Must-see attractions in Colmar

  • Musée d’Unterlinden

    Colmar

    Gathered around a Gothic-style Dominican cloister, this revamped museum hides a prized medieval stone statue collection, late-15th-century prints by…

  • Old colorful half-timbered houses in the quatrer Petite Venise (Little Venice) in Colmar, France.; Shutterstock ID 748217683; your: Sloane Tucker; gl: 65050; netsuite: Online Editorial; full: POI
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    Petite Venise

    Colmar

    If you see just one thing in Colmar, make it the Little Venice quarter. Canal connection aside, it doesn’t resemble Venice in the slightest, but it's…

  • Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi Museum in Colmar, Alsace, France.

    Musée Bartholdi

    Colmar

    In the house where Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi was born in 1834, this museum pays homage to the sculptor who captured the spirit of a nation with his…

  • Statue of Liberty Replica

    Colmar

    Prepare for déjà vu as you approach Colmar on the rte de Strasbourg (N83), 3km north of the old town, and spy the spitting image of the Statue of Liberty,…

  • Église St-Matthieu

    Colmar

    Quintessentially Protestant in its austerity, this Franciscan church has something of a split personality. From 1715 to 1987, a wall divided the soaring…

  • Maison Pfister

    Colmar

    This Renaissance pile was built in 1537 for Ludwig Scherer, a wealthy hatter from Besançon. With its delicately painted panels, elaborate oriel window and…

  • Église des Dominicains

    Colmar

    Lit by late-medieval stained glass, this desanctified Gothic church shelters the celebrated triptych La Vierge au Buisson de Roses (The Virgin in the Rose…

  • Collégiale St-Martin

    Colmar

    Delicate stonework guides the eye to the polychrome mosaic roof and Mongol-style copper spire of this Gothic church. Its jewel-like stained-glass windows…

  • Ancienne Douane

    Colmar

    At the southern tip of rue des Marchands is this late-medieval customs house, with loggia and variegated tile roof, which now hosts temporary exhibitions…

  • Maison des Têtes

    Colmar

    True to its name, this step-gabled house, built in 1609 for a wealthy wine merchant, is festooned with 106 grimacing faces and heads of animals, devils…

  • Musée du Jouet

    Colmar

    Kids of every age delight at the sight of toys from generations past – from demure 1950s Barbies to Gaultier-clad dolls and Hornby train sets – at this…

  • Pont Rue de Turenne

    Colmar

    For photogenic views of Colmar's canal-woven Petite Venise district, head to this bridge at the top of rue de Turenne.

  • Maison zum Kragen

    Colmar

    This 15th-century house is identifiable by its much-photographed sculpture of a marchand (merchant).

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