#eguisheim

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Strange, how the best moments of our lives we scarcely notice except in looking back.

-- Joe Abercrombie

(Eguisheim, France)

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Château du Haut-Eguisheim (Weckmund), Alsace, France

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Alsace - day 4 - Eguisheim at night.

Eguisheim. Perhaps the most beautiful of all and also a UNESCO heritage site. Getting lost in its streets is the best option to enjoy its old town.

And that's all. Tomorrow is transit day. Trains, buses and planes await us before we get home.

Thank you all for the comments and good wishes, it is always a pleasure to share and introduce incredible places and generous, helpful and fun people 🥰

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Eguisheim christmas village

Rempart Sud

Grande Rue. Former wine house, now hotel

Castle in the middle of Eguisheim

Christmas village opens this year on November 26st. It is in the Alsace region, at a 10 minute drive from #Colmar. The fairytale of Christmas. #eguisheim #alsace #france #colmar #strasbourg #Christmas #christmasmarket #Noel #marchedenoel #kerst #kerstmarkt #weihnachten #weihnachtsmarkt #xmas #travel #travelguide #village #architecture

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Éguisheim's super-slim houses

Just a few kilometres to the South-West of Colmar is the village of Éguisheim, with a preserved Medieval centre, featuring gorgeous timber-framed houses. Some of these are the daintiest, slimmest houses you can find!

It begs the questions "why?" and "how did people live in them?" Well, in some places with similar thin houses, taxes have been the reason, as residences were taxed based on how far they extended on the street, with few restrictions on height and depth. Heck, here's an example in Colmar that doesn't have any footprint on the street: the Muckekaschtele, or "fly box house". It has a surface of 25 m², but it wasn't originally used as a home - it was a watchtower to make sure people were paying customs when bringing goods to market.

I'm not sure if that's what's at play in Éguisheim, it just looks like they're making the most of the space available between streets. In any case, they're charming and eanred Éguisheim the title of "France's Favourite Village", a poll organised by public TV channel France 2, in 2013. Éguisheim's more historic claim to fame is having been the birth place of Pope Leo IX (reigned 1049-1054).

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Cobblestone Street, Eguisheim, France

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Eguisheim, France

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Eguisheim, France

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Eguisheim, France

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Alsace Hiking - Day 1

Today was the first day of my solo hiking trip in Alsace. I started in Eguisheim and hiked to Turkheim.

I could see my first destination for the day on top of the hills above Eguisheim; three stone towers, the Three Castles of Eguisheim.

The walk started on gradual slopes through the local vineyards. This is one of the larger wine-producing areas in France. It's a cooler climate and they focus more on white wines. I've always liked Alsatian wines. They grow many of the same varieties as in Germany but finish them much drier. I like the drier Gevertzheimer especially.

As I approached the base of the wooded hills I passed through the village of Husseren. It seems to have become a town with many fine modern homes. Weekend Places perhaps?

Then the route left the roads and paths through the fields and up the hills on rocky and steep paths to the top where the three Castles stood. They struck me as strange; three tall narrow towers standing in close proximity. I couldn't find a good explanation for this, except that it was common at the time.

Later on, the ownership of the castles splintered between family members and then became irrelevant and abandoned.

After the castles, the path became wider and less rocky, so easy walking as I wandered along the upper levels of the hills before coming to the Chateau du Hohlandsbourg. This was a massive rectangular structure of high walls.

Inside it was quite roomy, with a keep on the rocky core and plenty of room for other buildings. This was a more significant castle, but one whose ownership changed through the centuries as families and country's situations changes. It was a Hapsburg castle for several periods. It has a great view in 360 degrees, other than the haze.

I could see my start in Eguisheim and my end point for the day in Turkheim, which speaks to both the view and the limited ground I was covering.

Then it was down, down, down the hill to the valley and Turkheim.

Turkheim feels very different than Eguisheim. It has large modern suburbs and is on a train line. The old center is looser and not as constrained by the old walls. But in the end, it makes it less interesting to a traveler. But probably more practical for a resident.

My hotel is The Duex Clefs, an older building that gives the lobby some character but doesn't do much for the rooms. My room was on the 4th floor, but US counting and there is no elevator. So I was actually glad when my luggage wasn't there yet when I arrived and they carried it up to me.

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I have forgotten your love, yet I seem to glimpse you in every window.

-- Pablo Neruda

(Eguisheim, France)

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Château du Haut-Eguisheim (Dagsburg), Alsace, France

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Eguisheim - at Christmas

A Fairytale Christmas - at Eguisheim

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Paul Schneider Winery, Eguisheim, Alsace, France ★彡𝓛𝓓ミ★