Strasbourg - Strasburgo

Strasbourg is a city of Alsace.

To know

How to orient yourself

The center of Strasbourg extends entirely on the "Grande Île", an island formed by the Ill river. Since 1988 Grande Île and the center of Strasbourg have been on the list of World Heritage Sites.

Place Kléber is the central square of Strasbourg. It was completely rearranged in 2007. Among the buildings that overlook it, the most prominent is the Aubette, a neoclassical building where the guardhouse was installed.

Rue des Grandes-Arcades begins in Kléber square and ends in place Gutenberg, one of the oldest in the city. In the center stands the monument to Johann Gutenberg that Strasbourg itself developed its system of movable type printing. The Renaissance-style building of Commerce (Hôtel du Commerce) overlooks the square.

Petite France is a district just south of Kléber square, characterized by medieval houses with typical wooden structures that are reflected on the waters of the canals. Rue des Moulins branches off from rue des Dentelles, undoubtedly the most suggestive of the district if not of all of Strasbourg. Its path takes place entirely on the river.

How to get

By plane

• 48.5419447.6344441 Strasbourg-Entzheim Airport (Aéroport de Strasbourg Entzheim, IATA: SXB) (about 10 km from the center in a southwest direction). But it does not accept any flights from Italian cities.  

The airport of Karlsruhe, where flights from Italy are operated by Ryanair, is 58 km from Strasbourg. Bus of the alsace-navette they commute between Karlsruhe and Strasbourg. It is also possible to use trains but they must be booked on the website of German railways. Be careful because the train transshipment from the airport Karlsruhe it can be expensive when compared to the amount spent on air travel.

On the train

The main station is north-west of the center just over 1 km from Place Kléber at the stop for trams "A" and "D" as well as buses for lines "2" and "10".

By bus

The coaches of Eurolines they stop on the southern outskirts and precisely in Rue du Maréchal Lefebvre, 5 km south of the center. To reach the center you will need to take a tram of line "E" at the Lycée Couffignal stop.

A coach from Milan to Strasbourg it takes approximately 7 and a half hours.

How to get around

By public transport

Buses and trams are operated by the Compagnie des Transports Strasbourgeois (CTS) [1]. The bus lines are a dozen, those of trams five and are named with letters of the alphabet (from "A" to "E"). If you plan to use trams and buses several times a day, you should definitely buy a 24h ticket. Combined tickets for families or three people are also offered.

What see

• Cathédrale Notre-Dame, Place de la Cathédrale. 
• Musée de l'Œuvre Notre-Dame, 3 Place du Château, 67000 Strasbourg. 
• Église Saint-Guillaume. 
• Église Saint-Thomas. 
• Alsace Museum (Alsatian museum), 23 Quai Saint-Nicolas, 67000 Strasbourg, France. 
• Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (Modern and contemporary art museum), Place Hans-Jean Arp, 67000 Strasbourg. 
• Parc de l'Orangerie. One of the many parks in Strasbourg and a place to take children, both big and small. It also includes a zoo, with the most common animals such as chickens and turkeys, but also the strangest ones such as lynxes, ostriches or pink flamingos. To be seen! 

Events and parties

What to do

Shopping

How to have fun

Where to eat

Where stay

Average prices

• Le Grillon, 2, rue Thiergarten, 67082 Strasbourg, ☎ 33 03 88327188. 
• Hôtel Gutenberg, 31 Rue des Serruriers, ☎ 33 03 88321715. 
• ^{[link not working]}Hotel de l'Ill **, 8 rue des Bateliers, ☎ 33 03 88362001, @[email protected]. 

High prices

• Hotel de la Cathédrale, Place de la Cathédrale, ☎ 33388221212. 70-80€. Check in: -, check-out: 11. Delightful four-star hotel, opposite the cathedral. Built as if it were the interior of the church, with stairs and statues such as gargoyles or other. Very nice and nice staff, rich breakfast. Clean and very nice rooms. 

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