Christmas Markets in France

  • Colmar or Strasbourg Christmas Market: Which Should You Visit?
    Colmar or Strasbourg Christmas market: which should you visit? Now, ideally, you’d visit both if you can! I’ve visited both and stayed in both places to enjoy the markets and cities. They’re both great!  The problem lies with time. If you’re short on time, I don’t recommend going to both in a single day.  The …

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  • Strasbourg Christmas Market: 2026 Dates, Opening Hours, & Complete Guide
    The Strasbourg Christmas market is the holiday wonderland of your dreams. Each year, this city, known as the Capital of Christmas, becomes aglow with twinkling lights and dreamy chalets selling anything from local wines to artisan goods. Visiting the Strasbourg Christmas markets is a 5-senses experience. Between the taste of spiced gingerbread, smells of vin …

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  • Paris at Christmastime Complete Guide: Christmas Markets + Things to Do
    Paris at Christmastime, I can remember it fondly in my mind. Images spring forth of twinkling lights around the city, dazzling window displays at Galeries Lafayette, melty raclette cheese being scraped onto a baguette at the Tuileries Christmas market, and all the excuses to have sips of mulled wine in between rounds of Champagne and …

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  • 8 Best Alsace Christmas Markets (2026 Dates) Plus My 5-Day Alsace Christmas Market Itinerary
    You never forget your first visit to the Alsace Christmas markets. The smells of gingerbread, vin chaud, and Munster cheese fill the air as you become mesmerized by all the twinkling lights. It is an experience that entices all the senses, and even after returning home, you’ll want to hop right back on a plane …

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  • Colmar Christmas Market: 2026 Dates, Opening Hours, & Complete Guide
    Visiting the Colmar Christmas market is like stepping into a dreamy winter wonderland. Soft, twinkling lights shine overhead as the sweet scent of vin chaud and pain d’epices fill the air. The atmosphere feels electric at night when you can see animated light displays as well as the excitement of the people around you. Colmar …

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  • Obernai Christmas Market: 2026 Dates, Opening Hours, & Complete Guide
    If you are planning a trip to see the Christmas markets in the Alsace, then this is one place you don’t want to miss. Out of all the Christmas markets I visited in this region, including Strasbourg, Colmar, Ribeauville, Kaysersberg, Riquewihr, and Obernai, the Obernai Christmas Market was by far my favorite. Between it being …

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  • Ribeauville Christmas Market: 2026 Dates, Opening Hours, & Complete Guide
    If there is a really unique place to visit during the holiday season in the Alsace, it has to be the Ribeauville Christmas Market. That is because it is actually the Ribeauville Medieval Market. This means that the market is Medieval themed with the townspeople really getting involved and dressing up, a live band playing …

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  • Kaysersberg Christmas Market: 2026 Dates, Opening Hours, & Complete Guide
    Perhaps you’ve already explored the enchanting Christmas markets in Strasbourg and Colmar and want to visit a smaller town for its market. Or maybe you love tiny towns and their charming Christmas markets instead. Either way, you’ll want to add the Kaysersberg Christmas Market to your list! Located in the heart of the Alsace Wine …

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  • Riquewihr Christmas Market: 2026 Dates, Opening Times, & Complete Guide
    Located in the heart of the Alsatian Wine Route amongst lovely vineyards is the Riquewihr Christmas Market. This quaint Medieval town may be small, but it certainly is mighty with its Christmas market and wine.  So once you’ve explored the Christmas markets in Strasbourg, Colmar, and even smaller towns like Obernai, Kaysersberg, or Ribeauville, you …

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