Alsace Colmar, Medieval Villages & Castle Small Group Day Trip from Strasbourg

Our guide, Brigitte, was fantastic! She was very knowledgeable and went out of her way to make the experience personal, including a couple of pit stops with great views and good recommendations. The time spent in each location was perfect!

The cities and castle were absolutely wonderful and we enjoyed ourselves as a family of 6 on holiday. However, there were definitely some areas of this experience that needed improvement: our guide was very kind and looked out for us but scared us a bit with pretty unsafe driving. The microphone in the van was cutting in and out non stop, and we let him know a few times but stopped speaking up when the issue persisted because we didn’t want him to be distracted fumbling with it while driving. Ultimately, only the person sitting in the front seat next to him could really hear what he was saying and the rest of us tuned out and gave up. The time management could have been better. We spent more time than needed on the tour portion in Colmar and it left us with 30 minutes of free time to ourselves to explore. We raced to retrace our steps back through the city and then ran as fast as we could back to our meeting point. I wish we had a chance to tailor the plan ahead of time and ask to shorten the tour portion a bit so that we would have a little more time so explore. Lastly, this is not a personal criticism of our guide at all because he was very friendly, but I want to note that his English was not at an advanced enough level to give tours. It made it difficult to engage with him, and I believe it compounded on the issues noted above (the tour time feeling a bit long for not understanding what was being said, and the microphone issues were more bothersome because we were already having a hard time understanding what was being said). All in all, if I had to do this again, I would just probably book a driver or find a different mode of transportation between the cities, read up on fun facts about the landmarks and culture on our own, and pay for an audio tour (or pay for the castle’s guided tour) at the castle.

Robin was an excellent guide and very funny. He has a zest for knowledge and history. We really enjoyed all of the places. Highly recommend!!

A lovely day trip with a small group. The 3 villages are really beautiful and the castle is not to be missed! Our guide, Adrian, was truly excellent and kindly drove us back to our hotel as he couldn’t get back to the City Centre in the evening as the roads are closed during Christmas market hours. The only downside was that the car was a bit cramped for our liking.

Being able to go to 3 villages was very special. Excellent views of the Alsace region. Gorgeous mideavel towns.

The tour was excellent. We initially thought we'd cover these villages on our own, but then saw this and booked it. And I have to say we are super thankful we decided to book it. Our tour guide (Bridgette) was very kind, and super helpful at every step of the tour. She gave us excellent recommendations, guided us through every village and told us very interesting stories! It was a day very well spent. I highly recommend this tour :)

I went on a small group tour, which was great because we could talk a lot with our guide, learn even more, and get some tips from a local. Our guide Pauline was very knowledgeable and adaptable, we ended up adjusting our itinerary to see as many villages as possible, and she would tell us all about each village, a lot about the region and the wine... It was great! Thank you for a great experience, Pauline!

This was a great and memorable tour for the day from Strasbourg! First time exploring the wine route Alsace region of France and this was a perfect way to see it for the first time. Our tour guide (Pauline) was fun and knowledgeable! Highly recommend!

I enjoyed the day very much. Our guide, Pauline, did a wonderful job of presenting the history of the area and showing us modern life as well. What a beautiful and interesting part of France! Thank you.

Several quaint villages, wineries and a castle make this a memorable day trip. Our guide, pauline was knowledgeable and entertaining and she let us explore at our own pace. I highly recommend this tour, particularly if you are fortunate enough to have pauline as your guide!