About
It is the most picturesque district of the Strasbourg old man. Formerly district of the fishermen, of the millers and the tanners, it is a haven of peace in the middle of the city. The lanes of Small France offer a succession of half-timbered houses of XVIe and XVIIe century, with the vast courses interior, the large sloping roofs, open on attics where the skins dried formerly.

Famous and expensive district with of Strasbourg, Small France is true Venice of North with its channels and its narrow lanes with the unquestionable charm. Dating from the XVI E century, this district owes its name at the hospital which was installed there for the soldiers of François I er reached of the “French Evil” is the small pox (that we, French, call the “evil of Naples”). It was a district of tanners, millers and fishermen whose names of the streets still carry the traces from where for example the street of the Mills or that of the Ditch-of-tanners.

Activities: dining, city walk sightseeing

Transport
Bus
11a General Motors-Gutenberg (11a)
21 Kehl Stadthalle-Gutenberg (21)
24 Neuhof Stéphanie-Gutenberg (24)
Tram

Langstross Grand' Street (A, D)