Food destinations within easy reach of Strasbourg. worth the train, the rental car or the early start.

Worth the trip

Colmar ★ 4.5

30 min by trainDirect TER train from Strasbourg

Famous for: Petite Venise winstubs, tarte flambee and the Alsace Wine Route gateway

Colmar, 30 minutes south by train, is the Wine Route capital, with canal-side winstubs in Petite Venise pouring choucroute and tarte flambee.

Colmar

Obernai ★ 4.2

30 min by trainTER train from Strasbourg on the Selestat line

Famous for: Wine Route market town with winstubs and wood-fired tarte flambee

Obernai, half an hour south by train, is a walled Wine Route town where winstubs fire wood-oven tarte flambee and the December market is a foodie favourite.

Obernai

Riquewihr ★ 4.3

1 hr by train and busTrain to Colmar, then Wine Route shuttle bus

Famous for: Fortified wine village with Riesling cellars and winstubs

Riquewihr, a preserved fortified village on the Wine Route, is built for tasting: Riesling and Gewurztraminer cellars and winstubs below the vines.

Riquewihr

Eguisheim ★ 4.2

1 hr by train and busTrain to Colmar, then local bus or Wine Route shuttle

Famous for: Concentric-ring wine village with grower cellars and winstubs

Eguisheim, ringed by concentric medieval lanes near Colmar, is one of the Wine Route's prettiest stops, with grower cellars pouring Pinot Gris.

Eguisheim

Illhaeusern (Auberge de l'Ill) ★ 4.7

45 min by carDrive or taxi from Strasbourg via the A35

Famous for: The Haeberlin family's two-Michelin-star riverside restaurant

Illhaeusern, on the river Ill near Colmar, is home to Auberge de l'Ill, the Haeberlin family's two-Michelin-star benchmark of Alsatian haute cuisine.

Illhaeusern (Auberge de l'Ill)

Marlenheim (Le Cerf) ★ 4.4

30 min by carDrive or bus from Strasbourg to Marlenheim

Famous for: One-Michelin-star Alsatian dining at the gate of the Wine Route

Marlenheim, where the Alsace Wine Route begins west of Strasbourg, is known for Le Cerf, a one-Michelin-star restaurant of refined Alsatian country cooking.

Marlenheim (Le Cerf)
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