Golf holidays in Strasbourg
Alsace (and it's sister départment Lorraine), is a fascinating part of France that has spent a lot of its past under German rule: a history that is evident in its architecture, cuisine and the local dialect. A beautiful land of forests and streams with villages and towns composed of Hansel and Gretel houses, streams, canals and narrow cobbled lanes: fairytale stuff.
Strasbourg is quite a large city but easy enough to get in and out of. It's centre, around the river and canals, is a journey back in time to a land of cobbled streets and timber-frame buildings that line every narrow alleyway. Filled with restaurants and cafés, meandering the waterways is a tourist dream.
Strasbourg - Golf Clubs
In amongst all the fairy-tale scenery of Alsace-Lorraine, there are some golfing delights to be found. Golf courses that thrive on the influx or German golfers as the French side of the Rhine is much flatter than the German side!
The 'stand-out' golf course is without a doubt Le Kempferhof. It sits just outside Strasbourg with a small château Clubhouse-hotel that makes it a marvellous get-away-from-it-all golf retreat.
Nearby the fine old Strasbourg Golf Club should not be missed for its traditional charms and lack of water hazards, which is unusual around here!
The third course close to Strasbourg is at Wantzenau: a busy Golf Club with a surprising number of golfers willing to take on its watery challenges.
Further North, Bernhard Langer's course at Soufflenheim is excellent too, with more of a modern feel to it (i.e. enormous lakes!). Perhaps played en-route to Calais for those driving down from the Channel ports? Heading South towards pretty little Colmar, is the hilly test at Ammeschwir. And if you fancy some Teutonic golfing then just over the border is Baden Baden (pardon?) Golf Club: not the toughest test but friendly and welcoming.
Strasbourg - around and about
There is plenty to investigate within Strasbourg itself: the cathedral with its amazing and world famous clock, the Jewish quarter where the river and canals converge amidst a labyrinth of narrow streets, weirs, locks and small lagoons. The fortified dam that towers over this side of Strasbourg offers great views of the city. And if all this strolling leaves you a little peckish then pull in for a coffee and a Kougelhof - Alsace's favourite snack!
Outside the city, in the green rolling hills of Alsace-Lorraine, you will soon be surrounded by vineyards and charming villages that started life as German but are now French and feel somewhere between the two! The wines here are worth discovering, especially the Whites with the unique grape varieties such as Gewurztraminer and the once popular Riesling. You will have no trouble locating a dégustation or two...
Getting to Strasbourg - by car
As long as you enjoy half-a-day driving through France, stopping for lunch at a small roadside hostelry or a coffee in Reims on the way, then getting to your Strasbourg golfbreak by car is a very convenient method of travel. The drive from Calais will take about five-and-a-half hours on fast French autoroutes: so easy enough with a couple of leg-stretchers along the way.
Getting to Strasbourg - by air
If you prefer to fly, then there are flights to Strasbourg with Air France, however many routes will involve a change of aircraft in Paris.
The alternative is to fly to Stuttgart or Basel, both of which are around an hour-and-a-half's drive from Strasbourg.
Should you wish to fly, we will provide details of the best schedules and airfares for you to get you on a golf course in Alsace as cheaply and quickly as possible!
