Guide to Strasbourg
Strasbourg is an important French city. It is located in the eastern part of the country and is the capital of the Alsace region. With its nearly 280,000 inhabitants, it covers an area of 78 km2. The Ill River flows through the city center, followed by the Rhine River in the east. Strasbourg is home to important European institutions, including the European Parliament, the Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights. But Strasbourg is also a city with many historical gems, the most famous of which is the Notre-Dame de Strasbourg Cathedral.
Accommodation in Strasbourg
We would like to offer you a varied selection of accommodation in Strasbourg. You can choose from hotels, apartments, aparthotels, guest houses, but also, for example, holiday homes. In the very center of Strasbourg, near important monuments such as the Strasbourg Cathedral, the Rohan Palace or near the important city district of La Petite France, we can recommend tasteful and traditional hotels such as Hotel Rohan -Centre Cathédrale, Hotel & Spa REGENT PETITE FRANCE or Hotel Cour du Corbeau Strasbourg - MGallery. Hotels belonging to well-known global chains also have their representatives in Strasbourg. They are Hilton Strasbourg, Mercure Strasbourg Center or ibis Strasbourg Center Gare. If you prefer private accommodation, you can choose from a range of apartment accommodation from small studios for two people to several bedroom apartments. The apartments are widely distributed both in the center and in quieter parts of the city. We can offer more modest accommodation at affordable prices in small hotels and guesthouses. Prices start from 30 Euros for a double room per night.
History of Strasbourg
Strasbourg has an interesting and relatively rich history. The city was founded in the 12th century BC by the Roman emperor Augustus. Strasbourg belonged alternately to Germany and then again to France. This intermingling of cultures can be recognized above all in the architecture, but also in the gastronomy. In the past, the city was a free city of the Holy Roman Empire. It was an important crossroads of trade routes and also an important crossing over the Rhine River. Between 1348 and 1349, Strasbourg was hit by the Black Death, or plague epidemic. The blame and the origin of this plague fell on the Jews, and more than a hundred of them were burned and the tohose who survived were banned from staying in the city until the 18th century. A significant date for all French people, connected precisely with Strasbourg, is the year 1792, when a certain Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle Marseillaise composed the French national anthem here. After the war of 1870, the city was annexed together with the whole of Alsace to Germany. After the First World War, it was again annexed to France. The year 1949 is associated with the beginning of the construction of important European institutions, which are still based here today.
Transport to Strasbourg
There are several ways to travel to Strasbourg. The first of them is a personal car, another option is the train. Strasbourg Airport is located 15 km southwest of the city center. Here you will find several shops, restaurants, as well as car rental offices. There is a train to the center of Strasbourg several times an hour, which takes around 10 minutes. You can also use the services of local taxis. Strasbourg is an important railway link. Connections are mainly provided by the leading French company SNCF, but also by the German Deutsche Bahn. Since 2007, high-speed trains (TGV Est Européen) have also been in operation with connections to many important European cities. In addition to trains, trams and buses are used for transportation around the city. Shipping is an integral part of Strasbourg. The city is France's second largest river port, handling nearly 9 million tons of goods annually.
Sights, attractions and activities in Strasbourg
Strasbourg is a city that definitely has a lot to offer its visitors. It is not only a city with important European institutions, such as the European Parliament (and the Palais de l'Europe), which houses the Council of Europe. It can boast of beautiful historical monuments, two Michelin-starred restaurants and a small zoo. Along the banks of the river Ill are built historical houses with log cabins dating back to the 16th century. Of the historical monuments, we can mention the most important ones, which are the Notre-Dame Cathedral, the Rohan Palace or a group of historic houses called La Petit France. Further in the city you can visit a number of museums such as Musée de l'Oeuvre Notre-Dame, Musée Archéologique or Musée des Arts Décoratifs. In the center of the city is the famous Kléber square, which is ranked among the most beautiful historical squares in Europe. The historic center of the city is on the UNESCO list.
Prominent personalities of Strasbourg
Louis I of Bavaria, the painter Hans Arp and football coach Arsene Wenger are among the city's prominent personalities. Among other things, a number of world personalities worked in Strasbourg, such as Johannes Guttenberg – the inventor of the printing press, Jan Kalvín – the Swiss theologian and founder of Calvinism, or the German poet and novelist Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
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