The land of Christmas stars

Visit Colmar, home of the famous illustrator Hansi and birthplace of the brilliant sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, creator of the colossal, majestic Statue of Liberty ! Discover Kaysersberg, where the Doctor and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Albert Schweitzer was born ! History also gives you an appointment with Neuf-Brisach, a fortified town built in 1697 alongside the Rhine by the great military engineer Sébastien Le Prestre, Marquis de Vauban, and a site inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List ! If you have a taste for heights, head to Munster and the surrounding area: with the Vosges mountains close by, food lovers and gourmets will be able to combine the pleasure of eating with that of getting out and about on skis or snowshoes !

During the Christmas period, all these towns and villages are lit up, like a myriad of sparkling stars, to enliven the winter landscape. Nestling in the valleys of the Vosges, each of them has something typical about it, and together they form a harmonious picture. They all have that timeless cachet that has appealed to generations: the intimate character of their cobbled streets, the imposing townhouses converted into "Winstubs", typically Alsatian restaurants, not forgetting the Christmas markets with their irresistible stalls and heady fragrances.