Strasbourg is the capital and principal city as well as the historic centre of the Alsace region in northeastern France.
Due to its 2,000 years of interesting history, Strasbourg is a popular destination for tourists from all over the world. Strasbourg’s hotels provide for a cosy and comfortable accommodation.
Near your Strasbourg hotel you will find the Strasbourg Cathedral, which is also called Cathedral of Our Lady of Strasbourg (French: Cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-Strasbourg), one of the world’s largest sandstone buildings and Strasbourg’s landmark.
Strasbourg hotel guests should have a look at its lead glass windows, the church’s pulpit and the baptismal font.
If you are staying at a hotel near Strasbourg’s cathedral square (Place de la Cathédral) the beautiful half-timbered houses will surely catch your eye.
One of the city’s most notable Gothic buildings is the Maison Kammerzell, a restaurant that will indulge Strasbourg hotel guests with Alsatian delicacies. During your stay at a Strasbourg hotel we recommend you to take a stroll around Le Quartier des Tanneurs (tanner district) on the banks of the river Ill, where you will experience a picturesque side of Strasbourg.
During your stay at a hotel in Strasbourg you should see the Church St. Thomas (Église Saint-Thoma, Alsace’s only hall church) with its Silbermann organ (1741) on which Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Albert Schweitzer used to play.
Strasbourg hotel guests who are interested in art will enjoy a visit to the Palais Rohan, which is now housing three museums, where you can see works by Canalettos, Rubens and El Greco and learn a lot about Alsatian history. The exhibits range back to Early Christian times.
You will reach your hotel in Strasbourg quickly and comfortably with the city’s bus and tram lines, which are operated by the public utility service.
Strasbourg is the seat of several European institutions such as the Council of Europe with its European Court of Human Rights, its European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines and its European Audiovisual Observatory, the Eurocorps as well as the European Parliament and the European Ombudsman of the European Union.
Total population: 272,800 (2004)
Postal codes: 67000 - 200
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Beautiful building.
Nearby to the city and other places of interest.
