Things to Do in Strasbourg

Get Ready for a Journey Through the Heart of Europe! 🌍

Welcome to Strasbourg, a city where French and German cultures beautifully intertwine. Discover its rich history, fairytale architecture, and its powerful role as a symbol of European unity. Join us for the Original Free Tour of Strasbourg and get ready to be amazed by this incredible Alsatian gem. ✨

Tour Highlights ✨

• Strasbourg Cathedral & Notre-Dame Square: Our tour begins in the city's bustling heart, in front of the breathtaking Notre-Dame Cathedral. This Gothic masterpiece will leave you speechless. 😮 We'll explore its famous astronomical clock ⏰ and uncover its history as a symbol of power in Europe.
• Maison Kammerzell: Just a few steps away, we'll admire the intricate wooden facade of the Maison Kammerzell, a stunning example of Alsatian Renaissance architecture.
• Place du Marché aux Poissons: Learn how Strasbourg's strategic location on the Rhine River turned it into a major trading hub. 🐟
• Rohan Palace: Discover the elegance of the Rohan Palace, once home to powerful prince-bishops and a witness to Strasbourg's grandeur.
• Place Kléber: We'll dive into the modern, vibrant heart of the city and discuss its importance as a symbol of contemporary European unity.
• Petite France: Step into the enchanting Petite France district, where romantic canals and half-timbered houses tell stories of a time gone by. 🏡 This UNESCO World Heritage site is a living postcard that truly embodies Strasbourg's unique cultural fusion.
• Covered Bridges & Barrage Vauban: We'll end the tour at the Covered Bridges, where you'll see Strasbourg's military history come to life. From the Barrage Vauban, you'll get a spectacular panoramic view of the city—a perfect finale to our journey. 📸

Important Information ⚠️

Meeting Point 📍

Please note: Due to the large crowds in Strasbourg's Cathedral Square during the holidays, our meeting point changes depending on the date of your tour.

• January 1 to November 23, 2025: We'll meet in front of Strasbourg's Notre-Dame Cathedral. ⛪
• November 24 to December 31, 2025: Your guide will be waiting for you under the giant Strasbourg Christmas Tree 🎄 in Place Kléber.

Look for your guide! They will be holding a distinctive red umbrella. Please arrive 10 minutes early so we can start on time. ⏰ We'll also send you a WhatsApp message before the tour with all the details, so be sure to provide the correct phone number when you book. 📱

Payment to Your Guide 🤝

• Pay-What-You-Want Tour: This is a free tour, so you decide the value of the experience! The recommended average is €15 per person, but you are free to contribute whatever you feel is right. We accept cash in euros and dollars, as well as card payments. 💳
• Headphones: To make sure you don't miss a single detail, we offer headphones for just €1 per person. 🎧 These are provided for ages 15 and up. The €1 is non-refundable and must be paid at the beginning of the tour.

Please note that this tour is designed for solo travelers, couples, small groups and families. Big group reservations(more than 6 people, including kids) are not accepted even in seperate bookings.

Why Choose Our Tour? 🤔

• Expert Guides: Our passionate storytellers bring Strasbourg’s history to life. 🗣️
• Exclusive Itinerary: Carefully curated to show you the most iconic and fascinating parts of the city.
• Unforgettable Moments: We share fun facts, anecdotes, and unique details you won’t find in a guidebook. 😄
• You Set the Price: At the end of the tour, you decide the value based on how much you enjoyed it. 😊

We won’t give away all the surprises—come and experience it for yourself! Book now and let Strasbourg amaze you. ✨

À bientôt! 👋

Free Tour Europe

This tour is going to take you to the most famous squares of Strasbourg. Starting by the discovery of our amazing cathedral and its 1000 years of history, we will lead you through the center of our old city, discovering the differents times which shaped it. You will see the main places and monuments and hear the stories around them, not forgetting the Strasbourg of nowadays, with its gastronomic culture, modern life, and nice addresses. The foundation of our homes and the old legends shared in the families will have no secrets for you anymore. You will cross the Ill, our river drawing the contours of the old town called the Grand Island. And there, you will reach the german district, a unique wilhelminian district from the german times. You will hear about the duality of the alsatian identity and history, a bridge built over war and peace, culture and language. And all of this, within a relaxed and friendly atmosphere, as we put all our efforts to personally create the tour. This is our way to share our story with you. With the Original Tour, the guide will lead around the squares of the Cathedral, Gutenberg, Kléber, Republique, and also in some less known places like Saint-Etienne square for example. We can’t tell you more, as each guide makes his tour his own way, so we don’t always go to the same places. * IMPORTANT INFORMATION: THE TOUR IS EVERYDAY FROM MARCH TO JANUARY 14.30 FROM JANUARY TO MARCH, WE WILL OFFER THE TOUR JUST SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS 14.30

Free Walking Tour Strasbourg

Discover Strasbourg through the eyes of those who live it every day!

Its most famous wonders, hidden corners, and secret stories that only a local can tell you await you.

Have you ever been on a tour where you felt like a passive spectator, overwhelmed by dates and names you'd soon forget?

This is a whole different story.

This tour is unique, interactive, and engaging: over two hours of curiosities, fascinating legends, surprising anecdotes, and authentic information you won't find on Google.

We'll start from Place Gutenberg, in the heart of the historic center, and embark on a true journey through time: we'll traverse centuries of history, conflicts, and cultural exchanges that have made Strasbourg one of Europe's most fascinating cities.

We'll discuss its dual Franco-German soul, its artistic and architectural heritage, its role as a European capital, but also its gastronomic traditions and daily life, often overlooked by conventional tours.

It all ends in the magical Petite France, the postcard-perfect neighborhood that enchants every visitor.

🎁 At the end of the tour, you'll also receive an exclusive selection of the city's best restaurants, brasseries, pastry shops, and winstubs.

Book your place now and experience Strasbourg with those who really know it.

It will be an experience you will never forget!

You may have seen a few pictures of Strasbourg, a postcard, a nice photography. Most of them show one district in particular : the Petite France, for good reason. With such a romantic name it should be charming and sweet. And it actually is! Old medieval district, the Petite France is a pedestrian area where you will stroll through cobblestone streets with houses between one and five centuries old, some of the finest examples of half-timbered houses, traditional Alsatian architecture. From the still visible details, we will picture you the life of locals, leading you over the many bridges composing this cosy and unique part of our town. You will then walk over some of the last remains of the old fortifications surrounding the city, to finish with a marvellous point of view, where the whole district will be unravelled. With the Petite France Tour, the guide will lead you around the main monuments of the district, like Ponts Couverts, Barrage Vauban, or the pretty Pont du Faisan, but also through the places which give the district all its charming atmosphere like Place Benjamin Zix, Grand Rue, or Quai de la Bruche.

TRAVELLERS! Get ready for a unique experience! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

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 Do you remember any particular tour that marked you? Any unique experience from your travels that you like to recount? Well, rest assured that you are going to live one of these, we have designed  

🥇 The best tour of Strasbourg , and selected the best guides to make the memory of this unique city! 

 A tour like no other, we created the first tours with music, tastings, good stories, attention and good humor in Strasbourg, a creative tour narrated by a professional!

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 You will discover architectural, visual, sound and olfactory landscapes from the hand of a professional like in no other city! We will tell you in a timeline designed to keep track of the route from the origin of the city's name, to how it lived through the Second World War. If we are lucky even some tastings!

What will we see on this Tour?

10am

Historic center of Strasbourg and Petite France!

 1. Strasbourg Cathedral
 2.Rohan Palace
 3. Corbeau Bridge
 4. Rue des Tonneliers
 5. Gutenberg Square
 6. Church of Santo Tomas
 7. Covered bridges
 8. Petite France

3:00 p.m.

German Imperial Quarter and European Institutions!

 1. Neustdat German Quarter
 2. I and II World Wars
 3. Jewish community in Strasbourg
 3. Hitler and Nazism in Strasbourg
 4. European Parliament
 5. Court of Human Rights
 6. Council of Europe
 7. Parc de l'Orangerie

6pm

Strasbourg Night!

 1. Mysteries and Legends
 2. Murders
 3. Myths, secrets...
 4. Horror Stories
 5. The hidden of Strasbourg... With a starry night and under the night sky...

 These tours transcend the data
 and the recommendations, we will talk about Cheeses, Wines, Beers, Chocolates, Gastronomy, Sweets, its best recommendations we will probably taste some of them, the design of it more than a tour is a complete experience, each sound, word, place and space are Designed to satisfy you, just let yourself go and enjoy it.
At the end we give you a link with all the recommendations and references of the tour so that you can continue enjoying the city like you never imagined.

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See you soon, À bientôt!

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Hello! My name is Leonardo and I am a certified tour guide based in Strasbourg.

I am passionate about sharing the hidden stories of my city, especially those related to the Second World War and mysterious, forgotten places.

In this unique 2-hour tour, I will guide you through a journey of secret tunnels, haunted legends, and real stories of survival and resistance.

Let me take you through some of the most fascinating and unusual spots in Strasbourg:

1. Former Synagogue Site (Place des Halles)
This was once the site of Strasbourg’s Grand Synagogue, destroyed by the Nazis in 1940. Today, only traces remain, but the memory of this sacred place is still very much alive.
2.  Synagogue de la paix (place de la République)
The Synagogue de la Paix, located on Place de la Paix in Strasbourg, was inaugurated in 1958. It replaced the former Great Synagogue, which was destroyed by the Nazis in 1940. Today, it is the main synagogue of the city and one of the largest in France. 

Built in a modern architectural style, it can host several hundred worshippers and serves as an important religious, cultural, and community center for Judaism in Strasbourg and the surrounding region 

3. Châteaux Rohan
They say Napoleon once wandered alone through the halls of Château des Rohan, long after midnight. Standing before a cracked mirror in the ballroom.
4. Parc de l’Orangerie
Not only home to a charming zoo and gardens, but also stories of underground tunnels, a vanished observation tower, and the ghostly white peacock said to appear at dusk.
 
5.Pont du Corbeau
Centuries ago, criminals were executed by drowning beneath Pont du Corbeau. One of them, a young soldier wrongly accused of treason.

6.Brasserie Au Brasseur
This charming historic brewery may have been a secret meeting point during the occupation. Some say resistance messages were hidden under beer barrels... 

Come join me and discover a side of Strasbourg most tourists never get to see.

7-Barrage Vauban

 There is also a local legend about a wandering ghost here. People say that at night, near the Ponts Couverts and the Vauban Dam, you can sometimes see the shadow of a soldier from the past. According to the story, he drowned when the dam was used to flood the area. His spirit is said to still walk around the bridges, looking for his way back to the city. 

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Place du Marché Gayet

This square was created in 1769 by François-Marie de Gayot. Its ground is covered with small stones from the Rhine River, giving it a unique and historic look. 

During the Second World War, the houses around the square were used by Nazi soldiers as a place to rest when Strasbourg was occupied. Today, instead of soldiers, the square is filled with cafés, students, and visitors enjoying the peaceful atmosphere 

This is not just a walk — it’s a journey through shadows, secrets, and survival.

I will be waiting for you in front of the entrance of Maison Kammerzell, right next to the cathedral, wearing a red outfit and glasses 

⚠️ Please note: This tour includes an optional additional cost of 5€ -12 euros for a drink at Brasserie Au Brasseur and Castel (not mandatory)

Can you imagine what Germany would look like if it had never been bombed? Did you know about Hitler's plans with Alsace during World War II ? And how did it all end? We are going to find out! We will take a trip back in time to this era. You cannot leave Strasbourg without knowing its fascinating history of wars, making it the protagonist of the European scene and a symbol of reconciliation.

This freetour, unique in the city, will help us understand much better the changes in power between France and Germany in the last 3 centuries. We will walk from the majestic German Imperial Quarter: Neustdat—next UNESCO historical heritage—, whose Prussian architecture remained intact, until finishing with European Institutions and the beautiful Parc de l'Orangerie, with its relaxing lake and its storks!

We will meet in front of the Strasbourg Cathedral with Red Umbrella , where we will begin this free tour of the capital of Alsace . Did you know that, after the Second World War , the city became a symbol of Franco-German reconciliation ? We will tell you a lot of curiosities, some stronger than others.

We will start the tour walking along Rue du Dome , one of the most important streets in Strasbourg, full of surprises. The next stop will take place on Rue des Juifs , where we will notice a plaque that commemorates the presence of the Jewish community in this place throughout history.

We will pass by historical places such as Place Broglie and the town hall (Hotel de Ville) and arrive at the German Imperial Quarter of Neustadt , which was built by the German authorities during the annexation of Alsace-Lorraine . There we will see how the architecture of the Second Reich is preserved intact in the city, the Germany that was not destroyed.

We will take the tram at Place de la République (1€80 per ticket) After visiting the Rhine Palace, the former Imperial Palace, where we will talk to you about the architecture of the 'Neos' and their strategic design for the city. Passing through the Avenue of Peace, you will see the Jewish Synagogue and we will show you what it was originally like before its destruction.

Afterwards, we will arrive at the European Quarter , a symbol of peace after so many conflicts. There we will see the exterior of the Palace of Human Rights , which was inaugurated in 1995 and inside which houses the European Court of Human Rights .

Next we will approach the exterior of the European Parliament , the largest transnational parliament in the world, which has been the scene of important historic votes and the Council of Europe .

After two hours visiting this part of Strasbourg, we will say goodbye at the Parc de l'Orangerie after taking an unmissable tour.

Strasbourg is a beautiful city located in the northeast of France, in the Alsace region. If you want to know the most impressive monuments of the city, explore its main streets and discover curiosities about it, this free tour of Strasbourg is the perfect option.

The tour begins at Kléber Square , where our Spanish-speaking tour guide will take us to see the largest square in the city. From there, we will walk to the Petite France neighborhood , a place full of canals, bridges and mills, where we will immerse ourselves in the history of the city.

Next, we'll head to the Vauban Lock, a 16th-century masterpiece of military engineering that sits on the Canal de la Petite France.

Next, we'll go to Gutenberg Square to see the impressive Gutenberg Monument , honoring the inventor of the modern printing press.
Then, we will head towards the famous Notre-Dame de Strasbourg Cathedral , a Gothic jewel with a 142-meter tower that offers impressive views of the city.

Finally, we will visit the Rohan Palace , a beautiful 18th century mansion that houses three museums: the Museum of Fine Arts, the Museum of Archeology and the Museum of Decorative Arts.

Points we will visit:

• kleber square
• man de fer
• petite france
• Gutenberg Square
• Strasbourg Cathedral
• rohan palace

On this tour we will not enter the monuments, but you will have the opportunity to enjoy the architectural beauty of the city, learn about its history and culture, and spend an unforgettable day in Strasbourg.

Discover Strasbourg through its shapes, its secrets... and its facades .

Strasbourg is not just a city: it's a crossroads, a bridge between medieval and modern, between France and Germany, between tradition and reinvention. In 1988, its historic center was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. In 2016, it was expanded to include the German Quarter, a rare gesture that demonstrates that here, contrast doesn't divide: it enriches.

This architectural tour invites you to walk through time . I'll guide you through streets, bridges, and squares, just like something out of a movie... but with real stories.

🧭 What will you discover?

We started at the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art , and from there we explored:

• Barrage Vauban – Military architecture with unique views
• Petite France – Timber-framed houses, canals, and Alsatian charm
• Covered bridges and locks – Working river heritage
• Maison des Tanneurs – The oldest in the neighborhood!
• Anciennes Glacières – Industrial heritage transformed
• Saint-Thomas Church – Sober Gothic
• Gutenberg Square – Printing, history and urban life
• Maison Kammerzell – Sculpted Renaissance Jewellery
• Strasbourg Cathedral – Giant of European Gothic
• Château Square and Palais Rohan – Nobility in Stone
• Canals and Church of Saint-Paul – Neo-Gothic between waters
• Imperial Palace and National Theatre , National Library and Republic Square – The German Imprint
• Finale at the Rhine National Opera – Where music and architecture meet!

Are you ready to see Strasbourg through different eyes?