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Self-Guided City Tour of Colmar: Interactive Family-Friendly Exploration
4.7
39 Ratings
Colmar
Embark on a self-guided city tour of Colmar with your family and friends. Explore the city’s buildings, heroes, legends, and secrets through an interactive app. Play quizzes and observation challenges to unlock surprises. Flexible and compatible with Christmas markets.
Embark on a self-guided city tour of Colmar with your family and friends. Explore the city’s buildings, heroes, legends, and secrets through an interactive app. Play quizzes and observation challenges to unlock surprises. Flexible and compatible with Christmas markets.
Duration:
2 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Office de Tourisme de Colmar et sa région - Collect your Hopla Guide bag during opening hours and embark on your tour!
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Rue des Têtes - In front of the Hansi museum, explore the history of France’s most renowned Alsatian painter and view one of his masterpieces. (Feel free to pause the app, visit the museum, and then resume your journey!)
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- Office de Tourisme de Colmar et sa région - Collect your Hopla Guide bag during opening hours and embark on your tour!
- Rue des Têtes - In front of the Hansi museum, explore the history of France’s most renowned Alsatian painter and view one of his masterpieces. (Feel free to pause the app, visit the museum, and then resume your journey!)
- Place des Dominicains - As you pass by Place des Dominicains, learn about the history of the Dominican church. (You can visit and admire Martin Schongauer’s altarpiece of the Virgin with Rose Bushes for a 2€ entrance fee, then continue your journey). Enjoy a surprise related to Alsatian cuisine!
- Place de l’École - Discover Colmar’s smallest half-timbered house here!
- Rue Berthe Molly - Voltaire once resided on this street!
- House of Heads - Marvel at the magnificent façade of the House of Heads. Engage in answering questions and completing observation challenges.
- Zum Kragen - Uncover the house Zum Kragen and its bearded resident, someone is watching you!
- Maison Pfister - Interact with the stunning Pfister House, one of the city’s most beautiful. An interactive image will help you understand its architecture, and a special surprise awaits in your backpack!
- Rue des Marchands - Pass by the museum of Auguste Bartholdi, the brilliant sculptor behind the Statue of Liberty, and learn about his legacy. (Pause the app to visit the museum if you wish, then continue your journey.)
- Rue de l’Église - An unexpected character awaits your arrival…
- Eglise St-Martin - Admire the collegiate church and its renowned Saint-Nicolas portal. An interactive observation game is ready for you!
- Place de l’Ancienne Douane - Stop at Place de l’Ancienne Douane. After navigating a secret passage, arrive at the Place de l’Ancienne Douane to discover the Koïfhus, the character of Lazarus of Schwendi, and his passion for wine.
- Grand Rue De Colmar - Stroll through the charming Grand Rue and admire its half-timbered houses.
- Rue des Augustins - Legend speaks of a ghost haunting this street…
- Manneken Pis - The Brussels cherub has a little brother here!
- Square de la Montagne Verte - Relax on a bench in this lovely square and uncover the secret of the Saint-Mathieu church. Receive an iconic surprise…
- Little Venice - Discover the history of the city’s most iconic and photogenic district. It’s also time for a local surprise!
- Rue Turenne - Can you spot the face of a city hero?
- Marché Couvert - Stroll along the banks of the Lauch river, explore the picturesque quays of the Poissonnerie, and visit the Covered Market of Colmar.
- Parc du Champs de Mars - Several stops have been intentionally left out of this tour! Enjoy the surprises! The tour concludes in the beautiful Champ de Mars park, where you will meet the characters of Armand Bruat and Jean Rapp.
- Place des 6 Montagnes Noires - Discover the color code of Alsatian half-timbered houses and view a Bartholdi artwork.
What's Included
- Backpack with 6 local surprises from Alsace: decorative and gastronomic souvenirs
- Works without internet access after initial login
- Full access to Hopla Guide mobile app
- Audioguide
- High quality historical tour in French, English, German, and Spanish
- Backpack with 6 local surprises from Alsace: decorative and gastronomic souvenirs
- Works without internet access after initial login
- Full access to Hopla Guide mobile app
- Audioguide
- High quality historical tour in French, English, German, and Spanish
Additional Information
Explore the city with your family or friends - let our app be your guide! Discover its buildings, history, legends and secrets.
Play together! Take quizzes and observation challenges. Who’ll get the best score?
Your answers will unlock 6 surprises from the backpack, including local items and products selected in collaboration with Alsatian businesses…
Explore the city with your family or friends - let our app be your guide! Discover its buildings, history, legends and secrets.
Play together! Take quizzes and observation challenges. Who’ll get the best score?
Your answers will unlock 6 surprises from the backpack, including local items and products selected in collaboration with Alsatian businesses and artisans!
PRIZES PER GROUP! Share 1 pack containing 6 surprises. All group members can download the application.
Totally FLEXIBLE: take a break when you feel like it, then continue exploring!
Visit whenever you like! The pack can be picked up at the tourist office, open every day:
Monday-Saturday 9am-6pm
Sundays / holidays 10h-13h
-Full historical tour
-Audioguide
-Map with GPS location
-Offline mode
You’ll receive the app password by email and Whatsapp.
A cultural, innovative and fun experience!
Location
Tourist Office of Colmar
Place des Unterlinden
Take the tour whenever you want! The pack can be picked up at the Colmar tourist office, open every day.
Tourist office opening hours:
Monday to Saturday
09:00 - 18:00
Sunday and public holidays
10:00 - 13:00
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.7
(39 Ratings)
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Susan_r
Sep 18, 2024
Fun, Informative and Full of Surprises - We loved the surprises, interesting information and easy to follow instructions. The gifts were a great idea and so much fun! The little man adorning the archway hiding a secret, the support pillar for measuring whether the city officials are getting too fat - spiced up the commentary and kept us entertained.
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Clintonr_h
Jul 3, 2024
Definitely worth it. - I loved being able to go at our own pace and pop into stores or museums if we feel like it. With live guided tours you can’t do that. We also loved the prizes and the interesting facts and details. The voice was very clear, easy to understand and I liked being able to read it as well. The owner communicated with me via WhatsApp and gave me great suggestions for parking. We loved it so much we used the same app for Strasbourg the next day.
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Camper42288560191
May 12, 2024
Great interactive tour - Interesting tour. All the family found it interesting and fun. It helped us to explore the town and learn new facts about Colmar. The bag was filled with the local produce and souvenirs.
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Rossella_f
Jan 8, 2024
Explorer Comar in autonomy - autonomy to wander around the city for learn history and legends. It's a greats experiance with the beautiful presents and a good idea for children.
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Philba1812bn
Dec 18, 2023
Excellent app - You can tell that this app has been created by people who know Colmar and Strasbourg, and who have put a lot of effort into its design.
We had great fun wandering around the city, solving the puzzles and discovering the buildings are areas. The tour includes the main Christmas markets, so we were able to both enjoy the tour and take breaks at the markets. Highly recommended.
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Michaela
Sep 6, 2023
Relaxed city tour with gifts - A varied way to explore the city at your own pace. There is also a little quiz and a small gift every now and then. I would definitely recommend it
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Ileanabratu19
Jul 24, 2023
Nice tour on my own rhythm - Really nice tour made on my own rhythm. I did not successfully complete it because I also wanted to get lost on the beautiful streets. Congratulations for the idea. I read in one comment that the tour is overpriced. I really appreciate someone prepared the small gifts, carefully packed them, and also the mobile app which was created on purpose for this tour. The idea and the effort should be rewarded for sure.
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Stephanie_n
Jul 20, 2023
Highly Recommend! - My husband and I took this tour and our guide, Loubna, was fantastic! She made sure to tell us the history of the locations we visited, introduced us to amazing cuisine, and gave us a spectacular tour. I absolutely would recommend both her and this tour to anyone.
She was prompt, professional, and even told us some of her other favorite restaurants and shops in the area after the tour ended. Thanks for such a great experience!
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Grandfromage22
Jun 20, 2023
Best way to tour Colmar - A great way to tour the city at your own pace. We stopped for ice cream, water, lunch etc. along the way, so it was hard to say how long the tour really was. You probably could blast through it in 3 hours. But it allows you to go into museums and cathedrals along your route. A very detailed tour and some fun with quizzes and prizes along to way. Would recommend 100%.
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Mobile45506831412
May 31, 2024
Cool idea for families - It was a great motivation for the children (11 and 14 years old) to take part in a city tour like this. The app is great and it was great fun. We took our time and split the tour into two days. The gifts in the backpack are debatable - I'm not really into souvenirs, so I would have preferred fewer and a cheaper price.
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