Christmas weekend in Strasbourg

Get festive at Strasbourg’s Christmas markets!

You can’t beat a few days among Alsace’s Christmas markets to fill you with festive cheer and good will to all men. Book a weekend in Strasbourg, the capital city of Christmas, and you’ll be merry even before the delicious local mulled wine kicks in, especially with the array of great hotels in Strasbourg to choose from close to the Christmas market.

See beautiful Strasbourg from the top of its Gothic towers

After your flight to Strasbourg you’ll have a chance to look around – and up and down – one of the world’s most breathtaking cathedrals. In the centre of town, the building was begun in the twelfth century and completed in 1439.

Its ornate architecture now towers over the city and, during winter, provides the perfect backdrop to the famous Christmas fairs. At sixty-six metres in height, it also allows visitors to climb it and sneak a peek from above of Strasbourg’s famously quaint pointed roofs and gorgeous cityscape.

Where to stay in Strasbourg

If you’re eager to stay in touch with friends and family during the Christmas period, you’d be right at home at the Hilton Hotel in Strasbourg, where each room comes with free WiFi. If you’re sharing the responsibility of Christmas shopping, this is the perfect way to make sure that everyone at home agrees with your purchases – and is suitably green about your wonderful holiday.

If you’re there with all the family, though, you could do a lot worse than stay at the Hotel Arc en Ciel, which has some rooms that accommodate three or four people. Refurbished in 2007 and close to all of Strasbourg’s main sights, this hotel could really make your stay in Strasbourg.