One Day in Colmar is a Fairy Tale | France Travel Guide

Ep.121 Join us in our brief but enchanting visit to Colmar, France, a fairytale town with romantic canals and charming half-timbered buildings. There’s a lot to know about this Alsatian town and we cover it all for you. Don’t miss out on all the magic Colmar has to offer!

We visited Colmar from August 15-17, 2024

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Chapters:
00:00 – Start
00:32 – Late Train to Colmar
00:51 – Dancing in Parc du Champ de Mars
02:17 – August isn’t the best month to visit
03:16 – Dining in Colmar
05:08 – Exploring this fairytale town
06:14 – Both German and French wines
06:57 – Little Venice in the heart of Colmar
07:29 – Museums in Colmar worth your time
08:15 – St. Martins Church
09:09 – What we paid in Colmar

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[Music] Kar France you’ll be enchanted by this fairy tale Town even before your feet hit its cobblestone streets charm oozes from the Romantic canals of Little Venice as well as the mix of French Gothic Renaissance and half Timber Germanic inspired buildings we tell you everything you need to know for an epic visit including prices for what we [Music] paid I’m Judy and I’m Kevin welcome back to F gen and Marie where we share our lives this fulltime Travelers and the connections we make along the way all right after a train that got cancelled and another one that was delayed an hour and 40 minutes we finally made it to Kar unfortunately we had hoped to have half of a day and it’s 9:00 at night now so it’s kind of one of those because we weren’t going to be here for very long right it’s about a 20 minute walk from the train station to the Oldtown we could have taken a taxi but we’d have missed cutting through the park du dear and enjoying the brightly lit Pavilion full of tango dancers so it’s a bit after 9:00 in the evening and normally we would have probably had an early dinner and we’d be tucked away for the night but this has actually been a really cool experience to arrive in the evening and find that there’s Tango and dancing and uh a bunch of people in the park tonight that I didn’t expect I wouldn’t have realized that in this small little town there be such a lively evening uh lifestyle it’s pretty cool Park night life who knew and it looks like singles no problem they’re just having a fun time up there dancing all right can come back next time and sign up for dance lessons he can dance I cannot yes you can good job Kar Kar is nestled in the heart of Northeastern France just a Stones Throw from the borders of Germany and Switzerland it’s flanked by the vog mountains and the ryin river making it the perfect gateway to the picturesque Alla wine route being part of this culturally and geographically unique area means that although French is the primary language spoken here there’s also the German dialect of alashan and of course as a tourist town There’s plenty of English spoken here too so we’re here in picturesque Kar France and it is so much more than what we anticipated it to be not at all uncrowded this is supposed to be not the bad time but it’s pretty crowded already yes there it’s so Charming it’s combination of French and German and great food everywhere and picturesque uh shops everywhere you look it was very very hot when we were here in mid August and like most European cities it was fairly crowded but that’s nothing compared to the Christmas Market season which begins in late November and runs through the end of December up to 2 million people visit during the festival season season we recommend visiting during the shoulder season of March to May or again in September to early November when prices are lower the weather is milder and there are fewer [Music] crowds I it was just the menu double right it was yeah it’s called menu double one hot drink bread butter jam Quant and one glass of orange juice a little bit of bread for us to start the day thank God we got the panar L to break things up what a mistake delicious mistake but a mistake yes we had gone a really long time without butter anywhere you know I don’t I was surprised that we missed it so we haven’t really had butter like this or bread at all like this but we’re in Paris or we’re we’re in France so of course went in France you need to eat like the French we’ll be walking like the French too so hopefully that will be an offset yeah we walk from morning till night nonstop yeah we W Kart’s not that big for this am of bread and if this is the only food we eat for three days I’m afraid it’s not we got a dinner plan tonight you want an outdoor seating [Music] Get No Lack of foods and treats around this [Music] place and where we’re dining tonight with our YouTube Friends monster cheese originates from this region AA cordon blue ail with monster cheese Spa which on their menu is referred to as alashan pasta Kevin had chicken with reasing mushroom sauce and spatula Rebecca had to try tarte Lambe also known as flusha which is a cross between pizza and a Savory tart typically eaten by rolling it up and eating it without utensils [Music] I’m very surprised with how much Trump Loy is on the various buildings uh it adds so much color and depth and interest but it’s still surprising to see so much of it here I don’t know if we have time for this sorry [Music] Judy don’t forget the local wines that pair perfectly here particularly white wines like reasing gerse deer Pino gree and muscot there also are red wines primarily made from Pino Noir an easy and convenient place for wine tasting is the family run Tasting Room at doen Martin jund located right in the heart of colar on request you can even tour their Wine sellers which were over a century old for tastings they have wine and cheese pairings Chocolate and Wine pairings and more starting at 12E old per person and if you love the idea of being part of a grape Harvest they have slots available from Monday through Friday between the end of August to the beginning of October for €30 per person and afterward you can enjoy the pressing and tasting of four wines enjoy a 30-minute boat ride in the canals here in Little Venice while you can buy a ticket on the boat for €8 per person don’t be disappointed by waiting until the last minute reservations can be made online until the day before departure but they will book up in peak season you pay onsite at the departure area at the s pi bridge on Boulevard s Pierre we’ll put a link in the description [Music] below if you have time for only one Museum in Kar The Muse un Linden should be high on your list it’s housed in a beautiful former 13th century Dominican Convent which means the museum itself is a work of art steeped in history the isenheim ultra piece is considered one of the most important works of art in France it hosts a wide range of art from the Middle Ages to the present day there’s also the Muse du which is a Toy Museum spanning three floors and which houses over 1,000 toys from antique toys to contemporary Muse boli is dedicated to the work of alashan sculptor Frederick boli who is best known for Designing the Statue of Liberty the museum is located in the house where the artist was born we’re standing in front of the Cathedral of kar which is technically known as St Martin’s church it’s referred to as Cathedral sometimes because of its Grand size and impressive architecture but it’s actually a Collegiate Church however our Airbnb host had mentioned that people just call it the cathedral it was built between 1235 and 1365 and it’s like Got Fabulous Gothic architecture love the Gils they’re really pretty impressive little flying buttresses going on there all the good stuff and it’s free to enter and walk around [Music] our costs in colar were fairly minimal our Airbnb for two nights was $193 66 or $96.89 per night our host was a wealth of information so consider staying here if you come we ate a couple of breakfast at lazu diuse for $21.2 or $10 64 per person our lovely viewers Rebecca and Rick picked up the tab for our dinner at Shay hanzi our train from Leon to colar was $143 51 or $71.7 per person our total for two nights was $ 35844 or $179 22 per person so our overall cost was $961 per person per day we could have used at least another day here in col but least we didn’t have that opportunity we’re headed now back to the train station for a couple of days in Paris we hope you’ve enjoyed this episode if you haven’t already subscribed we’d love for you to do that and the best compliment that you can give to us is to recommend our videos to our your friends and family and check out p.com where you can see articles more information about us and our community Forum until next time until next time