Ideas for your holiday with children
Acrobatics of raptors above the public are spectacular.
Children under the watchful eye of the falconer, are invited to an unforgettable moment!
The stars of the show are the birds. And what birds! A spectacular treat for young and old!
Eagle Park - Castle of Kintzheim 67600 Kintzheim - Alsace
The Eagle Park in Alsace gives visitors the unique opportunity to observe and admire in the sky, or near them, the most beautiful and largest raptors in the world, in an impressive show.
Click here to learn more and see the pictures on my blog.
The Eagle Park is open from early April to 11 November. For opening hours and shows, the access card, visit the website of the Eagle Park.
When I was a kid, we went to the High Koenigsbourg school exit. It was always a romantic and magical day which filled our minds of children. The magic of the place continues to captivate today's children ...
To prepare your visit, download the fact sheet and visit the website of the castle.
Château du Haut-Koenigsbourg, F – 67600 Orschwiller
Opening of the ticket office of the castle Haut-Koenigsbourg
January February and Nov. Dec. : 9:30 – 12:00 and 13:00 – 16:30
Mars October : 9:30 – 17:00
April May and September : 9:15 – 17:15
June, July and August : 9:15 – 18:00
The castle closes in the evening 45 minutes after the ticket office.
We recommend you to be accompanied by a guide who will amaze children and arouse their interest!
From the top of the impressive walls of the castle of Haut-Koenigsbourg, the view is spectacular: it shows all the plain of Alsace, the Black Forest and on a clear day, the Alps!
The interior of the castle is worth a long discovery. We recommend you to be accompanied by a guide who will amaze children and arouse their interest.
Today, the Reintroduction Center of the Stork is an animal park that has expanded to other endangered species such as the otter. It is also a recreation area, but above all a place where we become aware of threats to nature and the need to save. A visit not to be missed when visiting Alsace. Spring is particularly interesting because it is the season of storks.
See photos on my blog and the article "Stork, my beautiful queen of Alsace"
The Storks Park is open 7/7 from 25 March to 1 November 2016. For more information and schedules, visit the website of the reintroduction center of the stork in Hunawihr
Spring, season of the baby storks, is a particularly interesting time to visit the park.
Many interactive and educational games enable children to become familiar with the stork, its environment and lifestyle.
Europa-Park is an amusement park, more precisely, a theme park and a German leisure resort in Rust, Baden-Württemberg, 45 kilometers from Colmar. In 2014, Europa-Park was the second European park in visitor numbers after the Disneyland Park, with some five million entries. This makes it the most visited seasonal park in the world.
The park has 55 attractions in 13 neighborhoods involved in a European country (hence its name).
Europa-Park was voted best amusement park in the world in 2014 and 2015. All information on site is available in French.
Europa Park - Europa-Park-Straße 2, 77977 Rust, Germany
Download the daily program and opening hours on their official website. You can also buy tickets online.
The enchanted forest, a paradise for toddlers ...
... or the thrill rides for older children, a day at Europa Park will be unforgettable.
Day tour to the Vosges mountains and vineyard
This spectacular private day tour to the Vosges mountains and vineyard will give you a good overview of the traditions and delicacies on the countryside and in the Vosges mountains. Check more details here
Black Forest farms and Kaiserstuhl vineyard in Germany.
This spectacular day out to discover the Black Forest farms and Kaiserstuhl vineyard will give you a good overview of nearby Germany. Discover incredible landscapes, the famous Black Forest farms, cross the Kaiserstuhl vineyards and taste a good local wine. Check more details here
With this day tour to the Vosges mountains you will learn how to produce munster cheese, enjoy breathtaking landscapes and in addition view beautiful traditional timber-framed Alsatian houses. Last but not least, you will visit a small family mountain wine estate producing world-class wines.
The Black Forest farms and Kaiserstuhl vineyard tour will first take us to the Rhine river near Breisach-am-Rhein. After that we will cross the plain on the German side, a land of plenty where everything grows thanks to a land fertilised by the river Rhine for millennia. Soon the first vineyards will be in sight, at the foot of the mountain.
This is the largest Bugatti collection in the world with two of the six famous Bugatti Royale Coupe Napoleon whose well as a large collection of Rolls Royce.
Cité de l'automobile, 15 Rue de l'Épée, 68100 Mulhouse
Open every day except on Christmas day (DEC 25)
At the Automobile Museum, hundreds of wonderful cars from another age ...
... Dozens of prestigious limousines, which certainly include that of Arsene Lupin, who knows? are waiting for you to dream ...
The museum has the only and largest global collection of the history of French railways. It now houses 15 000 m² a collection of over a hundred vehicles and rail vehicles of all eras.
Plunged into semi-darkness, we discover locomotives and wagons in their reconstituted environment with mannequins that light up progressively of wanderings with luxury and those moments of misery especially during World War II.
The Train City is open daily, year round (except December 25)
Click to prepare your visit to the Train City - 2 rue Alfred de Glehn in Mulhouse
Combined tickets with the National Automobile Museum. A good idea is to visit one of the museums in the morning and one in the afternoon. A beautiful day ahead!
No no, at the Cité du Train, that are not models but the real steel monsters that have travelled on our railways for over a century that you can see and touch!
The whole family loves it and have a good time. Children, but also dad :-)
The Alsace Ecomuseum is therefore a real village. A village in Alsace as it could have existed in the early twentieth century with its streets, its gardens, its river ... With homes, farms, a school, a chapel, mills and artisan workshops ... and even a train station !
In these beautiful old buildings (some dating from the fifteenth century) and open to the public, costumed actors, some of whom are volunteers, present the traditional work of the region using ancient tools: blacksmith, wheelwright, cooper, sawyer, saddler, carpenter, baker ...
- The Alsatian Hart ***** - Grand luxury apartment. Superb living area + 2 magnificent bedrooms + 2 bathrooms. Beautiful views of the vineyards and the old Riquewihr. Maximum 4 people. Description of the lodging. Availability.
- The Lucky Dragon ***** - large luxury apartment. Almost a house on 3 levels with independent access from the garden. For max 6 people looking for comfort and space. Covered terrace. A large bedroom with king size bed. Two smaller rooms with separate single beds. 2 bathrooms, one with Jacuzzi tub. Description of the house, see the video. Availability.
- Dove's Nest House ***** - A real little house converted into a luxury romantic cottage for 4 people maximum. Official rating of 5 stars. One of the nicest places to stay in Alsace. For adults and older children. Open space with stairs so for safety reasons, not suitable for children under 7 years. Visit the gite, see the video, see availability >>
- Gite The Mountain Hiker in La Vancelle - Spacious and beautifully equipped. 85 m2, 2 adults + 1 child. Garden. Beautiful mountain views. If peace, rest, silence and nature are an important criteria for your holiday in Alsace - while being still very close to the most important places to visit - , then you should take a look at our Mountain Hiker in La Vancelle. Visit the gite, see the video, see availability >>
One of the oldest farms in the village
In the evening, the vigil as in old times ...
Click here for the article on my blog with many photos of ambiance: Christmas as in old times at the living Museum of Alsace (sorry in French only for the moment).
Ecomusee d'Alsace - Chemin du Grosswald, Ungersheim 68190 - tel +33 389744474
The Alsace Ecomuseum is open from 19 March to 2 November 2016 (main season) from November 26 to January 1, 2017 (Christmas season).
Here is the link to access the website of the living open air Museum of Alsace and know the opening hours and the exact program of all events and events throughout the year.
Blacksmith working as in old times.
For children at Christmas time: bredele workshop for making the delicious Alsatian Christmas cookies.
This festive season is the Christmas markets in Alsace, concerts of songs and good romantic moments, begins the last weekend of November. Some villages sometimes organize Christmas markets with a week in advance. From one village to another and from Strasbourg to Colmar, the dates of Christmas markets vary. That of Colmar is one of the longest. This year 2016 Christmas markets begin November 25 and end on December 31st. But the atmosphere and the Christmas decorations are present until Epiphany in early January.
Children are especially susceptible to this beautiful Christmas atmosphere in Alsace.
For more photos and information on the Christmas markets in Alsace, click.
This year 2016, most of the Christmas markets start on Nov 25
The whole family loves it and has a good time.
Day tour to the Vosges mountains and vineyard
This spectacular private day tour to the Vosges mountains and vineyard will give you a good overview of the traditions and delicacies on the countryside and in the Vosges mountains. Check more details here
Black Forest farms and Kaiserstuhl vineyard in Germany.
This spectacular day out to discover the Black Forest farms and Kaiserstuhl vineyard will give you a good overview of nearby Germany. Discover incredible landscapes, the famous Black Forest farms, cross the Kaiserstuhl vineyards and taste a good local wine. Check more details here
With this day tour to the Vosges mountains you will learn how to produce munster cheese, enjoy breathtaking landscapes and in addition view beautiful traditional timber-framed Alsatian houses. Last but not least, you will visit a small family mountain wine estate producing world-class wines.
The Black Forest farms and Kaiserstuhl vineyard tour will first take us to the Rhine river near Breisach-am-Rhein. After that we will cross the plain on the German side, a land of plenty where everything grows thanks to a land fertilised by the river Rhine for millennia. Soon the first vineyards will be in sight, at the foot of the mountain.