Prepare a trip to Alsace at Christmas

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TRAVEL PREPARATIONS

When we started preparing the getaways that we were going to do this year, considering them above all because of the dates we had, we decided to set Stockholm in July, Naples and Pompeii in September, Midi-Pyrenees and the Kasbah Route in October and the last one that awaited us In this year 2015, in the December Bridge, in one of its most special and spectacular times. And, not surprisingly, they say that Christmas was born here.

Colmar, one of the most beautiful villages in Alsace

We are going to take a route through Alsace at Christmas!!
As we mentioned before, the dates chosen for this trip to Alsace by car in 5 days has been the December Bridge, 5 days in which we will visit one of the most beautiful areas of France at this time.
On day 4 we will leave in the afternoon on a flight from Barcelona to Basel in Switzerland, the best gateway to see Alsace at Christmas, since it is only 25 minutes from Mulhouse or 45 from Colmar.


Although thanks to the advice of My Traveling World we have learned that you can also adopt the Baden Baden airport in Germany, and only 40 minutes by car from Strasbourg, as another possible gateway to Alsace.
Once in Basel (Basel), we will pick up the rental car in Alsace that we have reserved for the next 5 days.
Here we have to tell you that you have the option to rent the car in the French zone of the airport, Basel has a French zone and Switzerland, or in the Swiss part, something more expensive, but that includes winter tires, something that at this time and In this area we believe that it is essential and is the option that we have opted for.
Once with the car already picked up, and with the great help that the Tourist Office of Alsace has given us, we will reach Mulhouse, where we will spend the first night of our trip to Alsace at Christmas and where we hope to enjoy the first Christmas markets in Alsace.

Corners of the Mulhouse Christmas Market

The second day of our trip and after visiting Mulhouse for a few hours in the morning, we will make our way to Eguisheim, in the Upper Rhine, a town that is considered one of the most beautiful in the world.

Eguisheim

After this visit, we will take our car again to reach Colmar early in the afternoon, where we will spend the next 2 nights, knowing not only this place of story, but also taking it as a base to know the most beautiful villages of the surroundings, which is very easy to access by car.

Colmar at Christmas

The third day of our trip we will dedicate, as we mentioned, to tour around Colmar, discovering Turckheim, Niedermorschwihr, Kaysersberg, Riquewihr, Hunawihr and Ribeauvillé.

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Perhaps at first glance it may seem like a very ambitious itinerary, but counting that we want to get up early, and much and that the small towns are quite small, we hope to be able to visit them all and above all, enjoy them in this special time.

Riquewihr

After visiting these beautiful villages and back to Colmar, we hope to stop again in one of them to enjoy its streets sheltered by the Christmas lights that invade the streets when night comes.
After this second night in Colmar, the fourth day of travel arrives in which we will leave Colmar first thing in the morning on the way to Strasbourg, which will be the place where we will spend the last night of our trip, passing first by Haut Koenisgbourg Castle (Update: Haut Koenisgbourg Castle closes on Mondays, so this visit we will do on Tuesday, back from Strasbourg to Basel), Mittelbergheim and Obernai, three stops that we hope will fill the route of this day with Christmas atmosphere in Christmas Alsace at Christmas.


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After this fourth day of trip to Alsace by car, we will arrive in the evening at Strasbourg, one of the most special cities in this area where to live the Christmas season.
The fifth day of our trip and before returning to Basel airport, from where our flight leaves late in the afternoon, we will spend the morning touring Strasbourg and enjoying the last hours of this trip to Alsace at Christmas.

Strasbourg

Day 1: Lloret de Mar - Barcelona Airport - Basel-Basel Alsace Airport (Switzerland) - Mulhouse

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