Eguisheim

Eguisheim is a medieval village classified among The Most Beautiful Villages of France.

Understand
A distinctive feature of Eguisheim is that the town is shaped roughly as a circle with 3 circular streets, one outside the town centre and 2 within. On the circular Rue du Rempart, the houses are built into the old town ramparts. The circular residential streets within the ramparts are very quaint and photogenic. There are many decorative floral displays throughout town.

Eguisheim is the supposed birthplace of Bruno d'Eguisheim-Dagsbourg (1002-1054), a former bishop of Toul, who became Pope Léon IX. You can see his statue in Place du Château in the centre of town.



Get in
Eguisheim is from the Colmar railway station (Gare de Colmar).

By bus
Buses #208 and 440 depart from Colmar every couple of hours, their timetables can be found online.

By car

 * By autoroute A 35, exit "Sainte Croix en Plaine / Herrlisheim", direction Eguisheim
 * By RN 83, exit Eguisheim

Get around
This round, medieval town is about in diameter. It's quite walkable.

Go next
Medieval towns close by are:
 * Riquewihr
 * Hunawihr