Rhine

The Rhine is the boundary between France and Germany.

The Rhine runs between France and Germany.

The Kiso River is often called the Rhine of Japan.

Cologne lies on the Rhine.

The Rhine flows between France and Germany.

Ah, Alsace! It is usually known for the beauty of its half-timbered houses, its renowned gastronomy and its famous Christmas markets. However, it is also a cultural crossroads in the heart of Europe. It links France, Switzerland and Germany through an incredible diversity of landscapes where, flanked by mountains and the banks of the Rhine, open-air activities abound.

Strasbourg is also an ideal starting point for excursions across the Rhine, to châteaux nestling in the heart of vineyards, villages perching on the mountainside between lakes and forests, and other delights.

The ferries are powered solely by the natural current of the Rhine.

In 1342, the cities on the Rhine, Main, and Danube were plunged into a flood of biblical proportions. Thousands of people lost their lives.

For more than eight hundred years now, German settlers, mainly from the region of the Moselle and Rhine, have lived in Transylvania under the rule of Hungarian kings, the Habsburg empire and Ceaușescu’s communism.