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region’s rural heritage. The Set on a pretty square, Église
12th-century fortified house Notre-Dame combines
from Mulhouse is a dramatic Baroque theatricality with Neo-
build ing, complete with Gothic Classical elegance, while Église
garden. Farms are run along des Dominicains boasts Gothic
traditional lines, with livestock frescoes. Église St-Léger, the
such as the Alsatian black pig. Romanesque church, is the
most rewarding, especially the
Ecomusée d’Alsace
façade, triple porch and portal.
EXPERIENCE Alsace and Lorraine ¢ Jan–Mar & Nov known as “Le Florival” because
' " ⌂ Chemin du Grosswald The scenic Lauch valley,
northwest of Guebwiller, is
# Hours vary, check website
∑ ecomusee.alsace
of its floral aspect. Lautenbach
is used as a starting point for
hikes. The village has a pink
Roman esque church, with
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a portal depicting human
Guebwiller
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Buzzy café tables
HIDDEN GEM
n 45 rue de la République;
Paper Museum
outside Mulhouse’s
www.tourisme-
imposing town hall
guebwiller.fr Mulhouse is something
of an ugly duckling due
Surrounded by vineyards to its long history as an
5 and flower-filled valleys, industrial powerhouse,
but the surprising Musée
Gueb iller is known as “the
Mulhouse gateway to the valley of du Papier Peint (www.
flowers”. However, as an museepapierpeint.org)
! G3 ⌂ Haut-Rhin industrial town producing always has something
k £ @ n 1 av Robert colourful on show from
Schuman; www.tourisme- textiles and machine tools, the 18th century to the
mulhouse.com it feels cut off from this rural
setting. Even so, the caves and present day.
Close to the Swiss border, churches make it worth a visit.
Mulhouse is an industrial city
that was badly damaged in
World War II, but rebounded
with modern technical
museums and shopping
galleries, as well as Alsatian
taverns and Swiss wine bars.
Most visitors use the city as a
base for explor ing the rolling
hills of the Sundgau on the
Swiss border.
Of the museums, Musée
de l’Impression sur Étoffes, at
14 rue Jean-Jacques Henner, is
devoted to textiles and fabric
painting, while the Cité du
Train, at 2 rue Alfred Glehn,
has a collection of steam and
elec tric locomotives. Cité de
l’Auto mobile, at 15 rue de
l’Épée, boasts over 100
Bugattis, a clutch of Mercedes
and Ferraris, and Charlie
Chaplin’s Rolls-Royce. In the
Renaissance former town
hall, on place de la Réunion,
is the Musée Historique.
At Ungersheim, north of
Mulhouse, the Ecomusée
d’Alsace preserves the
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