into four channels.
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Barrage Vauban
Dam
The Barrage Vauban is a seventeenth century defensive dam of thirteen sandstone arches that could flood the city's southern approaches, now crowned by a free panoramic terrace with the finest view of the Ponts Couverts and the cathedral.
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