Route de découverte de Strasbourg

With over 200,000 inhabitants, Strasbourg is a major city on a national scale, but also a European capital. With a rich historical heritage, this route allows you to discover its most famous monuments, such as the cathedral, the Vauban Dam, the Rohan Palace, the University Palace and the Palais du Rhin. This walk also takes you through the magnificent Petite France district, with its picturesque houses and narrow streets. The route also passes close to numerous places of worship, such as the Church of Saint-Pierre-le-Jeune, the Reformed Church of Saint-Paul and the Church of Sainte-Madeleine. Of course, you can mix things up by combining this walk with a visit to one or more museums.

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
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    Distance: 6.56 mi
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    Average duration: 3h 00 
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    Difficulty: Moderate

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    Back to start: Yes
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    Ascent: + 23 ft
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    Descent: - 23 ft

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    Highest point: 476 ft
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    Lowest point: 446 ft
  • ⚐ Country: France
  • ⚐ City: Strasbourg (67000|67200|67100)
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    Start/End: N 48.582688° / E 7.732913°
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    IGN map(s): Ref. 3816OT
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Description of the walk

Park at the Sainte-Aurélie car park.

(S/E) Exit the car park via Boulevard de Metz. At the exit, take Rue de la Course opposite. Then take the first right onto Petite Rue de la Course, cross the tram tracks and continue along Rue Saint-Michel. At the junction, turn left onto Rue Sainte-Marguerite, then take the passage on the right to cross a square before heading left towards the Barrage Vauban.

(1) Cross the dam and, once on Place du Quartier Blanc, head left towards the Ponts Couverts. Cross the three bridges and pass by the three towers. Once on the other side, head straight ahead and, at the Pont de l’Abattoir and the Tour du Bourreau, turn right onto Rue Adolphe Seyboth. At the first junction, turn right onto Rue du Bain aux Plantes. Then, pass three junctions on the left and continue straight ahead. After the third, turn right to cross the Pont du Faisan, before turning right again to reach Square Louise Wess.

(2) Follow the banks of the Ill via Quai de la Petite France, passing the cultural information panel on the warehouses. Once on the other side, turn left twice to cross Square Louise Wess again and reach the other side of the park.

(2) Continue straight ahead, then turn right. Cross two bridges, and head straight on to Rue des Moulins. At the end, turn left onto Pont Rue du Saint-Martin. At the junction, keep straight ahead to reach the Reformed Church.

(3) Continue along Rue du Bouclier and turn right onto Rue des Hannots. Then turn right onto Rue Salzmann to reach the Protestant Church of Saint-Thomas.

(4) Opposite the church, turn left along the square of the same name. At the junction, continue straight ahead onto Rue des Serruriers. Keep going straight ahead to cross Place Gutenberg. At the square, cross it, passing in front of the Gutenberg Monument, before turning right onto Rue du Vieux Marché aux Poissons. Continue along this street, crossing the Pont du Corbeau and the square of the same name, passing by the information boards on the Cour du Corbeau, the Grande Île and Neustadt.

(5) At the end of the square, take Rue d’Austerlitz opposite. Once at the end, head up the street on the left, before turning right onto Rue du Fossé des Orphelins. Pass the junction with Rue Sainte-Madeleine, before turning left to reach the Catholic church of Sainte-Madeleine.

(6) Go round the church on the left to reach the square of the same name. Cross the square and take the street opposite the church. At the end, head up Quai des Bateliers on the right, then take the Passerelle de l'Abreuvoir on the left. At the junction, turn right onto Rue des Veaux, then take the first left onto Rue de la Croix. Pass Place Mathias Mérian on your left, then turn right onto Place Saint-Etienne to arrive in front of the Episcopal College and the abbey of the same name.

(7) Turn right onto Rue Saint-Etienne and continue to Pont Saint-Guillaume. Once on the other side, facing Saint-Guillaume Church, head left up the street running alongside the river. Cross the tram tracks and head straight ahead to reach a park. Then turn right, running alongside the park. Cross the park, turning left onto the path running alongside the street. At the junction, take the second path on the left, then first turn left then right to find yourself facing the University Palace.

(8) Then turn your back on the Palais and head towards the river, passing in front of the Statue of Goethe. Cross the Quai du Maire Dietrich and take the Pont d’Auvergne. Pass in front of Saint-Paul’s Church and continue across the bridge. Stay on Avenue Victor Scholcher until the end, at Place de la République.

(9) Go round the square on the left and take the second street on the left (Quai Jacques Sturm). Pass one junction and, at the second, turn right towards the Catholic church of Saint-Pierre-le-Jeune and the statue of Charles de Foucauld.

(10) Turn your back on the church and cross the Pont de la Fonderie, located opposite. Continue straight ahead along the street of the same name until you reach the tram tracks. Cross the tracks, then turn left towards the General Leclerc monument. Continue to the right, between the opera house and the former granary. At the end of the passage, you will find yourself on Quai Lezay Marnésia with the monument dedicated to the marquis on your right. Walk down the quay to the right, passing the Hôtel de la Préfecture. At the junction with Rue des Récollets, turn right onto this street to pass in front of the former convent. At the fourth street on the left, turn into it before turning right onto Rue des Frères and reaching Notre-Dame Cathedral.

(11) At the corner of the street, turn left and head towards Place du Château. Walk past number 5 on the square, then past the Maison de l’Œuvre de Notre-Dame to reach the Palais Rohan.

(12) Turn back to return to the cathedral.

(11) With the cathedral on your right, take the small street opposite, then first turn left then right to follow the street to the Temple Neuf.

(13) Go round the temple on the left, leaving Rue des Dominicains on your left, and continue to Place des Étudiants. At the corner of the square, take the street on the left, then the one on the right before crossing the tram tracks. Continuing along Rue de l'Église, cross the square and reach the Protestant church of Saint-Pierre-le-Jeune.

(14) Turn your back on the church, walk along the street to the right of the square, and take Petite Rue de l’Église at the corner. Cross the tram tracks again, then cross Place Kléber. Take the street on the right-hand side of the one that forms the corner of the square, Rue Frédéric Piton. Pass one junction, then turn right onto Rue du Saumon, then immediately left, running alongside the tram line. Shortly after the “Langstross Grand’Rue” stop, turn right onto the latter, then right again onto Rue Sainte-Barbe. Pass the two paths on the right and continue to the end of the street. Once at the end, turn left and, at the end of this street, you will reach the entrance to the Petite France district and the Temple of Scion.

(15) Cross the square to the right. Immediately pass Rue du Fossé des Tanneurs on your right, then a small passageway, and take the next right onto Rue des Meuniers. When you reach Grand’Rue again, turn right, then immediately left onto Rue de l’Argile. At the square, turn right, then immediately left onto Rue du Fossé des Tanneurs. Then walk up Rue du 22 Novembre on the left, before taking Rue Hannong on the right, then right again onto Rue du Jeu des Enfants. When you reach Place de l’Homme de Fer, turn left twice to walk up Rue du Vieux Marché aux Vins. Continue straight ahead to the Catholic church of Saint-Pierre-le-Vieux.

(16) With the church on your left, turn right onto Pont Kuss. Then continue straight ahead to reach the forecourt of Strasbourg station. Once at the forecourt, take the street slightly to the left, then, at the station, turn left onto Boulevard de Metz, and arrive at the Sainte-Aurélie car park (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : mi 0 - alt. 469 ft - Sainte-Aurélie car park - Gare de Strasbourg
  2. 1 : mi 0.42 - alt. 453 ft - Pont-Barrage Vauban sur l'Ill
  3. 2 : mi 0.88 - alt. 459 ft - Square Louise Weiss - Ill (rivière)
  4. 3 : mi 1.32 - alt. 459 ft - Reformed Church - Ill (rivière)
  5. 4 : mi 1.44 - alt. 463 ft - Saint-Thomas Protestant Church
  6. 5 : mi 1.83 - alt. 456 ft - Place du Corbeau
  7. 6 : mi 2.09 - alt. 456 ft - Sainte-Madeleine Catholic Church
  8. 7 : mi 2.46 - alt. 463 ft - Episcopal College and former abbey - Église Saint-Étienne (Strasbourg)
  9. 8 : mi 2.91 - alt. 459 ft - University Palace
  10. 9 : mi 3.24 - alt. 463 ft - Place de la République - Palais du Rhin
  11. 10 : mi 3.59 - alt. 459 ft - Saint-Pierre-le-Jeune Catholic Church
  12. 11 : mi 4.39 - alt. 472 ft - Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Starsbourg
  13. 12 : mi 4.51 - alt. 466 ft - Rohan Palace
  14. 13 : mi 4.75 - alt. 472 ft - Temple Neuf
  15. 14 : mi 4.98 - alt. 463 ft - Saint-Pierre-le-Jeune Church
  16. 15 : mi 5.54 - alt. 459 ft - Temple de Sion and Petite France
  17. 16 : mi 6.13 - alt. 463 ft - Saint-Pierre-le-Vieux Catholic Church
  18. S/E : mi 6.56 - alt. 469 ft - Sainte-Aurélie car park - Gare de Strasbourg

Notes

Plenty of shops in Strasbourg city centre

You can travel to Strasbourg by train

Worth a visit

-(1) Vauban Dam

-Covered Bridges and the 4 towers.

-Petite France

-(2) Louise Weiss Square and cultural information panel on the warehouses.

-(3) Cultural information panel on the Reformed Church.

-Between (3) and (4): Martin Bucer’s House .

-(4)St Thomas’s Protestant Church (information panel on site).

-Gutenberg Square and its monument

-Between (4) and (5): information panel on Place Tripiers.

-(5) Place du Corbeau and information panels on the Cour du Corbeau, the Grande-Île and the Neustadt

-(6) Sainte-Madeleine Catholic Church and cultural information panel on Place de la Madeleine.

-Between (6) and (7): commemorative plaque on the Main Noire

-(7) Saint Stephen’s Abbey (cultural information panel)

-Saint-Guillaume Church (cultural information panel)

-(8) University Palace and statue of Goethe

-Saint-Paul’s Church (cultural plaque).

-(9) Place de la République and Palais du Rhin

-(10) Saint-Pierre-le-Jeune Catholic Church (cultural information panel on site)

-Between (10) and (11): courthouse, former granary and Récollets Convent (cultural information panels on site).

-General Leclerc Monument

-Lezay-Marnésia Monument

-(11) Notre-Dame Cathedral (cultural information panel on site)*

-Château Square: information panel at number 5 and at the Palais Rohan (12) as well as a commemorative plaque on the Maison de l’Oeuvre de Notre-Dame

-(13) Temple Neuf

-Between (13) and (14): cultural plaque on the Jakob Sturm-Gymnasium

-(14) Saint-Pierre-le-Jeune Protestant Church (cultural plaque on site).

-(15) Temple de Sion (cultural plaque on site).

-Between (15) and (16): cultural plaque on the Fossé des Tanneurs

-(16) Saint-Pierre-le-Vieux Catholic Church

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