Very nice train station indeed! Cool shops and connects to many other sites in Switzerland!read more

This is an excellent train station right in the city center. Basel is a great city known for its…read moreworld class art museums and also their pharmacies companies like Roche and Novartis. Anyway, there's plenty of retail shops in the train station from Migros (one of the staple groceries in Switzerland, but they don't sell alcohol), to Laderach Swiss chocolate, to a really good beer shop I think it's called World of Beers and you guessed it they have a really top notch selection of international beers!

Colmar is a beautiful little city with a beautiful little train station. We spent about an hour…read morethere before a train ride to Strasbourg, and while I would not recommend arriving that early with small children (we were walking from our hotel and didn't want to get caught in the rain), it was an attractive place to pass some time. The exterior was storybook lovely, with a long red brick facade and a prominent clocktower with a green shingled roof. There were a lot of trees fronting the entrance that were decorated for Christmas. My three-year-old and I took a walk around the promenade out front, and it was pretty scenic. There's nothing to do inside the station but wait, so plan to get in and get out if possible. The walk to or from old town is only about fifteen minutes. It makes sense to take the train to Colmar, and worth admiring the train station while you're there.

We arrived here by (slow) train from Basel for two days of exploring Colmar. This is definitely not…read morea large station compared to Basel (massive) or Strasbourg (large) but it's bigger than some of the stations we stopped at on the way here. Easy to navigate with good signage, lifts, escalator. There is a bus stop outside and a taxi stand. We walked the three blocks to our AirBNB. Colmar has one of the larger Marchés de Noël (aka Christmas markets) complete with a massive Ferris wheel. There are plenty of other things to see in this lovely town in one of France's many wine regions. [Review 21168 overall - 88 in France - 131 of 2024.]

We landed in Zurich and stayed one night there. The next day we moved to Basel which is where the…read moreRhine River Cruise begins in Switzerland. I booked both hotels on line and even though I inputted Basel, once we were ready to change hotels I found out that our hotel was actually in Lorrach which was in Germany. Hey! What? Fortunately the reviews comforted me since previous cruise goers also stayed in that town and it wasn't too far away and very easy to get to. This station was directly across the street from our hotel. Awesome! The big plus was our hotel gave us transportation vouchers we could use to get back to Basel the next morning. The best and worst of it? The station had an elevator from the station platform to the street level. Always travel light...we never learn. If it had been any other day but Sunday, I would have been an ecstatic camper. Why? Take a walk into the town... keep walking and you see so many charming photo ops. There are LOTS of really nice quality clothing stores and even better SHOE stores with really nice and comfy styles and colors. Only hitch? ALL the stores are closed on Sunday. DANG! The huge and packer ice cream, dessert cafe was open. Who knew people here loved ice cream in all shapes and sizes at 4:30 in the afternoon? The one woman who spoke English told us there was a good Greek Restaurant which would be open at 5 pm. She pointed down the street to the awning. Yes, we had a nice dinner and an even yummier baklava then returned to the hotel in darkness. Thank goodness for this tiny German train station which afforded us safe and easy transportation plus a wonderful window shopping experience

Easy station to navigate and helpful info desk!…read more Main ticket office in Hall Nord (or...enter front of station and go to your right). SUPER helpful and patient ticket agents with great English. Got the exact ticket I wanted (time, single seat, 1st class). Quick service. Food, magazines, beverages, etc. available. Taxi stand at the far south end of the front of the station.

Main Railway Station [Strasbourg, France]…read more We hopped off here in Strasbourg for a day trip and explored Strasbourg. As soon as we entered the central station it was like whoa! wow! It was huge and seeing the entire building from the outside made me even marvel more of the size of this thing. The station is the main station in Strasbourg and one of the main stations in France. I've not tried any of the services it had to offer but it looks really busy and everything looks so modern inside with a nice modern canopy. We explored the city of Strasbourg. Everyone goes to Paris but it was a beautiful place in Strasbourg and a memorable experience. Review #4068

A medium-sized Alsace region train station compared to Strasbourg, this is the main station for the…read morecity of Mulhouse. It is on the SNCF network as well as the LGV Rhin-Rhône. The station is full service (certainly compared to Gare de Colmar) with cafes, ticket counters, a public restroom and even a luggage rental area. The station has elevators to get under the tracks and switch platforms. It is easily navigable and the signage is decent. I had no problem figuring out how to leave the station after arrival and how to find the right train when I returned later in the day. [Review 21190 overall - 108 in France - 153 of 2024.]

Update The ville of Nancy is closed for a Holiday. Maybe…read moreBanco. All pharmacies closed. But the Paul bakery in the Gare is serving so I can' back to get breakfast for us. Many choices. Might have to come back for dinner too. Ha. All good n