{"id":9160,"date":"2025-11-06T21:24:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T21:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/naturetraveling.com\/?p=9160"},"modified":"2025-11-06T21:24:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T21:24:10","slug":"the-downside-with-alsace-christmas-markets-in-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naturetraveling.com\/?p=9160","title":{"rendered":"The Downside with Alsace Christmas Markets in France"},"content":{"rendered":"
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If you wish to expertise one of the best Christmas markets in France, there needs to be one vacation spot on the high of your itinerary: Alsace. <\/strong>This German-flavored area in northeast France is house to one of the best Christmas markets within the nation.<\/p>\n

And boy, does Alsace go all out at Christmas! You\u2019re going to like it right here. When you can deal with the crowds.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve been masking Christmas markets in Europe as a journey blogger since 2016, and in that near-decade, I\u2019ve seen Europe\u2019s Christmas market tourism develop enormously.<\/strong> And as is at all times the case with tourism, that’s each an excellent and a nasty factor.<\/p>\n

On high of that, river cruises have actually taken off throughout the identical time interval, and some of the fashionable river cruise stops alongside the Rhine is the Alsatian metropolis of Strasbourg. It\u2019s simpler than ever to go to Alsace at Christmas \u2014 and the streets have by no means been extra crowded.<\/p>\n

Whereas I first visited Alsace on a September journey some years in the past, final yr my husband Charlie and I highway tripped from Prague to take pleasure in Christmas in Alsace. We visited 5 totally different Alsatian cities \u2014 Strasbourg, Colmar, Ribeauvill\u00e9, Riquewihr, and Kayserberg-Vignoble.<\/p>\n

And whereas we loved our journey, there may be one BIG factor we have to discuss: overtourism.<\/strong> Alsace\u2019s Christmas markets are flooded with vacationers from throughout France, in addition to all the world.<\/p>\n

And when you don\u2019t plan appropriately, you would possibly hate your journey right here. Learn on for easy methods to plan it nicely!<\/p>\n

This submit was printed in November 2025.<\/em><\/p>\n

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