Strasbourg
Description of Strasbourg
Strasbourg is located in the historic region of Alsace, of which it is considered the capital, and was the capital of the administrative region of the same name from 1982 to 2015. Strasbourg is mainly known as the capital of Europe, the city is home to many European institutions (European Parliament, Council of Europe, Human Rights Palace). But it is also a very interesting tourist destination, be it at the historical level with its old city inscribed on UNESCO World Heritage since 1988 or for the diversity of the neighborhoods that make it up; from the nineteenth-century university district to the European quarter. The city itself is one of the 9 largest cities in France, and the agglomeration has nearly half a million inhabitants. It is located in the heart of the so-called European megalopolis which makes it easy for all tourists wishing to visit the city.
Travel Destinations in Strasbourg
Old Town (Strasbourg)
Cathedrale Notre- Dame (Strasbourg)
Musee de l'Oeuvre Notre- Dame (Strasbourg)
3 pl du Chateau
Tel. 03 88 52 50 00
Open: Tue- Sun
Closed: January 1, Good Friday, May 1, November 1, December 25
European Parliament (Strasbourg)
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Rhine Palace (Palais du Rhin) (Strasbourg) Musee d’Art Moderne et Contemporain (Strasbourg) 1 pl Hans- Jean Arp Tel. 03 88 23 31 31 Open: Tue- Sun Closed: Jan 1, Good Fri, May 1, Nov 1 & 11, Dec 25
Church of Saint Peter (Église Saint-Pierre) (Strasbourg) |
Get in
The possibilities of one mode of transport to another are
numerous to reach Strasbourg and its surroundings.
By plane
International Airport Strasbourg-Entzheim , +33 3 88 64 67 67 - It
is about twenty kilometers southwest of Strasbourg.
By the European role of Strasbourg, the airport is connected not
only to the main French cities but also to many European cities and
the rest of the world ( Casablanca and Tunis for example ...).
A shuttle bus provided by the TER Alsace network serves the
Strasbourg train station and provides direct access to the city
center via the tram and bus network, all in just ten minutes. The
price of a ticket combining the simple route on both networks is 4
€. For the motorists, the airport is well connected to the local
road network, in particular by the motorways A 35 and A 352 entirely
free of use.
By train
Gare de Strasbourg Railway Station , +33 892 35 35 35
Since the arrival of the TGV Est in June 2007, it takes a travel
time of 2 h 20 from Paris . For the moment, only the first stretch
between Vaires-sur-Marne (Seine-et-Marne) and Baudrecourt (Moselle)
exists, but will eventually link Strasbourg in just 1 hour and 50
minutes . This event confirms the vocation of the city's European
capital hub, by connecting it to the Rhine-Rhone high-speed train
network as well as to the German ICE (equivalent of the French TGV
...).
To get to Strasbourg from other provincial towns, it takes 6 h 30 at
7 pm from Bordeaux (three direct TGV per day), 3 hr 20 to 4 pm from
Lille and 3 h 40 from Lyon ( 3 h 15 in December 2012 ...).
On this occasion, many development works were undertaken at the
Strasbourg station to cope with the influx of new travelers. Thus,
an extension of the infrastructure with the huge glass roof or "Hall
of Transport" which covers part of the station square, and an
improvement of the transport platform giving correspondence to tram
lines A and D in their underground station and that towards the
lines of urban buses and intercity bus was deeply operated. Since
the end of 2011, the new C line whose terminus is located on the
surface (north exit of the station) allows to reach directly the
university campus while passing by the city center, station Man of
Iron andPlace Broglie .
Know also that it is possible to borrow directly lines B and F at
the station Faubourg National . it is reached on foot (in a few
minutes) by the Petite Rue de la Course.
Locally in Alsace, the TER network is very efficient and fast while
ensuring good geographical coverage. It takes 50 minutes to connect
Mulhouse from the Alsatian capital. But the agglomeration of
Strasbourg and the region tend to improve it considerably by
creating the tram-train (whose delivery is planned for 2016 ...)
which connects the urban tramway network of Strasbourg to that of
the TER Alsace trains serving Piedmont. of the Vosges. We can take
the tram in the historic center of Strasbourg to embark on a
discovery of the Alsace region without changing the mode of
transport, so without taking the train on the conventional SNCF
network.