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Alsace & Lorraine
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Overview
Alsace is a cultural one-off. With its Germanic dialect and French sense of fashion, love of foie gras and choucroute (sauerkraut), fine wine and beer, this region often leaves you wondering quite where you are. Where are you? Why, in the land of living fairy tales, of course, where vineyards fade into watercolour distance, hilltop castles send spirits soaring higher than the region鈥檚 emblematic storks and half-timbered villages garlanded with geraniums look fresh-minted for a Disney film set.
Attractions
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Strasbourg
Nothing prepares you for your first glimpse of Strasbourg's Cath茅drale Notre-Dame, completed in all its Gothic grandeur in 1439. The lace-fine facade鈥
Metz
The lacy golden spires of this Gothic cathedral crown Metz鈥 skyline. Exquisitely lit by kaleidoscopic curtains of 13th- to 20th-century stained glass, the鈥
Nancy
Lodged in a regal 18th-century edifice, Nancy's standout gallery occupies art lovers for hours. A wrought-iron staircase curls gracefully up to the 2nd鈥
Nancy
Nancy鈥檚 crowning glory is this grand neoclassical square and Unesco World Heritage Site. Designed by Emmanuel H茅r茅 in the 1750s, it was named after the鈥
Metz
Designed by Japanese architect Shigeru Ban, with a curved roof resembling a space-age Chinese hat, the architecturally innovative Centre Pompidou-Metz is鈥
Strasbourg
Hailed as a 鈥榁ersailles in miniature鈥, this opulent 18th-century residence is loaded with treasures. The basement Mus茅e Arch茅ologique takes you from the鈥
Strasbourg
History seeps through the twisting lanes and cafe-rimmed plazas of Grande 脦le, Strasbourg's Unesco World Heritage鈥搇isted island bordered by the River Ill鈥
Colmar
Gathered around a Gothic-style Dominican cloister, this revamped museum hides a prized medieval stone statue collection, late-15th-century prints by鈥
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Off the mainstream tourist radar, the French region of Lorraine spans historic cities and picturesque countryside. Here are the best things to do.
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