Christmas Fun Tour, 2 Hours

Christmas Fun Tour, 2 Hours, 2 hours, rated 4.9 across 15 traveller reviews.

Overview

A local guide from One City Tours meets guests at 5 Pt Rue du Vieux Marché aux Vins and spends two hours showing them around the Strasbourg Christmas markets. The city holds France's oldest Christmas market, a tradition the operator counts at four centuries running, and the walk is built around it: the stalls, the holiday food and drink, and the history behind the tradition itself.

The route winds through the city's prettier corners and calls in at the markets, where the guide covers how the tradition took hold and what is worth your time. Reviewers repeatedly credit their guides with local knowledge and practical advice, from where to buy bread, cheese and wine to which souvenir shops to try. The listing allows pushchairs, notes that infant seats are available, and says most travellers can participate.

Groups are capped at 20 travellers. The price covers the guide and all fees and taxes, while coffee, tea and snacks are extra, so bring money for anything you want to taste. The start point sits near public transport, the surfaces are listed as wheelchair accessible, and the tour ends back where it began.

What's Included

Itinerary

1. Meet your guideMeet at 5 Pt Rue du Vieux Marché aux Vins, 67000 Strasbourg, at the segway tours meeting point.
2. Strasbourg tourThe guide leads a 2 hour tour of Strasbourg, admission free, taking in the city's prettiest corners along the way.
3. Christmas market stopsThe route calls in at the Christmas markets, with the history behind France's oldest market, a tradition the operator counts at four centuries, explained as you go.
4. Food, drink and shopsOptional extras: coffee, tea and snacks are not included in the price. Guides point out local holiday foods and drinks, and reviewers said they left with tips on bread, cheese, wine and souvenir shopping.
5. Finish at the startThe activity ends back at the meeting point at 5 Pt Rue du Vieux Marché aux Vins, as the listing states.

What To Expect From The Tour

Here is what the listing and recent traveller reports say about the practical side of this walk.

• Finding the start. The meeting point is 5 Pt Rue du Vieux Marché aux Vins, 67000 Strasbourg, at the segway tours location given by the operator. The tour ends back at the same spot. The listing notes that public transport runs nearby, which makes arrival and departure simple.
• Two hours total. The tour runs 2 hours, ending back at the meeting point. The listing marks the activity as wheelchair and pushchair accessible, with accessible surfaces along the route.
• Food costs extra. Coffee, tea and snacks are not included, so budget for anything you want to taste along the way. The advice, though, comes with the walk: several travellers said guides steered them to the best bread, cheese, wine and shops, and left them with recommendations to use later in their trip.
• Group size cap. Each departure is capped at 20 travellers, so you may share the guide with a full group. Reviews describe knowledgeable, easygoing guides across departures, and one reviewer mentioned a guide steering the group toward less busy areas when the markets got crowded.
• Coming with kids. The listing marks the activity as pushchair accessible, says infants must sit on laps, and notes that infant seats are available. Service animals are allowed, and the operator states that most travellers can participate. Bring whatever keeps small children comfortable on a walk.
• Orientation first. Guides hand out tips and recommendations throughout, and several travellers said these covered food, wine and souvenir shops. Because the tour ends where it starts, heading straight back to anything the guide praised is easy. Treat it as a briefing, not the whole visit.

Common issues. One reviewer suggested a map of the markets would have helped them return to the stalls they enjoyed most, so noting landmarks as you go may help. Coffee, tea and snacks are excluded, so anything you taste costs extra. Departures can hold up to 20 travellers, and one reviewer reported a day that felt nearly private because few others booked, so the group feel varies with the date. Some reviewers were led by trainees or apprentice guides, all described as knowledgeable and kind, but who leads a given walk is not fixed.

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