What to see in Grand Est

Château du Haut-Koenigsbourg

The Haut-Koenigsbourg site, probably one of the most visited of French medieval castles, may put off the lover of unrestored architecture.

Mittelbergheim

Mittelbergheim stretches over the vine-covered hills of the Rippellsholz. The village, whose name is mentioned as early as 741, was successively the property of several abbeys.

Strasbourg

European and Alsatian capital, whose Petite France district, crossed by canals and lined with half-timbered houses, embodies Franco-German charm.

Troyes

Historic capital of Champagne, famous for its colourful half-timbered houses and its old centre shaped like a champagne cork.

Cascade d'Etufs

Shortly after the little village of Rouvres-sur-Aube, a car park announces the proximity of the most beautiful waterfall in the region. A fragile structure of petrified moss, the waterfall seems mainly vegetal.

Cascade de Nideck

Nideck waterfall (Oberhaslach): south of the Nideck castle, the cliff forms a sheer drop of about 25 m.

Colmar

Located in the centre of Alsace, between the two other major industrial centres of Strasbourg and Mulhouse, Colmar is an essential stop.

Grottes de la Falouse

The Meuse describes a great curve here, bordered on its left bank by 400 m of limestone quarry face pierced by about fifteen underground galleries, near the village of Belleray.

Le Lac de Fischboedlé

This small lake is one of the most beautiful lakes of the Vosges.

Les Faux de Verzy

The Faux de Verzy, or twisted beeches (Fagus sylvatica var. tortuosa), are trees found in the Verzy forest, between Reims and Épernay.

Metz

Prefecture of the Moselle built in golden Jaumont stone, at the confluence of the Moselle and the Seille, dominated by the cathedral of Saint-Étienne.

Nancy

Former capital of the Dukes of Lorraine, between the UNESCO-listed Place Stanislas and the Porte de la Craffe, the monumental fortified entrance of the old town.

Obernai

A medieval town on the Alsace wine route, whose Gothic Chapel tower overlooks a market square surrounded by half-timbered houses in flower.

Reims

City of the coronation of the kings of France beyond its famous cathedral, enlivened by Place Drouet-d'Erlon and its monumental gilded Subé fountain.

l'Arche d'Erbsenfelsen

Overlooking the Hanau pond, a remarkable rock forming a natural bridge 30 metres high. The Erbsenfelsen is one of the most beautiful rocks of the northern Vosges, spreading over a length of 450 metres.

Épernay

World capital of champagne, whose Avenue de Champagne lines up the prestigious headquarters of the great houses above kilometres of cellars carved in chalk.

Abbatiale Notre-Dame de Mouzon

Abbaye des Prémontrés

Aquarium d'Amnéville

The Amnéville aquarium invites you on a world tour, in 31 aquariums!

Bar le Duc

Basilique Notre Dame d'Avioth

Basilique de L'Epine

Bergheim

Alsatian wine village enclosed by ramparts and towers, ranked among the Most Beautiful Villages of France.

Cascade Saint-Nicolas

A waterfall of the Vosges massif, on the boundary of Kruth and Oderen, in the Haut-Rhin.

Cascade de Battion

A series of small successive falls in the Vosges massif, in the commune of Rochesson.

Cascade de Charlemagne à Xonrupt Longemer dans les Vosges

The Charlemagne waterfall is easy to reach: after Xonrupt-Longemer near Gérardmer, take the direction of Lac de Retournemer on the D67. The waterfall is at the bridge on the tarmac road.

Cascade de Longeligoutte

A waterfall of the Vosges massif, at 850 metres' altitude, near the Étang du Frac.

Cascade de l'Andlau

A waterfall of the Vosges massif at Le Hohwald, also called the Hohwald or Kreuzweg waterfall.

Cascade de l'Erzenbach

A waterfall of the Vosges massif, in the commune of Steinbach, in the Haut-Rhin.

Cascade de la Lauch

A waterfall of the Vosges massif, on the boundary of Lautenbachzell and Linthal, upstream of Lac de la Lauch.

Cascade de la Pissoire (Haut du Tôt - Vosges)

The waterfall is visible after 30 minutes' walk on a pleasant path. However you will need good footwear as the second part of the path is rocky.

Cascade de la Serva

The Serva waterfall nestles in the Vosges massif, in the commune of Neuviller-la-Roche in the Bas-Rhin, reached from the hamlet of La Haute Goutte at Natzwiller following the yellow triangle waymarks.

Cascade de la Tuffière

Cascade des Molières

An artificial waterfall of the Vosges massif, at Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, on the Robache.

Cascade du Bockloch

On the right bank of Lac de Kruth-Wildenstein, the Bockloch torrent rushes down the slope from the Col du Bockloch.

Cascade du Bruscher

A waterfall of the Vosges massif, in the commune of Ranspach, in the Haut-Rhin.

Cascade du Gué du Saut

A waterfall of the Vosges massif, in the commune of Xertigny, in the southern Vosges.

Cascade du Géhard

The waters of the Géhard swirl in a narrow gorge bordered by steep rocks. You can discover "giants' kettles", water holes carved in the rocks by the torrent.

Cascade du Heidenbad

At the Heidenbad waterfall, the Thur throws itself from the top of one of these rocks. There, it makes a fall of twenty-four metres into the void.

Cascade du Kletterbach

A waterfall of the Vosges massif, in the commune of Lautenbachzell, at the foot of the Grand Ballon.

Cascades de Tendon

The Tendon waterfalls comprise a small and a large fall, linked by a marked forest path in the heart of the Vosges.

Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Reims

The exceptional handling of the new architectural techniques of the thirteenth century and the harmonious marriage of sculpted decoration with architectural elements have made Reims's Notre-Dame cathedral one of the masterpieces of Gothic art.

Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Strasbourg

Strasbourg's Notre-Dame cathedral is a Roman Catholic cathedral built in Strasbourg, representative of Gothic architecture.

Cathédrale Saint-Etienne

Cathédrale Saint-Étienne de Metz

Centre Pompidou Metz

Centre d'interprétation de la Marne

Set on the former Champagne front, the Marne 14–18 Interpretation Centre is at the crossroads of the Verdun and Chemin des Dames sites.

Champ de Roches

It lies between Gérardmer and Granges-sur-Vologne. An imposing moraine flow 500 m long, the Granges-sur-Vologne rock field, spreading at 740 metres' altitude, is the remnant of an ancient glacier that…