Parks and gardens
5 places for nature walks around Strasbourg
By Céline

Fancy a stroll around Strasbourg? It’s so easy! We’re lucky to have nature right on our doorstep, with beautiful natural areas to enjoy a walk, discover the flora and fauna, have a picnic…In this blog post, we give you our favorite walking spots near the Alsatian capital! Map of green spaces near Strasbourg Here’s a […]

Our 10 favorite parks and gardens in Strasbourg
By Céline

Strasbourg has no shortage of parks and gardens for strolling, sunbathing or picnicking and exhausting your children! If, on the other hand, you’ve still got a few bars of energy left and feel like stretching your legs, observing the flora and fauna, or cooling off when the mercury rises, here’s a quick roundup of nature […]

10 parks and gardens to discover in Alsace
By Laurène

There’s no shortage of parks and gardens in Alsace. Impossible to list them all, but here’s a selection of parks that the team particularly enjoys. We’ve selected parks and gardens all over Alsace in a wide variety of styles to suit all tastes. In any case, these are pleasant places where you can take a […]

A short guide to Strasbourg’s Parc de l’Orangerie
By Céline

It’s said that the Parc de l’Orangerie is Strasbourg’s favorite public park… Certainly the largest of Strasbourg’s parks – it covers more than 26 hectares – the oldest and the most elegant. For many, it rhymes with a little digestive Sunday stroll, often with the family. It’s also famous for its free-roaming storks and its […]

Visit of the Ryumon Ji Zen Temple in Weiterswiller
By Laurène

Here is an unusual place that I am happy to have discovered near La Petite Pierre: the Zen temple Ryumon Ji of Weiterswiller, which means “temple of the dragon door of the old mountain”. It is a Buddhist monastery where a community of monks and nuns lead a monastic life according to the rules of […]

Urban Nature Park of Strasbourg – A lot of nature and culture!
By Laurène

What is the Urban Nature Park of Strasbourg (PNU)? The concept is similar to that of the Regional Nature Parks: the idea is to define areas in the city whose natural, historical and cultural wealth will be particularly preserved and enhanced through collaboration between the various local actors. In concrete terms, a visitor should not […]

Visit to the Parc de Wesserling and the Textile Ecomuseum
By Clémence

Nestled at the foot of the Vosges mountains, in the St Amarin valley, the Wesserling park is an original place since it is located on the site of a former royal factory of printed cloths from the 18th century, which later became a major textile industry centre. The entire site has been transformed into an […]