Colmar Christmas Market — Local services in Colmar-Ribeauvillé

We made a day trip to Colmar during our recent stay in Strasbourg and enjoyed the charming Christmas Market scene held around the city centre. The annual Christmas Market is held during Advent (late November until 29 December each year. There are signs from Colmar Central Station clearly pointing the way to the city centre and main market squares, the walk is around 12-15 minutes. The market is up and running from around 10am each morning.

The Christmas Market in Colmar is spread out over a handful of public squares where you find traditional Christmas market stalls selling hot wine, seasonal food, holiday ornamentations, gifts and related items. Everything blends in nicely with the medieval appearance of the city centre, creating great atmosphere to enjoy the holiday season. It was also nice seeing the larger scale Christmas trees and tall Noel Pyramid and other Christmas themed entertainment for families at Place Rapp. All in all, we spent around 5 hours enjoying the market and sightseeing before catching train back to Strasbourg in the...

Located almost on the border between France and Germany, Colmar is one of those dream cities, a medieval village with narrow streets and colorful half-timbered houses that could illustrate a fairytale book. A legitimate representative of the Alsace region, Colmar brings together the best of both neighboring countries and has so many attractions that deserve to be included in a French itinerary whatever the time of your trip. During the months of November and December Colmar transforms into an even more fascinating destination due to the magic of Christmas. It is at this time that the Colmar Christmas Markets take over the city and the festive atmosphere of Christmas lights, colors, flavors and aromas make the entire experience even more...

Truly beautiful and enchanting Christmas market. Its great to take pictures but also for gourmet people. It is also very big and you might get easily lost. I loved the crazy amount of local food and drink specialities you could buy. The little museums are also worth a visit.

The only negative aspects are the crowds. The market is very popular and there are way too many people cramped in those small alleyways. Also I had to park 2km away from the market in a residential area, since every car...