Le Sarment d’Or

Alsace


Yes, you’ll have to schlep your bags up a spiral staircase, but frankly it’s a small price to pay for staying at this 17th-century, rose-tinted abode. Rooms are simple with a dash of rusticity, and the restaurant (menus €28 to €38) serves regional food cooked with precision and finesse.


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Nearby Alsace attractions

1. Dolder

0.02 MILES

This late-13th-century stone and half-timbered gate, topped by a 25m bell tower, is worth a look for its panoramic views and small local-history museum.

2. Tour des Voleurs

0.06 MILES

Rue des Juifs (site of the former Jewish quarter) leads down the hill to this medieval stone tower. Inside is a gruesome torture chamber with English…

3. Maison de Hansi

0.13 MILES

Peer into the imagination of celebrated Colmar-born illustrator Jean-Jacques Waltz (1873–1951), aka Hansi, whose idealised images of Alsace are known…

4. NaturOparC

1.49 MILES

Set amid the vines, this delightful centre is home base for 200 free-flying storks; visit in spring and you're guaranteed to see hatchlings. Cormorants,…

5. Jardins des Papillons

1.52 MILES

Stroll among exotic free-flying butterflies at these pretty gardens, situated around 500m east of Hunawihr. A walk among the wildflowers here reveals not…

6. Hôtel de Ville

2.21 MILES

Standing proud above the centre of Ribeauvillé, across from 64 Grand’Rue, this town hall is fronted by a Renaissance fountain.

7. Vieille Ville

2.24 MILES

Along the main street that threads through the old town, keep an eye out for the 17th-century Pfifferhüs, which once housed the town’s fife-playing…

8. Pfifferhüs

2.24 MILES

Along the main street that threads through the old town is the 17th-century Pfifferhüs, which once housed the town’s fife-playing minstrels.