Colmar Tours

Colmar is basically a town and commune located in the Haut-Rhin departement of Alsace region of France. It is also the chief town of the arrondissement of Colmar. It earned the status of a free imperial city of the Holy Roma Empire in the year 1226.

During present times, Colmar Tours, France has become widely popular among the tourists and it has reached the status of being one of the popular tourist attractions in France.

During your Colmar tours, France you will come across several narrow and winding streets. Here many Burghers' houses belonging to the 16th and 17th centuries are located. At the south of the Unterlinden Museum, lies the Maison des Tetes which is a handsome Renaissance building. This building is decorated with numerous heads and figures which add to its beauty. Present it is occupied by a restaurant. When you travel further to the south during your Colmar Tours, France, you will find other picturesque old half timbered buildings. Some of the examples of these buildings are Rue des Boulangers and Rue des Serruriers which are known as Baker's Street and Locksmiths' Street respectively in English.

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While on your tours to Colmar,France, you can get attractive views of the Colmar's "Little Venice" where beautiful old houses and willow trees are lined up across the rivers. Another major atraction of the place is the tower of St Martin's Church. It is said that during the 15th century local artist Martin Schongauer had painted this church and created a masterpiece.

This masterpiece is seen in The Madonna of the Roses which he had painted. When on your tours in Colmar, France , the sight of the old city center with its German Gothic style will enthrall you. Mattiahs Grunewald's famous Isenheim Altarpiece is another masterpiece which is housed in the city's Musee Unterlinden. This is the most visited fine arts museum in Alsace. There are few other museums too like the Musee Bartholdi where the birthplace of Frederic Bartholdi is housed. Few other attractions there at Colmar is the Toy Museum, founded in 1993 and the Museum for Natural History and Ethnography, founded in 1859.