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Coming to Strasbourg

Coming to Strasbourg
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Coming to Strasbourg

To fully enjoy the Christmas Markets, plan your trip to Strasbourg, the Christmas Capital, and choose the mode of transportation that best suits you. Whether by train, plane, car, or even bicycle, each option will allow you to reach the city with ease.

To help you find your way around the city centre and locate all the stalls and events, take along the Strasbourg Christmas Capital map, available from the info points at Place de la Gare and Place Kléber and in many other partner locations. To make the most of the Christmas atmosphere, I should plan my visit to the city centre in advance? The crowds are generally smaller on Mondays and Tuesdays, and larger on Wednesdays and weekends.

Getting here by train

Strasbourg TGV station is just a 10-minute walk from the city centre and the Christmas Markets. It is served by many French and European lines.

Strasbourg is just around the corner!

Informations

Getting here by car

The city can be reached via the A35 and then the M35 from Mulhouse and Basel, the A4 motorway from Paris and Metz and the N83 trunk road.

Don't forget to check the specific traffic regulations for Strasbourg and to equip your vehicle with the compulsory Crit'Air sticker by ordering it from the government website.

To get close to the city centre by car, we recommend that you use the park-and-ride facilities (P+R) located outside the city centre, as traffic and parking in the Grande-Île are strictly regulated over the Christmas period. These car parks allow you to park safely in Strasbourg and use public transport with a dedicated P+R pass to get into the city centre.

More information on Park-and-Ride (P+R) car parks

To make it easier for you to get to the Strasbourg Christmas Market, you will be able to park your car from 27 November to 27 December 2024 inclusive at :

  • Parking de la clinique Rhéna and benefit from the Parking-Relais CTS rate (€4.20) from 27 November to 27 December 2024 inclusive only on Saturdays and Sundays.

Then head for the city centre by taking tram D from Port du Rhin station in the direction of Poteries.

  • Park in the Zénith car park and take advantage of the Parking-Relais rate with the CTS shuttle buses (€4.20) coming from the west of Strasbourg and Paris via Saverne (N4) on Saturdays and Sundays only.

The shuttle drop-off point is at Place du Cygne. To get to the markets, head for the Ponts Couverts - Barrage Vauban. You'll arrive in the heart of Petite France, where the Irréductibles Petits Producteurs d'Alsace Christmas Market and the Advent Village will welcome you.

  • Park at the Hoschule Läger temporary park-and-ride site in Kehl (€4.20) coming from Germany via the east of Strasbourg on all the days of the Christmas Market.

Then take tram D to Hoschule Läger station in the city centre, direction Poteries.

Coming from Paris or Metz via the A4 motorway, you can park at Vendenheim TER station, rue de la Rampe, and reach Strasbourg by train in around ten minutes.

Coming from Mulhouse or Basel, you can park at Strasbourg-Entzheim international airport, 10 km from the city centre (A35 motorway, exit 8). You can reach Strasbourg in two ways: via a TER train up to 4 times an hour linking Strasbourg station in 9 minutes or via Flex'Hop, a booking service offered by the CTS.

Information :

Parking at the airport

Flex'Hop

You can also find out about parking at other car parks in the city:

Getting here by plane

You can reach Strasbourg by air from Strasbourg-Entzheim international airport, 10km from the city centre (A35 motorway, exit 8). There are two ways of getting to Strasbourg: by TER train, which runs up to 4 times an hour and takes 9 minutes to Strasbourg station, or by Flex'Hop, a booking service offered by the CTS.

Information :

Aéroport International au +33(0)3 88 64 67 67 ou strasbourg.aeroport.fr

Flex'Hop

Coming by coach

There are several drop-off points for coaches, where you can walk or take the tram to the city centre and the Christmas Markets. Your transport company will tell you how to get there, depending on where you are dropping off.

Parc de l'étoile drop-off point - bus station

The city centre is a fifteen-minute walk from the bus station. The Christmas Market around the Cathedral and the Quai des Délices are just a few metres away on foot as you head towards Place d'Austerlitz, then Place du Corbeau and passing under the Porte des Lumières Strasbourg Capitale de Noël.

If you want to take public transport, go to the Etoile-Bourse tram station right next to the bus station, and take one of the following two trams:

  • Tram A, direction Parc des Sports
  • Tram D, direction Poteries

Drop off at boulevard Pierre Pflimlin

The city centre is just a few tram stops away. Head towards the European Parliament, take tram E towards Campus d'Illkirch and get off at République station. Then you're just a short walk from the historic ‘Chrìstkìndelsmärik’ Christmas Market.

Quai Sturm drop-off point

From here you can walk to Place Broglie - home of the historic ‘Chrìstkìndelsmärik’ Christmas Market.

Drop-off point rue Gustave Adolphe Hirn

This drop-off point is just a few steps from Square Louise Weiss! Cross the Emile Mathis bridge and head towards the Ponts Couverts - Barrage Vauban to reach the heart of Petite France, where the Christmas Market of the Irréductibles Petits Producteurs d'Alsace and the Advent Village will welcome you.

Information for coach operators

The main drop-off point is Parc de l'Étoile. If the site is full, please use the boulevard Pierre Pflimlin drop-off as a priority (no authorisation required). Authorisation is required for drop-off at quai Sturm and rue Gustave Adolphe Hirn. It is also possible to drop off passengers without the need for authorisation on the Quai Marc Bloch (please note, however, that the height is limited to 3.50 metres). Buses can be parked at the Elsau P+R. If the site is full, you will be directed to a back-up car park.

Reservation request form

Map of drop-off are

From the drop-off point on Boulevard Pierre Pflimlin, a shuttle service in a small tourist train to Strasbourg city centre is available, by reservation only, for groups of at least 20 people. The fare is €5 per person for a return journey (single journey not possible). The service is available on the following dates: 29 and 30 November, and 1, 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, 15, 20, 21, 22 and 27 December.

Reservations by email to info@petit-train.com

Coming by camper van

Strasbourg has no specific parking regulations for motor caravans. You can park in the parking spaces provided for light vehicles, provided that you do not impede the flow of traffic and that you pay the parking fee.

Parking is permitted in all car parks (with the exception of those with height restrictions), and there are no spaces reserved for motor caravans. During the day, it is advisable to park in the ‘Elsau’ tram relay car park.

For full details of how to stay, go to the ‘Staying’ page.

New at

This year, 2 new parking spaces are temporarily open from 27 November to 6 January. You can park your camper van or van:

  • At the Coubertin public car park, located in the European quarter, where you can get to the Christmas Market by taking the Tram E to the Parlement Européen stop and then getting off at the République stop. The Christmas Markets are just a few metres away on foot.
  • From the car park at Vendenheim SNCF station - rue de la Rampe, which is only ten minutes by train from the city centre, or take the C9 bus and get off at Les Halles Pont de Paris - the Christmas Markets are just a short walk away.