Recommended Restaurants

Eggcellence
18 rue de la Krutenau
tel: 03 88 35 74 74.

This little restaurant in the Krutenau district serves eggs in every conceivable way. All of the eggs are laid by free-range chickens in the Alsace region. This restaurant is closed on Sundays.

L'Art Café
1 Place Jean Arn
tel: 03 88 22 18 88

The L'Art Café is a trendy restaurant serving the modern art museum. Cuisine is seasonal and open throughout the day from 1100-2300 Tues- Sun. During the summer guests can eat on the terrace offering views of the river, Cathedral and Old Town.

Au Crocodile
10 rue de l'Outre France
tel: 03 88 32 13 02

The Au Crocodile has 3 Michelin stars and is ones of Strasbourg's top restaurants. The restaurant offers house specialities including duck liver in baeckeoffe, an impressive wine list, and excellent service. The Au Crocodile is closed on Sundays and Mondays.

Le Woodies
69 Grand Rue
Tel: 03 88 21 00 37.
e-mail: woodies@libertysurf.fr

"Le Woodies" is a traditional Alsatian eaterie and an excellent place to try one of the local specialities, Tarte Flambée, a light crispy pizza-like base, covered in fromage blanc, onions and various vegetable or meats (they come in sweet versions too).

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Recommended Bars.

Twinroom suggests the following bars in and around Strasbourg.

Le Métro
17 rue du Général-Siméon
tel: 03 88 37 06 44

Le Métro is a bar decorated with signs from the Parisian metro and has a good selection of bottled and draught beer. Happy hour is from 5pm-7pm.

Le Noctambule
9 petite rue de la Course
tel: 03 88 32 83 74.

A friendly restaurant for those who like to eat late into the night. Le Noctabule has an Art Deco bar and live piano music from 7pm and serves French cuisine until 6am Monday-Thursday and 7am on Fridays and Saturdays. Duck foie gras is the house speciality.

Académie de la bière
17 rue Adolphe Seyboth

The Académie de la bière has a selection of over 70 varieties of beer, some of which cannot be found anywhere else.

Le Bateau Ivre
Quai des Alpes

Le Bateau Ivre is a beautiful spacious boat moored in the quay. This is a very popular and trendy night club open until 4am on the weekends.

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Shopping

Strasbourg is full of antiques, craft shops and markets.
The Place des Halles is the main commercial centre with around 130 shops, restaurants and bars.
Designer shops are along the rue des Orfèvres and the rue de la Mésange.
Visitors looking for a bargain can buy second hand clothes from the Kilo Shop on the rue de la Lanterne where items are priced according to their weight.
Flea Market. Every Wednesday and Saturday: rue du Vieil Hopital, rue des Bouchers and place de la Grande Boucherie from 9am to 6pm.
Book Market. Every Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday: rue and place Gutenburg, rue des Hallebardes from 9am to 6pm.
Producers' Market. Every Saturday: Place du Vieux-Marche-aux-Poissons from 7am to 1pm.
The seasonal Christkindelsmärik takes place from late November to 24 December at place Broglie and rue de la Comédie, and until 31 December at place de la Cathédrale. The traditional Christmas market dates back to the 16th century selling everything from vin chaud (hot wine) to toys and gourmet delicacies.

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Other Useful Information.

The Strasbourg Pass entitles the holder to several free visits (boat tour, museum visit, ascent to the Cathedral platform, free use of a bicycle one day, Astronomical clock of the Cathedral) as well as a 50% reduction for other visits. It is valid for 3 days and costs €9.90. Available from the Tourist office of Strasbourg.
Audio guides are available from the Tourist Office, which allow you to discover the area between the Cathedral and the Petite France on foot in your own time, accompanied by a walk-man and a map of the circuit. The guide costs €6.00 or half price for teenagers (12-18) and students. It takes around an hour and a half to do the tour, and it is available from the Strasbourg tourist office on the place de la Cathedrale. There is a deposit of €30 for a walk-man. More info tel: 00 33 3 88 52 28 28.
You can take a bateau mouche every day on the Ill river, with commentary, for €6.40 per person. The trip lasts 1 hour and 10 mins and departs from the landing stage on the Palais Rohan. There is a reduced price of €3.20 for children under 3, and students. You can take an evening boat tour at 9.30 and 10pm from the beginning of May to the end of September. This costs €6.80.