Eguisheim
Member of Les Plus Beaux Villages de France
Eguisheim winds in concentric rings around its castle, the lanes following the line of a double medieval wall against which half-timbered houses were later built. It sits on the Alsace Wine Route among sunny vine-covered slopes a few kilometres from Colmar, and two grand cru vineyards, Eichberg and Pfersigberg, lie just outside. Pope Leo IX was born here; his fountain and chapel stand on the castle square.
Highlights
- The ring of half-timbered houses along the rue des Remparts
- Place du Château, with the Saint-Léon IX fountain and chapel
- The grand cru wine trail through the Eichberg and Pfersigberg vineyards
- The painted wooden 'Vierge ouvrante' in the church of Saints-Pierre-et-Paul
- The stork enclosure at the top of the village
Text adapted from Wikipedia (Eguisheim (FR), Eguisheim (EN)), Wikivoyage (Eguisheim). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Population: 1,729
Things to see
Events through the year
- New Wine Festival
Dates follow the traditional patterns in our sources: check locally before you travel.
Translated and adapted from open data: DATAtourisme, DATAtourisme and its local tourism data producers / Office de tourisme du Pays d'Eguisheim et de Rouffach, updated 2026-10-03 (Licence Ouverte 2.0).
Local food & wine
- Eichberg grand cruWinePinot gris and gewurztraminer from hard Muschelkalk soil
- Pfersigberg grand cruWineRiesling, pinot gris and gewurztraminer, wines for keeping
- Côte d'EguisheimWineLocal high-end Edelzwicker blend of noble grapes
Adapted from Wikipedia (Eguisheim (FR), Eguisheim (EN)). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Where to sleep
20 places to stay within 3 km
- Hotels 12
- Campsites 7
- B&Bs and guest houses 1
Data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
Nearby member villages
- Riquewihr · 14 km
- Hunawihr · 15 km
- Bergheim · 19 km
- Mittelbergheim · 41 km
- Saint-Quirin · 66 km